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Wigglesbottom Primary: The Pirate Cat
Name: Jane Rew
11 July 2024;Genre: School Stories
It's no wonder children love these books: they are so funny, so imaginative, so 'just right'. They may well know an Irfan or Sunita, a Joel Jack or Miss Riley... after all, aren't there similar characters in every school... the ones who see the unbelievable and come up with cr...
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Bertha and Blink: Rumble in the Jungle
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
10 July 2024;Genre: Adventure
Bertha and Blink: Rumble in the Jungle is the first book in an exciting new series and both myself, and my 8-year-old daughter really enjoyed reading it. We meet Bertha the bear who is an inspiring inventor but has moved far away to live in solitude after a disagreement...
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How to Launch a Tech Start-Up: Robotics, Gaming and Other Tech Jobs
Name: Rebecca GREEN
10 July 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
As a teacher committed to preparing students for the ever-evolving job market, I found Michelle You's How to Launch a Tech Start-Up: Robotics, Gaming and Other Tech Jobs, to be an invaluable resource. The book offers a thorough, engaging, and practical guide that helps enlight...
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Oddney's Otherland: Chronicles from Beneath the Shed
Name: Elen Green
09 July 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Oddney's Otherland: Chronicles from Beneath the Shed takes us into the fantastical landscapes of Otherland, a world that Professor Oddney has discovered via a secret tunnel beneath his shed. Together with his trusty sidekick, Magnus the talking magpie, Oddney sets out to explo...
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Unicornia: Learning to Fly
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
09 July 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Learning to Fly is the first title in the series Unicornia with three further titles announced for publication next year. Already a successful series in Spain, with nine books published there so far and even a board game, it's good to see it appearing here.</p...
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The Great Crisp Robbery
Name: Jane Rew
08 July 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
I'm sure this is going to be another hit for creative duo Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham, because children were asking to be first to read it even before the book was catalogued. The Great Crisp Robbery has the characteristic ingredients of their previous titles: m...
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Oddney's Motherland - chronicles form beneath the shed: in search of the two-headed firedrake
Name: Lorraine Ansell
08 July 2024;Genre: Fantasy
One day Professor Oddney and his friendly pet magpie, uncover a secret passageway to another world. Intrigued, and remembering a journal of his uncle's that he had thought to be fanciful ramblings, Oddney and Magnus, the magpie, set off on an adventure, in search of the two-headed firedrake. W...
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The Boy to Beat the Gods
Name: Jenny Caddick
08 July 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
The Boy to Beat the Gods is a richly evocative and fascinating adventure taking inspiration from, and rooted in, the culture of African storytelling. Tales of the Yoruba spirits form the backbone and history of this epic, exciting and entertaining story and are part of a wonde...
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Kyan Green Battles the Multiverse
Name: Jenny Caddick
08 July 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Kyan Green Battles the Multiverse is the second in the series of this cool, contemporary and futuristic adventure featuring Kyan Green and his crew of multiverse hopping gamers. Think Jumanji with a sci-fi , techno twist. After the discovery of a battered old racetrack...
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Time Travelling with a Tortoise
Name: Tamás Szigeti
08 July 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Although I am a 45 year old maths teacher, I like time travelling stories. I have seen and read a lot but thought it was the best in the known space-time continuum. (Nontheless it has some contradictions...)
