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Name: Sue Wilsher
24 March 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
When magical children are allowed to attend school for the first time in Starfell: Willow Moss and the Vanished Kingdom, Willow is suspicious. Strange things have been happening, a priceless scroll has been stolen and 'The Grimoire Gazette' has been dismissing or ridiculing th...
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The Highland Falcon Thief
Name: Courtney Age 7
22 March 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The story is adventurous because the boys are going to Scotland and the younger boy is feeding the men bread. The girl is wandering around the table and the men get suspicious and go under the table whilst one of them distracts and when it is all gone the men leave, not knowing they left the l...
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Name: Lizi Backhouse
21 March 2021;Genre: Early Skills
This is a great book that follows six friends who go on a train journey through a land of dinosaurs, where they see lots of opposites which are clearly shown in the illustrations. One of the things that I most enjoy about this book is how effortlessly the concepts of opposites have been...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
18 March 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
The House at the Edge of Magic, the new book by Amy Sparks, could be described as 'Oliver Twist meets Harry Potter'. This mystical adventure takes us on a rollercoaster of magical mayhem, friendship and family.In the opening chapters, we are introduced to Nine - an...
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Name: Kelly Buxton
18 March 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
If you are looking for a book that is side-splitting funny then look no further than Vi Spy by Maz Evans.Valentine (Vi) Day is caught between the paranoid mother she has always known, super-spy Easter Day, and her super-villain father, Robert, who she never knew existed. They say o...
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There are Fish Everywhere
Name: Jane Rew
17 March 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
There are Fish Everywhere is not just an information book on fish (wild rather than ornamental or farmed), but an artistically arranged collection of images in Britta Teckentrup's distinctive style which, although two dimensional, manage to convey depth and texture, tone and v...
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Busy Spring: Nature Wakes Up
Name: Kyle Matavers
16 March 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Busy Spring: Nature Wakes Up is a fine example of both a fiction and non fiction book rolled into one.Centred around a young girl, her dad and younger sister, the reader is taken on a journey that explores the world in the their back garden and introduced to the co...
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The Infinity Files
Name: Beverley Somerset
16 March 2021;Genre: Science Fiction
In The Infinity Files, we meet Ash Yang, a trainee fighter pilot, trying out for the only available place in the Star Corporation Academy. She has been preparing and studying for this moment for years and is determined to succeed. War has been raging in the solar system agains...
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Name: Julie Broadbent
15 March 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Short Knife - now available in paperback - is set in the 5th century. The Roman Empire has withdrawn from Britain, throwing it into the chaos of the Dark Ages. Young Mai and her sister Haf live a peaceful existence on their small farm with their father, until the day their...
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Omar, the Bees and Me
Name: Amanda Shipton
12 March 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
When Omar, the new boy at school, brings in honey cake that reminds him of his beekeeping grandpa back in Syria, the class get talking about the importance of bees. During an uneventful playtime, Maisie comes up with the wonderful idea of creating a bee corridor through the town. This story fo...
