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Hole in the Zoo
Name: Lauren Maidman
05 October 2018;Genre: Adventure
'In the garden at number 2 there's a hole in wall that belongs to the zoo.' Everyday, a series of cheeky, curious animals make their way through the hole to see what they can find. It's up to Ellie, Boo and her brother to look after all these animals! Until a man from the zoo arrives and tells al...
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I Really Want That Unicorn
Name: Lauren Maidman
05 October 2018;Genre: Adventure
Ever wanted to win a big, sparkly, Mellow Yellow Unicorn? Chloe Crocodile does, desperately! The only way she can do this is to win Miss Twinkletoes' talent competition. All Chloe has to do is bake a rainbow cake, make a magic castle, design a unicorn fairy costume and give her best performance!...
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Daddy Hairdo
Name: Lauren Maidman
05 October 2018;Genre: Adventure
Daddy Hairdo is the funny tale of Amy, her Dad and her huge amounts of hair! As Amy's hair grows and grows, Dad seems to be losing his. After them attempting to search for it Dad turns his efforts to Amy's hair creating the biggest, boldest and most amazing hairstyles in town. As Amy and her Dad...
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Two Dark Reigns
Name: Linda brown
04 October 2018;Genre: Adventure
Two Dark Reigns is book three in the amazing One Dark Throne series. I'm not sure how the author, Kendare Blake, puts this fantasy world together with all the twists and turns, until the very last page that leaves you wanting more. The story picks up with Katherine now the Queen of Fennbrin. He...
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No Fixed Address
Name: Tanja Jennings
03 October 2018;Genre: Adventure
Susin Nielsen is adept at blending light and dark to create believable, quirky and multi-faceted characters who just need friendship, kindness and understanding to make their lives brighter. No Fixed Address is set in Vancouver and reflects the sad fact that rental units are expensive and scarc...
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Iguana Boy vs. The 30 second thief
Name: Leia Sands
03 October 2018;Genre: Adventure
The second installment in the Iguana Boy series, doesn't disappoint. Dylan, a boy whose superpower is the ability to talk to iguanas, has now joined the Superhero Collective and is starting his first day at HQ. Dylan, along with his team of trusty iguanas, Paul, Pauline, Smelly Paul and Red ey...
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How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear
Name: M. Hardy
02 October 2018;Genre: Adventure
A pupil in my class, who is an animal nut, absolutely ADORED this book! The presentation and organisation of the book engages readers well making it easy to navigate, with short paragraphs of information. Character illustrations are representative and inclusive making them relatable to readers...
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Power To The Princess
Name: M. Hardy
02 October 2018;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
These are fairytales with a really positive twist! The princesses are not the traditional passive characters, where adventure happens around them. In this book, they are adventurous, practical and independent. They give readers a really great message and I would heavily recommend reading these w...
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Power To The Princess
Name: Ellie Age 10
02 October 2018;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
The physical book has a really nice feel to it and the pages are easy to flip. The front cover has a lot of textures which I really love, Vita makes me happy with the way she magpies from traditional stories and makes them her own. I would recommend this book to adventurous people who want to...
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Secrets of a Sun King
Name: Janet Fisher
02 October 2018;Genre: Historical Fiction
I was lucky enough to review Emma Carroll's first book, Frost Hollow Hall, in 2013, which was a very good debut and was delighted to find that this, her seventh book, does not disappoint. The story of the boy King Tutankhamun, whose tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922, has always fasc...
