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Do You Love Bugs?
Name: Linda Brown
02 April 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
What a wonderful non fiction book for budding young nature lovers. Do You Love Bugs? grabs your attention from the front cover to the very last page. The author has beautifully illustrated each page with cartoon bugs that give these overlooked creatures lots of character. Alon...
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That Time I God Kidnapped
Name: Patricia Snake
01 April 2020;Genre: Adventure
A funny page-turner following the misadventures of British 14-year-old Jacob, who flies solo to America after winning a dream opportunity to appear in a Hollywood superhero movie. After he misses his connecting flight and resorts to getting a bus to LA, he ends up on a high-stakes adventure wi...
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Robin Hood: Hacking, Heists & Flaming Arrows
Name: Julie Broadbent
01 April 2020;Genre: Adventure
Robin Hood: Hacking, Heists & Flaming Arrows is the first book in this brand-new action-packed adventure series by the master storyteller Robert Muchamore. Fans of his books will not be disappointed with the first instalment in this new series.Set in the modern...
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Name: Jenny Caddick
01 April 2020;Genre: Friendship
Troofriend - a great science fiction themed, smart and thought provoking story. Sarah's relationship with her new Artificial Intelligence android, Troofriend, is cleverly written with a sense of enthralling tension throughout. It very quickly raises lots of questions in the re...
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Bear Shaped
Name: Katherine Hutchings
31 March 2020;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Bear Shaped is a lovely, true and heart-warming story about a boy, Jack, and his most beloved Bear. The story is full of lovely messages about friendships, struggles and overcoming fears. This picture book is beautiful illustrated, and the text is shaped around the pictures with key emotive wo...
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A Little Bit Worried
Name: Joanna Hewish
31 March 2020;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
If you have a child with a little anxiety, this is the perfect story for teaching them to see things from a different perspective. Most young children often struggle with sensitivity to loud noises and can become anxious when they experience things out of their control, such as extreme weather...
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Supermouse and the Big Cheese Robbery
Name: Joanna Hewish
31 March 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
If your child loves a book with flaps to lift, then I strongly urge you to purchase Supermouse and the Big Cheese Robbery. This picture book has it all; a really engaging narrative, brightly coloured and detailed illustrations, and an array of flaps to lift and open on each pa...
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Don't Mess with Duck!
Name: Joanna Hewish
31 March 2020;Genre: Friends and family
A laugh out loud story with an important message - teaching young children how to share.The front cover of this picture book immediately engaged my children as they commented that Duck looks fierce and he was likely to have a battle with frog. We were all pleasantly surprised to fi...
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Wink
Name: Dan Katz
31 March 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Ross Maloy wants nothing more than to be normal - to hang out with his friends and play computer games. But his world is rocked when he wakes one morning with a massively swollen eye, which turns out to be an incredibly rare form a cancer.Wink follows Ross's journe...
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Dragon Detective: Catnapped!
Name: Samantha Phillips
30 March 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This first book in the Dragon Detective series by Gareth P Jones was originally published in 2006, since then it has been tweaked, updated and re-released for a new audience earlier this year (2020). This first book in the series, Dragon Detective: Catnapped!, introduce...
