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The Little Gardener
Name: Pat Chandler
24 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
The cover of The Little Gardener reveals a tiny figure resting on a leaf, which gives the reader an immediate sense of his size. He introduces us to his huge garden full of stones and weeds. The book invites opportunities for talk about relative sizes and scale whilst trying to locate the littl...
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Lottery Boy
Name: Hayley Nicholson
12 June 2015;Genre: Real life
London is as much a character in this book as Bully and Jack the dog. The city is clearly well-known and well-loved by the author and the level of detail adds a poignant quality to this already moving story. The story itself has a simple basis - a homeless, underage boy has a winning lottery tic...
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Adventures of the Steampunk Pirates: Attack of the Giant Sea Spiders
Name: Hayley Nicholson
12 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
Ahoy, shipmates! Once again we set sail with those swashbuckling steam-power ragamuffins. All aboard for another rip-roaring adventure! The Steampunk Pirates once again live up to their names and their chosen profession. Pirates by their definition are not the most well-behaved group, and the Ste...
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The Jolley-Rogers and the Cave of Doom
Name: Emma Small
05 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
Piratical fun in huge amounts for all land-lubbers out there! The story starts with the Jolley-Rogers deciding to swap a day on their pirate ship for a day at the beach. It's soon clear that this will not be a day of sandcastles and ice creams, but instead a high adventure filled with gold treas...
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Circus Mirandus
Name: Lynn Roulstone
02 June 2015;Genre: Adventure
As a young man Micah's grandfather Ephraim visited the magical Circus Mirandus where he met the Lightbender, who promised him a miracle. Ephrain decided to keep his miracle for a later date and now he is dying, wants to use it to help Micah. The story moves between Ephraim's story in the past, an...
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Those Pesky Rabbits
Name: Rachel Esling
31 May 2015;Genre: Adventure
This delightful book will ease any youngster out of a grump! Bear has enjoyed his solitary life for so long he has become used to peace and quiet and having things just the way he wants them. So it comes as a shock when, 'those pesky rabbits' move in close by and Bear suddenly has to come to term...
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Whoops!
Name: Rachel Esling
31 May 2015;Genre: Humour
Any little person will hardly be able to stop themselves from joining in and helping to tell the story of how a little old lady tried to give back the right voices to a dog, a cat and a mouse. Rhyme, repetition and humour will cement this story into their memory and before you know it, they'll be...
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Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed
Name: Jayne Gould
25 May 2015;Genre: Adventure
Malcolm is an ordinary ten year old boy who lives with his mum and her brother, Uncle Gobb. Uncle Gobb has been a very important person for many years, and as a consequence is extremely bossy, as well as being very fond of worksheets, asking questions, correct answers and telling Malcolm do more...
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Herculfleas
Name: Jayne Gould
25 May 2015;Genre: Adventure
Every month a monstrous giant called Yuk comes to the town of Tumber and eats its people. The first he munched were the parents of a girl called Greta, who is on a mission to save what is left of her town. Heroes have come to try and defeat the giant but all have met their own death. Greta takes...
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Delete
Name: Melanie Chadwick
20 May 2015;Genre: Adventure
Delete manages to maintain the momentum, excitement and all out action of Shift, the first book in the series without falling short of sensible storyline. A group of teenagers were in detention when a flash of light shifts them to an alternate version of the world where they and their evil copies...
