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  • Fing

    Fing

    Name: Linda Brown
    11 March 2019;

    Genre: Humour

    Meet Myrtle Meek, well you may not really want to as she is the worst possible child anyone could imagine! Nothing pleases this girl, all she wants is more, more and if possible even more. Her parents are quite unassuming and go to extreme lengths to give Myrtle what she asks for. This is where F...

  • A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil, Book 5)

    A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil, Book 5)

    Name: Linda Brown
    07 March 2019;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Oh, the drama of this book! As you read through this wonderful series it gets better and better. I only started this book a few days ago and I could not put it down. I thought book 4, Quests for Glory, was a rollercoast...

  • Pog

    Pog

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    06 March 2019;

    Genre: Adventure

    I have to confess to being almost frightened to read Pog. I loved Tin so much that I was almost scared I'd be disappointed by Padraig Kenny's next book. Whilst I think that Tin will remain one of my all-time favourite children's books, Pog is absolutely excellent and a cracking good read. One of...

  • Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets: Book 2

    Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets

    Name: Emily Marcuccilli
    02 March 2019;

    Genre: Adventure

    Strange events have been taking place recently in the Alpine town of Schneedorf-on-the-Peak. Young Deiter Strudel's beloved hamster, Colonel Tuftybum (I challenge you to say that name without sniggering!) has vanished, along with all the other hamsters in the town. Could there be some connectio...

  • Dustbin Baby

    Dustbin Baby

    Name: Raynee Age 11
    01 March 2019;

    Genre: Real life

    I like everything about this book.

  • Asha & the Spirit Bird

    Asha and the Spirit Bird

    Name: Clare Wilkins
    01 March 2019;

    Genre: Adventure

    Asha and her family live in the foothills of the Himalayas. Surviving on wages her father sends from his factory job in the City, they manage their farm in his absence and yearn for him to return. But suddenly the money and Pa's letters stop arriving; and as the months go by Asha's desperate moth...

  • Monsters in the Mirror

    Name: Linda Brown
    01 March 2019;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Monsters in the Mirror is book one of a beautifully creative fantasy series. I enjoyed every pacey chapter (as old as I am! ), routing for the main characters - who are quirky and at times quite funny - until the very last page.Darwen Arkwright has had to move from...

  • The Story of People

    The Story of People

    Name: Lucy Newton
    28 February 2019;

    Genre: Adventure

    This is a fantastic book which summarises our Earth's journey through time, from the 'Big Bang' to now. A brilliant explanation of one theory of how our Earth has developed to the way it is today. Each page has a time tag on to show how many years ago each event happened and they are filled with...

  • Lenny's Book of Everything

    Name:
    28 February 2019;

    Genre: Real life

    This is a simply marvellous book; beautifully written and crammed with detail and richness. I would recommend it for older readers as there is a huge amount that is never spelled out but is not really suitable for younger children, possibly not even the oldest and most mature Year 6.<br...

  • The Deadly Dinner Lady (Rory Branagan (Detective), Book 4)

    Rory Branagan Detective, The Deadly Dinner Lady

    Name: Sam Phillips
    26 February 2019;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    Following on from Rory Branagan Detective, The Dog Squad and The Big Cash Robbery, this is the fourth book in the Rory Branagan series by Andrew Clover and Ralph Lazar. As with the previous titles, The Deadly Dinner Lady is everything a new or reluctant reader looks for in a book; large clear pri...