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Pour a cuppa, pull up a chair... because Dymphna's April Book Club is in session!

Pupils have enjoyed the ‘amazing opportunity’ of meeting a children’s author and being part of the launch of her new book.

Young people grapple with mysteries, just like any other age group. Perhaps these tales of juvenile detectives will get you hooked on a books.

 by Steve Small (S&S £12.99, 32 pp) We’ve all heard the expression ‘takes to it like a duck to water’ — but not this Duck, who would far rather snuggle up with a good book in a warm, dry house than get his webbed feet wet.  When a young, lost frog who’d moved in with him returns to his river home, Duck realises that he’s lonely and braves a scary journey to find him again.  A joyful celebration of friendship overcoming your fears. THE DUCK WHO DIDN’T LIKE WATER by Steve Small, pictured left, and right, THE ROCK FROM THE SKY by Jon Klassen

THE GRAVEYARD RIDDLE by Lisa Thompson (Scholastic £6.99, 304 pp) The children from Lisa Thompson’s bestselling The Goldfish Boy make a welcome reappearance here, but the focus is now on Melody Bird, an only child who finds her special friendship with OCD-sufferer Matthew has been hijacked by cocky local lad, Jake. She then discovers an older boy, hiding out in the ruins of a churchyard plague house, who claims to be an undercover spy and enlists her help. Lonely Melody willingly agrees to trap a wanted criminal but Matthew is sceptical. Who should she trust? As ever, Thompson weaves thread...