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Name: Clare Wilkins
01 May 2018;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
In No Ballet Shoes in Syria, eleven-year-old Aya is a dancer. Her head full of dreams of ballet, music and her wonderful teacher, Madame Belova. She is also an asylum seeker. Recently arrived in Britain from Syria, she and her mother and baby brother find themselves entangled...
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SLAY
Name: Clair Bossons
30 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
Think Buffy the Vampire slayer meets The Vamps. A fantastic blend of fantasy fiction and contemporary teen. This is light-hearted demon slaying peppered with witty one-liners with a few music references thrown in. The cover is eye catching and I have already had students asking to borrow it ha...
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The List of Real Things
Name: Josie Age 11
29 April 2018;Genre: Friends and family
I would recommend this book because
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A Galaxy of Her Own
Name: Sue Wilsher
29 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
Starting with a timeline of space exploration which runs alongside Libby Jackson's introduction to the book, A Galaxy of her Own then introduces the reader to a wealth of wonderful women who reached for the stars! The books is organised chronologically into sections from the origins to the future...
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The Book of Comparisons
Name: Jacqueline Harris
27 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
This lovely book, with great illustrations by Paul Boston, is packed full of the sort of facts children love. The large pages are stuffed with extraordinary details, comparing everything from animals, to space to machines. Aimed at 7+, this seems like a book that could last for years, as it is so...
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Name: Lucy Russell
25 April 2018;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Eleven-year-old Aya has arrived in Britain from Syria. She has left her homeland behind, lost her father and is holding the rest of the fragile family together, responsible beyond her years. When she glimpses the dancers in the community centre's ballet class, she longs to dance again - ballet...
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Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me
Name: Alison Kelly
23 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
It's not often that I get to review poetry collections written by a dog. It feels like no time ago that I was chuckling over Moses' and Stevens' Waggiest Dogs anthology and now the delightful Thinker has arrived. This unusual collection (Pub: Tiny Owl) opens with 'Naming me' in which a new puppy...
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Wild World
Name: Alison Kelly
23 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
Wild World (Wide Eyed Editions). A trainee teacher recently asked me if I had any recommendations for good cross-curricular poetry. There are, of course, many such poems to be found in different anthologies. However, it was a delight to meet this gloriously illustrated collection of poems by Ang...
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Firecrackers
Name: Alison Kelly
23 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
Firecrackers (Troika Books) is a magical and generous new collection of poems, stories and plays. It's beautifully presented and designed with Jo Riddell's wonderful illustrations enhancing the rich array of texts that Zaro Weil has composed. The hefty hardback book opens with 'Long ages ago' (...
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Monty & Sylvester: a Tale of every day superheroes
Name: Lizi Backhouse
23 April 2018;Genre: Adventure
Monty and Sylvester are a pair of every day animals who become superheroes. Their phone rings, and they rush off to help someone in trouble until an evil rat tries to stop them! Armed with their trusty vacuum, this story is entertaining and would be a good story for reluctant readers, and I thi...
