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Diamond Jack: Your Magic or Your Life
Name: Sue Wilsher
09 January 2024;Genre: Adventure
Bramble and her sister, Lena, have recently lost their parents and now live with their grandfather, helping out in his shop, 'Mr Browning’s Emporium of Strange and Magical Things'. Left in charge, she and her best friend, Ernest, who lives next door with his mother at the dressmaker's shop, di...
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All That It Ever Meant
Name: Julie Broadbent
08 January 2024;Genre: Family & Home
When Mati, her two siblings and her father experience the devastating loss of their mother, her father Baba, decides to return to their homeland of Zimbabwe. The family packs up and takes an expedition/road trip across the country to visit some of the amazing sites that the country holds. With...
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British Museum: Roman Soldiers: Discover the world of the ancient Roman army
Name: Jane Rew
08 January 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
There is much to recommend the British Museum's Roman Soldiers: Discover the world of the ancient Roman army. The subject of Romans features widely on the school curriculum and seems endlessly fascinating; the quirky illustrations designed to make people happy; the clear font...
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Stitch
Name: Beverley Somerset
08 January 2024;Genre: Family & Home
Stitch and his friend, Henry Oaf, were created by the genius Professor Hardacre, and live in his castle. Stitch is gentle; Henry is large and cannot control his strength. When the Professor dies, his evil nephew, Giles, comes to take over the laboratory. Giles wants to continue his uncle's wor...
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Where's Mr Tractor?
Name: Lucy Hopkins
05 January 2024;Genre: Early Skills
A lovely book for teeny ones to enjoy! We loved the felt flaps to open - they are soft and very large and so are easy for baby to grab. The pictures in the book are simple and use high contrast colours so it's easy for baby to look at the detail. The repetitive language will be great for build...
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Spring ABC
Name: Lucy Hopkins
05 January 2024;Genre: Early Skills
Spring ABC is a nice book to begin to introduce little ones to the alphabet! This book has a page per letter of the alphabet with a picture of something beginning with each letter. The letters and words are in high contrast colours so they stand out from the background colours...
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Code Name Kingfisher
Name: Liya Age 11
05 January 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
I really liked this book, I found it very interesting and historical, learning about what happened in those times and how many Jewish people died.
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Who Ate all the Bugs?
Name: Wendy Kelly
05 January 2024;Genre: Environment
Well this is a book NOT for the faint-hearted! Subtitled 'the TRUE and GORY story of the food chain', it absolutely lives up to the hype. Who Ate all the Bugs? tells the story of a group of garden bugs finding out about the food chain, by following the trail of corpses. Eventu...
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Catch Your Death
Name: Rachel Bolton
04 January 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Reminiscent of a golden-age mystery novel and with hidden passageways, family secrets and a snow -trapped group of people, this follow-up to This Book Kills is sure to have readers wondering just what will happen next. Two girls, Devi and Lizzie, each find...
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Wild Song
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 January 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
Things are changing in Luki's village; the ways and beliefs of the occupying Americans are creeping into everyday life. One thing which has not changed, however, is the ancients' expectations for a young woman. Caught hunting once too often, Luki is told she should marry her friend, Samkad. De...
