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The Circular Square: An uplifting story about how our experiences shape us
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 January 2025;Genre: Personal Growth
Square finds his edges and corners hard to deal with. They are always getting bashed and Square is quite miserable. However, he quickly realises that dwelling on his problems is not helpful and by making the best of things, he can be far happier. From this point onwards, every knock and tumble...
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Boing! A Bouncy Book of Bugs
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 January 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
If it jiggles just a little, or its home is in the mud, or it wiggles down its middle… oh indeed - it's a bug! Exuberant, energetic and engaging, Boing! A Bouncy Book of Bugs not only offers a collection of 24 poems about insects, but plenty o...
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WildLives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History
Name: Sue Wilsher
01 January 2025;Genre: Animals
Now in paperback, WildLives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History is a wonderful book which celebrates 50 remarkable animals from around the world, telling their exceptional stories. Each is a powerful tale, many full of courage and love, and each a joy...
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Hunt for the Golden Scarab (Time Keys, book 1)
Name: Hayley Summerfield
30 December 2024;Genre: Adventure
M.G Leonard’s new epic series Time Keys starts with Hunt for the Golden Scarab. This time-travelling adventure is full to the brim with mystery, sinister characters and a gripping storyline that will captivate the readers imagination. ...
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Slider Sound Books: Rummble!
Name: Jessica Bunney
20 December 2024;Genre: Early Skills
RUUMBLE! is our first Usborne Slider Sound Book in this house and the other books in this series are now firm favourites of mine to gift to friends and family with little ones! There is a tab to slide on each page that will activate two different sounds to acc...
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The Maze Runner
Name: Daniel Age 10
18 December 2024;Genre: Adventure
I love the book and it has a lot of detail. I would love it if you could do another book that is like the same.
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When It's Your Turn For Midnight
Name: Lorraine Ansell
12 December 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Chianti's world is torn apart when a shocking secret is revealed by her mother. Feeling abandoned by her parents she runs away to her grandmothers for sanctuary. But grandmother and her friends are not ordinary women, having lived through and fought a war for their independence. As more shocki...
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The Boy to Beat the Gods
Name: Donna Ritchie
12 December 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
The Boy to Beat the Gods is a brilliant first book from Ashley Thorpe. It follows Kayode on his quest to get his sister, Temi, back from the Orishas. It begins with Kayode living in his village awaiting the return of the Orishas - the gods - when they come to take the fruit of...
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There's a Bear on My Chair
Name: Jen Bevan
10 December 2024;Genre: Family & Home
'There's a bear on my chair' say a little grey mouse. The mouse is not happy with this. The mouse tries pushing the bear off, he tries sharing with the bear, glaring at the bear... It's no use the bear does not move. The mouse gives up and the bear goes looking for him. What will the bear find...
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The Others
Name: Jacqueline Harris
02 December 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Reuben lives in the observatory with his astronomer grandmother. He has never left the observatory grounds and watches others from the village as they go about their daily lives. Then one night, a spaceship crash lands near by and grandmother goes out to investigate but doesn’t return. Rueben...
