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I Am Bat
Name: Marie Berry
17 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
I Am Bat is a sweet book that would be lovely to read with younger children. This book is very simple. Bat has cherries and he does not want to share them. he tells everyone not to take them and if they do he will be ferocious and scary. However, little paws and beaks start creeping down the p...
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Fish Dream of Trees and other curious verses
Name: Marie Berry
17 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Fish Dream of trees and other curious verses is a beautiful poetry book. It is full of simple, witty rhymes and verses that are all based around animals. This book would make a lovely introduction to Poetry for younger children. The added bonus is that Axel Scheffler's unmistakeable illustrati...
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Home Sweet Home
Name: Kyle Matravers
15 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
This is a non-fiction book that tied in nicely with our Around the World topic in class. The book involves travelling around the world visiting peoples homes and yards to find out how they differ in each country. Each spread is narrated and written from the viewpoint of the household pet, which...
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The Great Paper Caper
Name: Aidan Severs
13 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Crime novels aren't for children, are they? Are they? Well The Great Paper Caper is. As usual Oliver Jeffers matches his quirky imagery with text bursting with wry, dry humour. Someone is chopping down the trees, but who? And why? The inhabitants of the wood set out to discover the answers to the...
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Here We Are
Name: Aidan Severs
13 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
When you spot J.M. Barrie's quote '...always try to be a little kinder than is necessary...' tucked away at the beginning of a book, you can almost be certain it's going to be a must-read for children. Especially in world where we seem to see so much unkindness. But that's not the world Jeffers...
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My Side of the Diamond
Name: Catherine Purcell
13 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
My Side of the Diamond is beautifully presented to resemble the moleskine notebooks that Becky writes in/ wrote in. You see, Becky and Icarus jumped off a tall building. Twenty years earlier, Skye and Lazarus also jumped off a tall building. Not one of them landed. They just sort of 'disappeare...
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Balthazar The Great
Name: Aidan Severs
13 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Balthazar The Great is a simple story about belonging. Balthazar the bear is freed from the circus but must find his way home, but where does he belong? The striking illustrations, alongside minimal text, tell of discovery and explore issues such as animal rights, friendship, loneliness, regret a...
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Rising Stars: New Young Voices in Poetry
Name: Alison Kelly
13 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Produced in conjunction with SLAMbassadors and Pop-Up, the impressive Otter-Barry publishing company is showcasing young 'rising stars'; in its latest volume of poetry. With stars in the ascendency, it seemed fitting that I turned firstly to Ruth Awolola's 'A Love Letter to the Stars' (p.17). T...
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The State of Grace
Name: Josie Age 11
12 November 2017;Genre: Friends and family
I would recommend this book because it is funny, interesting and I couldn't stop reading it! Full of surprises and plot twists, you never know what's coming next - this story is one of the best books I've ever read!
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DK Childrens's Encyclopedia
Name: Laura Anscombe
11 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Fantastic photographs, clear diagrams and illustrations, concise facts and age appropriate accessible text all come togeather in this great Children's Encyclopedia. It covers a range of subjects including geography, nature, history, science, art to name a few and handily colour codes the pages...
