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High Top: The Sneaker That Just Can't Stop
Name: Jenny Bevan
10 February 2023;Genre: Personal Growth
High Top: The Sneaker That Just Can't Stop is perfect for busy children. It will help them understand that their play might not always be fun for others. High Top loves fun and wants everyone else to have fun but, when he reflects, he realises others might not have had...
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Mums Are Magnificent
Name: Julie Bevan
10 February 2023;Genre: Family & Home
This is a perfect present for a new Mum or a Mum on Mother's day. All children will love reading this again and again. Children will be shouting out; 'that mum is like my mum, she is a bit like this as well; no - that mum is my mum...' This book shows that woman can be anything and still be a...
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All Four Quarters of the Moon
Name: Tracy Parvin
10 February 2023;Genre: Family & Home
It is the night of the Mid-Autumn festival and Peijing is in the kitchen making mooncakes with Ah-Ma (Grandma). In the living room, all of the aunties and uncles are playing what is to be their last game of Mah-jong: the next day, the Guo family will be leaving Singapore to start a new life in...
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Game Over Girl
Name: Emelia Helliwell
10 February 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Game Over Girl is a story about a girl, Dolores, and her twin sister Alex, who were raised by an uncaring mother in two different ways. One girl, the eldest, was treated well, was brought new things and had lovely food. The other was only given hand me downs, would have leftov...
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Big Feelings: And what they tell us
Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 February 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Big Feelings: And what they tell us is a fairly substantial picture book with rhyming text that explores different emotions and how to deal with them. Lively illustrations show the emotions and the children's actions. At the back of the book there are lots of discussion points...
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Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum
Name: Hayley Summerfield
09 February 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum is a brilliantly funny murder mystery story by Alasdair Beckett-King. The new sleuth is humorous and witty and will inspire budding detectives everywhere, as all that is clearly needed is a clever disguise, a fake moustache, a notebook a...
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Kyan Green and the Infinity Racers
Name: Jenny Caddick
09 February 2023;Genre: Adventure
Kyan Green and the Infinity Racers is a fresh, fun, fast paced and modern mind-bending, multi-universe adventure story for readers who like their worlds expanding! Kyan finds a tattered, forgotten and old fashioned racing car game during an unwilling chore cleaning out...
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This Time It’s Real
Name: Linda Brown
09 February 2023;Genre: Romance & Relationships
When 17 year old Eliza's personal essay about meeting the love of her life goes viral, her life changes overnight. However, will this make her life better? For in the back of her mind, she can't help believing this is going to go wrong. This is because her essay is all lies, she's never had a...
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This Is How You Fall In Love
Name: Morgan Harkin
09 February 2023;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Zara loves all kinds of romance stories in novels and movies, yet she is still longing for her very own. She is surrounded by her Desi family and friends, including her childhood best friend Adnan, but when they move from best friends to fake dating, the pair need to keep up the act even aroun...
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We Are love
Name: Jessica Bunney
09 February 2023;Genre: Animals
We Are Love is another creatively put together book by Patricia Hegarty. This book uses animals and their offspring to celebrate the strong emotion of love. Within each turn of the page is a smaller cut-out page to turn, which reveals a beautiful, loving image of togetherness...
