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Hector and Hummingbird
Name: Class 6
29 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
This was very popular with our whole class! Here are some individual thoughts... Ruby: Hector and Hummingbird is an amusing friendship-themed book which can be enjoyed by children of all ages. Every page is humour-packed and full of vibrant, colourful illustrations. This book shows the ups and do...
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The Colour Monster
Name: Gemma Baird
28 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
The Colour Monster is a wonderful way into exploring emotions for children as colour is used to represent different feelings through the little Colour Monster. When the monster wakes up feeling confused - and the colours swirl on his chest - a little girl helps him. She explains his colours are m...
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Under Earth, Under Water
Name: Jane Best
28 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
This large-format book by the creators of 'Maps' takes us - as the double-sided cover suggests - through the Earth's secrets, underground and under the sea. These are huge areas to mine for information and since we don't usually spend much time exploring these places, there is a lot of useful in...
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Return
Name: Emily Beale
27 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Readers may be aware of Aaron Beckers wordless picture books - Journey & Quest; the series becomes a trilogy with the addition of the newly released book Return. In his first book Journey, we are introduced to a seemingly ordinary young girl, with an extraordinary magical red crayon. She has her...
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The Princess and the Castle
Name: Lucy Newton
26 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
This is a lovely story about a young girl who learns to accept a new member into her family and conquers her fears. It would be a useful book to open up a discussion about different family situations including the breakdown of relationships and how they can be rebuilt positively. The book feature...
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The Other Alice
Name: June Hughes
22 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Alice loves to write stories but she always has to finish them. Experience has taught her that, if she leaves a story unfinished, her characters step out of the story and go in search of their own ending. This might prove to be fun and entertaining but what would happen if the character that l...
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Immi
Name: Lucy Newton
21 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
This is an interesting story about friendship. The story is about a girl named Immi. She lives by herself in a frozen, white land with nobody else to talk to. She spends her time fishing and sometimes catches extra fish in the hope that she will have some visitors, but they never come. One day, I...
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What's So Special About Shakespeare?
Name: Sue Wilsher
21 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
'Watching Shakespeare's plays is like being invited into a house full of amazing rooms...' In this book, Michael Rosen sets out to answer many questions about the life and times of the amazing William Shakespeare. Perfect for dipping into or for reading cover to cover, this is a lively and acces...
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The Night Wanderers
Name: Aaliyah Age 13
21 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Everything in the book isn't sugar-coated. It's all very straightforward and tells the story in a way that just makes it feel like you're in Rosie's shoes, which I think the author wants. Overall, the book is just amazing. I didn't think I'd like it when I picked it up, but I gave it a chance...
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Sleeping Beauty: A Mid-Century Fairy Tale
Name: Sue Wilsher
20 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Set in the 1950s, Annabel - lover of science fiction - is living under an evil spell. Cursed on her first birthday by a spiteful witch to prick her finger on a needle and die, Annabel lives with her two aunts, who have done their best to lessen the spell. Despite their care, she does prick her fi...
