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Name: Bryony Davies
17 September 2020;Genre: Young fiction
Furry Purry Beancat seems like any other cat. She loves to nap. Anywhere, anytime. However, when she wakes up, she finds herself on a new adventure. Furry Purry Beancat lives nine lives!In The Railway Cat, Beancat is woken by the sound of a steam w...
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Name: Nicki Cleveland
17 September 2020;Genre: Animals
Having made a 'tranimalator', Andy Seed has scoured the planet to conduct some amazing interviews with ten spectacular clawed creatures, including a tiger, wolf, and my personal favourite, a snow leopard.Each interview in Interview with a Tiger: and Other Clawed Beasts Too<...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
17 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Tin, Padraig Kenny's first book for children, ranks as one of my all-time favourites, so with each subsequent book by him I've been on tenterhooks to see if I like it as much. He does not disappoint with this one.Brother and sister Tom and Jem stumble across a strange house in the...
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Name: Maria Faithorn
17 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
I Can Catch a Monster is a delightful story about Bo, a little girl with two older brothers who leave her out of their adventure to catch a monster.Feeling smart, brave and strong Bo sets off alone, on her own adventure. Before long she meets a strange creature and...
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Name: Lorraine Ansell
17 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
The Wolf is the most feared creature in the forest, but he has a secret. Every day he watches and listens whilst a girl fetches water, singing as she carries out her chores. The music fills the Wolf's heart with love until suddenly, one day, the singing stops. Each in their own way, the girl a...
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Name: Maria Faithorn
17 September 2020;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
All the world had to stay home. As with all rainstorms, this one would come to an end soon. But for now the focus is on feeling happier... Let's paint a big rainbow. A rainbow that will make us feel happy and others who see it feel happy too. Immediately this is a theme that every child will b...
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Name: Elen Green
17 September 2020;Genre: Young fiction
One of the first in a new series by Philip Ardagh - and with great illustrations by Rob Biddulph - The Pirate Captain's Cat stars Furry Purry Beancat, a loveable cat who finds a new adventure every time he wakes up. This really is a cat with nine lives - each of them an amazing new adventure!<...
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Name: Susan Wilsher
17 September 2020;Genre: Fantasy
Wish, Xar and Bodkin are still in great danger as they near the end of their quest to save the Wildwoods. They need to find the Cup of Second Chances to mix the spell to get rid of witches in which means breaking into the Mine of Happiness - a place full of unhappiness and the ever hungry Tatz...
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Name: Kelly Buxton
17 September 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I must admit this is a case where you shouldn't judge a book by it cover, it doesn't conform to the shiny, intricately illustrated modern books, which adorn the shelves of bookstores ad libraries, with one aim, to grab the reader's interest - but it does stand out.The Key t...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
15 September 2020;Genre: Supernatural
Aveline Jones loves reading creepy ghost stories. When her mother is called away to help a sick relative, Aveline is sent to stay with her Aunt Lilian in the seaside town of Malmouth on the Cornish coast. Aveline and her aunt are not close, Lilian is described as being "nice but cold, like ice...
