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  • Portrait of an Artist: Claude Monet

    Portrait of an Artist: Claude Monet

    Name: Nikki Stiles
    14 June 2020;

    Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

    Portrait of an Artist: Claude Monet is one of a series of books published by Quarto focused on famous artists. This book delivers exactly what it says in its title. A portrait of the life of Claude Monet; one of the world's best loved painters. The book tells the story of Mone...

  • Every Second: 100 Lightning Strikes, 8,000 Scoops of Ice Cream, 200,000 Text Messages, 3 Million Litres of Cow Burps ... and Other Incredible Things That Happen Each Second Around the World

    Every Second

    Name: Bryony Davies
    14 June 2020;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    Every Second: 100 lightening strikes, 8000 scoops of ice cream, 200000 text messages, 3 million litres of cow burps and other incredible things that happen each second around the world.This is a highly visual portrait of the statistics the author has researched. Ta...

  • Invisible Nature: A Secret World Beyond our Senses

    Invisible Nature: A Secret World Beyond our Senses

    Name: James Hewish
    13 June 2020;

    Genre: Animals

    Invisible Nature: A Secret World Beyond our Senses is a non-fiction book by Catherine Barr and Anne Wilson. The authors make a brilliant and successful attempt at trying to demonstrate, explain and illustrate some challenging scientific concepts.This book will sati...

  • Mohinder's War

    Mohinder's War

    Name: Donna Ritchie
    11 June 2020;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    Mohinder's War is set during WWII in occupied France. It follows 13-year-old Joelle's father/daughter-like relationship with Indian RAF pilot Mohinder Singh. Shot down over France and crash landing, he is rescued and then hidden by Joelle and her parents (an English mother and...

  • The Worst Class in the World

    The Worst Class in the World

    Name: Jenny Caddick
    10 June 2020;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    LITERALLY, one of the most hilarious books I have read in a long time. Fast, funny and full of 'fiddle faddling'. There are delightful, charismatic kids, an endearing (totally harassed)class teacher and an always looming, bad tempered, horse-braying Headteacher.The Worst Cl...

  • Sofia the Dreamer and her Magical Afro

    Sofia the Dreamer and her Magical Afro

    Name: Nikki Stiles
    08 June 2020;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    Young Sofia has her hair washed and styled every Sunday by her Mum. Every Sunday, as this is happening, Sofia can't help but drift off, dream-travelling peacefully to visit different cultural figures representing the historical background of Black African hair.Whilst feeling sleepy...

  • My Name is River

    My Name is River

    Name: Kelly Buxton
    08 June 2020;

    Genre: Adventure

    I just could not help falling in love with the characters in My Name is River - a beautifully told story about friendship, courage adventure and family.Dylan has always wanted to live and work on his family farm in Wales, which had been passed down through many gen...

  • Wilde

    Wilde

    Name: Jenny Caddick
    04 June 2020;

    Genre: Magical Realism

    Wilde knows she is not a 'normal' girl; strange things happen around her ...  When she moves in with her aunt, in her mother's old home town Winter, she just wants to be a regular kid and to fit in. Yet Winter itself doesn't appear to be a normal town. In an unusually oppressive heatwave, Year...

  • The Promise Witch (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book Three)

    The Promise Witch (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book Three)

    Name: Jennifer Caddick
    04 June 2020;

    Genre: Magical Realism

    A thrilling and tense story from start to finish, the return to Witches Borough and to Mup and Crow is an epic, heart-in-the-mouth finale to the tale of the raggedy witches. The dark power they unleash again battles with the strength and purity of Mup's own magic.In The Pro...

  • Amazing Islands: 100+ Places That Will Boggle Your Mind

    Amazing Islands: 100+ Places That Will Boggle Your Mind

    Name: Bryony Davies
    04 June 2020;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    Amazing Island: 100+ Places That Will Boggle Your Mind is a celebration of all the islands around the world covering the extremes, the animals and the environment of these unique places. A stunning non fiction text, this book would sit nicely on any Key Stage 2 bookshelf.<br /...