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Three Keys
Name: Louisa Farrow
03 July 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
In Three Keys, Mia Tang is back and she's optimistic. Thanks to her vision and charisma, she and her parents now co-own the motel they've been running for the past year - and Mia gets to run the front desk! She's had a bit of success with her writing and she has a proper best...
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Friends and Traitors
Name: Sue Wilsher
01 July 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Nancy arrives at Stanbrook House to take up her post as a housemaid, just as preparations are being made for the arrival of a girls' school which is being evacuated from the Sussex coast. She quickly takes a dislike to the 'young ladies' who she considers to be spoilt little snobs. Sidney Dash...
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Spell Like a Ninja: Top tips, rules and remedies to supercharge your spelling
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 July 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Parents, this one is for you! Have you ever found yourself wondering what the children are being taught in school or how you could possibly explain the latest spelling pattern to come home? Wonder no more, Spell Like a Ninja, the latest book in Andrew Jennings's Ninja series,...
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The House With A Dragon In It.
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 July 2023;Genre: Family & Home
A completely , captivating , magical and mesmerizing tale. The pairing of author Nick Lake and illustrator Emily Gravett is just superb. As with the book, Locked Out Lily, in The House With a Dragon in it the duo have created an eerie, moo...
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Rhinos Don't Cry
Name: Jen Bevan
01 July 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Milo the rhino is a happy rhino who loves being busy doing rhino things with his cat Pickles, but he believes rhino's do not cry. This is all because his favourite movie star had said so in one of his favourite show. Milo tries really hard to live up to this. However, as everyone knows, we all...
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Cinder & Ella
Name: Sharon Porter
01 July 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
I was totally blown away by this version of the traditional tale of Cinder-Ella. It was a surprise to find Cinder as a prince and I loved the fact that Midnight replaced the fairy godmother. I won't spoil the ending of Cinder & Ella, but it has all the romance of a true-lo...
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Rory’s Room Of Rectangles
Name: Sharon Porter
01 July 2023;Genre: Family & Home
I loved Rory's Room of Rectangles by Ian Eagleton. Not just for the real story, which made me realise that my dad and step-dad are both there for me, but also for the way art is used to show feelings. I think Ian Eagleton must have had his parents split up to really know how it can feel so lon...
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Carnivel of the Spider
Name: Clair Bossons
01 July 2023;Genre: Adventure
Carnival of the Spider is the third in the series following on from Carnival of the Lost and Carnival of the Hunted. It did not disappoint; this book is every bit as well written as the fir...
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You're So Amazing!
Name: Maria
01 July 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
You're So Amazing! is a book about disability and how people respond to it. The picture book introduces the reader to Joe who just wants to play, have fun and be like every other child. Although Joe has a disability and needs crutches, he embraces all activities with enthusias...
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The Story of Conservation: A first book about protecting nature
Name: Lorraine ansell
01 July 2023;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Story of Conservation is a beautifully illustrated first introduction to how humans have and continue to impact the environment, both positive and negative. Simple explanatory text is coupled with rich and lively illustrations that will appeal to children, accompanied at t...
