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Rumaysa: Ever After
Name: Elen Green
16 April 2022;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
In this hugely entertaining follow-up to Radiya Hafiza's Rumaysa: A Fairytale, Rumaysa is seeking her own 'happily ever after' in the hunt for her parents, who she was stolen from as a baby. While all she wants to do is to find her home, during her travels, Rumaysa's help is sought from a vari...
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Animal Sidekicks: Amazing Stories of Symbiosis in Animals and Plants
Name: Jennifer Caddick
15 April 2022;Genre: Animals
Animal Sidekicks is packed with fascinating, true and sometimes strange facts about symbiosis - the relationship between members of two different species (whether positive or negative). Symbiosis and the science around it is made concise and clear in this brilliant book...
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Dino Knights: Invasion
Name: Sam Phillips
14 April 2022;Genre: Adventure
Dino Knights: Invasion is the second book in a fast-paced fantasy adventure trilogy, set in a medieval land where dinosaurs still roam. Written by Jeff Norton, this is an absolute must have for any Lower KS2 class library and for those new to chapter books and for reluctant re...
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The Light in Everything
Name: Louisa Farrow
14 April 2022;Genre: Family & Home
It took no time at all to be entranced by the beautiful prose and emotional depth of this wonderful story: I raced through it compulsively - and then felt a sense of loss when it was over too soon. Born in a storm and with a character to match, Zofia is loud and bold and sometimes boili...
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Truth be Told
Name: Lucy Georgeson
14 April 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Tara is from Derry, Faith is from Armagh; their lives are very different, but they look exactly the same - they just don't know why... Two teens from very different backgrounds - Tara, the Catholic daughter of a two generation single parent family, and Faith, the daughter of strict Evangelical...
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SuperQuesters: The Case of the Stolen Sun
Name: Wendy Kelly
14 April 2022;Genre: Early Skills
Super Questers: The Case of the Stolen Sun tasks children with solving a range of problems, using STEM skills. This means they have to use logic and a variety of maths, science and technology approaches. The book itself is high quality, A4-sized and thick cardboard covers. The...
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Let's Go Outside!
Name: Wendy Kelly
14 April 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
Those of us who were children in the 1980's will remember the TV programme 'Why Don't You' telling us to 'switch off the TV and go and do something less boring instead'. This book is a brilliant set of suggestions to do just that. Let's Go Outside! is a large, good qual...
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The Sky over Rebecca
Name: Donna Ritchie
14 April 2022;Genre: Adventure
The Sky over Rebecca is a story which combines two different places and times. Kara lives in Stockholm with her mum, who works extremely hard and means that Kara has a lot of looking after herself to do. However, her grandad lives not far from her home and Kara visits and spea...
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Once Upon a Big Idea
Name: Maria Aldred
14 April 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
Once Upon a Big Idea is book is a brilliant journey through lots of important inventions in our world. The clever rhyming text meanders beautifully through inventions that have changed the world and our lives. Each double page spread draws you in with the vibrant illustrations...
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The Eyebrows of Doom
Name: Maria
14 April 2022;Genre: Humour
The Eyebrows of Doom is a hilarious book! We meet big bear Dave who is happily sweeping the floor until the eyebrows of doom enter his life. After jumping onto Dave, these naughty creatures cause havoc as they invade the lives of so many on their mischievous travels, causing a...
