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Name: Donna Ritchie
01 October 2020;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
The Witches is the first-ever Dahl story to appear in this format. It is a must for anyone who has read The Witches and also those who are new to Roald Dahl.Eisner Award winner Penelope Bagieu has executed the powerfulness of the story expertly. The illustrations a...
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Name: Jaqueline Harris
01 October 2020;Genre: Horror
Zombierella is a very alternative version of Cinderella, nothing like any other version you will have read before. Full of shocks and yucky moments, this is the sort of version that children will love.Cinderella lives with her fake sisters and fake mother (who had...
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Name: Carol Carter
01 October 2020;Genre: Supernatural
Hurrah, Mr Keys is back for his third gruesomely hilarious adventure! As regular readers will have come to expect from Guy Bass, we are in for a spooky-yet-warm, quirkily gothic, unputdownable treat!For readers new to the series, Skeleton Keys is a 'dashing, key-fingered skeleton,...
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Name: Jane Rew
01 October 2020;Genre: Supernatural
I cannot recommend this book too highly. It has so many elements of a good story: rich and believable characters, atmospheric setting and an intricate, cleverly woven plot. The pace is brisk, but with moments to draw breath and reflect; the mystery of Aggie's family history is tantalisingly re...
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Name: Clare Wilkins
01 October 2020;Genre: Supernatural
Just in time for Hallowe'en comes Danny Weston's spooky supernatural tale about the demise and reawakening of an eighteenth-century witch. Teenager Alfie is escaping a broken romance and spending the summer in the seemingly sleepy village of Woodplumpton. Whilst his Dad is at work, Alfie explo...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 October 2020;Genre: Supernatural
Harriet Stoker visits derelict Mulcture Hall to take photographs for a college project. While exploring, she trips and falls to her death. She 'awakes' to find that she is a ghost, and is surrounded by the ghosts of other young people who have all previously died in the building. Harriet befri...
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Name: Carol Carter
01 October 2020;Poor Bear. He was quite happy sat in his chair. But now Mouse has turned up, unasked for and unannounced. All bear wants is for Mouse to go, so he can be left in peace.With minimal words and expressive pictures, we can see from page 1 that Bear is a rather curmudgeonly creature whi...
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Name: Carol Carter
01 October 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
Tales from the Forest is a collection of 20 brand-new nature stories, five for each season of the year. In Spring, caterpillars transform, adders shed their skin and woodpeckers lay their eggs. In Summer, bees collect pollen, fireflies flit and tadpoles grow legs. In Autumn, m...
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Name: James Hewish
01 October 2020;Genre: Animals
Wild City: Meet the Animals who Share our City Spaces takes the reader on a wonderful journey through various urban environments from around the world. From Foxes to Flamingos and mice to monkeys this book provides a plethora of information in an unintimidating and easily acce...
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Name: Louisa Farrow
01 October 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
A Christmas in Time picks up the story of Alex and Ruby and the mysterious mirror in their great aunt's house. They have fallen through it for the second time and found themselves in the middle of a typical Victorian Christmas, complete with skating on the local lake and exped...
