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Sunny Side Up
Name: Maria
05 May 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Sunny Side Up is a gorgeous book with hidden delights and expanding surprises. This book explores wellbeing and supports feelings and emotions in a positive way. The beautiful illustrations follow the main character as they put on their sunny side specs to see the world in a p...
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The Storm Child
Name: Clair Bossons
05 May 2023;Genre: Fantasy
The Storm Child is the eagerly awaited sequel to The Wind Child. It follows Mara and her friend Torniv the bear shape-shifter who are on the run from Koschei - who is trying to kill them. I love the world that the author, Gabriela Ho...
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The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat
Name: Maria faithorn
05 May 2023;Genre: Friends and family
The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat is a hilarious adventure tale of rivals stoat and goat, who battle it out for a place in a boat! With fantastic rhyme, colourful illustrations and opportunity for exposure to expression - the children will be roaring with laughter as they jo...
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Last Girl In
Name: Hayley Summerfield
04 May 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Last Girl In is an exciting new sports adventure from Cheryl Diane Parkinson. This book is a celebration of Black British history and women's sport. We are first introduced to the main character - Kerry-Ann - as she is secretly escaping from her bedroom window to meet her best...
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The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods: a Tale of the Persian Wars
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 May 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods: a Tale of the Persian Wars is an absolute stunner! Told through the eyes of Spartan princess, Gorgo, it is an epic re-telling of the Persian Wars and I loved it so much I almost don't know where to start. The writing is completely...
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Sunny Side Up
Name: Amanda Shipton
03 May 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
In a climate where mental health and talking about you feelings is in the forefront of everything that we do, this wonderfully written story is the perfect way to start the discussion with children from a very young age. In Sunny Side Up we learn that when you change th...
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Holey Moley
Name: Amanda Shipton
03 May 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
This HOLE-ARIOUS story will have children laughing from the very beginning. Will they identify with Gus the Goat, who loves guessing and rhyming, or Mole who gradually gets more fed up as the story progresses? In Holey Moley, when Gus meets Mavis Mole he can't help hims...
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Where the Light Goes
Name: Lorraine Ansell
03 May 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Emmy's left devastated and confused when her famous sister, Lizzie Beck, takes her own life. Faced with hostile media, distant parents, and her own overwhelming grief, Emmy struggles to understand her place in the world without her sister. Where the Light Goes is certai...
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Away With Words
Name: Ruth Cornish
03 May 2023;Genre: Friends and family
This is an excellent book examining a number of themes in an accessible way for readers of middle grade fiction. Away With Words features a main character who has been forced to relocate from Cadaques in North-East Spain to Fortrose in Scotland after her Papa, Jordi, fell in l...
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Holey Moley
Name: Maria
02 May 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
Be prepared to giggle, laugh out loud and support Mavis Mole in Holey Moley by Bethan Clarke and Anders Frang. In Holey Moley we meet Gus and Mavis. Gus the goat is convinced that Mavis must live in a hole... and be a holey moley! Gus continues to suggest places that Mavis mus...
