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Dig, Dig, Dinosaur
Name: Jessica Bunney
08 July 2024;Genre: Early Skills
Dig Dig Dinosaur is a special book about dinosaurs which has been created by an expert and leader in palaeontology. Anjali Goswami's passion for all things dinosaurs and fossils absolutely breathes into this book. Firstly, my toddler and I fell in love with the inside f...
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The Boy to Beat the Gods
Name: Jenny Caddick
08 July 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
The Boy to Beat the Gods is a richly evocative and fascinating adventure taking inspiration from, and rooted in, the culture of African storytelling. Tales of the Yoruba spirits form the backbone and history of this epic, exciting and entertaining story and are part of a wonde...
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Kyan Green Battles the Multiverse
Name: Jenny Caddick
08 July 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Kyan Green Battles the Multiverse is the second in the series of this cool, contemporary and futuristic adventure featuring Kyan Green and his crew of multiverse hopping gamers. Think Jumanji with a sci-fi , techno twist. After the discovery of a battered old racetrack...
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Changing Tides
Name: Joanne Thomas
08 July 2024;Genre: Family & Home
Changing Tides is a lovely book about family and sibling relationships in a blended family. Follow Lula as she goes on her first holiday with her new big brother Theo and his mum, Simone, and experiences the changes this brings. Lula soon learns to share with her new big broth...
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Time Travelling with a Tortoise
Name: Tamás Szigeti
08 July 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Although I am a 45 year old maths teacher, I like time travelling stories. I have seen and read a lot but thought it was the best in the known space-time continuum. (Nontheless it has some contradictions...)
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Brave as a Lion: A fun way to explore feelings with 2-5-year-olds through play
Name: Jessica Bunney
07 July 2024;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Brave as a Lion is a book from the 'Choose Your Mood, Express Your Feelings' collection by publisher Mama Makes Books. It can be read differently every time with a different emotive puzzle created with each read, depending on how we are feeling as we choose our moods. T...
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Puppet
Name: Louisa Farrow
07 July 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
Poignant, reflective and, ultimately, hopeful, David Almond's Puppet is, like his other books, a one-off original. As the story begins, it's impossible not to think of Pinocchio; it reads like a simply told traditional tale. Late one night, Silvester, a weary old puppet master...
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Huxley and FlapJack: Trouble at Sea
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
05 July 2024;Genre: Adventure
Huxley and Flapjack: Trouble at Sea is jam-packed with fun and is such a joy to read! Being the second book in the series, Huxley - a super-excitable koala, and Flapjack - a rather timid penguin, are familiar characters to my daughter and I. We love them both, but particularly...
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Monsters at School: Volume 3
Name: Lucy Hopkins
05 July 2024;Genre: School Stories
An interesting mix of very busy monsters! Monsters at School is jam-packed with many different types of monsters who are all busy doing different things at school. The cartoon illustrations will provide lots of interesting details for eager children to spot and compare as they...
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The Piano at the Station
Name: Louisa Farrow
05 July 2024;Genre: Personal Growth
Lacey Layton exasperates her teachers. There is no doubt that she is clever, but she struggles to control her tongue and actually prefers the isolation room to lessons. As she puts it, 'family's more important, and having a laugh, than algebra'. When she is sent to lunch-time music lessons to...
