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Selfies With Komodos: Poems by Brian Moses
Name: Wendy Kelly
21 January 2023;Genre: Poetry
Selfies With Komodos is a fab little book of new poems from the well-known poet Brian Moses. There are poems about dogs and cats, mythical creatures, journeys on night trains and vampire facials! A very eclectic mix, but one that works around a collective theme of imagination....
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A Ticket to Kalamazoo!: Zippy Poems To Read Out Loud
Name: Wendy Kelly
21 January 2023;Genre: Poetry
A Ticket to Kalamazoo! is an absolutely delightful collection of poems for the younger reader. It's beautifully designed and illustrated with large, clear text that is sometimes linear and sometimes fitted to the shape of the subject - the Alien poem is a great starting point...
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No Pets Allowed! A Bloomsbury Reader
Name: Lizi Backhouse
21 January 2023;Genre: Young fiction
Keva usually spends every Saturday helping her grandpa at his animal adoption centre. But when he has to go to the hospital one week and Keva goes to visit him, she comes across the very rude hospital manager. Can Keva persuade Mr. Sallow that pets should be allowed? The Bloomsbury Read...
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Blue
Name: Jen B
20 January 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Sarah has written a beautiful book to help children understand their sad and worried feelings. In Blue, the worry feeling is a monster called Blue. Blue goes everywhere with the little girl and stops her enjoying herself. She gets shy in the park, worried at parties and nervou...
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There's a Beast in the Basement
Name: Sam Phillips
20 January 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
There's a Beast in the Basement is another fab laugh-out-loud book by Pamela Butchart. Once again Izzy and her friends are on the road to adventure after overhearing their Headteacher, Mr Graves, talking about 'missing treasure'. Mr Graves is certainly behaving strangely and t...
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Snot, Sneezes and Super-Spreaders
Name: Sharon Porter
17 January 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Snot, Sneezes and Super-spreaders has everything a young person might want to know about viruses including how they replicate, spread and infect their hosts. The chapter about AIDS is definitely more suited to those in high school or the very mature Year 6 child (ages 10+), so...
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Fritz and Kurt
Name: Louisa Farrow
17 January 2023;Genre: Real life
Here is my first 'must buy, must read' title for 2023! There are so many books about the Holocaust but for me, Fritz and Kurt was instantly compelling. It's based on the true story of the Kleinmanns, a working class Jewish family from Vienna, that was told for adults as 'The B...
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The Storm Swimmer
Name: Beverley Somerset
17 January 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Ginika has so much to look forward to. It's her last summer holiday before she goes to secondary school and, along with her best friend Alisha, she's preparing to take part in an important dance show. Everything changes when her parents are forced to leave their flat due to money troubles, and...
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Fritz and Kurt
Name: Kelly Buxton
16 January 2023;Genre: Real life
A story based on real-life. A narrative on harrowing events: The Holocaust. Fritz and Kurt is a story about a Jewish family, The Kleinman's, living in Austria during the 1930s; a time when their world was seemingly changed overnight and ripped apart....
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Tasting Light: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions
Name: Stephen Leitch
15 January 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
Tasting Light is a collection of ten science fiction short stories. It's a gripping, exciting and thought-provoking collection of stories, brought together by A.R. Capetta and Wade Roush. You'll find themes of identity, technology, surveillance and suppression run through thes...
