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The Oceanic Times
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
23 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
The Oceanic Times is very different from any other non-fiction books about marine life that I have read. It has been designed to echo the layout and style of a newspaper, however this is a newspaper with a difference, for its readership appears to be sea creatures themselves! For example, 'comp...
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Chicken on the Roof
Name: Alison Kelly
22 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is Matt Goodfellow's second anthology: it brings together humour, lyricism and contemplation with a voice that never fails to engage. As well as writing poetry, he is well known for his performances so it's not surprising that so many of the poems lend themselves to joyful and robust perform...
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The Prehistoric Times
Name: Sam Phillips
21 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
The Prehistoric Times gives its reader an insight to the age of the dinosaur, providing a light-hearted overview of the species in its unique newspaper format. With easy access to smart phones, tablets and laptops, I no longer have the need to read a 'real newspaper'. The days when most families...
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Explorer: Bugs!
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
21 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
This book is part of a series published in association with the Natural History. Already familiar with the tremendous Wallbooks from What On Earth Publishing, I was eager to dive into this new series to find out more about this new offering. The style is delightfully retro; the reader is swiftly...
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The Oceanic Times
Name: Jacqueline Harris
18 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
As soon as you see the jazzy and humorous front cover, this is a book you want to pick up and look at. It is a cross between a non-fiction, newspaper and activity book, with the headline 'All the news from under the sea'. Using only one colour, blue of course, it covers a large assortment of int...
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Elizabeth and Zenobia
Name: Emily Age 10
16 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
I love this book because Elizabeth is timid and Zenobia is outgoing. When the girls arrive at Witheringe House something is in need of their help.
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The Chocolate Factory Ghost
Name: Emily Age 10
16 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
I liked this book because it's a mystery and mysteries are one of my favourite type of book. When Archie arrives at his new home, Honeystone Hall, things are not as they seem.
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The Children of Castle Rock
Name: Emily Age 10
16 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
When Alice, Jesse and Fergus go on the Great Orienteering Challenge, Alice sees her chance to venture onto the island of Nish.
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Name: Donna Burket
03 May 2018;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
In a community centre in a run down area of Manchester where 'Manchester welcomes refugees', 11-year-old Aya sits day after day, hour after hour, to see the case worker who can hopefully help them to claim asylum. Her mother speaks little English and is withdrawn and poorly. Around her is a ho...
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Name: Aidan Severs
03 May 2018;Genre: Environment & Nature
Children's publishing seems to be experiencing a time of growth; the shelves of book shops are bursting with newly-published books for kids - so much so that it can be hard to choose which books to read. Some seem to garner much attention whilst others arrive quietly, waiting to be picked up a...
