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We Have A Dream
Name: Rhiannon Cook
05 August 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Highlighting the lack of representation in the climate change battle, We Have a Dream focusses on the stories and aspirations of thirty young, indigenous people and people of colour across the globe. Compiled by 'Birdgirl' Dr Mya-Rose Craig, herself a British-Bangladeshi envir...
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The Abandoned Puppy and Other Tales
Name: Lucy Newton
04 August 2021;Genre: Animals
What more could you want than three stories about cute puppies?! My class of Year 2 children absolutely love Holly Webb's Museum Kittens series, so their excitement when I showed them this book was no surprise! The Abandoned Puppy and Other Tales has t...
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Seven Sisters
Name: Carol Wright
04 August 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Seven sisters live in a tree. They are all very different, often bickering, and do not always tolerate their differences. When a perilous storm destroys their homes they learn that they need each other to rebuild their homes and live alongside each other accepting their differences. They bring...
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British Museum: Mummies Unwrapped: Discover the world of ancient Egyptian mummies.
Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
04 August 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Mummies Unwrapped is a brilliant addition to any library. It is informative, descriptive and, more to the point, thoroughly enjoyable. This books focuses solely on mummies and as such is full to the brim with information, going into precise detail in both a scientific and hist...
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Name: Ellen Green
04 August 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
How to Survive Without Grown-Ups is a fun, action-packed story about family, siblings and space travel! Eliza hasn't always got on brilliantly with her younger, genius brother Johnnie - after all, it's not easy having a sibling who gets all the attention - but when thei...
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Seven Sisters
Name: Megan Webb
03 August 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Seven Sisters is a book that tells the tale of seven very different sisters who live in the Forest of Tremendous Trees. Each sister has a different interest, ranging from art and painting to engineering. The sisters live harmoniously until one day when a new enormous, beautifu...
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The Raven Heir
Name: Donna Burkert
02 August 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Cordelia, her brother Giles and sister Rosalind have never known anywhere but the castle in the middle of the woods that their mother has raised them in. Their lives have been filled with the love and care of their mother, Alys, and their older brother, Connell. Although triplets, the three ha...
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The Elephant in the Room
Name: Lisa Watkins
01 August 2021;Genre: Real life
A heart-warming story of Sila who is desperately missing her mother after she is sent away for immigration issues. As weeks turn to months, she becomes withdrawn, sad, and lonely until her father takes her to work with him one day to a farm out of town. Here Sila embraces a friendship with the...
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The Elephant in the Room
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 August 2021;Genre: Real life
The Elephant in the Room is a beautiful, gentle and moving story of the pain of family separation and of the support in finding new friendships. In the USA, Sila and her father have spent a year living apart from her mother, currently trapped unfairly in Turkey whilst immigrat...
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The Secret Detectives
Name: Donna Ritchie
01 August 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Secret Detectives is set upon the mail ship SS Mariana, sailing from India to England. The passengers include three children whose lives are to be forever entwined by events on the journey. 11-year-old Isobel Petty has been brought up by people employed by her mother and f...
