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One Button and the Sea
Name: Wendy Kelly
19 August 2024;Genre: Family & Home
On the face of it, this is s simple tale of a community ripped apart by a disaster, their flight from danger and eventual homecoming. It could certainly be used this way with a younger audience as a simple way to start a conversation about why community is important. However, the themes it dea...
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You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems
Name: Wendy Kelly
19 August 2024;Genre: Poetry
Walker Books has done it again! I was delighted to receive this treasure, You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems, which every primary teacher (or at least every English Leader) needs a copy of. On the face of it, it's a picture book that tells the everyday life of P...
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Godfrey is a Frog
Name: Wendy Kelly
19 August 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
At first I thought that Godfrey is a Frog was a beautifully illustrated science book, but was bemused by the life-cycle process of Godfrey growing from an egg to a frog being completed by page four. What it actually is, is so much better (although reminding children that the p...
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I Love Books
Name: Maria Faithorn
19 August 2024;Genre: Picture Books
A great, laugh-out-loud book, perfect for all children, and particularly those reluctant readers! It's the end of the school term and, as the children leave the class, the teacher tells them to read a book over the holidays. Horror! This child HATES books! And a trip to the library - the most...
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A Walk Through the Rainforest
Name: Maria Faithorn
19 August 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
A Walk Through the Rainforest is a fascinating book exploring rainforests. The author has cleverly written this so the reader feels that they are there, in the rainforest, with the sounds around them. The illustrations further support this by providing detailed, often close up...
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The Fights That Make Us
Name: Louisa Farrow
19 August 2024;Genre: LBGTQ+
Jesse has recently come out as non-binary and is finding it hard to feel they belong and are accepted in school, despite staunch support from their best friend, Simran, and their parents. They also need to find a good subject for a history project to impress their inspiring new teacher, Mrs Gr...
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Roswell Johnson Saves the World!
Name: Margaret Pemberton
19 August 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
What a fantastic read for all of those who are fans of classic science fiction. Roswell is an 11-year-old America boy, named after the so-called alien crash of 1947 in a town of that name. He has grown up with a fascination for space, thanks to his father who had told him tales of seeing space...
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Little Guides to Nature: Hello Fossils and Shells
Name: Jane Rew
19 August 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Glance at the common features of all four books in this series and the librarian/teacher/book-buying parent will soon be persuaded to invest: Helpful hardback format suited to taking outdoors, as is their fit into a rucksack pocket; Quality paper for durability; Stylish and colourful illustrat...
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These stolen lives
Name: Ophelia McCluskey Gahan
19 August 2024;Genre: Dystopian
These Stolen Lives is a relevant and captivating dystopian thriller that taps into and explores timeless issues faced by society. It describes a world torn by race and the need for profit where you must pay for your life. After surviving the Skol invasion, Mora experien...
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Let ME Do It!
Name: Amanda Shipton
16 August 2024;Genre: Family & Home
'Let me do it' is a phrase heard by every parent and said by every child at some point as they develop their independence. This humorous story follows what happens as Teddy starts to do more for himself. The mess and havoc that is caused will be relatable for adult and children alike. <...
