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A first book of Dinosaurs
Name: maria faithorn
15 September 2023;Genre: Poetry
This well written and beautifully illustrated book will definitely be a child’s favourite and be read over and over! A First Book of Dinosaurs is divided into the chapters of 'Meet the Dinosaurs, Eat or be Eaten, Dinosaur Families and The End. OR is it?' Each dinosaur or theme...
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Jane Foster's Baby's First Stories: 0-3 months: Look and Listen with Baby
Name: Catherine Kus
15 September 2023;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
This book is a hardback book for babies aged 0-3 months. Experts believe that babies see in black, white and grey during the first four months of their life and the illustrations in this book have been created in these colours only. The pictures are really bold and clear with repeating pattern...
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The Secret of the Blood-Red Key
Name: Beverley Somerset
14 September 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Robert and Rachel Klein have defeated the villainous Charles Malstain; the land of Krasnia and its capital city, Brava, are now full of joy, colour and happy citizens, and Rachel and Robert are national heroes. Then a boy appears from nowhere and presents Rachel with a blood-red key. She has n...
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Mermedusa (An Eerie-on-Sea Adventure)
Name: Wendy Kelly
13 September 2023;Genre: Adventure
So here it is! We've reached the end of Herbie and Violet's winter shenanigans with the explosive story of the Mermedusa. Those devoted readers who have followed all their other adventures will find many loose ends pleasingly tied up in their final (perhaps?) adventure. Thomas...
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Inspiring Inventors Who Are Changing Our Future: People Power series
Name: Stephen Leitch
13 September 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Inspiring Inventors Who Are Changing Our Future gives a fascinating insight into inventors and their inventions that are having an impact on millions of lives throughout the world today. Many were unknown to me - both inventor and invention - and that's what made this a really...
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Marv and the Dino Attack
Name: Amanda Shipton
12 September 2023;Genre: Adventure
Marvin, a secret superhero with a robot sidekick named Pixel, is super excited because he's going on a school trip to the Natural History Museum to see some REAL dinosaur bones. Marvin and Joe can't wait to see all those dinosaur skeletons up close, but they get more than they bargained for wh...
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Woodland Magic 2: Deer in Danger
Name: Jen Bevan
11 September 2023;Genre: Environment
I have rated this book 5+ as I think children of this age will enjoy listening to the book. I think the book is perfect for 7+ children to read independently. I love the new Woodland Magic series. I was keen to find out what adventures Cora, Jax and their friends would...
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Orion Lost
Name: Review Age 11
09 September 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
This book was really fun to read, I loved the twists and turns in it - it made it seem a bit more like a mystery, with space pirates etc. Keep up the good work.
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The Stolen Songbird
Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 September 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Caro Monday lives in a pub in Waterloo with her two mothers. One of her mothers runs the pub while the other is a famous whistling star, who travels the world. One day Caro is forced to go and stay with her great aunt who lives in Hampstead. Her whistling mother has disappeared, and Caro has n...
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Queen of Gods (House of Shadows 2)
Name: Clare Wilkins
08 September 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
Feisty Deina is no fan of the duplicitous Gods. Nor is she a fan of the war-mongering Aristaeus but, bound by the seeds Thanatos commanded her to swallow in order to save her friends, she is tied to the Underworld. Hades wants her daughter to join her and become a God but despite conflicting e...