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Du Iz Tak?
Name: Sue Wilsher
25 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Du Iz Tak? follows a year in the life of a group of insects. Using a made-up bug language, the story is told in the dialogue between the creatures as their world changes. Because the story follows events shown in the pictures and some phrases are repeated, guessing what the bugs are saying is sa...
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Hide and Seek
Name: Sue Wilsher
25 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
With their dog, Goldie, missing, Poppy and Cy are unhappy. To cheer themselves up, they head into the woods to play hide-and-seek. Cy hides and as Poppy looks for him, what else might she find? In Anthony Browne's 50th picture book, the reader is drawn into a game of hide and seek. Each spread c...
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Willy and the Cloud
Name: Sue Wilsher
25 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Willy (hero of many stories by Anthony Browne) sets off for a stroll to the park om a warm, sunny day. However, his pleasure is spoilt by a persistent cloud which follows him everywhere, steadily growing. The cloud hangs over him, ruining his time in the park and forcing him back indoors whilst...
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The Boy With One Name
Name: Joseph Age 10
24 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
I liked the plot of the book because the characters (Jones,Ruby and Thomas Gabriel) go to lots of different places. This makes it interesting to read. I recommend this book for age 8 and over.
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The Rainmaker Danced
Name: Alison Kelly
23 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
The Rainmaker Danced is another wonderful collaboration between the irrepressible John Agard and illustrator Satoshi Kitamura. As ever, Agard's themes are wide-ranging and thought provoking. The Rainmaker in the title is none other than a shape-shifting duck as we learn in the witty 'The Rainma...
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Build It!
Name: Marie Aldridge
23 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
We are a home educating family and we have being using Caroline's books for the last three years at STEM home-ed groups. This book is clear and colourful and has some updated projects from the previous books and also some new ideas such as making and programming a set of traffic lights. For chi...
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Bog Child
Name: Francesca Age 14
22 November 2017;Genre: Historical Fiction
It's a good book and a quick read
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Moxie
Name: Kay Hymas
22 November 2017;Genre: Real life
Time to fight like a girl. The only Zoella Book club Choice to be nominated by Zoe Sugg! Moxie is a sweetly fierce 'feminist' novel which is funny and uplifting in equal measure. Vivian Carter, an 'average' American student, in an average American high school. Like many girls throughout the hist...
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The Unpredictability of Being Human
Name: Catherine Purcell
21 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
The Unpredictability of Being Human showcases the genuine, innocent and literal voice of Malin as she navigates through her 14th year. We're first introduced to Malin as she ponders an assignment she's been set, 'What would you do if you got to be God for one day?'...Malin would microwave a bag...
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Vlad The World's Worst Vampire
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
20 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
This book looks set to be a popular read among our Year 3 and 4 pupils who I am sure will be drawn in by the delightful, humorous and gently spooky illustrations by Kathryn Durst. In this story, young Vlad Impaler finds himself failing his vampire education (he scores an E minus for both bat-mor...
