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  • 50 Ways to Feel Happy: Fun activities and ideas to build your happiness skills

    50 Ways to Feel Happy

    Name: Rhiannon Cook
    20 March 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    An inspiring exploration into what happiness is and how to feel happier, this book is chock full of fun activities - designed by scientists no less - to help the reader discover more ways of feeling happy. Each activity is based in one of ten areas or 'keys to happier living': giving, relating, e...

  • 10 Reasons to Love... a Bear

    10 reasons to love a bear

    Name: Lizi Backhouse
    20 March 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    This wonderful non-fiction book tells children all about bears through a list of 10 reasons as to why you should love them. Each page is charmingly illustrated and the facts are introduced through simple headings, with more information underneath. This is a great book for introducing children...

  • Hello, Hot Dog

    Hello Hotdog!

    Name: Lizi Backhouse
    20 March 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    I absolutely love this book! It is a very simple story, that follows a bumblebee talking to a hot dog, who realises he is about to be eaten! The story is charming, funny and engaging. The pictures are cartoon-like, simple but fun. Each page is brightly coloured and animated, this is a picture...

  • The Fox on the Swing

    The Fox on the Swing

    Name: Louise Gahan
    20 March 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    The Fox on a Swing is a book about a boy who didn't want to miss anything, he always had his eyes open and took in all the wonders of the everyday world wrapped in everyday routine. But what he liked best was the old swing in the park. Not because he swung on it but because of a fox who liked to...

  • Bird Builds a Nest: A Science Storybook about Forces

    Bird Builds a Nest

    Name: Louise Gahan
    20 March 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Bird Builds a Nest is a science storybook about forces. It is a story about bird who builds her nest using all the different forces necessary to get her nest built in time. The key vocabulary of pushing, pulling, turning and lifting is skilfully coupled with simple illustrations which complimen...

  • Paradise Found

    Paradise Found

    Name: Louise Gahan
    20 March 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    Paradise Found is a story about Albie, the farmer's dog who wakes up one morning to find that his friend Nellie has disappeared. From there on we are taken on a journey through the many different features of the local community. Milton writes about every colour, sound, smell and feeling in detai...

  • Scythe

    Scythe

    Name: Linda Brown
    19 March 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    In the year 2042 the human race conquered death, you cannot die, unless you are 'gleaned'! ... People have nanites in their blood that heal them and mask pain and, if they do die, they can be revived quickly and painlessly. In order to control the population, as it's no longer in the hands of nat...

  • Rock Explorer: Rocks

    Rock Explorer Series (Rocks, Fossils, Minerals, Gems)

    Name: Kyle Matravers
    19 March 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    The 'Rock Explorer' series of books are a great introduction to non fiction books for younger readers. Full of interesting facts and bright pictures, children will be able to access the information shared and learn about fossils, rocks, minerals or gems. I think this series will be a welcome ad...

  • The Unicorn Quest

    The Unicorn Quest

    Name: Emily Age 10
    19 March 2018;

    Genre: Fantasy

    I liked this book because it is magical and full of adventure. When Claire and Sophie venture up the mysterious ladder in the fireplace they find a world of magic and tillers. But,there is also war...

  • The Hidden Staircase

    The Hounds of Penhallow Hall - The Hidden Staircase

    Name: June Hughes
    19 March 2018;

    Genre: Adventure

    This is the third in a series of books featuring Polly, recently moved from London because of her mother's new job at Penhallow Hall in Cornwall. Penhallow Hall is a large country house open to the public and Polly has discovered its secret. There are ghosts at Penhallow Hall; specifically, the s...