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The Mouse Who Reached The Sky
Name: Torie Walton
01 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
The Mouse Who Reached the Sky is a simple, yet utterly charming story that celebrates working together, friendship and sharing. One day, Little Mouse spots something red and shiny hanging in the branches of a tree. He thinks it is a beautiful marble and would like to have it. Despite his best...
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The Tree
Name: Torie Walton
01 June 2016;Genre: Environment
This simple yet powerful story begins with an ordinary looking tree. Through a few select words and delightful illustrations, the reader is quickly introduced to its inhabitants: the birds who have built a nest between the spruce's branches; the scurry of squirrels whose dray balances amongst th...
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Footpath Flowers
Name: Torie Walton
01 June 2016;Genre: Real life
Footpath Flowers (now available in paperback) is delicate, beautiful and carries a poignant message. Through its exquisite ink and watercolour illustrations, Footpath Flowers tells the story of a young girl and her distracted father. As they walk home, through the bustling city, she finds beaut...
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What Do Grown-Ups Do All Day
Name: Alison Chase
24 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
This is a really useful book for topics about people who help and support us, and it gives a really useful glimpse into the kinds of things that grown-ups get up to. Given that children often wonder what they'll be doing as adults, this book is also a useful tool for showing them just how many...
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The Great Fire of London: 350th Anniversary
Name: Clare Childs
24 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
With the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London just around the corner (September), this is a timely and beautifully produced picture book that helps to explain to young children in KS1 what happened during those terrifying three days when so much of London was in flame. The text is kept s...
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Magical Maths
Name: Marie Berry
23 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
In the past with year 5 and 6 pupils I have made maths fact books with flaps and pull outs etc... I've always had to make the model myself - well never again! Magical maths is a fantastic maths fact book which gives a whole wealth of information from across the maths curriculum. The interactive...
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The Bombs That Brought Us Together
Name: Victoria Dilly
21 May 2016;Genre: Friends and family
Charlie Law lives with his Mum and Dad in Little Town, a place run by the Regime, through gangs of Rascals who patrol the town making the residents' lives a misery. There's no freedom of speech and pretty much no 'normal' life, the result being it's a boring but scary existence. Charlie lives...
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Fact Finders SPACE
Name: Emily Beale
18 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
Let's explore space - what is it? What is a star? And what is the solar system? The new Fact Finders SPACE book answers all these questions and more - and all through the wonder of pop ups! Meet the scientists who have changed our view of the universe and discover a map of the cosmos where the pl...
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Ratburger
Name: Alice Childs
16 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
This story has a vile villain, some terrible teachers, a dead hamster and a dare-devil rat so expect lots of danger, some near disasters and many thrills! Zoe isnt having a great time. She lives on the 37th floor of a council flat, she is bullied, her dad is always in the pub and she has the w...
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The Wolves of Currumpaw
Name: Emily Beale
16 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
In 1862, New Mexico, a lone pack of wolves roams a dramatically changing landscape. The notorious mob of grey american wolves have terrorised the region's livestock, desperate for food due to the loss of their natural habitat and food sources. They are led by Old Lobo the king of the Currumpaw va...
