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The Explorer's Guide to Going Wild: From World Record-Breaking Adventurer Preet Chandi!
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
16 August 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
"Well, master explorer," Chandi says to her students towards the end of her Explorer’s Guide to Going Wild, as she congratulates them on now having the skills to go on an adventure and tasking them with setting out on their very own nature treasure hunt. Bursting with such ac...
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Ellie and the Marriage List: 1 (One Extra Sparkle)
Name: Sara Sumner
16 August 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Ellie is a 10 year old looking forward to the best summer ever! Her 'one extra sparkle' is Down's syndrome. She loves hanging with Ben, her big brother, but Ellie is getting increasingly more worried about how busy his life is becoming - with football, his part time job and now their new neigh...
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One up
Name: Jen Bevan
14 August 2024;Genre: Friends and family
One up is a story about best friends. Best friends who fall out because they want to know who is the best turtle. They make their shells bigger and better and taller and more amazing but soon discover this does not make them happy. This is a simple story about trying to outdo...
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The Boy Who Cried Ghost
Name: Jo Clarke
14 August 2024;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Oh my! I read this in two sittings and loved it! The Boy Who Cried Ghost is a perfect mix of humour, chills and suspense. Each chapter even has a play-on-words title with a spooky theme; 'Too Ghoul for School' , 'Spook-etti' and 'I-Scream' to...
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Gina Kaminski Rescues the Giant
Name: Amanda Shipton
14 August 2024;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Fancis Martin wanted to create a book which inspired children to tell their own story and the Gina Kaminski series definitely does this incredibly successfully. I would recommend reading this to a child who is already familiar with the traditional tale of Jack and the Beanstalk to ensure that...
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A Book of People Like Me
Name: Jen Bevan
14 August 2024;Genre: Picture Books
Kenny is an amazing little boy but is there anyone in the world just like him? Through the pages of this book Kenny learns that there are lots of people who like and do the same things as him but there is only one Kenny. A Book of People Like Me was an instant hit in my house.</...
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Electric Life
Name: Luke Age 11
14 August 2024;Genre: Dystopian
This book is the most thrill seeking book I could find - a full-on adventure of a too-good-to-be-true society.
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Ruffles and the Lost Bouncy Ball
Name: Jessica Bunney
14 August 2024;Genre: Animals
Ruffles and the Lost Bouncy Ball is by the extremely talented creator of the hugely successful Hugless Douglas series. Ruffles and the lost bouncy ball is part of a collection of books aimed at pre-school children which focus on first experiences. Ruffles is an adorable...
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Molly, Olive and Dexter: Three Best Friends
Name: Jessica Bunney
14 August 2024;Genre: Friends and family
In Molly, Olive and Dexter: Three Best Friends, we get the privilege of enjoying Catherine Rayner's beautifully hand painted illustrations. You may recognise Catherine Rayner's gorgeous artistic style from The Go-Away Bird written by Julia Donaldson. Meet the trio of fr...
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Rabbit on the Rampage
Name: Maria
14 August 2024;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Rabbit on the Rampage was fun to read with my class because they were SO shocked by Rabbit's behaviour! Rabbit is busy enjoying activities that all children know about such as swimming, dance and the library but unfortunately mislays her "curly wurly carrot"....
