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Home is Where the Hive Is
Name: Amanda Shipton
04 March 2022;Genre: Environment
In Home is Where the Hive Is, Beatrice or 'Flower-Finding Scout Bee #7394' lives with her 50,000 sisters in the Big Tree Hive. This is a lovingly written story details with the development of towns and cities and the loss of green spaces. Beatrice leaves on an exciting...
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The Magic of the Seasons
Name: Carol Wright
04 March 2022;Genre: Environment
Magical! This hardback, non-fiction book does what it says in the title - exploring the magic of the seasons. You may think you know all about the seasons but there is so much more than the weather to discover. The Magic of the Seasons is an in-depth knowledge book that...
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Ready said Rabbit
Name: Ashley Clayton
04 March 2022;Genre: Picture Books
What is meant to be a simple trip out to the park seems to take forever for Rabbit and his dad! Ready said Rabbit has lovely and colourful illustrations and lots of repetitive phrases that the children in my reception class loved joining in with! I liked the fact that there were also l...
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Leonardo Da Vinci’s Life of Invention
Name: Sharon Porter
03 March 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
Leonardo Da Vinci's Life of Invention is the third in the award winning series of non-fiction books by Jake Williams and I can see why. Not only is the information in the book accessible for children reading the book, but the double page spreads are so beautifully illustrated...
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This Girl Can Do Anything
Name: Lizi Backhouse
03 March 2022;Genre: Personal Growth
This Girl Can Do Anything is a charming picture book about Ruby, a small girl who knows exactly what she wants. The story is written in the first person, the pictures help convey meaning and it's full of points that every parent and child will relate to. The book aims t...
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Only a Monster
Name: Linda Brown
03 March 2022;Genre: Fantasy
What a debut novel, I loved every word of Only a Monster and possibly, even though it's still early into the new year, the best read of 2022... 16-year-old Joan has led a perfectly normal life until she is sent to spend the summer in London with her late mother's quirky family...
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The Girl Who Planted Trees
Name: Kyle Matravers
03 March 2022;Genre: Environment
Once there was a girl. She was just a small girl, about your size, actually. She lived in a dry little village at the foot of a great grey mountain... The Girl Who Planted Trees is an empowering, powerful and hopeful story written by Caryl Hart. In this text, the girl l...
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The Tree Book
Name: Lauren Maidman
03 March 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
The Tree Book is a fun and interactive non-fiction book, looking into the inner workings of a tree. It has cut out, see-through pages that allow you to 'look inside' each part of the tree and see how it functions and grows. I am a big fan of books like these as they make the l...
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The Aquanaut
Name: Kelly Buxton
03 March 2022;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
The Aquanaut is a humorous graphic novel with a Nemo inspired feel about saving sea life. Narratives intertwine and collide with themes of loss, family and solitude. A group of enigmatic sea-life characters cause havoc on land in search of paradise for marine life, a g...
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The Rema Chronicles REALM of the BLUE MIST
Name: Kelly Buxton
03 March 2022;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
In The Rema Chronicles: REALM of the BLUE MIST, Tabby wants to uncover the truth surrounding her dad's demise. He died following research into a tree that leaks a mysterious mist in the forest. She unexplainably finds herself in Rema, a faraway land of magic and beauty that is...