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Oscar's Story
Name: Louise Gahan
20 March 2024;Genre: Family & Home
Oscar's story by Magaret Sturton is a lovely picture book exploring change and growing up. It begins with Oscar and his sister enjoying picture books. Something that they do every day, where stories come alive through the power of illustrations. It's a time where Oscar and his...
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The Insiders
Name: Zarah Williams
20 March 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Perfect book to read, love it, thank you Cath Howe
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Hideki Smith: Demon Queller
Name: Stephen Leitch
19 March 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
Mythical Japanese creatures, family secrets, school and destiny all come together in this exciting novel by A. J. Hartley. For 15 year old Caleb school is a lonely place, especially as one of the few half Japanese students at Porterfield High School. Despite being raised all-American, fitting...
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Thank You
Name: Jen Bevan
18 March 2024;Genre: Picture Books
I received this book this morning and have had to read it at least 10 times already. My two-year-old keeps asking for it again and again. He particularly likes the illustration of the train. He keeps telling the children to get off so he can get on. My seven-year-old is also enjoying the book....
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Little Owl’s Babysitter
Name: Louise Gahan
18 March 2024;Genre: Family & Home
Little Owl’s Babysitter by Debbie Gilori is a wonderful book about bedtime routines and excuses. One night Little Owl is left at home whilst mummy goes out. Pinny the babysitter arrives in the form of a hedgehog. Bedtime becomes a time of excuses and procrastination. Little Ow...
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Lenny Lemmon and the Trail of Crumbs
Name: Maria Faithorn
18 March 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
Lenny Lemmon and the Trail of Crumbs is a fun, action-packed novel that will have young readers gripped to the very end. When a very important visitor arrives at school and doggy disaster strikes, it's up to Lenny and his friends to prove Leurwood School is th...
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Let's Go Home Baby Chick
Name: Jessica Bunney
18 March 2024;Genre: Animals
Let’s talk about the new Easter edition to the 'Let's Go Home' collection of books with interactive sliding counters. In this book, your toddlers are tasked with moving the baby animals on the sliding counters through the farm and home to their family. If your child is anythin...
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Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back - The NEW Illustrated Guide
Name: Sue Wilsher
18 March 2024;Genre: Environment
Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back - An Illustrated Guide tells the story of the Knepp Estate in West Sussex and how the owners have allowed nature to return, bringing wildlife back to the estate. Now home to an abundance of creatures, including many rare species, the estate...
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The No Girlfriend Rule
Name: Clair Age 14
15 March 2024;Genre: LBGTQ+
In The No Girlfriend Rule, Hollis finds herself unable to join her boyfriend Chis and his group's table top game due to their 'No Girlfriends at the table' rule. Eager to continue playing so that she can have something to talk to Chris about, Hollis seeks another group to join...
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Elki is Not my Dog
Name: Wendy Kelly
15 March 2024;Genre: Animals
Elki is Not my Dog is a simple story about a dog who has no home or family, but makes friends with the children in block of flats, who play with her through the changing seasons. Then one day Elki is not there and the children begin to worry. Poor Elki has been trapped under s...
