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  • Urban Forest School: Outdoor adventures and skills for city kids

    Urban Forest School: Outdoor adventures and skills for city kids

    Name: Nicky Stiles
    21 July 2020;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Urban Forest School, published by the Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, is a great non-fiction text resource for teachers and school staff as well as parents, especially during this difficult time when we are all doing our best to home school and keep little ones enterta...

  • The Ship of Shadows

    The Ship of Shadows

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    16 July 2020;

    Genre: Adventure

    Pirates of the Caribbean meets Indiana Jones in this rollicking tale of adventure! Aleja lives in Seville with her father, grandmother and two brothers, helping to run the family taverna. She spends her free time reading about explorers and dreams of following in their footsteps, especially th...

  • My First Book of the Cosmos

    My First Book of the Cosmos

    Name: Jenny Caddick
    11 July 2020;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    A mind expanding and utterly fascinating book, My First Book of the Cosmos takes the reader beyond space into the entire universe in a brilliantly accessible way. A perfect book for adults and children to explore together as information and facts astound you. The book h...

  • Sounds of the Wild: Discover incredible island animals

    Name: Lizi Backhouse
    11 July 2020;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    The premise of this book is to take you across the seas, to faraway islands to discover their animals. Accompanying this is the sound effect for each island, which features the animal noises and background noise for each environment... and all of these can be turned off using a switch on the bac...

  • Sky Pirates: Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond

    Sky Pirates

    Name: Hayley Summerfield
    09 July 2020;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Sky Pirates is the breathtaking middle-grade debut from Alex English. This exciting adventure story is full of swashbuckling journeys across lands unknown to the main characters, Echo and Horace. Having grown up in Lockfort, Echo and Prince Horace are unaware of the wor...

  • Do Not Disturb the Dragons

    Do Not Disturb The Dragons

    Name: Megan Webb
    09 July 2020;

    Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

    Do Not Disturb The Dragons is a fantastic, funny story about two sisters who are bored of following the rules. The magical kingdom of Wondermere is home to two princess sisters, Grace and Portia. There are many rules that everyone in Wondermere must follow to ensure the dragon...

  • To Liberty! The Adventures of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas: A Bloomsbury Reader

    To Liberty! The Adventures of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas

    Name: Samantha Phillips
    09 July 2020;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    Although I am not one for regularly reading colour-banded books, this historical novel makes a great short read for anyone, reluctant young reader or adult alike. To Liberty! The Adventures of Thomas- Alexandre Dumas by Catherine Johnson, tells the life story of General Thomas...

  • Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Name: Maria
    07 July 2020;

    Genre: Adventure

    Alice's mind wanders as she grows tired of watching her sister read. A white rabbit catches her eye. Not just any old rabbit, but a remarkable, talking one! Curiosity overcomes young Alice and without thinking, she follows the rabbit down a rabbit hole. Down, down she falls. On and on. Until, T...

  • I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present

    I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present

    Name: Bryony Davies
    07 July 2020;

    Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

    In I Am Not A Label, author Cerrie Burnell introduces us to 34 disabled role models from around the world. The book also features historical figures. Writing in a positive way, this fantastic book shows us that living with a disability or chronic illness does not have to defin...

  • The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer

    The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer

    Name: James Hewish
    07 July 2020;

    Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

    The Boy Who Thought Outside The Box is an inspiring story of a boy called Ralph Baer who never takes things at face value. He always sees things as having more potential and considers alternative uses of objects that the rest of us take for granted.The story is a f...