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Name: Janet Fisher
31 January 2019;Genre: Real life
This is one of those quirky stories which is very hard to place in a category and to suggest a readership. Set in the US in the 1970s, it tells of a Lenny (Lenore), her mother and her brother Davey who just keeps growing. Their father, after many journeys away, simply does not return one day s...
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The Shield of Lies
Name: Azra Age 11
30 January 2019;Genre: Fantasy
This book follows Crystal Run which I loved. I loved this book because there is always a mystery that needs to be revealed and a ending to be discovered. In this book, the main characters Kaia and Joe have been taken prisoner but have to escape back to Carcassia, to stop other Runners from being...
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The Dreadful Tale Of Prosper Redding
Name: Azra Age 11
30 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
The more you delve into this book the better it gets and there is always a mystery to solve - a demon's curse has to be broken. You won't be able to put the book down!
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The Sea Saw
Name: June Hughes
29 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
Sofia has a favourite teddy bear that once belonged to her mother and her grandfather before that. The bear goes everywhere with Sofia and her father and seems to be the one thing that ties Sofia to the memory of her absent mother. On a trip to the seaside, calamity strikes and Sofia and her fath...
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Perfectly Polite Penguins
Name: Ellen Green
29 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
Penguins are perfectly polite creatures - until they aren't... This picture book follows a bunch of beautifully behaved penguins until they are inspired by naughty penguin Polly to misbehave and to be very naughty indeed - talking with their mouths full, not waiting their turn and interrupting pe...
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Kiss the Crocodile
Name: Alice Bell
29 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
Kiss the Crocodile is a fun read for young children, introducing them to jeopardy and reminding me of the kinds of playground games - like What's the Time, Mr Wolf - where they love to be scared. Three friends, Monkey, Anteater and Tortoise have games they love to play, like splashing sticks in...
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Flat Cat
Name: Ellen Green
29 January 2019;Genre: Animals
Pampered cat Jimi-My-Jim is feeling - well - flat. Jimi has everything - the best food, plenty of toys and of course all the attention he could want from his owner, Sophie. But Jimi wants more - he yearns for adventure but is trapped indoors, inside their apartment. Jimi feels flat, and with each...
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A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Name: Lucy Georgeson
29 January 2019;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall, is cursed. Forced to repeat the autumn of his 18th year over and over, he can only be freed by love. But at the end of each autumn he is transformed into a beast hell-bent on destruction, and after so many failed attempts, his kingdom and its people are bare...
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A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Name: Linda Brown
29 January 2019;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Over the years there have been many retellings of the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast. This is what the author wanted to complete and she has managed it, but with a much darker theme woven into the love story. A Curse So Dark and Lonely is simply enchanting and well worth...
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Apes to Zebras: An A - Z of Shape Poems
Name: Alison Kelly
28 January 2019;Genre: Poetry
The idea of words arranged to form a shape stretches back to ancient times. There are examples from Greek Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE, where words have been shaped to form an egg, wings and pan pipes. It's a very natural form to have been adopted by children's poets with its im...
