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Stitch
Name: Jo Clarke
19 January 2024;Genre: Family & Home
Clumsy, excitable and loveable Henry lives in a castle with his friend, Stitch. Both characters are the creations of the professor, who has pieced them together from dead body parts as part of an experiment. When the professor dies, his nephew, Hardacre, arrives, determined to understand and t...
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Shine Like the Stars
Name: Amanda Shipton
19 January 2024;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Shine Like the Stars is a wonderfully written picture book by Anna Wilson, with a beautiful illustration on every page by award-winning Harry Woodgate. The message throughout this book is one of mental health. We are part of the world and we need to work together with i...
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The Shape of Rainbows
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 January 2024;Genre: Poetry
The Shape of Rainbows is packed with wealth of poems which are perfect for sharing and performing, savouring and contemplating. There really is something for everyone to be found in these pages, all accompanied by Will Hughes's witty illustrations. Classes would have gr...
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Beastlands: Race to Frostfall Mountain
Name: Janet Fisher
19 January 2024;Genre: Fantasy
On the island of Ramoa, three young people live in three very separate societies. Kayla lives in Sophiatown where she is a Sky Cadet with her pangron, Faro. He is taken from her after another pangron is stolen. Alethea is a healer carrying on her father's work living in the Blue District, wher...
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Love is in the Little Things
Name: Elen Green
19 January 2024;Genre: Family & Home
Love is in the Little Things is such a charming story that draws on the quiet moments through a young child's day; the 'little things' that remind a child how much they are loved. While love itself is never ending, Big (the bear) reminds Small, the child, that "love is...
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When Creature Met Creature
Name: Amanda Shipton
18 January 2024;Genre: Friends and family
When Creature Met Creature is a powerful picture book about communication and friendship, crafted by the award-winning author-illustrator duo of John Agard and Satoshi Kitamura. Creature-of-No-Words lives a happy life on his own, but one day he gets a feeling like "the chill t...
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Snail in Space
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
18 January 2024;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Gail is not an ordinary snail. She stands out from all the other snails and set her heart on going to space! Snail in Space is a fun, motivating celebration of believing in yourself, which encourages the reader to never give up, and to reach for the stars. From her gra...
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Pablo and Splash
Name: Jen Bevan
18 January 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
A hilarious comic novel which will be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Pablo and Splash is a laugh-out-loud tale about two penguins. One penguin wants a change as he is feed up with the cold. This leads to an amazing, out-of-this world time travelling adventure. I...
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Test Trouble
Name: Ruth Cornish
18 January 2024;Genre: School Stories
Test Trouble is a brilliantly relatable book for all older primary and younger secondary school students written by author, Serena Patel, from dyslexia friendly publisher, Barrington Stoke. The protagonist Arun is not looking forward to an imminent maths test and his anxiety e...
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The Story Shop: Detective Dash!
Name: Sue Wilsher
17 January 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
In Puddletown High Street, there is the most unusual shop - The Story Shop - which sells stories you can actually BE in. When shopkeeper Wilbur and his assistant, Fred Ferret, find a sleepy sloth in the shop, they decide the best kind of adventure for her is a mystery where she can play detect...
