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Little Guides to Nature: Hello Trees
Name: Jane Rew
09 August 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Glance at the common features of all four books in this series and the librarian/teacher/book-buying parent will soon be persuaded to invest: helpful hardback format suited to taking outdoors; as is their fit into a rucksack pocket; quality paper for durability; Stylish and colourful illustrat...
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Bronte Tempestra and the Ice Warriors
Name: Jenny Caddick
08 August 2024;Genre: Adventure
A light, lively and action-packed adventure story featuring some extreme Princess power! Bronte Tempestra is a princess turned knight-in-training at St Sebastian's School for Squires. It is only the end of the first term but Bronte has already proved herself a fierce force, ha...
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Rosie Raja: Undercover Codebreaker
Name: Hayley Summerfield
07 August 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Sufiya Ahmed has once again brought to life the beloved Muslim heroine Rosie in Rosie Raja: Undercover Codebreaker. This vivid and gripping historical adventure takes us to the heart of WWII control room - Bletchley Park and allows the reader to capture a gli...
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The Secret of Golden Island
Name: Elen Green
07 August 2024;Genre: Adventure
The Secret of Golden Island is a perfect book for the summer - or the winter months, if you want to be carried back to these golden sunlit days! It took me back to my own readings of Enid Blyton's adventures, albeit with more depth as the main characters in this story, Skylar...
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Reek
Name: Ruth Cornish
06 August 2024;Genre: Dystopian
Reek is a cli-fi (climate fiction) story about the planet following the release of deadly toxic pollution. The survivors live in airlocked safety where survival outside depends, ironically, on the use of oxygen tanks to pay for tank refills. Sparrow, the central charact...
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Welsh Giants, Ghosts and Goblins
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 August 2024;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Before you have even opened it to discover the delights within, it has to be said that Welsh Giants, Ghosts and Goblins is a beautifully produced book. The green hardback perfectly complements the gold lettering and design of the cover by Becka Moor, making this a book to be...
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Auntie Medusa and Me
Name: Jenny Caddick
05 August 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
Another riotously charming and comically crazy time-travelling adventure with Silvia Fortuna Juno De Luca - schoolgirl and Demi Goddess! Silvia is used to hopping back to the past to catch up with her family back in Ancient Rome. With the Goddess of War as a parent and...
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My Family and Other Romans
Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 August 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
My Family And Other Romans by Marie Basting is an eccentric mix of a story based on Roman Britain and a 21st Century girl called Silvia. This brilliantly funny story entwines history with reality and the combination is nothing but captivating. Silvia is...
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Auntie Medusa and Me
Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 August 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
The second instalment from Marie Basting is Auntie Medusa and Me. The story takes us on another madcap adventure with the demigod - Silvia - and her unusual Roman family. Having discovered that she is a demigod, Silvia now spends her time between realms; when she is not...
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He Says...She Says
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 August 2024;Genre: Family & Home
What grandparent does not wan to spoil their grandchildren, just a little bit? This beautiful story accurately details the complicated relationship between children and their grandparents, compared to the relationship that their parents had with them when they were growing up. Children and ad...
