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The Hotel for Bugs
Name: Lynnette Voisey
26 June 2022;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
The Hotel for Bugs is already to receive it's first guests when horror of horrors, a slug tries to check-in! The story unfolds as a small bug delivers a wonderful tale of being different and the importance of inclusion for all. Through the delightful characters littered thro...
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Do You Want a Hug?
Name: Wendy Kelly
26 June 2022;Genre: Animals
This is a sweet little book that takes the first steps into conversations about consent. It asks the same question, 'Do You Want a Hug?' to a variety of animals. Some say 'yes' and some say 'no' and others show there are lots of different ways to show affection, if you choose...
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Hot Dog
Name: Wendy Kelly
26 June 2022;Genre: Picture Books
If you like a bit of surrealism in your picture books then this is the one for you! Hot Dog tells the story of an actual hotdog sausage, sitting on a beach hot dog stand and watching all the real dogs have fun. He makes a wish that he could join in and who should happen to hea...
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The Reluctant Vampire Queen
Name: Louise Baker
25 June 2022;Genre: Supernatural
The very last thing Mo Merrydew expects on a wet Tuesday evening is to be accosted by a 600-year vampire and chosen to be Britain's Vampire Queen - but that's exactly what happens. The trouble is that vegetarian Mo has far more pressing matters on her mind, including a carefully crafted plan f...
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Marvellous Bodies
Name: Sharon Porter
23 June 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
Marvellous Bodies isn't just a run-of-the-mill non-fiction book about the body, oh no, it has a 'magical' element to it, too. Well, when we say magical, we really mean scientifically explainable… the red filtered hand lens allows us to look inside the bodies/images on each pag...
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Gay Club!
Name: Stephen Leitch
20 June 2022;Genre: LBGTQ+
Gay Club is the latest novel from author Simon James Green, set in High School and featuring a rainbow cast of LGBTQ+ characters, a student election and a whole lot of drama! There's a vacancy for the post of president of the LGBTQ+ Club at Greenacre Academy and Barney...
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The Marvellous Doctors for Magical Creatures
Name: Maria Faithorn
20 June 2022;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
The Marvellous Doctors for Magical Creatures is a fantastic story that covers many themes which currently have limited resource availability. In a child friendly manner, the author and illustrator have represented LGBTQ+ in a brilliant way which shows children that everyone ca...
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Once Upon a Fairy Tale
Name: Jacqueline Harris
20 June 2022;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
'Once upon golden morning... or may be a fairy's birthday, a cosy teatime, a rainy Tuesday or a broken armchair. So begins a story where you choose the plot and the characters and become the storyteller. Have you ever wished you could create your own fairy-tale? Well now you can, Once...
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Small!
Name: Louisa Farrow
16 June 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
Small! has been hoping for a new pair of football boots on his tenth birthday. Instead his mum gives him a pair of stilts, sludge brown dungarees and a green velvet top hat. There's barely time for poor bemused Harvey to ask questions (or learn to walk on stilts) before he's p...
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How To survive Time Travel
Name: Sam
16 June 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
How to Survive Time Travel is Larry Hayes' second book and while the story does continue from the first book, it is also just as good as a 'standalone' read. This laugh out loud story joins 10 year old Eliza and her genius brother Jonnie, as they travel back to Ancient Egypt i...
