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Grown: The Black Girls' Guide to Glowing Up
Name: Amiran Age 14
01 December 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
I would definitely recommend this book, but to a specific audience. Me being of South Asian minority, I don't think I related to this as much as other black girls would, but I would definitely recommend it to them. It was an interesting read and could give a girl some great insights into growi...
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Diary of a Christmas Elf
Name: Lisa Watkins
01 December 2021;Genre: Humour
Diary of a Christmas Elf is a charmingly hilarious story of Tog, an apprentice elf. Being selected by Santa isn't quite what Tog had dreamed of and it doesn't take long before he is relegated to cleaning out the reindeer stables. Tog finds himself being accused of a terrible C...
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Tiny Reindeer
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 December 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Tiny Reindeer is a beautifully written, seasonal story focusing on an underdog character with a huge heart and an even stronger determination. Children will easily identify with Tiny as he is desperate to help Santa do jobs, but often makes them worse rather than helping. A he...
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Little Santa
Name: Kyle Matravers
01 December 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Little Santa is the tale of how Santa grew up to become the jolly red-suited gift giver that we know and love today. Jon Agee has done a superb job in creating a story that engages young readers in Santa's origin story…something that, admittedly, I had never considered before....
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Zoom: Building Site Adventure
Name: Elen Green
30 November 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
What an unexpected find the Zoom books were - this one is the Zoom Building Site Adventure, which is great to help teach building and construction with young children, but there is also Zoom Farm Adventure in the series. These are small, sturdy board books with peep-throughs and a lovely pop-u...
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Art of Protest: What a revolution looks like
Name: Lorraine Ansell
30 November 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Big Picture Press have hit the nail on the head with this new book, Art of Protest: What a revolution looks like, by artivist De Nichols. Formatted and produced to simulate a zine, it is illustrated by several artists, resulting in a powerfully visual and educational book....
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The 143-Storey Treehouse
Name: Samantha Phillips
30 November 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
The 143-Storey Treehouse - the 11th and latest book in the Treehouse story series by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton - is a fun, quick read that will inevitably appeal to newly independent readers as much as those children who have developed a good reading stamina and a true l...
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Can't Catch Santa
Name: Ashley Clayton
30 November 2021;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
The children in the reception class enjoyed listening to Can't Catch Santa and lifting the flaps to see that actually, it wasn't Santa at all! They liked trying to guess who it might be behind the flap when they realised it may not be Santa, so there are lots of opportunities...
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Little Santa
Name: Wendy Kelly
30 November 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Who would have thought we needed a Santa Claus origin story? Turns out, we do! Little Santa is a wonderful snapshot of Santa's life as a child in the North Pole with his family. They are fed up of the snow and want to move to Florida but before they can leave, a blizzard hits...
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The Bear Who Sailed the Ocean on an Iceberg
Name: Linda Canning
25 November 2021;Genre: Friends and family
The Bear Who Sailed the Ocean on an Iceberg is a poignant and upbeat story, warm enough to melt even the iciest of hearts! It deals with some difficult themes, such as bullying and bereavement, with sensitivity and compassion and it was an enjoyable read from beginning to end....
