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  • Hooray for Hoppy: A First Book of Senses

    Hooray! For Hoppy

    Name: Jessica Bunney
    03 April 2023;

    Genre: Early Skills

    Hooray! For Hoppy is a really interesting take on a children's sensory book. It gives us insight into the sounds, sights, smells and feelings of Spring through its illustrations and words without the addition of textures on each page - making the words key to this book for ver...

  • Pick-a-Chick: Happy Easter

    Pick-A-Chick

    Name: Jessica Bunney
    03 April 2023;

    Genre: Early Skills

    Is your child a fan of the 'You Choose' collection? If so, they will be very fond of Pick-A-Chick, illustrated by Nia Gould. We begin with 10 Easter chicks which hatch - crick, crack, crick! We are asked to pick a favourite chick. Will you choose the one that's using its shell...

  • The Bear, the Book and the Blanket

    The Bear, the Book and the Blanket

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    02 April 2023;

    Genre: Baby & Toddler Books

    As parents we have all been there; it is baby's bedtime and all of the comforters are missing! Where is bear, their book and their blanket?  Nothing can be cuter than ten blue bunnies helping with the bedtime routine. The Bear, the Book and the Blanket's simple text is...

  • Where is Little Bunny?: The lift-the-flap book with a pop-up ending!

    Where is Little Bunny?

    Name: Jessica Bunney
    02 April 2023;

    Genre: Early Skills

    What better way to get in the spirit of spring than to play a game of hide and seek with Little Bunny. This is the newest addition to the 'Where is…' series by Campbell Books, which is aimed at developing toddler's fine motor skills and vocabulary. In Where is Little Bunny?</str...

  • How to Grow a Unicorn

    How to Grow a Unicorn

    Name: Lizi Backhouse
    01 April 2023;

    Genre: Magical Realism

    Mr Pottifer's Parlour of Plants is a plant shop with a magical difference and it's where Sarah finds the perfect present for her green-fingered Granny....Unicorn seeds. Sarah accidentally grows too many and Granny's party becomes rather chaotic! How to Grow a Unicorn is...

  • I, Spy: a Bletchley Park mystery

    I, Spy

    Name: Clair Bossons
    31 March 2023;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    I really enjoy reading historical fiction, it is one of my favourite genres and I, Spy did not disappoint. This book is set at the beginning of World War II. The main character, Robyn, lives at Bletchley Park. She loves bird watching, drawing and nature and had started a Bird...

  • Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot of Chaos: Book 2

    Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot of Chaos

    Name: Janet Fisher
    31 March 2023;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot of Chaos is the second in a trilogy. I reviewed the first book, Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup, which was clever and very unusual. There is always the concern that...

  • Forever Geek (Geek Girl, Book 6)

    Forever Geek (Geek Girl, Book 6)

    Name: Aadya Age 14
    31 March 2023;

    Genre: Romance & Relationships

    The best book ever!!!!!

  • The Language of Seabirds

    The Language of Seabirds

    Name: Stephen Leitch
    30 March 2023;

    Genre: LBGTQ+

    Spending two weeks with his dad during the summer at Rosemont, Oregon wasn't how Jeremy thought his summer would be. Envisaging long lonely walks, reading and time alone, a chance meeting with confident and charming Evan changes the course of his summer. As the days pass and Evan and Jeremy sp...

  • National Trust: Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: Countryside

    Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: Countryside

    Name: Jessica Bunney
    30 March 2023;

    Genre: Environment

    It's time to discover the great outdoors with this first countryside book for the littlest of adventurers. Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: Countryside is another informative, interactive non-fiction book made as part of the National Trust's 'Big Outdoors for Little Explorer...