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Name: Kyle Matravers
03 September 2020;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
I Really Want to Shout is the latest in the 'I Really Want to...' series by Simon Philip and illustrator Lucia Gaggiotti. In this story, we follow the little girl as she struggles to control her emotions and anger. Instantly, it is easy to relate to the character as she encoun...
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Name: James Hewish
03 September 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Jill Murphy, the author and illustrator of the now-classic 'Peace at Last' picture book has created another classic over 40 years later. The author's uncanny ability to identify with family life through her lovable bear characters is incredible. This makes the book both enjoyable for children...
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Name: Kyle Matravers
03 September 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
Oi Aardvark! is the sixth release in the popular and successful Oi series by Kes Gray. As in the previous installments, the book revolves around our friend the frog as he introduces readers to a wide and wonderful selection of creatures from the animal kingdom.In O...
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Name: James Hewish
03 September 2020;Genre: Friendship
A very special book - now in paperback - that you will treasure for a long time. Hollie Hughes and Sarah Massini have outdone themselves with this one! The author is a mother of three and it shows when you read this book. It is perfectly curated in line with both the tastes of children and adu...
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Name: James Hewish
03 September 2020;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Wanda's Words got Stuck is a picture book written by Lucy Rowland and Paula Bowles. It features you witch called Wanda who has difficulties with speaking in front of people. The young witch is too shy and no matter how hard she tries to say her spells in witch school, nothing...
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Name: Kyle Matravers
03 September 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
Fish is a charming story with an important and strong message about caring for the environment. The story is based around an elderly fisherman called Finn and his trusted companion Skip the dog. We join Finn early one morning as he rises with the sun and sets off to catch a de...
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Name: Kyle Matravers
03 September 2020;Genre: Picture Books
Books make good pets and don't need going to the vet.The idea and vision of this book is clear to see and I can see what the author has tried to achieve. But for me, he has missed the mark with his target audience. The book is recommended for 3-5 year olds, however...
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Name: Samantha Phillips
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
Boot The Creaky Creature is book three in this fab series by Shane Hegarty; however, it is written in such a way that it reads just as well as a 'standalone'.Boot is a delightful robot who having been cast aside by his owner, Beth, years earlier, now lives with his...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
03 September 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
I have categorised this lovely book as historical fiction, but it covers so many themes - family, friendship and sport among others.Kicking Off: Dick, Kerr Girls begins in 1917, during the First world War. Hettie Blakeford is 15, she lives with her mother, father a...
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Name: Stephen Leitch
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
The Falkland Islands are the setting for the latest adventure in the Chris Ryan Special Forces Cadets series. Teenagers Max, Abby, Lukas, Sami and Lili are working undercover for the British government posing as a group of wildlife tourists in the Falkand Islands, whose real mission is to inve...
