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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Haunted House
Name: George Age 10
30 April 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This book had a lot to live up to after reading the first two books in this series - and boy did it live up to that strongly! A new family arrives in town and Zaiba and Poppy are trusted with welcoming the two children. What none of them expected to happen was a series of mysterious events in...
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Ruffles and the red red coat
Name: Judith Greenall
30 April 2021;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
Ruffles and the red red coat introduces us to Ruffles, a very cute puppy, who loves doing all the things puppies do like sniffing, scratching and fetching. The one thing that really cramps his style is wearing his new red coat. He is not at all keen to and, after a lot of wrig...
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Bone Music
Name: Kristen Hopwood
30 April 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Bone Music is the story of Sylvia who temporarily moves to Northumberland with her mum. At first, Sylvia struggles to adjust to the village in which her mum grew up after being used to the city surroundings of Newcastle. She hears a strange music being played at night and feel...
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My Dad is a Grizzly Bear
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
29 April 2021;Genre: Family & Home
My Dad is a Grizzly Bear is a light-hearted, enjoyable read written by Swapna Haddow. With his fuzzy hair, insatiable hunger, enormous hands and love of nature, dad is obviously a grumpy grizzly bear to a boy with a wild imagination! But sometimes when things are a little scary, all that is ne...
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Name: Ellen Green
29 April 2021;Genre: Friends and family
The Super-Secret Diary of Holly Hopkinson: This Is Going To Be a Fiasco is an engaging read with gorgeous illustrations from Katy Riddell. The story takes the form of Holly Hopkinson's diary as she and her family move out of London and into the country. Although things look b...
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Zed and the cormorants
Name: Catherine Purcell
28 April 2021;Genre: Supernatural
A Cornish mystery; cormorants, curses, warm bread rolls and ghosts. Zed's family have moved from London to rural Cornwall to begin a new, idyllic life. In London, Zed's dad was finding himself ever absent due to work commitments, Zed's mum's depression was threatening to overwhelm her, Zed's s...
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The Chessmen Thief
Name: Stephen Leitch
28 April 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Chessmen Thief is the latest exciting novel by Inverness-based author Barbara Henderson. Set across the Western Isles, Orkney and Norway, the story follows 12 year old Kylan, a slave for a Norseman of Trondheim who was taken as a young boy from his island home on the Isle of Harris . Longi...
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So You Think You've Got It Bad - A Kid's Life in the Aztec Age
Name: Nicola Mansfield
26 April 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
So You Think You’ve Got It Bad? A kid’s life in the Aztec Age is a simply beautiful collaboration between Nosy Crow publishers and the British Museum. This follows on from their series which includes Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome. This book is very clev...
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This is NOT a Unicorn!
Name: Ellen Green
23 April 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Well, what a delicious treat this is! Look at those colours! The fabulous rhyming text! The joy! Needless to say, I loved This is Not a Unicorn and can see our unicorn-mad children loving this - and any child who loves rhyming text and a fun story. When a young girl meets a 'not-a-unico...
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The Young Cyclist's Companion
Name: Lizi Backhouse
22 April 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
This is. great book for budding cyclists; it introduces children to the basics of bikes. The book begins with the history of bicycles and how they developed into the bike we know today. It covers different types of bikes, their parts and how to care for them. There are sections on different ty...
