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Asking For It
Name: Kathryn Flagner
05 November 2015;Genre: Adventure
The day after attending a party at the home of a friend the parents of 17 year old Emma find her semi-conscious on the front lawn. The next day in school all of her classmates, including her closest friends, refuse to let her sit with them and won't speak with her. Emma doesn't understand this...
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The Imaginary
Name: Lorraine Ansell
05 November 2015;Genre: Friends and family
Rudger is Amanda's imaginary best friend and together they have the most amazing adventures, where objects are brought to life and new worlds created by Amanda's extraordinary imagination. Rudger happily lives in her house until one night when the sinister Mr Bunting and his shadowy accomplice...
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Penguin Small
Name: Marie Berry
04 November 2015;Genre: Adventure
Penguin Small introduces us to another of Mick Inkpen's loveable characters. The story tells the tale of Penguin Small, who want to escape to the South Pole with his friends but is too afraid to swim out to sea. Left behind to face the big bully polar bears, Penguin Small find friendship with a...
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THAT'S (NOT) MINE
Name: Marie Berry
01 November 2015;Genre: Adventure
If you've got sharing issues in your house then this is the picture book for you. This book tells the story of two bears arguing over whose chair it is and who was sitting in it first. That typical sharing argument and its escalation are depicted well in this story. There is good use of amusin...
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Charlie and Lola: One Thing
Name: Marie Berry
01 November 2015;Genre: Adventure
This book is like a mirror of my life with my six year old! For Charlie and Lola lovers this book is a must and for everyone else, buy this book for the most brilliant way to develop number awareness with you children. Lauren Child has approached children's continuous fascination with numbers in...
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Cezanne and the Apple Boy
Name: Lizi Coombs
31 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
A touching story that follows the Artist Paul Cezanne in 1886 as he takes his son on a trek up a mountain, painting as he goes. The story is easy to follow and drip feeds facts about Cezanne in a way that is accessible for children. I've enjoyed reading this book and learning about the man who l...
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Camille and the Sunflowers
Name: Lizi Coombs
31 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
Anholt has written a whole series of books that focus on different artists - through the children that knew them. This is a great way of engaging children and getting them to think beyond the classic pieces of art that they often encounter in schools or museums in a passive way. This particular...
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Tell us a Story, Papa Chagall
Name: Lizi Coombs
31 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
A great way to introduce children to the artwork and life story of Marc Chagall, Anholt's book tells us of his paintings, muses and the key events in his life all through two twins asking for stories. Papa Chagall recounts his childhood, going to art school, moving to France, fleeing from the Naz...
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Binny in Secret
Name: Hayley Nicholson
30 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
There is an innocence to this book, much like the feeling with any Famours Five or Secret Seven adventures, although this one has mobile phones. Binny is not your normal lead character. She's clumsy and stroppy, and sometimes gets herself into trouble just by acting without thinking, but she has...
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Adventures of the Steampunk Pirates: Clash of the Rival Robots
Name: Hayley Nicholson
30 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
Hoist the mainsail! Gareth P. Jones really is on a roll with his Steampunk Pirates. This series just keeps getting better. The pirates are now well and truly settled into their sea-dog profession and are once again being challenged by the dastardly British Empire - this time with the King taking...
