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Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Train Trouble
Name: Maria
10 August 2023;Genre: Adventure
If you love Shifty and Sam, pack your suitcase and get on board the Pawrient Express for Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Train Trouble, a new adventure with these humorous characters. What a delight to receive a copy of this brilliant new book, celebrating the 10th Anniversar...
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Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism
Name: Louisa Farrow
10 August 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism is an ambitious book: it sets out to help make the world a fairer place for everyone by investigating racism. Words from Yasmin Abdul-Magied and pictures from Aleesha Nandra work effectively together to explore three key questions: why rac...
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Overemotional
Name: Stephen Leitch
10 August 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
Steven Percival realised there really was something strange going on with him when he kissed a boy whose head proceeded to explode. Whenever he experiences emotion, the opposite emotion is transferred to whatever or whoever is around him with spectacular effect. Heading to the dead end town of...
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The Treasure Hunters
Name: Janet Fisher
10 August 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Poor Vincent skulks around at school trying not to be noticed or have anyone notice he is alone. But teachers have noticed he seems to have no friends and put him forward for an adventuring weekend away, involving tents and lots of walking! He is joined by Lena who has an ulterior motive for j...
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A Superhero Mermaid Dragon Adventure (Pick a Story)
Name: Amanda Shipton
09 August 2023;Genre: Adventure
A Superhero Mermaid Dragon Adventure is the third book in a brilliant new series of 'pick your own' picture book adventures. Do you love superheroes? How about mermaids? And dragons? Sarah and Adam have crammed them ALL in to the pages of this humorous interactive adventure!</...
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The Girl Who Grew Wings
Name: Clare Wilkins
08 August 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
Greek myths are now a popular and well-populated genre but this new book does more than enough to stand out from the crowd. In the Citadel of Appollis, citizens worship the Sun God and Mother Moon. A chosen few are revealed to have 'callings' and will eventually leave their families to train a...
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Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster!
Name: Amanda Shipton
04 August 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
A Bigfoot is on the loose! A squirrel wedding! Silent disco party time! Just another day in Grimwood really! Ted, Nancy, Willow and the rest of the Grimwood gang must embark on their greatest adventure yet to save their home from a nasty, thieving stink monster. Grimwood: Attack...
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How To Spaghettify Your Dog: and other science secrets of the universe
Name: Jane Rew
04 August 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
It’s not only geeks and science teachers who will enjoy How To Spaghettify Your Dog, although they surely will. Any child (or adult) who has wondered at the weirdness of the world and puzzled over why things do what they do, or look the way they look, will get sucked in. <...
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Questions and Answers about Refugees
Name: Sharon Age 11
04 August 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
In Questions and Answers about Refugees, every single page has lots of questions with the answers underneath the flap. I learned so much just from the first six pages! We have been studying journeys in our geography lessons this term. I'd highly recommend this for anyone aged...
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My Name is Sunshine Simpson
Name: Donna Burkert
04 August 2023;Genre: Family & Home
Sunshine Simpson was born in a taxi; she knew this because there was a photo of her with the taxi driver and mum. Important things in her life are, The Twinzies, mum and dad, but especially her Grandad Bobby. He is 'as strong as an ox', that's what everybody says. He is always telling stories...
