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Lili
Name: Lizi Coombs
04 July 2016;Genre: Adventure
This is a charming picture book with fantastic illustrations. I shared this with my class of 7/8 year olds and we all enjoyed the story - but overwhelmingly agreed that the story is just too short! We all loved the character of Lili, a girl whose red hair is useful to some (like her family, for c...
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The Seal Children
Name: Lucy Newton
02 July 2016;Genre: Adventure
A fisherman called Ewan falls in love with a selkie - a half-woman, half-seal creature - because she loves his singing to the sea. As a sign of her love, the selkie woman gives Ewan her salty seal skin to keep safe. Soon after, the selkie bears two children for Ewan which they call Ffion and Morl...
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The Girl With the Parrot on Her Head
Name: Lucy Newton
02 July 2016;Genre: Adventure
The story of the girl with the parrot on her head is based around the topic of friendship. It would be a useful tool to help children to understand and talk about losing and gaining friendships. The main character in the book is Isabel, who is left behind by her best friend Simon. It provides an...
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Toby and the Ice Giants
Name: Lucy Newton
01 July 2016;Genre: Adventure
Toby and the Ice Giants provides an excellent mix of a fictional story as well as interesting facts about animals. Toby the Bison travels on an adventure to explore the Ice Age Tundra and meets many of the giants that roamed during that time. As Toby comes across new and exciting animals, he disc...
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Counting Lions
Name: Lucy Newton
01 July 2016;Genre: Adventure
Counting lions is a beautiful book. It is full of detailed drawings of different wild animals in their natural groups. At the beginning, there is a thoughtful message about endangered species and how we are putting them at such risk. It also draws on different habitats and the groups that animals...
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Hector and Hummingbird
Name: Lizi Coombs
29 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Hector and the Hummingbird is a fantastically funny story that can be enjoyed by both adults and children alike! The story follows Hector (the bear) and his friend Hummingbird (well...the hummingbird!) who are best friends... mostly. Hector finds himself annoyed by Hummingbird's constant chatter...
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Hector and Hummingbird
Name: Class 6
29 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
This was very popular with our whole class! Here are some individual thoughts... Ruby: Hector and Hummingbird is an amusing friendship-themed book which can be enjoyed by children of all ages. Every page is humour-packed and full of vibrant, colourful illustrations. This book shows the ups and do...
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The Colour Monster
Name: Gemma Baird
28 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
The Colour Monster is a wonderful way into exploring emotions for children as colour is used to represent different feelings through the little Colour Monster. When the monster wakes up feeling confused - and the colours swirl on his chest - a little girl helps him. She explains his colours are m...
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Under Earth, Under Water
Name: Jane Best
28 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
This large-format book by the creators of 'Maps' takes us - as the double-sided cover suggests - through the Earth's secrets, underground and under the sea. These are huge areas to mine for information and since we don't usually spend much time exploring these places, there is a lot of useful in...
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Return
Name: Emily Beale
27 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Readers may be aware of Aaron Beckers wordless picture books - Journey & Quest; the series becomes a trilogy with the addition of the newly released book Return. In his first book Journey, we are introduced to a seemingly ordinary young girl, with an extraordinary magical red crayon. She has her...
