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Inspiring Inventors Who are Changing Our Future
Name: Sue Wilsher
31 August 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
In this fascinating book, the reader discovers the stories of twenty extraordinary inventors from across the world. Coming from very different backgrounds and locations, each of the people featured has seen a need, identified the problem and set about finding a solution, using their skill to m...
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Interview with a Tiger: and Other Clawed Beasts Too
Name: Mrs M
31 August 2023;Genre: Animals
This is such a great idea...to present non-fiction material in such a fun way. The interview style is very clever, using fact and humour. Interview with a Tiger: and Other Clawed Beasts Too is an interesting way to get children to think about the environment, climate change, i...
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Izzy the Inventor and the Unexpected Unicorn
Name: Jacqueline Harris
30 August 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
Izzy is a girl who likes science and doesn't believe in magic. She feels like the odd one out in her family. Then one day a fairy appears and insists that Izzy accompany her to a magical land. There, Izzy has a quest to complete to save to save a prince, accompanied by a unicorn called Henry....
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Izzy the Inventor and the Curse of Doom
Name: Jacqueline Harris
30 August 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
Izzy is back in her second adventure, Izzy the Inventor and the Curse of Doom, combining real experiments with anarchic magic and fantasy. This time, Izzy and her unicorn friend Henry travel into the magical land to save Sleeping Beauty and break the bad fairy's curse. As befo...
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Ten-word tiny tales
Name: Amanda Shipton
29 August 2023;Genre: Short reads
Can you tell a tale in ten words? In this unique and magnificent compendium designed to spark the imagination, Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho brings us stories of underwater worlds, demon hamsters, bears in outer space, and portals to places unknown! The tales in this book are tiny, they a...
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The Tyrannosaur’s feathers
Name: Maria faithorn
25 August 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
The Tyrannosaur's Feathers is a fantastic, current book based around how new findings and research have changed what we already know (or think we know!) about the past. For any dinosaur-mad child, or as part of a dinosaur topic of work, this is an ideal book to challenge previ...
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The Bear Behind
Name: Amanda Shipton
25 August 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
It was no ordinary Monday morning for Ivor as he watched the rain outside. Today was his first day at school and the last thing he needed was a huge Bear Behind. As he goes through his day, the Bear Behind is there each time Ivor is worried. From arriving at school, getting lost, having someon...
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We Are All Astonauts!
Name: Sue Wilsher
24 August 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Luna Scope, aged seven-and-a-bit Earth years, is determined to be an astronaut. Full of enthusiasm, she is about to launch herself into her ambition and, fortunately, her granny is on hand to guide her with some excellent advice. Luna learns about spacesuits and telescopes, stars and space roc...
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Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire!: A Sprinkling of Danger
Name: Donna Burkert
24 August 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Alice is on the case again in A Sprinkling of Danger. This time, she heads undercover onto a film set; the Director is desperate to have her delicious delicacies in shot to lift the film to the heights of splendour that he desires. But Alice is not alone on the set, a fellow...
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Foxglove
Name: Linda Brown
24 August 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Foxglove is the dark, captivating sequel to the Gothic-infused Belladonna. However, in this suspenseful and dramatic part of the story, Signa and Death face a supernatural enemy who is determined to tear them...
