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The Song Walker
Name: Clair Bossons
02 February 2023;Genre: Personal Growth
The Song Walker is a beautiful book full of mystery and adventure, set across the Australian Outback. The main character wakes in the desert not knowing where she is, why she is there or what her own name is. She is wearing one shoe, a black dress and carries a heavy locked ca...
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Press Start! Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up!
Name: Amanda Shipton
02 February 2023;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
This simply told, gaming-based story is certain to interest younger readers. It is easy to follow the adventure of Super Rabbit boy as he progresses through the levels of this challenging computer game with wonderfully colourful, blocky illustrations. Sammy is playing his favourite video game...
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Press Start! Game On, Super Rabbit Boy!
Name: Amanda Shipton
02 February 2023;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Calling all computer-loving pupils, Thomas has written your next must-read book! This wonderful early chapter book is filled with colourful, action packed pictures, illustrating this simply told action adventure. Sammy's favourite video game is Super Rabbit Boy! He loves trying to stop...
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The Funniest boy in the world
Name: Janet Fisher
02 February 2023;Genre: Friends and family
This is the sequel to The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh which I also reviewed for Reading Zone. It follows schoolboy Billy Plimpton's 'career' as a stand-up comedian, despite his stammer. At a festival Billy meets Leo Leggett who appears to b...
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Where's Mrs Panda?
Name: Jessica Bunney
02 February 2023;Genre: Animals
If you're looking for another interactive baby book to add to your collection, look no further! Where's Mrs Panda? is a hide-and-seek book for sharing with a very tiny person. We open the vibrant pink cover to begin our search to find: Mr Elephant, Mrs Yak, Mr Leopard and Mrs...
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My Heart is a Poem: Poetry About Feelings
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 February 2023;Genre: Poetry
My Heart is a Poem is a wonderful collection of poems, carefully selected to explore feelings and emotions. From happiness to misery, from excitement to anger, the poems here give voice to a wealth of emotions, sharing the experiences of others to help the reader make sense of...
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Outside
Name: Lauren Maidman
02 February 2023;Genre: Environment
Outside is a beautiful picture book about a time that wasn't so beautiful. 'Outside is a place nobody thinks much about' is a poignant and key line in the story. I loved how I started to read the story and wasn't automatically hit by the thoughts of COVID-19 and the effect tha...
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Seasons
Name: Lauren Maidman
02 February 2023;Genre: Environment
Seasons has to be one of the most beautiful books I have seen for a long, long time! The layout of each page and the images to accompany are just stunning and cannot wait to share this book with my class. The book explores six different landscapes across the four season...
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This Book Kills
Name: Emelia Helliwell
02 February 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
This Book Kills is set in a prestigious boarding school called Heybuckle School. It is written by the main character Jess Choudhary as a recount of events that happened to the students at the school, and a murder. Jess makes it very clear from the outset that she did not commi...
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The Emerald Forest
Name: Wendy Kelly
01 February 2023;Genre: Environment
The Emerald Forest is a beautiful picture book which can be enjoyed on many levels. It's the story of an orangutang family living an idyllic life in a Sumatran forest. Strange noises of machinery unsettle the family who keep moving further away from the destruction, until ther...
