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Midge and Mo
Name: Nicola Cleveland
17 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Midge doesn't want to go to his new school. It's too big, his teacher is too big, and his teacher's smile is definitely too big. Buddied up with Mo, she tries everything she can think of to be a friend to Midge, but he doesn't want new friends. He just wants everything to go back to the way it wa...
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Trail Blazers - Jane Goodall
Name: Carol Carter
17 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Trail Blazers - Jane Goodall is the most recent in the useful new middle-grade biography series, focusing on some of history's greatest game changers. The book follows the life of Jane Goodall, from a child with a love of animal stories and a stuffed chimpanzee called Jubilee as her favourite to...
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This Book is Anti-Racist
Name: Joanna Hewish
16 February 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
This Book is Anti-Racist is an inspirational book with a striking message. In today's modern world it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist. Through 20 chapters, this book highlights the importance of learning who we are, where our identity comes from and how...
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Fergus the Furball
Name: Samantha Phillips
15 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
I am sure that each and every person with a brother or sister has, at some time in their life, wished they were an only child, or at best, that something unpleasant were to befall their sibling. That's exactly the case with Daniel in Fergus the Furball by Emily Snape. Daniel's parents have gone...
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The Incredible Hotel
Name: Joanna Hewish
15 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
A wonderful tale about always following your dreams and believing in yourself, no matter what. Stefan the porter wakes up at 5am every day to wake up everyone else in order to begin the day working in 'The Incredible Hotel'. Stefan dreams of baking cakes, but he isn't allowed to bake as his job...
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The Magic of Mums
Name: Alison Kelly
14 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
In the early pages of this lovely new collection of poems by Justin Coe, there's a simple diamond shape poem which holds a lens to the themes and sentiments of the poems: MUM / I COULD / DIG DEEP DOWN / TO THE EARTH'S CORE / AND NEVER FIND A / DIAMOND AS / BEAUTIFUL / AS YOU / ARE //. The book...
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Trail Blazers - Harriet Tubman
Name: Carol Carter
13 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Trail Blazers: Harriet Tubman retells the well-known story of the brave slave who escaped on the Underground Railroad then returned many times to help other slaves follow in her footsteps. The book follows Harriet (born Araminta Ross) from her birth on a Maryland plantation, through childhood a...
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The Beautiful
Name: Linda brown
13 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Welcome back to the Vampire novel, set in the sultry, mysterious streets of New Orleans... 17 year old Celine Rousseau has had to flee from her home in Paris after she kills a man who attempts to rape her. She plans to start a new life in New Orleans, but little does she know that the city is rul...
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Gnome
Name: Kyle Matravers
11 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Mr Gnome is little fellow with a bad personality. Today he is going off on a fishing trip and is going to learn the importance of manners the hard way. We are introduced to Mr Gnome at the start of the story and we straight away see that he is indeed a grumpy gnome - a gnome not even willing to...
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Would You Like a Banana?
Name: Lizi Backhouse
11 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
A fantastic book that follows a Gorilla who definitely doesn't want a banana! No matter how he's offered it, he does not want a banana, until the end..... This book is entertaining for both adults and children; the pictures are engaging and I'm sure many parents will be familiar with the gorill...
