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Ways to Say I Love You
Name: Maria
14 February 2023;Genre: Family & Home
This beautiful book arrived to read on Valentine's Day and what a lovely book it is to share. Ways to Say I Love You is a celebration of LOVE with caring words and gorgeous illustrations modelling to children different ways to show LOVE and care for each other. Such a positive...
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Out of the Blue
Name: Lizi Backhouse
13 February 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
'In a world where only one colour is allowed, will one boy be brave enough to defy the rules?' Out of the Blue is a story of a boy who loves the colour yellow, but lives in a world where only blue is allowed. Everything is being repainted blue, 'rubbish' other colours are coll...
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Blackbeard's Treasure
Name: Sam Phillips
11 February 2023;Genre: Adventure
What an absolutely cracking read; Pirates of the Caribbean for under 10's! Abigail, the story's main protagonist, is fearless in her search for revenge after pirates attack her home and kill her father. With no one left to stop her Abigail joins her family's slave boy, Boubacar when he reasons...
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High Top: The Sneaker That Just Can't Stop
Name: Jenny Bevan
10 February 2023;Genre: Personal Growth
High Top: The Sneaker That Just Can't Stop is perfect for busy children. It will help them understand that their play might not always be fun for others. High Top loves fun and wants everyone else to have fun but, when he reflects, he realises others might not have had...
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Mums Are Magnificent
Name: Julie Bevan
10 February 2023;Genre: Family & Home
This is a perfect present for a new Mum or a Mum on Mother's day. All children will love reading this again and again. Children will be shouting out; 'that mum is like my mum, she is a bit like this as well; no - that mum is my mum...' This book shows that woman can be anything and still be a...
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All Four Quarters of the Moon
Name: Tracy Parvin
10 February 2023;Genre: Family & Home
It is the night of the Mid-Autumn festival and Peijing is in the kitchen making mooncakes with Ah-Ma (Grandma). In the living room, all of the aunties and uncles are playing what is to be their last game of Mah-jong: the next day, the Guo family will be leaving Singapore to start a new life in...
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Game Over Girl
Name: Emelia Helliwell
10 February 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Game Over Girl is a story about a girl, Dolores, and her twin sister Alex, who were raised by an uncaring mother in two different ways. One girl, the eldest, was treated well, was brought new things and had lovely food. The other was only given hand me downs, would have leftov...
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Big Feelings: And what they tell us
Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 February 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Big Feelings: And what they tell us is a fairly substantial picture book with rhyming text that explores different emotions and how to deal with them. Lively illustrations show the emotions and the children's actions. At the back of the book there are lots of discussion points...
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Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum
Name: Hayley Summerfield
09 February 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum is a brilliantly funny murder mystery story by Alasdair Beckett-King. The new sleuth is humorous and witty and will inspire budding detectives everywhere, as all that is clearly needed is a clever disguise, a fake moustache, a notebook a...
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Kyan Green and the Infinity Racers
Name: Jenny Caddick
09 February 2023;Genre: Adventure
Kyan Green and the Infinity Racers is a fresh, fun, fast paced and modern mind-bending, multi-universe adventure story for readers who like their worlds expanding! Kyan finds a tattered, forgotten and old fashioned racing car game during an unwilling chore cleaning out...
