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The Night Hunt
Name: Clair Bossons
17 November 2023;Genre: Fantasy
The Night Hunt is the first book that I have read by this author and now I can't wait to read her others! The Night Hunt is a standalone dark fantasy romance novel. Alexandra Christo has created a fantasy world of gods and monsters where some of the monsters are living among u...
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Let's Play: Children's Games From Around The World
Name: Sue Wilsher
17 November 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
The importance of play, both free and imaginative and guided, cannot be underestimated - and yet, it seems to be something on the decline. Developing teamwork, independence, resilience, empathy… there are so many reasons why play should be encouraged and this fabulous book, Let's Play:...
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Live Like A Goddess: Life Lessons from Legends and Lore
Name: Linda Brown
17 November 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
Live like a Goddess contains short stories from different cultures around the world, celebrating tales and myths of daring and brave goddesses. These twenty-one legendary ladies were tenacious, smart and strong. Meet... Osun, the Yoruba goddess of love who refuses to be dismi...
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Nightshade Revenge
Name: Stephen Leitch
17 November 2023;Genre: Spy stories
"The simple truth is that Alex Rider has done you nothing but harm. It's time you got him out of your life." Alex rider is back for another mission that will force him to confront the deadly Nightshade organisation once more and question who exactly he can trust. While trying to get his around...
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The Wild Robot Protects
Name: Amanda Shipton
17 November 2023;Genre: Environment
For those of you, like me, who have been waiting with anticipation for the next adventure of Roz, Brightbill, ChitChat and the other animals of the island, the wait is over and it is worth it. In The Wild Robot Protects, the third The Wild Robot book, Roz the robot has...
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Bibi and the Box of Fairy Tales
Name: Amanda Shipton
17 November 2023;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Who hasn't made a wish that has failed to come true? Most of us can name at least one! This is exactly how Bibi is feeling. None of Bibi's wishes have ever come true so it is quite a surprise when she meets her fairy Godmother, who presents her with a locked box and then whisks her away on ama...
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Santarella
Name: Jen Bevan
16 November 2023;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
What a delightful tale! The book begins as all Cinderella stories do, with Cinderella being left with all the housework while her sisters swan off to a ball with the Prince. But then it changes. It's not a Fairy Godmother who rescues her but Santa himself. Cinderella sets of on a journey aroun...
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Heavy Metal Badger
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
14 November 2023;Genre: Personal Growth
A book which celebrates individual identity and self-expression, the story of Heavy Metal Badger has a lovely, warm moral within the lively, colouful illustrations and wonderfully fun rhymes. Our main character, Badger, loves music and wants to find the perfect place to...
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The Quickest Bedtime Story Ever
Name: Ashley Clayton
10 November 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
I read The Quickest Bedtime Story Ever with a class of Y5 children and asked them to review it for KS1. All the class loved it! They said in their reviews that they would recommend it to all KS1 children too, but also said it is a book for older children as it made them laugh...
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Percy the Post-Penguin
Name: Maria faithorn
10 November 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Beautifully illustrated and cleverly told, Percy the Post-Penguin oozes examples of resilience, creativity and determination and is a great text to use with children to teach these skills. Percy the Post-Penguin works in a post office, but his days are quiet and lonely...
