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Name: June Hughes
08 January 2019;

Genre: Non Fiction

Moth - An Evolution Story is a visually stunning picture book, from the midnight blue and sparkling silver cover to the intense colours of the internal pages - you can almost feel the soot coming off the page! It tells the story of the peppered moth and how it adapted to chang...

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Name: Linda Brown
07 January 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Evermore, throws us right back into Jules world, and there isn't much time to catch your breath. Jules has returned to Crofton to find her friend Amma. Except, a very dangerous Caro is waiting for her and with the help of her guards, Jules is quickly captured and thrown in prison. I'm not going...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 January 2019;

Set during the first few years of World War II, this is the story of Pet (Petra) and her family, who live in a lighthouse on the Kent coast. The lighthouse stands by the Daughters of Stone, a group of four standing stones and this story cleverly combines ancient legends with the coming of war....

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Name: Bryony Davies
06 January 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Voices of the Future: Stories from Around the World is a delightful anthology of stories written by children from every corner of the Earth. These stories provide interest, humour, culture and fun while an engaging section on the UN's Sustainable Goals provides educational background to the proje...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
04 January 2019;

Genre: Historical Fiction

When Clarry is born, her mother dies and her indifferent father leaves her and her brother, Peter, to be raised by a series of housekeepers and well-intentioned neighbours. They long for their summer holidays in Cornwall where, largely ignored by their grandparents, they roam free with their c...

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Name: Erin Foote
03 January 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Mini Rabbit and his one track mind...cake, cake, cake. Mini Rabbit is helping Mother Rabbit bake a berry cake, but there are no more berries in the jar. Mini Rabbit sets off on an adventure to find more berries for the cake. He reaches some far away places in his quest - dark woods, a lighth...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
03 January 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Amazing is the latest offering from Steve Antony, who is quickly becoming an author who seems to effortlessly create (both writing and illustrating) fantastic books. Amazing centres around a little boy who, from looking at the front cover, we know is already different from his peers. This stra...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
03 January 2019;

Genre: Adventure

This the story of two aardvarks. Two aardvarks that seem destined to never meet, despite the fact they are both rather keen to become part of a two. Aalfred is an aardvark who loves stars, picnics and broccoli. Aalbert is an aardvark who loves flowers, sunshine and cheese. Both of them love sl...

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Name: Bryony Davies
03 January 2019;

Genre: Non Fiction

Moth, An Evolution Story is a clever hybrid. Part picture book and part non-fiction, the author has cleverly woven scientific fact about adaptation and evolution with a message of hope. Visually, this text is stunning. Every page provides a new response and delight. The text i...

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Name: Emily Marcuccilli
02 January 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Fans of The Nothing To See Here Hotel by author/illustrator duo Stevens Butler and Lenton will be thrilled to know that the delightfully madcap fantasy series is back with You Ain't Seen Nothing Yeti, and it does not disappoint! We return to the leading hotel destination for magical creatures, s...

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