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The Stickleback Catchers
Name: Beverley Somerset
12 May 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Mimi has been brought up by her grandparents since she was a baby. Now they all live together in a flat over a bowls club in North-East England. Mimi adores her feisty, sparky grandmother, who used to be an opera singer and is a mean skateboarder. So, when Gran begins to behave oddly and forge...
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Fairytale Ninjas - The Glass Slipper Academy
Name: Amanda Shipton
12 May 2023;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Fairytale Ninjas is the amazing concept of Paula Harrison. Before launching a successful writing career, Paula was a Primary school teacher. Her years teaching taught her what children like in stories and how they respond to humour and suspense which she uses to great effect in this wonderful...
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The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City
Name: Elen Green
12 May 2023;Genre: Adventure
As a fan of Katya Balen's writing, I was keen to see what she can do for younger readers and The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City is an appealing, fun adventure - with just the right amount of peril - for readers aged seven years plus. It also introduces the idea of 'mudlarking' and how...
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The Chalk Garden
Name: Elen Green
12 May 2023;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Chalk Garden is a really lovely picture book, one that supports giving space to wild planting and which encourages children to observe nature and its changes, with patience. A child's family moves to a new house whose garden comprises concrete slabs. She hears birds...
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If I had a crocodile
Name: Maria
11 May 2023;Genre: Animals
If I had a crocodile is part of the series If I had a ... published by Thames and Hudson. The front cover has a huge crocodile with the title If I had a crocodile and encourages the reader to dive in! This rhyming text interwoven with gorgeous illustrat...
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This Girl Can Be a Bit Shy
Name: Amanda Shipton
11 May 2023;Genre: Personal Growth
Meet Ruby. Some days she is brave, bouncy and chat-chat-chatty. Other days, she is not - and that's OK! She knows what she wants, and she does things her own way. Celebrate the power of listening to your emotions and speaking up with this wonderful picture book. Hazel Quintanilla's retr...
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Love You to Death
Name: Sue Wilsher
11 May 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Someone is obsessed with Mia Hawkins… I normally offer a summary of the book before a review, but this is one that I am not going to do that for in case I spoil the plot for anyone who has not read it! Having finished this a while ago, I have been waiting to review it until reading all of Gina...
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Marvellous Margot
Name: Jo Thomas
10 May 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Marvellous Margot is a beautifully illustrated book which follows Margot’s journey through the town to her friend Oscar's house. On the way, Margot helps some of her friends and demonstrates acts of kindness. This has been a great book to explore familiar emotions with...
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The Greatest Kingdom (A Clock of Stars, Book 3)
Name: Jacqueline Harris
10 May 2023;Genre: Fantasy
In The Greatest Kingdom, the final instalment in the A Clock of Stars trilogy, Imogen and Marie once again return to the magical kingdom, this time with their mother. They are on a lifesaving quest and time is running out. As well as this, they are pursued by Anneshka, who has...
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Once There Was
Name: Donna Burkert
10 May 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
Marjan's father has been killed. She doesn't know why, she doesn't know by who. What she does know is that since his death, she has been left to take on his responsibilities and keep his business going. She has been left to continue her life at school, whilst her mind is full of gaps and unans...
