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Cannonball Coralie and the Lion
Name: Lucy Newton
30 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
A nice story based around an unlikely friendship between a little girl and a lion! The girl, Coralie, lives in the woods and doesn't like to follow the rules of society. She likes doing tricks and playing in the woods but she feels quite lonely. Without warning, a group of circus acts come troop...
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The Colour of the Sun
Name: Laura Taylor
30 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
'It's an ordinary summer day, the day that Jimmy Killen dies and comes to life again.' So begins the latest novel from award winning author David Almond. In actual fact It begins with two deaths - that of the protagonist Davie's father, a few weeks earlier, and the stabbing of a teenage boy. A fi...
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Blue Monster Wants It All
Name: Nikki Stiles
29 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
Blue monster wants it all. He wants a new pram, a new teddy, a new hat too and when he is old enough to get it himself, he sets about making sure he gets all the new things he wants. Blue Monster doesn't like any old things at all, brand new things are what make him happy! Just like his brand-new...
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Cyril and Pat
Name: Lucy Newton
28 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is a lovely story about friendship, and difference, brought to life by two animals. The story follows the adventures of Cyril and Pat. Cyril the squirrel finds a friend in Pat, who he believes is also a squirrel. However the reader - and the other animals in the book - realised that Pat is...
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It All Began When I Said Yes
Name: Lucy Newton
28 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
A funny and entertaining book all about the adventures you can have when you start to say 'yes' more often! This story is told from a little girl's point of view. Like many other small children, she often says 'no' when asked to do something by her parents - eating broccoli and brushing her hair...
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You Can't let an Elephant Drive a Digger
Name: Carol Carter
27 July 2018;Genre: Picture Books
What's not to love about a book that's first page features a pile of elephant dung? This is an author that knows how to keep her target audience happy! From polar bears cutting hair and kangaroos in the loo to a skunk in the bunk, kids will laugh out loud at the mischief these animals are getti...
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Daddy Hairdo
Name: Carol Carter
27 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
I knew even from page one that this was a book to love. The characters' expressions, as Amy's hair grows and grows whilst dad loses his, are a treat - parents and teachers will find this book as funny as children will. As Amy's hair grows ever longer and wilder, dad steps up to the plate with s...
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Iguana Boy Saves the World with a Triple Cheese Pizza
Name: Annie Everall
24 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
Nine-year-old Dylan Spencer desperately wants to be a Superhero with a cool superpower. His brother Sam. aka Arctic Thunder, can control the weather and his sister Millie, aka Millie Monday, has laser eyes and can roast a chicken in 30 seconds (but only on a Monday). Dylan is the butt of his sibl...
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Straight Outta Crongton
Name: Carol Williams
24 July 2018;Genre: Social Issues
The third novel in Alex Wheatle's Crongton series turns its attention to 15 year old Mo, at odds with her mother and Mum's boyfriend Lloyd. Mo's dinner money is taken from her by Lloyd, and their escalating friction has led to him hitting her hard enough to knock her on the floor. She is determin...
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Octopants
Name: Nikki Stiles
19 July 2018;Genre: Funny Stories
Octopus needs pants! He's all too bare, down there. The problem is nowhere sells pants for someone with eight legs, not even the 'Under-Sea Emporium', and shopping online is a waste of time... Octopus gets quite upset and doesn't understand why everyone else has a pair to suit them but he stil...
