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The Big Amazing Poetry Book
Name: Sue Wilsher
27 September 2022;Genre: Poetry
If there are any parents or teachers who feel lost about where to find an excellent selection of poems for their children, they need search no more! The Big Amazing Poetry Book not only offers an introduction to 52 (that's one for every week of the year) wonderful poets, it a...
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The Treekeepers
Name: Sue Wilsher
26 September 2022;Genre: Fantasy
Home to thousands, the city of Arborven owes its existence to the Undrentree. A well as the buildings covering the tree, set in rings around it are the city circles where the different layers of society live - the farther away from the tree, the less magic the inhabitants have. As a shapewalke...
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Darwin and Hooker
Name: Sharon Porter
26 September 2022;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Darwin and Hooker is no ordinary story book, it reveals the development of a friendship as well as the mind of one of our greatest biologists. With explanations of journeys to far shores to develop theories and giving presentations to the scientific communities in academia, th...
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The Valley of the Strange
Name: Sue Wilsher
25 September 2022;Genre: Science Fiction
As Lucy Sladan continues her investigation into the Pretenders - a race of shapeshifters she and her friend, Milo, discovered which has been living secretly in Stinky Pines for generations - things are about to get weird once more. Her father - Silas - has suddenly decided that the family shou...
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The Haunting Of Tyrese Walker
Name: Morgan Harkin
24 September 2022;Genre: Horror
The chilling young adult novel by J P Rose follows the story of a young boy from Manchester, entrapped by emotions following his father's death, the young boy travels to Jamaica to see his grandmother and family. After the reminder of his father's life in the family home rapidly affects Tyrese...
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Wishtree
Name: Louisa Farrow
23 September 2022;Genre: Friends and family
The main character of this whimsical book is an American red oak - and Red, as he's called, is many rings old. Over the years he's seen all sorts of people come and go and all sorts of changes in his neighbourhood but he's kept on photosynthesising and kept on providing a safe haven for the lo...
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Nibbles: The Bedtime Book
Name: Lucy Newton
23 September 2022;Genre: Humour
A book filled with flaps to open and holes to peep through - what's not to love?! Nibbles: The Bedtime Book is another brilliant book from Emily Yarlett following the adventures of Nibbles. This time, Nibbles is making his way through lots of our favourite stories including Ci...
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Journey Back to Freedom
Name: Sue Wilsher
23 September 2022;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Snatched from Essaka in Africa, Olaudah Equiano was captured and enslaved at the age of 11. Having spent time in Barbados and Virginia, he then spent the next eight years travelling the world as slave to a British Royal Navy officer, who renamed him Gustavus Vassa. His final master allowed him...
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Poo in the Zoo: The Island of Dinosaur Poo
Name: Elen Green
23 September 2022;Genre: Picture Books
There's no doubting how much children enjoy the Poo in the Zoo adventures (anything that has 'poo' in the sentence is going to get a chuckle from young children, and these books are completely focused on the subject!). In this picture book, the third in the series, our child-friendly zo...
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India, Incredible India
Name: Sharon Porter
21 September 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
From the end pages to every single double page spread, India, Incredible India by Jasbinder Bilan and illustrated by Nina Chakrabarti, is quite simply one of the most stunning books I have seen in a long time! From the informative map of india to the animals, artists, foods an...
