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Butterfly Brain
Name: Jennifer Caddick
03 September 2020;Genre: Bereavement
Butterfly Brain is a unique and compelling rhythmically told story of defiant and angry young Gus - a boy who NEVER ever listens, especially when told not to lean back on his chair!When Gus falls backwards and cracks his head, out come all his dreams, memories and...
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Name: June Hughes
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
In The Good Thieves, Vita and her mother travel to America to collect her grandfather, Jack, who has fallen on hard times. It turns out that Jack has been swindled out of his home (a castle, no less) by a shady character and Vita is determined to right this wrong. Jack tells h...
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Tamarind & the Star of Ishta
Name: Janet Fisher
03 September 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Searching for memories or details about a mother who died at birth or disappeared is a staple of children's books nowadays, something which must give nervous children a moment of qualm. However, this book has the exotic background of the Himalayas where Tamarind is taken by her father and his...
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Tamarind & the Star of Ishta
Name: Susan Wilsher
03 September 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Tamarind is going to spend time in India with her mother's family at their huge mansion in the Himalayas. She never knew her mother who died when Tamarind was a baby and although she has many questions, she is nervous about meeting her extended family. But no one seems keen to give her answers...
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Name: Susan Wilsher
03 September 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Covering 15 civilisations, The History Atlas takes you on a light-hearted but fact-packed tour of the world. Visually stunning, it is instantly engaging, sure to delight even the most hardened history hater.The author's introduction sets a chatty tone, reminding the reader to have...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
Shoestring, the Boy Who Walks on Air is the follow up novel to the graphic novel Kidglovz. It tells the story of what happens next to the characters from the graphic novel and even includes the book of Kidglovz as part of the story.Shoestring, previously a thief, i...
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Name: Kimberley Lawson
03 September 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
I, Ada is a fascinating fictionalised biography about a remarkable woman whose achievements are only in recent years becoming recognised, nearly 170 years after her death.Ada narrates her own story, from the ages of 5 to 21. In many ways, her story echoes the frust...
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Name: Ruth Cornish
03 September 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
A part fictionalised, part factual account of the childhood and teenage years of the daughter of Lord and Lady Byron, Ada (later Lady Lovelace who became the first computer programmer in the 1800's).Ada has a very strict upbringing yet is very privileged. She is a fascinating girl,...
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The Pharaoh's Curse (Museum Kittens)
Name: Lucy Newton
03 September 2020;Genre: Animals
As the follow up to Museum Kittens: The Midnight Visitor, this story continues the adventures of kittens Tasha and Peter, along with the other museum cats.The Pharaoh's Curse begins with the cats observing a...
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Why Do Things Die? (First Questions and Answers)
Name: Amanda Shipton
03 September 2020;Genre: Bereavement
Young children are experts at asking those awkward questions. This Usborne book, Why Do Things Die?, is filled with little nuggets of information and starting points for discussions. Lift the flap option ensures that the speed that a child accesses the information can b...
