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Once Upon a Star: A Poetic Journey Through Space
Name: Leia Sands
25 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
Having read and enjoyed Once upon a Raindrop by James Carter, I was pleased to see the publication of this book about space. The book provides a good introduction to young children to the Big Bang and the origins of life on Earth. The author combines poetry with non fiction to create a 'poeti...
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The Big Beyond
Name: Leia Sands
25 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
The Big Beyond is an enjoyable picture book which provides a great introduction into the history of space exploration for young children. It is a beautiful book, full of informative and interesting facts about space missions, the moon landing and rocket travel. What makes this book special is...
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Cinnamon
Name: June Hughes
24 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
Cinnamon is a princess in a faraway country in a faraway time. She is blessed with great beauty but she is blind and does not speak. Her parents, desperate to hear her voice, offer great riches (a field of mango trees, a parrot and a portrait of the princess's aunt) to anyone who can get her to t...
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Don't Hug the Pug
Name: Lizi Backhouse
24 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
Don't hug the pug is a simple book; baby likes to cuddle but is repeatedly told not to 'hug the pug'. Instead he is told he can hug various items that rhyme with pug but not the dog itself as it is stinky. The story ends with the adult in the story realising it's not the pug that smells, it is i...
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Fly Flies
Name: Lizi Backhouse
24 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
A simple but lovely book, Fly enjoys...flying! The only issue is that everyone she meets thinks she's doing it wrongly, but when she tries it their way, it doesn't work. This book is easy to follow, with simple black and white cartoon pictures which give it a vintage feel. Each page has shor...
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Monsters
Name: Eileen Armstrong
23 April 2019;Don't be fooled by the title, the Monster in this story isn't the one brought to life by Dr Frankenstein in the classic Gothic story but the characters involved in its creation. For this is the outstanding and completely compelling story of Mary Godwin, author of the original tale, whose own lif...
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Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee
Name: Clair Bossons
23 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
Rayne and Delilah's Midnite Matinee is a coming-of-age book about two best friends, Josie and Delia, reaching the end of high school. They need to decide whether to pursue their individual college ambitions or continue on with their low budget, late night TV show about horror movies. This book...
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Mira's Curly Hair
Name: Louise Gahan
22 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
Mira's Curly Hair is a book about differences and the wish to be like somebody else or have something someone else has. It gives us a brief insight in Mira, a beautiful, happy young girl who has all the joy and innocence of youth but with one desire; that is to have hair like her Mum who she resp...
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The Phoenix of Persia
Name: Louise Gahan
22 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
The Phoenix of Persia is based on a story from the Shahnameh, an Iranian poem and one of the great epics of world literature. It is a story reminiscent of Snow White where a King awaits the birth of his son, only to banish him to the forest when the child is born with white hair. We are then take...
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The Sea House
Name: Bryony Davies
21 April 2019;Genre: Bereavement
The Sea House tells the story of young Coral, a nine-year-old grieving the loss of her parents in an accident. Whilst crying herself to sleep, Coral realises her house is full of water and magical sea creatures. She meets exotic creatures as well as some scary ones, who have a different motive. T...
