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The Misadventures of Frederick
Name: Kyle Matravers
22 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
Ben Manley has created a wonderfully structured story in the form of The Misadventures of Frederick. From the title alone, readers are lured into a realm of thinking around what these misadventures could be. The story opens on an illustration of a boy sat alone on a bed, gazing towards an open...
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Once Upon a Dragon's Fire
Name: James Hewish
22 October 2019;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
The illustrations are beautiful! This book has so many meanings, hidden messages, and themes: friendship, love of reading, love, loneliness, being misjudged and facing your fears all feature within this picture book. However, the overriding message is that of not judging a book by its cover. T...
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The Bookworm
Name: Ellen Green
21 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
What a treat to find a new picture book by Debi Gliori, and The Bookworm really is a treat, bringing as it does Gliori's masterful touch with relationships, childhood desires and the unexpected - and not forgetting her gorgeous illustrations with lots of humorous touches! In the story, Max wan...
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The Cloud Horse Chronicles: Guardians of Magic
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
21 October 2019;Any new book by the magnificent Chris Riddell is a huge cause for celebration in our school library and Guardians of Magic is certainly no exception. An exquisitely produced book, lavishly illustrated of course, leaves the reader in no doubt about the treat that awaits them. The endpapers fea...
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The Somerset Tsunami
Name: Janet Fisher
21 October 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
Set in the Somerset Levels in 1616, and based on the actual event of a tsunami in January 1607, Emma Carroll's The Somerset Tsunami tells of a girl, named Fortune, living in a village of women but for one male, her brother Jem. But these are difficult times and the Protestants...
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Beast Feast
Name: Ellen Green
21 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
What a feast of a delight this book is! Gorgeous, funny and just enough scary for 5-8 year olds. It is also packed with letters so a great way to introduce letter-writing in class. Meet Beast, a bright pink, sharp-toothed hairy monster who is dangling a small boy by the foot. "You are DINNER", sa...
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Ravi's Roar
Name: Judith Greenall
20 October 2019;Genre: Personal Growth
When we meet Ravi in Ravi's Roar, he appears to be a happy-go-lucky boy, running through the pages with his toy aeroplane, his brothers and sister close by. As the siblings are measured in height, we see that he is the smallest in the family. Even the dog, Biscuits, is larger...
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The Wizards and the Whale
Name: Louise Gahan
20 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
The Wizards and the Whale is an important book for our time. 12 wizards receive a message asking for their help to save the world. All very different in nature, skills and culture. The wizards come together in respect of each other but with one sole purpose and that is the belief that together, t...
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5 Wild Shapes
Name: Louise Gahan
20 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
5 Wild Shapes is a lovely interactive book that any young child will enjoy. Its bold colourful pages invite the young reader to explore, read and manipulate the shapes in the books. Each shape relates to an animal and their habitat, encouraging the reader to develop an awareness of shapes in the...
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The Clue is in the Poo
Name: Sam Phillips
20 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
Having made the mistake of handing this book and its partner in crime, A Giant Dose of Gross, over to my small class of Year 4 boys before I had even reviewed them, I can say without hesitation that this book will go down a storm in any school library or class book corner! Anything that talks ab...
