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The Wide, Wide Sea
Name: Jessica Bunney
30 July 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Wide, Wide Sea, published by Nosy Crow in collaboration with the National Trust, is an empowering story about preserving our beaches and protecting our sea animals from plastic pollution. Jenny Lovlie's illustrations in this book prompt an emotive response from the reader...
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The House on the Edge
Name: Sam Phillips
30 July 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Faith and her young brother Noah live with their mother in The Lookout; a crumbling house, teetering on the edge of a Dorset cliff top. Faith's father has disappeared, her uncle is adamant the house should be his, and Faith alone is left to look after her brother, who appears obsessed by sea g...
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Life Skills
Name: Sam Phillips
30 July 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Life Skills by Keilly Swift is a brilliant guide, teaching children essential life skills that they will undoubtedly need as they grow up. Helping children and young adults to deal with difficult situations, make good decisions and gain confidence. This is an absolutely...
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Let's Play, Daddy Bear!
Name: Lizi Backhouse
30 July 2021;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
Part of the 'Bloomsbury Young Readers' story, Let's Play, Daddy Bear! is a beginners chapter book that early readers will enjoy. Little Bear lives with Daddy Bear on the weekends - a little detail that I enjoyed seeing in an early readers book as this will be normal for so man...
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Any Way The Wind Blows
Name: Linda Brown
30 July 2021;Genre: LBGTQ+
Any Way The Wind Blows is the final book of the Simon Snow series from the author, Rainbow Rowell. This book is a finale; it tells secrets, and answers questions, and lays ghosts to rest. Simon may not have any magic left but he has inherited the Mage's fortune, even th...
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Once Upon Our Planet
Name: Bryony Davies
30 July 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Once Upon Our Planet: Rewild Bedtime with 12 stories is a beautifully presented hardback compilation. Vita Murrow has skilfully woven mythology with traditional story telling to create these short stories that take the reader all over the globe (and under the sea) This book co...
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Do Not Mess With The Mermaids
Name: Megan Webb
30 July 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Do Not Mess With The Mermaids is the second book in a magic-packed series. This story takes place eight years after Princess Grace and her sister Princess Portia win the troll-o tournament. Over the past eight years, the Kingdom of Wondermere has changed a lot and rules are no...
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Bad Panda
Name: Amanda Shipton
30 July 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Nobody, absolutely nobody, calls Lin a fluffy-wuffy bear! Lin is the world's fuffiest panda and the main attraction at the zoo but it is the last thing that she wants. 'Being good is boring!' she complains. The one thing that she want more than anything is to play with her brother Face-Like-A-...
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The Hundred Decker Rocket
Name: Joanna Hewish
30 July 2021;If there is one thing I know about children and picture books, is that you cannot go wrong with a picture book with flaps or pull-out pages and this one has the biggest pull-out page I've ever seen in a picture book! 'The Hundred Decker Rocket' tells the delightful story of little Ivy w...
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Theodora Hendrix and the Curious Case of the Cursed Beetle
Name: Jenny Caddick
30 July 2021;Genre: Adventure
Get ready for a second adventure with the MLM (Monstrous League of Monsters) and their only (and highly against the MLM rules) human family member, 10 year old Theodora Hendrix in Theodora Hendrix and the Curious Case of the Cursed Beetle. Abandoned at birth and adopted by the...
