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  • Caterpillar and Bean: A Science Storybook about Growing

    Caterpillar and Bean

    Name: Alison Brown
    16 October 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Caterpillar and Bean is a beautifully-presented book that takes a slightly different approach to metamorphosis from other picture books by showing a caterpillar's changing stages against the backdrop of a bean plant, so we see how interconnected they are. First we see the bean plant starting to g...

  • Witch Girl

    Witch Girl

    Name: Emily Age 10
    16 October 2018;

    Genre: Fantasy

    I liked this book because it was a fantasy and a little bit creepy. Evangeline is learning to be a haunt huntress and be able to identify all creatures. When she and her grandmother are called to New Orleans to banish some creatures,Evangeline discovers a secret in her family she never knew...

  • The Girl with the Lost Smile

    The Girl with the Lost Smile

    Name: Emily Age 10
    16 October 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    I liked this book because it was quite different from other books I have read. Chloe has lost her smile, she's looked everywhere. Until one night, she is whisked away on a magical adventure that is out of this world.

  • The Trouble with Perfect

    The Trouble with Perfect

    Name: Emily Age 10
    16 October 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    I loved this book so much!!It is very mysterious and is one of the best books in the world!!!!! Boy and Violet are back for another adventure, and this is one to get the heart pounding! Things are going missing in Town and lots of people are naming Boy the main suspect. Even children are going m...

  • Maps of the United Kingdom

    Maps of the United Kingdom

    Name: Sam Phillips
    15 October 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    As someone who has moved houses up and down the country many times, this book was a real hit! I'm not a geography buff but I do like to know things about where I am or where I'm going, and this book is just great for that. Maps of the United Kingdom is filled with fascinating facts and figures ab...

  • Good Knight, Bad Knight and the Big Game

    Good Knight, Bad Knight and the Big Game

    Name: Emily Beale
    14 October 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    What happens after you save the kingdom from a rampaging dragon with the aid of a stink bomb? You become the school hero, that's what! Instant popularity and fame is the reward. However, handling that fame can bring a whole new set of problems. At least that's what Berkley Paggle discovers in Goo...

  • One Day, So Many Ways

    One Day, So Many Ways

    Name: Emily Beale
    14 October 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    One Day, So Many Ways is a beautifully illustrated look into the lives of over 40 children living around the world as they go about their daily routines. From Alaska to Brazil, Greenland to Tanzania, children are waking in homes all around the world. While there are many similarities to European...

  • Midnight Fright

    Vlad The World's Worst Vampire: Midnight Fright

    Name: Emily Marcuccilli
    14 October 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Have you ever felt like you didn't quite fit in? Well, young Vlad, son of Drax and Mortemia Impaler and distinctly unenthusiastic vampire-in-training, certainly knows what this feels like. He is afraid of the dark, terrified of graveyards and try as he might, he cannot seem to master the skill o...

  • Head Kid

    Head Kid

    Name: Chloe Age 9
    14 October 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Head Kid tells the story of cheeky prankster, Ryan Ward, and his best bud, Dionna Baxter. Ryan's headteacher has just about lost it with the school, so he leaves a new headteacher to attempt to control the hyperactive children. Unfortunately for many of the mischievous school pupils (AKA Ryan a...

  • Power to the Princess: 15 Favourite Fairytales Retold with Girl Power

    Power To The Princess

    Name: Sian S
    14 October 2018;

    Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

    Well where do I start with this book? What an empowering and beautiful depiction of an array of timeless classics such as Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and many more. All with a feminine twist but not singling out male readers. I love the sense of fulfilment and belonging each story...