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Brave as a Lion: A fun way to explore feelings with 2-5-year-olds through play
Name: Jessica Bunney
07 July 2024;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Brave as a Lion is a book from the 'Choose Your Mood, Express Your Feelings' collection by publisher Mama Makes Books. It can be read differently every time with a different emotive puzzle created with each read, depending on how we are feeling as we choose our moods. T...
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Puppet
Name: Louisa Farrow
07 July 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
Poignant, reflective and, ultimately, hopeful, David Almond's Puppet is, like his other books, a one-off original. As the story begins, it's impossible not to think of Pinocchio; it reads like a simply told traditional tale. Late one night, Silvester, a weary old puppet master...
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Huxley and FlapJack: Trouble at Sea
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
05 July 2024;Genre: Adventure
Huxley and Flapjack: Trouble at Sea is jam-packed with fun and is such a joy to read! Being the second book in the series, Huxley - a super-excitable koala, and Flapjack - a rather timid penguin, are familiar characters to my daughter and I. We love them both, but particularly...
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Monsters at School: Volume 3
Name: Lucy Hopkins
05 July 2024;Genre: School Stories
An interesting mix of very busy monsters! Monsters at School is jam-packed with many different types of monsters who are all busy doing different things at school. The cartoon illustrations will provide lots of interesting details for eager children to spot and compare as they...
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The Piano at the Station
Name: Louisa Farrow
05 July 2024;Genre: Personal Growth
Lacey Layton exasperates her teachers. There is no doubt that she is clever, but she struggles to control her tongue and actually prefers the isolation room to lessons. As she puts it, 'family's more important, and having a laugh, than algebra'. When she is sent to lunch-time music lessons to...
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Find Me After
Name: Clair Bossons
04 July 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Find Me After begins with a trigger warning; it explores the fragility of life and was inspired by the author's own life experience with epilepsy. I found the book highly thought-provoking, it is a real page turner and as always with a good book, I read it in a short space of...
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The Last Thing You'll Hear
Name: Rachel Bolton
04 July 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
The Last Thing You'll Hear is a compulsive read - I was gripped from the start. The story tells of two musical sisters, 17-year-old Wren and her older and more beautiful and talented sister, Lark . Both are musical and both get invited to sing at a new music festival which is...
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Hide and Seek with the Baby Animals
Name: Lizi Backhouse
04 July 2024;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
Play hide and seek with the noisy baby animals.in this interactive, lift the flap book. This book is a great read for babies to toddlers; it's brightly coloured and engaging with hardy felt flaps that will stand the test of time! The text is great as it introduces higher level vocabular...
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Slowcoach: A feel-good teen summer romance
Name: Morgan Harkin
04 July 2024;Genre: Romance & Relationships
For 16 year old Ruby, the summer has finally come and GCSEs are over. It's time for her to hang out with her best friends in the park, doing a bit of roller skating and having loads of fun. As a body-confident teen, she's loving the summer. However, after an argument with her brother,...
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The Houdini Inheritance
Name: Louisa Farrow
02 July 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Houdini Inheritance is a thrill-tingler of a read! Emma Carroll captures all the fun of the rackety world of variety entertainment a hundred years ago. With a rambunctious cast of characters and brimming with surprises, the narrative has all the energy of a vaudeville show...
