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The Parrot and the Merchant
Name: Louise Gahan
10 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
The Parrot and the Merchant is a story based on a thirteenth century fable about a merchant who trades goods between Persia and India. However, the merchant this time takes shape as a woman Mah Jahan, who is depicted as a strong, self determined figure adorned with beautiful and exquisitely desig...
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The Wardrobe Monster
Name: Joanna Hewish
08 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
All children have a fear of the dark, of monsters, of shadows at night. Thomson (Author) turns those fears into a wonderfully crafted story which will have your children laughing and all fears forgotten. The Wardrobe Monster is a story that focuses on the classic fear of the monster in the wardr...
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A Home Full of Friends
Name: Joanna Hewish
08 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
A delightful tale that encourages children to be kind and to do good deeds. A Home Full of Friends jumps off the shelf with its carefully, detailed hand drawn illustrations and embossed writing. The creatures that feature throughout the tale are softly drawn with big eyes and faces full of expr...
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After the Fall
Name: Lucy Newton
08 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
This picture book has an interesting twist on the classic nursery rhyme - Humpty Dumpty, telling the story from Humpty's perspective. Humpty describes how he feels about his accident and how it effected him afterwards. It's an interesting, thought-provoking book which would appeal to children of...
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Not Just a Book...
Name: Lucy Newton
08 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
This picture book is all about how wonderful books are - not just for reading but for so many other reasons! These reasons include using it as a hat, shooing away bears, keeping wasps out of your drink, building something with books as blocks and swatting flies! It's a clever, thought-provoking...
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Stunt Double
Name: Josie Age 11
08 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
This book is full of mystery and adventure, leaving you endlessly on a cliffhanger unable to stop reading! I couldn't put this book down... I highly recommend it for ages 10-13, and hope that everyone will love this book as much as I do!
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Swapsies
Name: Joanna Hewish
08 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
A lesson all children must learn - the importance of sharing. This simple story is perfect for young children as they become possessive of their toys and need to learn how to share. Swapsies tells a story of Fang, a young wolf who loves his favourite toy - his sock. But as his friends arrive...
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Fussy Freda
Name: Joanna Hewish
08 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
A story that every parent can relate to - a toddler who refuses to eat! As parents we all tell those little white lies to our children, in vain attempts to try and get them to do something - eat vegetables or fruit, not to sit so close to the television, to go to bed on time.... Jarman and Blunt...
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What's Your Favourite Colour?
Name: Emily Beale
06 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
Do you have a favourite colour? Did you know that Eric Carle's favourite colour is yellow? Yellow like the sun. In his new book 'What's Your Favourite Colour' Eric explains why he loves yellow and invites 15 favourite children's book illustrators to share their favourite colours with us. This is...
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Paradise Found
Name: Emily Beale
06 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
Albie, the farmer's dog, wakes one morning to find that his companion Nellie has disappeared. Always together, Albie sets off in search of her. First he investigates the kitchen; The fire place, smell of food and cold stone floor are all the same but Nellie isn't there and her food bowl hasn't be...
