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Superhero Street
Name: Sue Wilsher
28 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
Mouse longs to be a superhero - to have some special super-power that would make him stand out in the crowd. However, with both twins and triplets at home, his parents are fully occupied and don't seem to notice him. Things go from bad to worse as his magician dad disappears and the school bully...
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Leonardo and The Flying Boy
Name: Lizi Coombs
28 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
I generally really enjoy Anholt's books about famous artists; they break down the ideas and artworks to make them more accessible to children. This book certainly does that, sharing Da Vinci's ideals, passions and works through two boys who are his 'pupils'. I feel that this story isn't as acce...
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The Magical Garden of Claude Monet
Name: Lizi Coombs
28 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
I already own a couple of Anholt's books and, as a teacher, think they are a fantastic way of introducing famous artists to younger children. This story follows Julie, a young child, as she goes to visit Mr Monet at his house in Giverny. Together, they explore his beautiful gardens, introducin...
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Outside: A Guide to Discovering Nature
Name: Emily Beale
28 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
'For thousands and thousands of years, it was just us and nature' but over the last one hundred years, our relationship with the natural world has changed. Outside: a Guide to Discovering Nature was written with this in mind and created to inspire curiosity in the natural world. So let's get outs...
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The Jungle Book
Name: Emily Beale
28 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story is the reimagined tale of Rudyard Kipling's story of young Mowgli the Man-cub and is the first in a new series of classics tales with modern settings by publishers Frances Lincoln. Our story begins as dawn breaks in the jungle, where the cries of a baby are heard...
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Intergalactic Ed and the Space Pirates
Name: Marie Berry
26 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
For the pirate-loving kids, Intergalactic Ed is one they will enjoy and want to read again. Ed is a space-spotting little boy who, when watching through his telescope one night, spots the moon being stolen by a bunch of space pirates. Ed and his sidekick cat Sputnik leap into action to save the...
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Through the Window
Name: Marie Berry
26 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
A beautifully simple children's classic. Through the window is the story of little Jo, and her wait for mum to return from work one day when she is ill. This very sweet story is all about what Jo sees from her window while waiting for her mother to return. All the different visitors of the da...
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The Big Book of Bugs
Name: Janet Sands
24 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
This beautifully-produced book is teeming with life, exploring the world of bugs and their habitats. Each spread is full of small creatures in their natural habitats, with small sections of break-out text that explains what distinguishes that species and interesting facts about them (eg Does a ce...
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The Boy and the Globe
Name: Sue Wilsher
24 March 2016;Genre: Books set in the past
Young Toby is down on his luck. His parents have died and he has been trying to survive on the streets of Tudor London. A resourceful youth, he seeks out Moll Cut-Purse in a bid to become a member of her gang of nippers, dippers and cut-purses. It's a dangerous life, but better than being alone!...
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How To be A Viking
Name: Sue Wilsher
24 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
Hiccup is a tiny, thoughtful and polite Viking. The other Vikings are 'enormous roaring burglars with bristling moustaches' so poor Hiccup really feels like he doesn't fit in. It doesn't help that his father, Stoick the Vast, is everything a Viking should be and doesn't understand how frightened...
