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Name: Lola Age 10
01 July 2018;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

I love animals and mysteries so this book is the perfect combination! Kat needs to save Raman while looking after a horse, a bird, a cat and a dog. Read the best book you have ever read, times it's awesomeness by the biggest number you know and-poof!-you have Kat Wolfe investigates!

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Name: Lola Age 10
01 July 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Elena, Matt and Tima always wake up at 1:34am with no explanation. It has driven them CRAZY, but when something odd happens, they have to stay focused...

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Name: Lola Age 10
01 July 2018;

Genre: Adventure

In this book there is an unlikely ending that makes you go 'Oh my word!' and everything you read is important. It's amazing!

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Name: Lola Age 10
01 July 2018;

Genre: Friends and family

In this book two people want a pearl to make them start growing again. Biffa the cat and Alfie Monk want to live their lives, and it made me proud of myself for who I am.

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Name: Susan French
28 June 2018;

A funny picture book with an unexpected ending about manners, sharing - and pie! Grandma Bear makes a pie but while it is cooling on the shelf, Fox comes along and steals it. "I'll sneak it back into my lair and, quickly, I'll devour it there." But while the fox looks forward to having the pie a...

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Name: Susan French
28 June 2018;

Rob Biddulph does it again with this highly readable picture book about dinosaurs, being the youngest, and birthdays....or 'hatchdays' if you're a dino. Hatching somewhat later than his eight siblings, Greg (short for Gregosaurus) feels left out; all the other dinosaurs have paired up to do pain...

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Name: Carol Bright
28 June 2018;

Genre: Adventure

What a gorgeous picture book - any child who has or who longs for a dog will love this story and there is also a beautiful message for young children about appreciating the skills in others but also valuing one's own uniqueness. On the first page we, the reader, are greeted by an energetic if sl...

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Name: Rhiannon Cook
27 June 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Told with Julian Clary's distinctive warmth and affection, The Bolds in Trouble is a very enjoyable romp with a clear message about the human impact on nature and consideration for the world's animals. In this wonderfully silly story, the Bolds hit a snag: there's a wild - and not especially nice...

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Name: Carmen Smyth
27 June 2018;

Genre: Adventure

From the duo who created The Night Gardner comes an equally elegant and poignant picture book that tackles bereavement and memories. Like The Night Gardner, the book has a other-worldly feel to it, this time taking shape through the dream world of a little boy whose grandfather, we learn, has di...

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Name: Carol Bright
26 June 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Young children will love finding out about jungle creatures with these smart 'snappy' pop-up books. Each of the five spreads features a pop-up bird, animal or reptile (a crocodile, hippo, toucan, orangutan and a leopard), but the pages are split so you don't know which mix of animals you will fin...

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