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Name: Sam Phillips
03 September 2020;Genre: Environment
The Tindims of Rubbish Island is a delightful story, the first in the series, about a group of miniature characters called the Tindims, who live on an island of rubbish that floats around in the sea. Since Viking times, the Tindims have worked tirelessly as self appointed eco-...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
03 September 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Invasion of Crooked Oak is an exciting story combining adventure, science fiction and more than a smattering of horror. Best friends Peter, Krish and Nancy live in the village of Crooked Oak where life is usually quiet and uneventful. The children love to read about weird...
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School's Cancelled (Anisha, Accidental Detective)
Name: Donna Burkert
03 September 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
For budding scientist Anisha Mistry, being chosen to represent her school at the science fair is the ultimate dream. It doesn't matter that the horrid twins are now at her school and that they are friends with her arch-enemy Beena Bhatt because now, she and her best friend Milo Moon are part o...
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Name: Samantha Phillips
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
Boot The Creaky Creature is book three in this fab series by Shane Hegarty; however, it is written in such a way that it reads just as well as a 'standalone'.Boot is a delightful robot who having been cast aside by his owner, Beth, years earlier, now lives with his...
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Name: Stephen Leitch
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
The Falkland Islands are the setting for the latest adventure in the Chris Ryan Special Forces Cadets series. Teenagers Max, Abby, Lukas, Sami and Lili are working undercover for the British government posing as a group of wildlife tourists in the Falkand Islands, whose real mission is to inve...
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03 September 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Fabulously Feisty Queens is a recollection about 15 of the most bright, brave, and brilliant female rulers in history by Valerie Wilding. From ancient empresses and warrior queens to fearsome pirates and modern-day monarchs, this book explores the lives of powerful females tha...
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Name: Susan Wilsher
03 September 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Who lives in that cottage by the sea? /I wish. I wish. I wish it was me./This is one of those delicious books that are a gift to a teacher with a curious class. The book opens with a monochromatic spread showing a boat floundering in the sea and a circle of ripples as if some...
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The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice
Name: Alison Kelly
03 September 2020;Genre: Poetry
What a treat! This substantial anthology with its vivid yellow cover features 'Spectacularly silly poems' by the wonderful AF Harrold, illustrations by the equally wonderful Mini Grey and a dedication to Roger McGough and Brian Patten. What's not to like?For some serious silliness...
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The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice
Name: Sue Wilsher
03 September 2020;Genre: Poetry
A wonderful collection of poems offering advice on a whole range of topics from food to dreams and everything in between, The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice is A F Harrold at his best. Although described as 'spectacularly silly', there is much to recommend these poems as t...
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What Are Little Girls Made of?
Name: Maria Faithorn
03 September 2020;Genre: Personal Growth
The book begins by showing that apart from little things, boys and girls are much the same and this theme continues throughout the book. As with any nursery rhyme book, this contains many traditional and well known rhymes, but this time with a twist!Each rhyme has been written in a...
