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Poetry Zone: A Celebration of 20 years of Children's Poetry
Name: Alison Kelly
06 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
This lovely volume of poetry celebrates the Poetry Zone's 20th birthday. Established by Roger Stevens, the website offers a safe forum for children and teenagers to publish their poems. Over its 20 years it has been visited more than a million times and has published around 30,000 poems. This w...
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I am a Jigsaw
Name: Alison Kelly
06 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
In his introduction to I am a Jigsaw, Roger Stevens welcomes the reader to 'a book full of puzzling poems and words that would rather play hide-and-seek than be sensible and sit in a chair to be read quietly'. What a lovely, apt welcome this is! Stevens goes on to tell us that riddle and puzzle p...
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In Focus: Forests
Name: Emily Green
04 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
In Focus: Forests is part of the In Focus series, which includes the In Focus: Cities book, taking us through the different cultural, social and historical identities of ten world-famous cities. In the latest book, we step out of urban areas into the depths of our natural world and its forests, n...
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The Wonderful World of Clothes
Name: Emily Green
04 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
The Wonderful World of Clothes is a gorgeous book with detailed illustrations about clothes, why we wear them and how they might change depending on where we live or what activities we are doing; the Contents provides a clear and useful outline of what is in the book. Any child with an interes...
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#Help: My Cat's a Vlogging Superstar!
Name: Megan Age 11
04 May 2019;Genre: Humour
Everyone relies on Millie for good advice which leads to her starting her own vlog, not even her nemesis can stand in her way, but vlogging and life isn't as easy as Millie first thought. A very current account of life for pre-teen/ teenagers today, the struggles with how much of their life to...
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Scavengers
Name: Megan Age 11
04 May 2019;Genre: Real life
The book is about a boy called Landfill who's lived his whole life as a scavenger. He was found as a baby and raised by an old man, Babagoo. The story follows Landfill as he makes a friend with an 'outsider'. Landfill is very unsure of this friendship as he has never experienced anything like it....
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Once Upon a Unicorn Horn
Name: Lucy Giles
03 May 2019;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
I loved the idea of this picture book, Once Upon a Unicorn Horn, in which a little girl called June lives in a magical forest with her family, who spread their special magic among its creatures. June is a fabulous character - lively, inquisitive and full of charm, as ar...
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I Can Fly
Name: Nikki Stiles
02 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
Penguins are birds too, so why can't they fly? They have wings, feathers, a beak and lay their eggs like other birds do, so why can't they fly? One particular Little Penguin wanted to know just that. Little Penguin was frustrated that he could not fly like other birds do, no matter how hard he tr...
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Name: Jo Clarke
02 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
This is a jolly romp of a story with underlying seriousness and poignant moments. It has resonances of Enid Blyton and hints of The Durrells and is bound to be a hit with readers of adventure.Luna is the central character. Her boundless enthusiasm and never-ending optimism will ear...
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Runaway Robot
Name: Heather Bignold
02 May 2019;Genre: Friendship
Inspired by a real mighty robot called Eric, this story, set in a future with driverless buses and robotic cleaning devices, is a comic adventure with real heart.Alfie has lost his hand in an accident and rather than spend time at the Limb Lab learning to use his new robotic hand,...
