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Hope
Name: James Hewish
20 August 2019;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Hope by Corrinne Averiss and Sebastien Pelon is all about 'Keeping a light on, however dark things seem'. This is a book that contains some humour but also explores the emotions that a child goes through when things are not going well. It teaches children not to give up hope e...
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Humperdink: Our Elephant Friend
Name: Kyle Matravers
19 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
When Humperdink the elephant joins a playgroup, he seems friendly enough but it soon becomes clear that he's very different indeed. Humperdink is a wonderfully illustrated story that reminds us the importance of accepting new friends, regardless of what they look like. I really enjoyed the me...
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Small in the City
Name: Kyle Matravers
19 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
Small in the City is a book of few words but still delivers a heartwarming and touching tale. Being small in a big city can be intimidating and scary. It can make you feel lost before you have even begun but this book reassures you that even in the most scariest places, there are areas of light...
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Clem and Crab
Name: Kyle Matravers
19 August 2019;Genre: Environment & Nature
Clem and Crab is a beautiful picture book that helps remind readers of the need to look after the world we live in. The story starts with us learning of Clem's love of the beach. This is shared with us through the use of beautiful description that really makes you feel like yo...
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Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black
Name: Tanja Jennings
19 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
This book takes the reader on a fascinating and insightful journey. Told through the mediums of art, poetry and prose, it challenges, stimulates and surprises. The second collaboration between acclaimed writers Julian and Marcus Sedgwick since their Blakean-influenced graphic novel, Dark Satanic...
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The Impossible Boy
Name: Donna Burkert
19 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
Oleg and Emma are friends. Their home lives are less than perfect (Emma's mum works all hours just to keep her family fed and Oleg's dad is unemployed and suffering with depression, leaving Oleg to care for his grandmother) but they are held together by their joint need to escape reality and find...
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Jelly
Name: Sharon Bolton
19 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
'Pitiful Pete was sitting right on the edge of the Jellyfish, facing out towards the far coast, and a few of us had gathered to watch.' So opens this dystopian novel set in the not so distant future. Martha, the protagonist, is amongst a group of humans trapped on a lethal Jellyfish facing a shor...
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So You Think You've Got It Bad? A Kid's Life in Ancient Rome
Name: Carol Carter
18 August 2019;Genre: Non Fiction
So You Think You've Got It Bad? A Kid's Life in Ancient Rome is the third in a series from Nosy Crow and the British Museum, with Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece having already been covered. These books have a very Horrible Histories vibe, but the larger format and colour ill...
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Seafire
Name: Linda Brown
18 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
This high action adventure has drama on each page, and it doesn't stop until the last one; and even then it leaves you wanting more... Caledonia Styx is the Captain of the Mors Navis, she sails the seas with her all female crew with vengeance on her mind. Four years previously the ship belonged...
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This is Frog
Name: Judith Greenall
16 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
This book introduces the reader to Frog, or Tree Frog, to give him his full name, and we watch some of his everyday experiences in his natural habitat, the rainforest. But this is not a book for the passive reader; it is a fully interactive experience. We are encouraged to engage with Frog thro...
