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Agent Zaiba Investigates - The Smuggler's Secret
Name: Jennifer Caddick
03 February 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I love the adventures of young Zaiba and her super sleuthing skills . This is book four featuring Zaiba and her friends of the Snow Leopard Detective Agency (although each book works perfectly as a stand-alone read for any reader on their first mission with the gang). Agent Zaiba Inves...
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Spark
Name: Donna Ritchie
03 February 2022;Genre: Dystopian
Spark is a very cleverly written dystopian story! Ash knows what it is like to be an outcast - his father left, never to return, and because of this he is shammed and misunderstood by the other villagers. The village Priestess took Ash in and provides some safeness from the cr...
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Luma and the Pet Dragon
Name: Elen Green
02 February 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
I really enjoyed this story. Aimed at young children aged 6+, Luma and the Pet Dragon follows what happens when Luma - who had been hoping for a dog for her seventh birthday - instead discovers a young dragon in her garden! Only Luma and her Nani know Timir is a dragon; to ev...
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A Sea of Stories
Name: Amanda Shipton
02 February 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
This wonderful compact, hardback book is sure to inspire children who are developing their reading fluency. It beautifully combines colourful illustrations and detailed story plot. The authors have carefully constructed the storyline to include the use of adjectives and imagery to tighten the...
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Two Terrible Vikings and Grunt the Beserker
Name: Jane Rew
01 February 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
Comprising three episodes, Two Terrible Vikings and Grunt the Beserker takes a rather less than serious peek at Viking times, as lived (principally) by siblings Hack and Whack, their domestic animals Bitey-Bitey and Peck-Pecky, friends Dirty Ulf and Elsa Gold-Hair, their would...
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The Big Book of Festivals
Name: Sharon Porter
01 February 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
This non fiction book, The Big Book of Festivals, is a great introduction to the world's cultural and religious festivals. It gives a brief history of the festival followed by details of when and where the festival takes place. There are descriptions of interesting facts or fe...
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Luma and the pet dragon
Name: Lucy Newton
01 February 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
Luma and the Pet Dragon is a nice chapter book for young readers. Every child is excited for their 7th birthday! Luma is no different, however when she meets Timir (her talking dragon), it soon becomes obvious that it might be her best birthday yet! As the story continues, Lum...
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Amazing Animals: 100+ Creatures That Will Boggle Your Mind
Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 February 2022;Genre: Animals
Amazing Animals lives up to its title with some extraordinary animals featured alongside some truly mind-boggling facts. Children love facts like this and so finding out that the Froghopper bug can jump over a hundred times its own length or that some octopuses use tools is li...
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Solve Your Own Mystery - The Time Thief
Name: Jane Rew
01 February 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
We're used to the idea that all stories should have a beginning, a middle and an end (as well as a problem to solve). But Solve Your Own Mystery - The Time Thief has three possible endings and any number of middles, depending on which options you take at the conclusion of each...
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Nisha's War
Name: Nathan Cox
01 February 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
I am thrilled to have found the perfect accompaniment for our World War 2 unit! Nisha's War by Dan Smith gives a unique perspective of how World War 2 affected so many people in a plethora of ways, wrapped up in a pacey and absorbing adventure, and ghost story. Nisha's...