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Sometimes I Am Furious
Name: Jessica Bunney
01 July 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
From bestselling author Timothy Knapman comes Sometimes I am Furious, which was a Sunday Times' 'Book of the week'. This picture book sparks an immediate emotional response with a familiar illustration of a furious child, whose ice-cream has fallen off the cone and dropped ont...
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Time to Go to Nursery
Name: Jessica Bunney
01 July 2021;Genre: Early Skills
Time to Go to Nursery is an absolute must-have book to help prepare any child for starting nursery or to settle any children who have already begun this huge journey. The unknown can be worrying for both children and their parents and this books teaches them exactly what they...
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Hope Jones Clears The Air
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 July 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
This is the third Hope Jones book in the series. This time, the impassioned and pro-active Hope has air pollution on her mind (as well as lungs) and with school friend Selma's frightening asthma attacks on the increase, Hope is determined to front a campaign to boycott car usage in her communi...
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24 Hours in the Stone Age
Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
01 July 2021;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
24 Hours in the Stone Age is one of the best resources I have found written for this time period. It is written in an incredibly engaging way and is both entertaining and informative. It follows the life of Auri, a child living in the Stone Age, and her family as they s...
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Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy
Name: Julie Broadbent
01 July 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Emmanual Acho is a Nigerian-American former NFL player whose series Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man was made in response to the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. During 2020 this movement created the largest mass protests in history. Subsequently his YouTu...
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The Screen Thief
Name: Ashley Clayton
01 July 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Loved it! What a brilliant picture book with such a powerful message for the children from The Snaffle, made even better in that the story rhymes! I think it's message is suitable for all primary school children, in that there are much better things to do in life than stare at a phone or a scr...
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Do you love Dinosaurs?
Name: Joanna Hewish
01 July 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Vibrant, animated and a fantastic addition for any dinosaur fan! Do you love Dinosaurs? jumps off the shelf and is aimed at a broad age range of dinosaur fans. Personally, I absolutely loved it and found out so much about dinosaurs. This book is fantastic for sharing with your...
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The Nature of Witches
Name: Linda Brown
01 July 2021;Genre: Fantasy
This is a thought provoking , unique debut story that involves the real changes in our climate, mixed with the fantasy of magical witches - and trust me, it works. 17 year old Clara is an Ever witch, which means that her rare magic is tied to the four seasons of nature. Normally witches are on...
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This Poison Heart
Name: Tanja Jennings
01 July 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
After having successfully flipped the Cinderella myth and shattered the glass slipper into smithereens in Cinderella is Dead, Kalynn Bayron is back with another intriguing reimagining, This Poison Heart. Fans of YA contemporary fantasy...
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Kate on the Case
Name: Lisa Watkins
01 July 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
A book written for junior crime detectives! Kate and her accomplice Rupert the mouse, are embarking on a train journey to the Arctic. However, not long after the train departs, strange and mysterious happenings start occurring. Kate takes it upon herself to investigate all the other passengers...
