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Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 February 2023;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Big Feelings: And what they tell us is a fairly substantial picture book with rhyming text that explores different emotions and how to deal with them. Lively illustrations show the emotions and the children's actions. At the back of the book there are lots of discussion points...

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
09 February 2023;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum is a brilliantly funny murder mystery story by Alasdair Beckett-King. The new sleuth is humorous and witty and will inspire budding detectives everywhere, as all that is clearly needed is a clever disguise, a fake moustache, a notebook a...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
09 February 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Kyan Green and the Infinity Racers is a fresh, fun, fast paced and modern mind-bending, multi-universe adventure story for readers who like their worlds expanding! Kyan finds a tattered, forgotten and old fashioned racing car game during an unwilling chore cleaning out...

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Name: Linda Brown
09 February 2023;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

When 17 year old Eliza's personal essay about meeting the love of her life goes viral, her life changes overnight. However, will this make her life better? For in the back of her mind, she can't help believing this is going to go wrong. This is because her essay is all lies, she's never had a...

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Name: Morgan Harkin
09 February 2023;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

Zara loves all kinds of romance stories in novels and movies, yet she is still longing for her very own. She is surrounded by her Desi family and friends, including her childhood best friend Adnan, but when they move from best friends to fake dating, the pair need to keep up the act even aroun...

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Name: Jessica Bunney
09 February 2023;

Genre: Animals

We Are Love is another creatively put together book by Patricia Hegarty. This book uses animals and their offspring to celebrate the strong emotion of love. Within each turn of the page is a smaller cut-out page to turn, which reveals a beautiful, loving image of togetherness...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 February 2023;

Genre: Magical Realism

Phyllis (who prefers to be called Phyll) has moved to the countryside, away from all her friends. Her mother is ill with depression and on her first day at summer camp she makes an enemy of Hilda. Phyll is miserable and lonely. On a visit to an old people's home she meets Mr Djinn, who tells h...

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Name: Jessica Bunney
07 February 2023;

Genre: Family & Home

I Really Really Love You So is brought to us by the best-selling and multi-award winning author of I Am a Tiger, I Am NOT An Elephant and my favourite, A Bear is a Bear (except when he's not). This time, Bush Baby returns with a very special message to share, "I really, really...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
06 February 2023;

Genre: Animals

Puppy Club: Coco Settles In is the second instalment in the Puppy Club series. It follows the story of Elsa and her friends; Jaya, Willow, Daniel, Arlo and Harper who have all adopted puppies from the same dog home. Together they have created a Puppy Club, creating friendships...

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Name: Lucy Newton
05 February 2023;

Genre: Animals

Another interesting Puppy Club book! As a teacher, I watch many children enjoy these books every day. They love the characters and the adventures they can get involved in as they read the stories. This story, Puppy Club: Coco Settles In, involves all of the puppies - Da...

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