Tow-Truck Pluck by Annie M. G. Schmidt & Fiep WestendorpPluck has a little red tow truck. He drives it all over town looking for a place to live. Then Dolly the pigeon tells him that the tower of the Pill Building is empty. In the Pill Building, Pluck meets Mr. Penn and Zaza the cockroach. Pluck makes lots more friends and solves all kinds of problems. But the biggest problem is Dove Grove. It used to be a garden with tall trees, but it has been neglected and gone wild. Grown ups never go there, but the

offering a defining portrait of predator and prey

he believes

and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives

Readers will love following Ester and her family on the journey that leads them to create the Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary

where mythical creatures are bought and sold

But when working as a locksmith by day and honing his magic skills at night

With comprehensive entries that outline each character’s names

2040-2045: In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds

A comprehensive

Longlisted for the booker prize 2025 -Chance

showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial

The whole cast of characters is delightful - they add so much humour and heart to this story