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How to Count to One
Name: Ashley Clayton
02 March 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
How to Count to One is totally different from any counting book I've read before. The children in my reception class loved it, and obviously counted to more than one as I turned the pages and read to them! The possibilities in this book for engaging the children in math...
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Carnival of the Lost
Name: Beverley Somerset
02 March 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Carnival of the Lost is a wonderfully atmospheric adventure set in the grimy streets of Victorian London. Sheba is an eight year old orphan, and is a wolf-girl. Covered in hair from head to foot, she is sold to Mr Gideon Plumpscuttle and joins his troupe of unusual performers....
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Thank You for the Little Things
Name: Lizi Backhouse
02 March 2022;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Thank You for the Little Things is a lovely picture book for children about gratitude and looking for things that make you happy, even when you feel sad or angry. It's written with a simple rhyme scheme and the accompanying illustrations, by Emily Hamilton, are charming and re...
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Ollie Spark and the Accidental Adventure
Name: Carol Wright
02 March 2022;Genre: Environment
Ollie Spark and the Accidental Adventure written by Gillian Cross Illustrated by Alan Snow Ollie Spark loves mending machines and solving mysteries! Ollie Spark loves to take machines apart and modify them. Aunt Caz, who has been signed by a publisher to write a series of spy...
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The Wind Child
Name: Clair Bossons
01 March 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
Mara is the granddaughter of Stribog the God of Winter Winds, Music and Silver. She has been brought up living among gods and wind spirits with her human father Yaris who she loves dearly. Mara's mother, although a strikingly beautiful wind spirit, seems a little more detached emotionally. I g...
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Blue Badger
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 March 2022;Genre: Picture Books
White and black. Day and night. Badger doesn't feel quite right. In this simply but beautifully illustrated story, Badger is desperate to know if he is black and white or white and black. As he asks the animals that he meets, he is asked to do good deeds for many. The message throughout...
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The Ship of Doom
Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 March 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Ship of Doom is the first in a series of thrilling adventure-seeking books from M.A Bennett. This fantastic book introduces us to the members of The Butterfly Club; time-travelling thieves on a mission to bring the future forward. However, small changes in history often ha...
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This Girl Can do Anything
Name: Maria Faithorn
01 March 2022;Genre: Personal Growth
Nothing is going to stop this little girl, Ruby. She knows exactly what she wants and nothing is going to get in her way, even if others sometimes don't quite agree! This Girl Can do Anything introduces the reader to the character of Ruby and is a good resource to use...
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The Balloon Thief
Name: Morgan Harkin
01 March 2022;Genre: Fantasy
The Balloon Thief follows the story of two unlikely friends. Khadija, a Ghadaean girl, and Jacob, a hari boy and a glassmaker's apprentice, both leading separate lives until Khadija fleas from an arranged marriage and lands in Jacob's home town. The Hareef, a terrorist group,...
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Castles in their Bones
Name: Linda Brown
01 March 2022;Genre: Fantasy
This wonderful YA author, Laura Sebastian, has done it once again in this first book of her new trilogy... Castles in Their Bones is full of secrets, scheming, politics and lies. Who do the three main characters trust? Can they even trust each other? Princesses Daphne,...
