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Danger at Dead Man's Pass
Name: Donna Ritchie
25 November 2021;Genre: Adventure
Book 4 in the series, Danger at Dead Man's Pass, starts at the beginning of the Easter holidays and follows Hal and Uncle Nat as they travel through Europe to Germany. This is a little darker than the previous books - with quite a twist!!! So far the series has given us theft,...
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Grown: The Black Girls' Guide to Glowing Up
Name: Abieyuwa Age 13
25 November 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
This book guides on how to live your life as a black British girl. It incorporates everything that makes us who we are. Growing up you don’t really see people that look sound or represent us on tv. We were always seen as the 'black ducklings' of society. This book advises you on how to deal w...
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How I Became a Dog called Midnight
Name: Emma Nelson
24 November 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
How I Became a Dog called Midnight is a heart-warming story and is perfect for a whole class shared read. George lives in a cottage in the grounds of a large home with his Dad who is the groundskeeper. The home is owned by Lady Jane and her daughter Koko who happens to be Geor...
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Lionheart Girl
Name: Clare Wilkins
24 November 2021;Genre: Myths & Legends
Born into a family of West African witches, Sheba has long known of her family’s magical powers and the consequent distrust of the other villagers. Living in fear of her shapeshifting and capricious mother, Sheba seeks solace with her grandmothers and a kindly aunt. When she meets the enigmati...
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You Can!
Name: Alison Kelly
21 November 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
You Can! is an extraordinary book. It's the result of a collaboration between children, an author and an illustrator: it is, literally, a 'children's book'. The process started with the author, Alexandra Strick, asking young people to tell her what messages the book should car...
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Christmas Street
Name: Elen Green
20 November 2021;Genre: Early Skills
I shared this with a two-year-old who completed adored it - so will older and younger children! This little package covers so many things - it teaches the alphabet and the letters' sounds, it has a great rhyming text to read aloud, and it is both a book and a rather lovely toy! The boo...
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The Chime Seekers
Name: Jacqueline Harris
19 November 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Yianni has moved to Fallow Hall. He hates his new home and hates his baby sister who has forced the move. He feels his parents are shutting him out and he is angry and miserable. Then Yianni makes a terrible mistake and is tricked into handing over his baby sister to the evil faerie Lorde Renw...
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The Mouse before Christmas
Name: Ashley Clayton
19 November 2021;Genre: Picture Books
An adorable and beautifully illustrated picture book which the Year 3 class loved listening to. They liked the note from the author at the front and asked lots of questions before we even started reading it. The children loved the rhyme (and so did I) and said it helped them to remember the ma...
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Blue Running
Name: Sharon Bolton
19 November 2021;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Imagine a world where everyone wears a gun, by law, even children. This is the everyday life for 14-year-old Bluebonnet Andrews, living in the independent Republic of Texas. Her father is the deputy, but he is also an alcoholic, a reality Blue deals with all by herself. She has not seen or hea...
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Einstein the Penguin
Name: Maria Faithorn
18 November 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Einstein the Penguin is a very well written and exciting text. It is definitely a book that children won't be able to put down and will be fully engaged with. Imogen, a nine-year-old girl and her younger brother, Arthur, are taken on a last minute trip to London Zoo. Th...
