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Lesser Spotted Animals
Name: Alice Green
15 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
While there are many books about endangered species, what makes this new book by Horrible Histories illustrator Martin Brown stand out is that these are the 'brilliant beasts you never knew you needed to know about'. And the humour - there are some lovely, funny moments throughout the book, light...
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Would you rather....shake like a dog or climb like a cat?
Name: Kyle Matravers
13 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
The domestic pet edition of the 'would you rather...' series allows children to learn more about the pets that they may share their house with or wish they did. Following the same model as others in the series, children are faced with a choice of questions where they control the direction of the...
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Would you rather....Have teeth like a T-Rex or Armour like an Ankylosaurus?
Name: Kyle Matravers
13 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
This book is one of the 'Would you rather...' series and offers children the chance to learn all about dinosaurs. The idea behind the book is children are faced with a series of multiple choice 'would you rather' questions which lead them to learn something about a dinosaur with a particular ski...
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Green Gobbler
Name: Lynnette Voisey
13 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
What a lovely idea to include non -sense words within a story. I read Green Gobbler to the class who have only been in school for 3 months and it was interesting to see who could hear the phonemes and blend them in their heads in order to say the word. At this stage of the year they are developi...
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Snail Mail
Name: Marie Berry
29 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
As a teacher you once in awhile find a little diamond of a book that you think, 'I must find a way of using this text in my teaching', and Snail Mail is such a book. For starters, I just loved this books itself. Cute story, fab illustrations and the pull out postcards were a really engaging and...
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Dixie O'Day On His Bike!
Name: Kyle Matravers
29 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
Dixie and Percy are dogs. Dogs who are best friends. Best friends who love to go on adventures together. In their latest adventure, the friends swap four wheels for two. They may have less wheels to worry about but there's more trouble in store for them with plenty of bumps, bangs and of cour...
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Danny McGee Drinks the Sea
Name: Marie Berry
29 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
Andy Stanton has written an interesting and engaging story about Danny McGee's adventure eating the world around him. The story is written in attractive rhyming couplets which help create a fun and responding rhythm to the story. This kind of story is really fun to read with younger children as...
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The Invincibles: The Hamster Rescue
Name: Kyle Matravers
29 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
The Invincibles: The Hamster Rescue is the latest instalment in the adventures of Nell and Freddie. The two best friends are always looking for adventure and good times but in this instalment there is an unlikely hero. The day has come for Freddie to celebrate his birthday and like any best fri...
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Paws McDraw: The Fastest Doodler in the West
Name: Torie Walton
28 October 2016;Genre: Adventure
Introducing Paws McDraw, the fastest doodler in the west! He can doodle his way out of any danger. He always saves the day. When the bunnies get into trouble - which it seems they do a lot - they turn to Paws McDraw for help. After his heroic rescue of Little Timmy, who had fallen down a well,...
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Murder in Midwinter
Name: Elizabeth Harris
27 October 2016;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
In Murder in Midwinter, a busy Christmas shopping trip on Oxford Street turns into a nightmare for Maya when she sees a man threatening a woman with a gun. Horrified by what she has seen, her family notify the police. The investigation takes a dramatic turn when a body is pull...
