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Claude: Lights! Camera! Action!
Name: Lizi Coombs
04 September 2016;Genre: Adventure
Another fantastic serving of that lovable, funny dog - Claude! This time, Claude and his trusty friend Mr Bobblysock find themselves on the set of a film! After causing a few...problems... they then find themselves starring in the film too! I've read many 'Claude' books, and have a collection in...
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A Lottie Lipton Adventure: The Eagle of Rome and The Catacombs of Chaos
Name: Elizabeth Harris
04 September 2016;The Catacombes of Chaos and The Eagle of Rome are the latest Lottie Lipton adventures. In The Eagle of Rome, Lady Viola - treasure hunter and celebrity - is on the hunt for The Eagle of the Ninth Legion and is visiting the British Museum to begin her research. Lottie is initially impressed by Lad...
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Princess Smartypants and the Missing Princes
Name: Lauren Maidman
31 August 2016;Genre: Adventure
I remember reading Princess Smartypants growing up and finding it hysterical, and this new addition to the Princess Smartypants collection definitely did not disappoint. Set in Totaloonia, Princess Smartypants needs to find the missing Princes of her dear friends Snow White, Cinderella and Rapunz...
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Feelings: Inside my Heart and in my Head
Name: E Ball
28 August 2016;Genre: Adventure
Children need to learn how to identify and recognize their own feelings, figure out how to manage them, express what's happening, adapt their emotions to their environment and along with this, develop empathy for others. This development of emotional literacy is an important life skill and one th...
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Wilderness: An Interactive Atlas of Animals
Name: Elaine Ball
28 August 2016;Genre: Adventure
Brimming with interesting facts and information, Wilderness takes readers on 'an expedition through a world of nature filled with surprises'. Visit a rain-forest, go on safari, see the ocean, fresh waters, the desert, mountains, forests and polar regions. Readers will learn about various habitats...
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The Book of Pearl
Name: Catherine Purcell
28 August 2016;Genre: Adventure
This is a story of stories and you need your wits about you as each strand is introduced, coming together masterfully at the end. Stories of Ilian, Olia, Joshua Pearl and the narrator (who, now I come to think of it, doesn't have a name I can recall) entwined throughout the book to what we have...
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It was you Blue Kangaroo
Name: Marie Berry
25 August 2016;Genre: Adventure
Taking responsibility for their actions can be something children find difficult. Owning up when you've done something wrong can be almost impossible for some children to do. However, Emma Chichester triumphs again with It Was You, Blue Kangaroo. We hear about Lily's mischievous behaviour agai...
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I'll Show You, Blue Kangaroo
Name: Marie Berry
25 August 2016;Genre: Adventure
Emma Chichester Clark has written another superb tale about Lily and Blue Kangaroo. In this story Lily is not behaving her best. Lily spends the day showing off to Blue Kangaroo, doing lots of things that grown ups around her tell her not to. As a result, Lily finds herself getting into troub...
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What Shall We Do, Blue Kangeroo?
Name: Marie Berry
22 August 2016;Genre: Young fiction
Emma Chichester Clark has written a super tale about Lily and Blue Kangaroo. This story explores how Lily learns to be independent when she asks adults to help her with different things but they are too busy to do so. I love the way that in this book, Lily shows that she she can do lots of thin...
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Snow White and the Very Angry Dwarf
Name: Marie Berry
22 August 2016;Steve Smallman has written another great spin on a traditional tale, this time taking a look at the story Snow White. In this version, Snow White stumbles across the dwarves' house in the forest and, as in the original, tidies and prepares their home before they return. However, in this version...
