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A Kid in My Class: Poems
Name: Alison Kelly
02 August 2018;Genre: Poetry
What a lovely collaboration between two acclaimed figures in the field of children's literature this is! CLIPPA prize-winner, Rachel Rooney, brings a whole school classroom to life (and I don't just mean its pupils), beautifully complemented by former Children's Laureate, Chris Riddell...
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Bad Nana: Older not Wiser
Name: Kristen Hopwood
01 August 2018;Genre: Adventure
Bad Nana: Older not wiser is a brightly illustrated delight for children beginning to read chapter books as it is split into three sections. The whole book is told from the point of view of Jeanie, the 7 3/4 year old granddaughter of Bad Nana. The first section is an introduction to the charact...
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The Truth About Lies
Name: Lorraine Ansell
01 August 2018;Genre: Adventure
Jess Wilson is a teenager escaping from the grief and torture of her past. Able to recall every minute detail of her life and experiences from the age of 11, she has been tested to see if her condition, hyperthymesia, can be altered with alternate memories.Previously known as Freya...
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Cannonball Coralie and the Lion
Name: Lucy Newton
30 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
A nice story based around an unlikely friendship between a little girl and a lion! The girl, Coralie, lives in the woods and doesn't like to follow the rules of society. She likes doing tricks and playing in the woods but she feels quite lonely. Without warning, a group of circus acts come troop...
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The Colour of the Sun
Name: Laura Taylor
30 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
'It's an ordinary summer day, the day that Jimmy Killen dies and comes to life again.' So begins the latest novel from award winning author David Almond. In actual fact It begins with two deaths - that of the protagonist Davie's father, a few weeks earlier, and the stabbing of a teenage boy. A fi...
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Blue Monster Wants It All
Name: Nikki Stiles
29 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
Blue monster wants it all. He wants a new pram, a new teddy, a new hat too and when he is old enough to get it himself, he sets about making sure he gets all the new things he wants. Blue Monster doesn't like any old things at all, brand new things are what make him happy! Just like his brand-new...
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Cyril and Pat
Name: Lucy Newton
28 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is a lovely story about friendship, and difference, brought to life by two animals. The story follows the adventures of Cyril and Pat. Cyril the squirrel finds a friend in Pat, who he believes is also a squirrel. However the reader - and the other animals in the book - realised that Pat is...
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It All Began When I Said Yes
Name: Lucy Newton
28 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
A funny and entertaining book all about the adventures you can have when you start to say 'yes' more often! This story is told from a little girl's point of view. Like many other small children, she often says 'no' when asked to do something by her parents - eating broccoli and brushing her hair...
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You Can't let an Elephant Drive a Digger
Name: Carol Carter
27 July 2018;Genre: Picture Books
What's not to love about a book that's first page features a pile of elephant dung? This is an author that knows how to keep her target audience happy! From polar bears cutting hair and kangaroos in the loo to a skunk in the bunk, kids will laugh out loud at the mischief these animals are getti...
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Daddy Hairdo
Name: Carol Carter
27 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
I knew even from page one that this was a book to love. The characters' expressions, as Amy's hair grows and grows whilst dad loses his, are a treat - parents and teachers will find this book as funny as children will. As Amy's hair grows ever longer and wilder, dad steps up to the plate with s...
