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Tinsel: The Girls Who Invented Christmas
Name: Hayley Summerfield
28 October 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Tinsel by Sibeal Pounder is a brilliant new Christmas book with a twist. The story is seeped with powerful themes of friendship, feisty girls, gender roles and adventure. This refreshingly original story on the origins of Santa is hilarious and heart-warming and crammed full o...
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The Good Bear
Name: Emma Nelson
28 October 2021;Genre: Friends and family
The story begins on Christmas Eve where Thea is curled up with hot chocolate and a blanket telling her daughter the story of how she met 'The Good Bear.' Thea lives with her mum in Britain and has not seen her father for four years as he now lives with his new family in...
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A Tale Dark & Grimm
Name: Donna Burkert
27 October 2021;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
If you want to know what really happened to Hansel and Gretel, how they ended up in that forest and what happened to them after they survived that first trial, then this is the book for you. The dark and gruesomely twisted stories of Hansel and Gretel will keep readers turning pages in disgust...
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Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep
Name: jo clarke
27 October 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Phillip Reeve creates a mythical, magical atmosphere in his telling of the life of Utterly Dark, a foundling baby discovered on the shores of the remote island of Wildsea. Surrounded by monsters of the sea and guarded by trolls and sea witches. Wildsea is no ordinary place to live. A strong se...
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Leaves
Name: Lizi Backhouse
27 October 2021;Genre: Bereavement
Leaves is a genuinely beautiful book about seasons and the circle of life. The old tree teaches his long sapling everything she needs to know; how to survive, how to thrive and how to grow. He teaches her to enjoy and view the world, how to encounter the the wind and together...
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The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre
Name: Rhiannon Cook
27 October 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Trapped in a Parisian orphanage, mysterious circumstances surrounding his parent's deaths, Bastien Bonlivre follows in their footsteps as a writer and is determined to discover what really happened to his mother and father. Monsieur Xavier, appointed as the new director of the orphanage under...
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Star
Name: Catherine Kus
27 October 2021;Genre: Animals
Star is the second book of Holly Webb’s that I have read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The story is about a young girl called Anna who gets magically transported to a Russian village. A tiger cub is roaming the nearby forest and Anna tries to find him. The illustrations in the...
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Name: Donna Burkert
26 October 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Almost overnight, Anna and her family decide to flee their home. She has to leave behind her friends, all her things (including her beloved pink rabbit) and the life that she knew and loved. The dangers she faces and the difficulties her family endure as they fled Germany for Switzerland, Fran...
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Gilded
Name: Linda Brown
24 October 2021;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
It's been a while since I picked one of Marissa Meyer's wonderful reimaginings of our famous fairytales, (if you haven't already, you need to check our her Lunar Chronicle series). In Gilded she does the Grimm Brothers really proud as it's full of all the dark, otherworldly, n...
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Pippin paints a portrait
Name: Lizi Backhouse
23 October 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Pippin is trying to paint a self portrait, but so is everybody else it seems! Pippin Paints a Portrait introduces readers to many different artists as the different characters paint in the style of artists, both historical and modern. The book is easy to read, engaging - it's...
