Children’s books

Lottie Lipton lives very happily in the British Museum with her father who works there, and her elderly eccentric Great Uncle, Professor Bertram West.

Lottie Lipton And The Curse Of The Cairo Cat by Dan Metcalf (Bloomsbury, €6.30)

It was he who explained the importance of the precious Golden Cat of Cairo to her, and the curse associated with it. There is utter panic when the statue disappears the day before its exhibition and all hell will break loose if it is not found by Uncle Bert and Lottie.