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Dinosaur Hide-and-Seek: A Prehistoric Search-and-Find Picture Book
Name: Jo Thomas
20 January 2025;Genre: Early Skills
Dinosaur Hide-and-Seek is a gorgeous hide-and-seek book, perfect for any dinosaur fan! Follow the cute red dinosaur as they invite you to join in with their favourite game! Count to ten then get ready to search the pages for the hidden dinos. This is a beautifully illus...
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The Cursed Tomb: A thrilling, ancient-Egyptian adventure
Name: Jacqueline Harris
20 January 2025;Genre: Adventure
In The Cursed Tomb, 11-year-old Henut lives in ancient Egypt in 1249 BCE. Odd things start to happen that appear to be linked to the gods. Henut is not sure she believes in the gods controlling everything, but then she is thrust on a quest that will make her question everythin...
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Ice Apprentices: Volume 1
Name: Hayley Summerfield
17 January 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Ice Apprentices by Jacon North is an epic magical debut set in the fantasy world of Tundra. This enchanted place with is memorable hero will ignite many children's passion for reading. We are first introduced to Tundra - the world of I...
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Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert Plays Football
Name: Amanda Shipton
17 January 2025;Genre: Friends and family
This wonderful story about friendship and difficult decisions is perfect for sharing with Primary pupils. I would use Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert Plays Football as an assembly text, a story for learning mentors to use, or the way in to discussions in personal developmen...
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Guardians of the New Moon: The Year of the Rat
Name: Maria Faithorn
17 January 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
The Year of the Rat is the second in the Guardians of the New Moon series and follows Rat's success at winning the Jade Emperor's race. As neither Miaow nor Ming completed the race, they did not have a lunar year named after them, but were instead awarded the...
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When Spring Comes
Name: Jen Bevan
17 January 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
National Trust: When Spring Comes is a perfect book for explaining to pre-schooler the seasonal changes that happen throughout the year. This would be a good book to read in February or March, preparing young children for what will happen next in our seasons. I will sha...
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Oh No They Aren't: Nature
Name: Jane Rew
17 January 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
Oh No They Aren't: Nature succeeds in offering a new take on the bewildering beauty and variety of life on Earth, by challenging readers' assumptions or supposed know-how. Weren't dodos slow and simple-minded? All sharks are fearsome predators, aren't they? It's quiet beneath...
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After Life
Name: Sue Wilsher
17 January 2025;Genre: Bereavement
Cycling home after school one day, Amber Crane notices a few things are different; however, nothing prepares her for the shock of her mother screaming in horror when she sees her. Amber should be dead. Victim of a hit-and-run seven years ago. Her death sent shockwaves of grief through her fami...
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Guardians of the New Moon: Ming and Miaow's Great Race
Name: Maria Faithorn
16 January 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
Ming and Miaow's Great Race is the first book in the Guardians of the New Moon series. The Jade Emperor has created a wonderful new planet which is full of life. But now he is bored. One day, whilst watching a cat chase a mouse, he decides to hold a race which...
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Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm
Name: Jenny Caddick
16 January 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm is a lively and fantastically fast-paced and imaginatively created, portal-hopping fantasy adventure with a colourful, charming cast of vibrant (fabulously named) and utterly engaging characters! 12-year-old Peregrin...
