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Toto The Ninja Cat and The Great Snake Escape
Name: Jacqueline Harris
29 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
Toto is a nearly blind cat, who lives with her brother Silver in London. She is no ordinary cat however, as she is a trained Ninja cat. With Silver and other assorted animals, she takes on a dangerous mission to prevent an escaped snake from eating half the animals in London. This is a slightl...
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Animazes
Name: Sam Phillips
25 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
A beautifully produced picture book with 'treasure map' style illustrations. Young readers will be able to follow the journeys of some incredible animals as they migrate in search of food and warmer weather. Inquisitive minds will enjoy searching the pictures for detail, identifying the animals,...
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I'm Just No Good at Rhyming and Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown Ups.
Name: Sue Wilsher
24 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
From cover to cover, this book is full of fun, offering a very irreverent and appealing approach to poetry! Word play and nonsense sit alongside more reflective and thoughtful poems. All are gloriously illustrated. 'My Dessert Tummy' explains perfectly why so many of us can always find room for...
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Coder Academy
Name: Alison Hall
24 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
If you are looking for activities to get children thinking about coding, Coder Academy is a good place to start. Unlike many other books, it is focused on the child with stickers and press out models for them to make as well as the coding activities themselves, which is what we were interested in...
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Build it!
Name: Tim Caird
23 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
Build It! combines easy to understand instructions, colourful cartoon illustrations and engaging STEM projects. Each projects provides a snapshot of the science and engineering behind the project. Enough ideas to keep your child, class or STEM club busy for a good while! 120 pages / Ages 7+ / Re...
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Build It
Name: Bruce Robinson
19 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
A thoughtful, detailed and beautifully illustrated treasure trove of a book containing a wide range of progressive STEM activities for children from 5 to 85. Built It's layout, easy to follow instructions and appropriate scientific detail, lends itself to both the teacher and student who wants...
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Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Rubies and Runaways
Name: Azra Age 9
16 October 2017;Genre: Mystery & Detective
You might thing that Rose was an ordinary Victorian girl but you'd be wrong. Read how Rose looks after herself in a freezing winter of mystery and murder. I love this book because of the adventures Rose gets up to! I'd recommend it for anyone aged 9 or 10.
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The Wizards of Once
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
09 October 2017;Genre: Fantasy
My review copy of Cressida Cowell's The Wizards of Once was barely out of its packaging when an eager Year 5 reader, desperate to read it, asked whether she could borrow it first. She devoured it in two days flat and declared it to be 'entrancing and mysterious'. How right she...
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The Dollmaker of Krakow
Name: Josie Age 10
06 October 2017;Genre: Historical Fiction
I would rate this fabulous book 10/10!!!! An emotional story of magic, friendship and hope, yet also the shocking reality of life in 1939 Poland. It is a lovely read for 10+. A unique combination of fantasy and history - with a tragic ending which reflects how many stories ended during World War...
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Sky Dancer
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
05 October 2017;Genre: Environment
Sky Dancer is a bold and beautiful tale of friendship, nature and community. It is a story about three young people from very different backgrounds who find themselves swept up into a complex world of communities at war with one another over issues of tradition, conservation a...
