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Dave Pigeon
Name: Emily Beale
10 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a peanut in my eye - the daring tale of best pigeon friends Dave and Skipper, as they attempt to rid themselves and their new home, from 'Mean Cat'. The feather-filled story begins with the friends recalling their first meeting during a failed croissant heist...
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Pocket Pirates; The Great Drain Escape
Name: Lizi Coombs
06 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
This story follows some little pirates who live in a toyshop as they explore the world. In this story, Buttons the cabin boy sneaks off outside to explore, this eventually leads to the whole crew venturing out and getting swept down a drain! After many shenanigans, they all eventually fiend thes...
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Tamsin and the Deep
Name: Lorraine Ansell
04 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
Tamsin and the Deep is a graphic novel, excellently illustrated by Kate Brown and published by David Fickling Books in partnership with The Pheonix Comic. As a prolific reader of comics and graphic novels (Calvin and Hobbes was a particular favourite) when a teenager myself I can honestly say thi...
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There's A Dragon In My Backpack
Name: Emily Beale
30 April 2016;Genre: Adventure
Pan the miniature dragon is back and he's up to even more mischief! There's A Dragon in my backpack is the hilarious fast paced sequel to Theres A Dragon in my Dinner, where we were first introduced to the loveable minuscule prawn cracker-guzzling dragon, when he is delivered to Eric's house with...
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Violet and the Smugglers
Name: Caroline Gosden
27 April 2016;Genre: Adventure
Violet Remy-Robinson is all set to solve her third mystery, in this action-packed adventure. Violet and her best friends Art and Rose are invited on a summer sailing trip in Europe with Uncle Johnny on board his boat Il Taratuga. The adventure starts in Greece when Violet, always on the lookout f...
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Tiger Days and the secret cat
Name: Lizi Coombs
25 April 2016;Genre: Adventure
A genuinely lovely book; this story follows Tiger Days as she goes to stay with her Grandma, who has returned form looking after animals in Africa. At the start of the story, Tiger is timid and reluctant to stay in a tent in the garden of the rambling old house her Grandma has bought but as the...
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The Journey
Name: Sue Wilsher
11 April 2016;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
A family are forced to leave everything they know as the situation in their homeland becomes more and more dangerous. Told through the eyes of a young child, the book follows the family in their search for safety. The Journey is a powerful story, told simply and without...
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Superhero Street
Name: Sue Wilsher
28 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
Mouse longs to be a superhero - to have some special super-power that would make him stand out in the crowd. However, with both twins and triplets at home, his parents are fully occupied and don't seem to notice him. Things go from bad to worse as his magician dad disappears and the school bully...
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Outside: A Guide to Discovering Nature
Name: Emily Beale
28 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
'For thousands and thousands of years, it was just us and nature' but over the last one hundred years, our relationship with the natural world has changed. Outside: a Guide to Discovering Nature was written with this in mind and created to inspire curiosity in the natural world. So let's get outs...
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Little People, Big Dreams: Frida Kahlo
Name: Lizi Coombs
21 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
The 'Little People, Big Dreams' series are a collection of beautifully bound books that tell the stories of many famous faces, showing their incredible achievements which began 'as a child with a dream'. This simple picture book tells children about the childhood and key life events of Frida Kah...
