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  • The Great Fire of London: Anniversary Edition of the Great Fire of 1666

    The Great Fire of London: 350th Anniversary

    Name: Clare Childs
    24 May 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    With the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London just around the corner (September), this is a timely and beautifully produced picture book that helps to explain to young children in KS1 what happened during those terrifying three days when so much of London was in flame. The text is kept s...

  • The Crystal Run

    The Crystal Run

    Name: Alison Hall
    24 May 2016;

    The Crystal Run is the first teenaged novel from bestselling adult author Sheila O'Flanagan and the fantasy story - the first in a possible series - comes packed with adventure and twists. While escaping from school bullies, Joe finds himself transported to a different world, Carcassia. He is in...

  • Magical Maths

    Magical Maths

    Name: Marie Berry
    23 May 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    In the past with year 5 and 6 pupils I have made maths fact books with flaps and pull outs etc... I've always had to make the model myself - well never again! Magical maths is a fantastic maths fact book which gives a whole wealth of information from across the maths curriculum. The interactive...

  • The Bombs That Brought Us Together: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2016

    The Bombs That Brought Us Together

    Name: Victoria Dilly
    21 May 2016;

    Genre: Friends and family

    Charlie Law lives with his Mum and Dad in Little Town, a place run by the Regime, through gangs of Rascals who patrol the town making the residents' lives a misery. There's no freedom of speech and pretty much no 'normal' life, the result being it's a boring but scary existence. Charlie lives...

  • Fact Finders: Space

    Fact Finders SPACE

    Name: Emily Beale
    18 May 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    Let's explore space - what is it? What is a star? And what is the solar system? The new Fact Finders SPACE book answers all these questions and more - and all through the wonder of pop ups! Meet the scientists who have changed our view of the universe and discover a map of the cosmos where the pl...

  • Awful Auntie

    Awful Auntie

    Name: Claire Hunt
    16 May 2016;

    Awful Auntie is another fun and thoroughly entertaining story from David Walliams that also comes with plenty of heart. The story follows Stella who has been orphaned following the death of her parents, Lord and Lady Saxby, in a car crash. Then there is her awful Aunt Alberta of the title, who is...

  • Ratburger

    Ratburger

    Name: Alice Childs
    16 May 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    This story has a vile villain, some terrible teachers, a dead hamster and a dare-devil rat so expect lots of danger, some near disasters and many thrills! Zoe isnt having a great time. She lives on the 37th floor of a council flat, she is bullied, her dad is always in the pub and she has the w...

  • Wolves of Currumpaw

    The Wolves of Currumpaw

    Name: Emily Beale
    16 May 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    In 1862, New Mexico, a lone pack of wolves roams a dramatically changing landscape. The notorious mob of grey american wolves have terrorised the region's livestock, desperate for food due to the loss of their natural habitat and food sources. They are led by Old Lobo the king of the Currumpaw va...

  • Alison Hubble

    Alison Hubble

    Name: Torie Walton
    15 May 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    'This is the story of ALISON HUBBLE who went to bed single and woke up double.' Alison Hubble goes to bed one night as a normal little girl. Imagine her surprise - and that of her parents - when she wakes the next morning to find she has doubled and there is another identical Alison Hubble in h...

  • Chimpanzees for Tea!

    Chimpanzees for Tea!

    Name: Torie Walton
    15 May 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    Vincent is under strict instructions to rush to the shops and hurry home in time for tea. After all, the cupboards are looking rather bare! Shopping list in hand, he sets off. But, things don't go quite as planned. A gust of wind blows the shopping list right out of Vincent's hand and off int...