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What the Crow Saw Below
Name: Amanda Shipton
08 August 2024;Genre: Personal Growth
What the Crow Saw Below is a beautiful story to remind us to look all around us and focus on the joy. Life is often not what it seems and this book demonstrates this beautifully. It is inspirational as the youngest member of the flock is the one to encourage the others to cha...
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Let ME Do It!
Name: Lizi Backhouse
08 August 2024;Genre: Family & Home
Teddy is not a baby anymore but his family still fuss over him so one day he decides to do everything himself - what could go wrong? This is a good concept to explore, and one that families with toddlers in will all relate to... I do have some reservations that some of the content (like cutti...
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Bronte Tempestra and the Ice Warriors
Name: Jenny Caddick
08 August 2024;Genre: Adventure
A light, lively and action-packed adventure story featuring some extreme Princess power! Bronte Tempestra is a princess turned knight-in-training at St Sebastian's School for Squires. It is only the end of the first term but Bronte has already proved herself a fierce force, ha...
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Rosie Raja: Undercover Codebreaker
Name: Hayley Summerfield
07 August 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Sufiya Ahmed has once again brought to life the beloved Muslim heroine Rosie in Rosie Raja: Undercover Codebreaker. This vivid and gripping historical adventure takes us to the heart of WWII control room - Bletchley Park and allows the reader to capture a gli...
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What the Crow Saw Below
Name: Lizi Backhouse
07 August 2024;Genre: Personal Growth
What the Crow Saw Below is a great rhyming book about a curious crow who is tired of looking for dangers below and so instead finds the courage to look up and see what she can discover. The vocabulary in this book is brilliant, it's descriptive and extended, with some c...
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The Secret of Golden Island
Name: Elen Green
07 August 2024;Genre: Adventure
The Secret of Golden Island is a perfect book for the summer - or the winter months, if you want to be carried back to these golden sunlit days! It took me back to my own readings of Enid Blyton's adventures, albeit with more depth as the main characters in this story, Skylar...
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Reek
Name: Ruth Cornish
06 August 2024;Genre: Dystopian
Reek is a cli-fi (climate fiction) story about the planet following the release of deadly toxic pollution. The survivors live in airlocked safety where survival outside depends, ironically, on the use of oxygen tanks to pay for tank refills. Sparrow, the central charact...
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Bear's Wash Day
Name: Lizi Backhouse
05 August 2024;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
Help bear do the washing after they get smoothie on their clothes! The story follows the stages of putting washing in the machine; each page has an interactive wheel to turn, flap to open or part to move. The illustrations are engaging and children will enjoy moving the parts - particular the...
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Apocalypse Cow
Name: Stephen Leitch
05 August 2024;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Life is a little awkward for teenager Mel. She fancies her climate change-obsessed straight best friend, Sasha; she's facing homophobic bullying at school by Ella and Janis; she has to work weekends at the local shop with posh boy Dorian who she can't stand, and it's 30c in January in England....
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Welsh Giants, Ghosts and Goblins
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 August 2024;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Before you have even opened it to discover the delights within, it has to be said that Welsh Giants, Ghosts and Goblins is a beautifully produced book. The green hardback perfectly complements the gold lettering and design of the cover by Becka Moor, making this a book to be...
