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Tibs, the Post Office Cat
Name: Kyle Matravers
06 May 2017;Genre: Adventure
Joyce Dunbar has created a lovely book based on what is said to be a real cat: Tibs. The story is set in the 1950s, an age where the post was sorted by hand and many, many letters were handled each day. Tibs comes from a long line of famous Post Office cats and his day has come to rid the Post...
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Grandad's Secret Giant
Name: Kyle Matravers
06 May 2017;Genre: Adventure
Grandad's Secret Giant is a fabulous book written by the same author who brought us The Bear and the Piano. Billy, our main character, doesn't believe his loving Grandad when he tells him that there is a giant living in town, doing good deeds for all the residents of Gableview. Despite several...
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Goldenhand
Name: Jayne Gould
06 May 2017;Genre: Adventure
Goldenhand is the very welcome return to the world of the Old Kingdom, continuing the story of Lirael, former Second Assistant Librarian, now Abhorsen-in-Waiting. This new and rather unexpected role means that she has dead creatures to battle and dangerous Free Magic entities to bind. Saving Nic...
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My Amazing Body Machine
Name: Sue Wilsher
06 May 2017;Genre: Adventure
This exciting guide to the human body is beautifully presented and fully of fascinating facts! Divided into clear sections, each dealing with a different topic - e.g. Heart and Blood, Waterworks - this is such an easy to navigate, clearly laid out book. Each of the nine key chapters is sub-divide...
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The Promise
Name: Sue Wilsher
03 May 2017;Genre: Adventure
Growing up 'mean and hard' in a city where nothing grew and everything was broken, a young thief snatches a handbag from an old lady - an easy victim - who won't let go until the thief has made her a promise. With no intention of keeping her word, the thief promises and discovers that the bag is...
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The Boy Who Went Magic
Name: Clare Wilkins
02 May 2017;Genre: Adventure
A P Winter's debut novel is a charming and fantastical tale about long-hidden magic and the extraordinary adventure that unfolds when a naive schoolboy unleashes its extraordinary powers. Bert's hum-drum existence spins dangerously out-of-control when a school trip to a new museum opens a doorwa...
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A Desert Friend
Name: Kyle Matravers
01 May 2017;Genre: Adventure
The tagline for this book is 'A rhyming, pop-up adventure!' Which caught my attention straight away. This book allows you to discover a host of desert animals as the little fennec fox wonders through the landscape looking for a friend to play with. Written in the first person, it allows you to...
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Bear in a Square
Name: Kyle Matravers
01 May 2017;Genre: Adventure
Bear in a Square is the second in the series of books written by Amelie Faliere. This book follows the idea of introducing shapes to children through the use of animals. Each shape has an animal posing in that shape e.g. A bear in the shape of a square, a hamster in the shape of a circle and a p...
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Does Your Dad Roar?
Name: Kyle Matravers
01 May 2017;Genre: Adventure
'Does Your Dad Roar?' Is a wonderful short book to read to babies and toddlers. I have read it to my eight month old son and, even at his early age, has enjoyed it thoroughly. As the pages turn, the pictures on the book change. For example, the lion suddenly begins to roar as the age is turned....
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Three Dark Crowns
Name: Linda brown
29 April 2017;Genre: Adventure
Three Dark Crowns follows a set of triplets, all three queens - heirs to the crown, though only one will reign. All three born with a different gift. At the age of six, they are separated to be raised by different families, each with a different gift, giving each a completely different upbringing...
