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The Rainmaker Danced
Name: Alison Kelly
23 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
The Rainmaker Danced is another wonderful collaboration between the irrepressible John Agard and illustrator Satoshi Kitamura. As ever, Agard's themes are wide-ranging and thought provoking. The Rainmaker in the title is none other than a shape-shifting duck as we learn in the witty 'The Rainma...
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Build It!
Name: Marie Aldridge
23 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
We are a home educating family and we have being using Caroline's books for the last three years at STEM home-ed groups. This book is clear and colourful and has some updated projects from the previous books and also some new ideas such as making and programming a set of traffic lights. For chi...
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Bog Child
Name: Francesca Age 14
22 November 2017;Genre: Historical Fiction
It's a good book and a quick read
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Moxie
Name: Kay Hymas
22 November 2017;Genre: Real life
Time to fight like a girl. The only Zoella Book club Choice to be nominated by Zoe Sugg! Moxie is a sweetly fierce 'feminist' novel which is funny and uplifting in equal measure. Vivian Carter, an 'average' American student, in an average American high school. Like many girls throughout the hist...
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The Unpredictability of Being Human
Name: Catherine Purcell
21 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
The Unpredictability of Being Human showcases the genuine, innocent and literal voice of Malin as she navigates through her 14th year. We're first introduced to Malin as she ponders an assignment she's been set, 'What would you do if you got to be God for one day?'...Malin would microwave a bag...
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Vlad The World's Worst Vampire
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
20 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
This book looks set to be a popular read among our Year 3 and 4 pupils who I am sure will be drawn in by the delightful, humorous and gently spooky illustrations by Kathryn Durst. In this story, young Vlad Impaler finds himself failing his vampire education (he scores an E minus for both bat-mor...
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The Poet's Dog
Name: Jane Welby
20 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
This is a delightful book. I have just read it in a sitting and been moved to tears! Two children stranded in a snow storm are rescued by the dog. It is a poignant tale of survivals and rescues - and the power of loving relationships. 96 pages / Ages 7+ / Reviewed by Jane Welby, school librarian.
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Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
20 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
I have a very enthusiastic army of Claude fans at my school so I anticipate great excitement about the arrival in the library of Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure. They are sure to be drawn in by the highly appealing look of this book with its orange, black and white colour palette and the deligh...
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Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
20 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
In this delightful picture book, Oliver Jeffers provides his baby son with a guide to help him to make sense of the world around him. Here We Are takes a wonderful child's-eye look at all we see around us from the stars in the sky to the differences between day and night and the diversity of peo...
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Build It (25 creative stem projects for budding engineers)
Name: Wendy Lomas
20 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
This 120 page book has 25 ingenious projects and challenges to test and develop design, creativity and engineering skills. The projects are clearly laid out in colour with a nice mix of illustrations and photographs alongside the step-by-step instructions, and use cheap, everyday and recycled hou...
