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Rumaysa: Ever After
Name: Elen Green
16 April 2022;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
In this hugely entertaining follow-up to Radiya Hafiza's Rumaysa: A Fairytale, Rumaysa is seeking her own 'happily ever after' in the hunt for her parents, who she was stolen from as a baby. While all she wants to do is to find her home, during her travels, Rumaysa's help is sought from a vari...
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Animal Sidekicks: Amazing Stories of Symbiosis in Animals and Plants
Name: Jennifer Caddick
15 April 2022;Genre: Animals
Animal Sidekicks is packed with fascinating, true and sometimes strange facts about symbiosis - the relationship between members of two different species (whether positive or negative). Symbiosis and the science around it is made concise and clear in this brilliant book...
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Dino Knights: Invasion
Name: Sam Phillips
14 April 2022;Genre: Adventure
Dino Knights: Invasion is the second book in a fast-paced fantasy adventure trilogy, set in a medieval land where dinosaurs still roam. Written by Jeff Norton, this is an absolute must have for any Lower KS2 class library and for those new to chapter books and for reluctant re...
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The Light in Everything
Name: Louisa Farrow
14 April 2022;Genre: Family & Home
It took no time at all to be entranced by the beautiful prose and emotional depth of this wonderful story: I raced through it compulsively - and then felt a sense of loss when it was over too soon. Born in a storm and with a character to match, Zofia is loud and bold and sometimes boili...
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SuperQuesters: The Case of the Stolen Sun
Name: Wendy Kelly
14 April 2022;Genre: Early Skills
Super Questers: The Case of the Stolen Sun tasks children with solving a range of problems, using STEM skills. This means they have to use logic and a variety of maths, science and technology approaches. The book itself is high quality, A4-sized and thick cardboard covers. The...
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The Sky over Rebecca
Name: Donna Ritchie
14 April 2022;Genre: Adventure
The Sky over Rebecca is a story which combines two different places and times. Kara lives in Stockholm with her mum, who works extremely hard and means that Kara has a lot of looking after herself to do. However, her grandad lives not far from her home and Kara visits and spea...
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Wished
Name: Jacqueline Harris
08 April 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
Ed and his sister Roo are forced to stay with their elderly neighbour Miss Filey, whilst their parents are at work. Miss Filey lives in a home almost untouched by time, she knows little of the modern world. She also has a cat called Attlee, who is ancient in cat years and smells. Willard is th...
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Every Cloud
Name: Louisa Farrow
08 April 2022;Genre: Friends and family
It's the end of Year 6 and, for Amy, nothing is going to plan. First, she finds out she isn't going to the same high school as her friends. Then her Mum tells her that they are moving in with their grandparents for a bit because her grandfather's dementia is getting worse, so now she's going t...
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Wished
Name: Jennifer Caddick
07 April 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
A warm and charming, imaginative adventure story in which an old box of magic candles sparks a series of unexpected, exciting and almost dream-like journeys for young Ed , sister Roo and brand new, bold and excitable friend Willard. All without actually leaving their elderly neighbour Miss Fil...
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A Day in the Life of Big Cats: What Do Lions, Tigers and Panthers Get up to all day?
Name: Lizi Backhouse
05 April 2022;Genre: Animals
This is a gorgeous non-fiction book from Neon Squid who are dedicated to publishing information books that make a wide range of topics accessible and intriguing to young readers by using a style that's similar to story telling, combined with the usual features of a non-fiction text. <st...
