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  • The Pet: Cautionary Tales for Children and Grown-ups

    The Pet

    Name: Joanna Hewish
    13 May 2021;

    Genre: Animals

    A real laugh out loud story with a fantastic message at the end! Young children will delight in this hilarious tale about a spoilt little boy and his treatment of his pets. The Pet is a vibrant, colourful picture book telling the story of a very demanding little boy, Di...

  • Charlie Chooses

    Charlie Chooses

    Name: Jessica Bunney
    13 May 2021;

    Genre: Picture Books

    Know someone indecisive? Want to instil the power of teamwork and the phrase '2 heads are better than 1'? Then this is the light-hearted, funny and reassuring book for you! It reminds me of the 'You Choose' collection by Nick Sharratt which is an absolute firm favourite with children. N...

  • Noah's Gold

    Noah's Gold

    Name: Jennifer Caddick
    13 May 2021;

    Genre: Adventure

    This brilliantly humorous adventure features a lively cast of schoolkids, marooned on an island and cut off from the rest of the world. Tiny 11 year old Noah stows away on his older sister's geography trip to the Orinoco Warehouse (a nearby online shopping warehouse) but, proving that technolo...

  • The Perfect Shelter

    The Perfect Shelter

    Name: James Hewish
    13 May 2021;

    Genre: Personal Growth

    The Perfect Shelter by Clare Helen Welsh and Asa Gilland is an incredibly stunning and moving picture book which is profoundly relevant at this time. The stunning illustrations on each page which all feature nature in some way are beautiful and provide refreshing visuals.<br /...

  • Harklights

    Harklights

    Name: Kristen Hopwood
    12 May 2021;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Harklights is an orphanage and factory run by Old Ma Bogey and the children pack matchboxes in the factory. Strangely, none of the children ever seem to get a guardian and actually leave the orphanage. Old Ma Bogey uses her collection of random objects to rename the children w...

  • Tremendous Things

    Tremendous Things

    Name: Maddie Age 13
    12 May 2021;

    Genre: Real life

    After being home schooled by his inspirational mothers for many years, Wilbur has very few social skills and friends so when he first joins a secondary school he gets picked on by the school bully almost immediately. An embarrassing letter gets posted onto social media and Wilbur becomes the t...

  • Tremendous Things

    Tremendous Things

    Name: Kerenza Age 13
    11 May 2021;

    Genre: Real life

    Tremendous things is a book about falling in love and finding yourself as a teenager in the modern world. I really liked this book because it was really funny and made me laugh, while also dealing with difficult topics like bullying, homophobia and not fitting in as well as including lots of r...

  • Digger and Me

    Digger and Me

    Name: Kristen Hopwood
    11 May 2021;

    Genre: Animals

    In Digger and Me we meet James who is in Year 6 and muddling his way through a confusing time in his life. His mum and dad are separated so he spends his time between two houses - mum and her boyfriend, Dave and Dad and his girlfriend, Kathy. James isn't sure whether he likes...

  • Mouse and Mole: The Secret of Happiness

    Mouse and Mole. The Secret of Happiness

    Name: Maria Aldred
    11 May 2021;

    Genre: Friendship

    I read this lovely book, Mouse and Mole: The Secret of Happiness, to my class this week and each of the three short stories was given 5 stars. The book has three chapters about the friendship and adventures of Mouse and Mole. A Good Read is about the two friends unable...

  • Tremendous Things

    Tremendous Things

    Name: Katrina Waldron
    10 May 2021;

    Genre: Real life

    Wilbur writes an embarrassing letter to his future self and Tyler (a school bully) finds it and puts it on Social Media. Wilbur becomes a laughing stock at school. Forever labelled a freak, he begins to write poetry and befriends his elderly neighbour, Sal. With few other friends, Wilbur hopes...