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The Vlogger's Handbook
Name: Catherine Purcell
18 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
It can be overly tempting to keep sharing more and more of yourself on social media, but establishing rules around what you show on your vlog and what you keep for yourself and your family is an important part of being a vlogger. This was the pleasingly sensible conclusion to The Vlogger's Handb...
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Gut Garden
Name: Lizi Backhouse
15 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
A fantastic non-fiction book! Gut Garden is a journey into your microbiome, it explains the digestive process and explores the ecosystem that lives within us. Written and illustrated by Katie Brosnan, the book introduces proper terminology in child-friendly ways. It's visually stunning and ex...
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White Bird
Name: Sue Wilsher
12 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
White Bird opens with Julian, the boy who treated Auggie badly in'Wonder', speaking to his Grandmother via FaceTime. As part of his Humanities work, Julian has to write about someone he knows and he wants to write about her and her time in German-occupied France and a boy affected by polio she kn...
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Moon and Me - The Little Seed
Name: Joanna Hewish
12 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
A lovely new picture book aimed at really little ones. 'Moon and Me' has already hit CBeebies with its new show reminiscent of 'In the Night Garden'. This is a lovely story to read with babies and toddlers (up to pre-school age) as you tuck them in at night and already this story is becoming p...
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Butterflies for Grandpa Joe
Name: Jenny Caddick
11 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
This is the touchingly moving story of young Ben and his butterfly-loving Grandpa. At the start of the story , we find Grandpa's love of life, nature and his beloved butterflies is dulled by his grief at the loss of his wife. This gentle and emotional story follows Ben's earnest, loving attempts...
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The Crayons' Christmas
Name: Sue Wilsher
10 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
Christmas arrives at Duncan's house bringing plenty of festive fun - for the crayons. Surprises are to be found in envelope or package style pockets, which make the book an interactive treat. The Peach Crayon (known to his parents as 'Peachy-Pie') receives a selection of outfits which the reader...
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Five Dark Fates
Name: Linda Brown
10 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
Five Dark Fates is the concluding episode to the amazing fantasy series, Three Dark Crowns. Like all the previous books, this final episode does not disappoint as it's full of drama, magic, death, violence, gore (for those that like a little more!), politics, trust and, to wrap it all up, romance...
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Through The Wall
Name: Daniel Katz
06 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
A huge wall divides the land of the Yellow people from the land of the Blue people. The government preaches hatred and fear of the 'other side', and to attempt to cross, climb or damage the wall is treason. A Yellow boy lives a sad life in the shadow of this wall until one day, he discovers a hol...
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Name: Linda Brown
04 November 2019;Genre: Fantasy
It's only been a few weeks since the explosive but successful ending in book one of this wonderful fantasy series, Beyond the Mirror, but for Darwen Arkwright and his friends, Rik and Alex, it feels like forever. When Darwen takes a trip into Silbrica, he is delighted to walk...
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I Don't Want to be Small
Name: Judith Greenall
03 November 2019;Genre: Adventure
Being small is so frustrating! You get overlooked by your friends, you get a terrible view in a crowd and you miss out on fairground rides. It's not fair, as the central character of this story announces on the first page. At least this little boy has a big brother, who passes on his old clothe...
