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Heavy Metal Badger
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
14 November 2023;Genre: Personal Growth
A book which celebrates individual identity and self-expression, the story of Heavy Metal Badger has a lovely, warm moral within the lively, colouful illustrations and wonderfully fun rhymes. Our main character, Badger, loves music and wants to find the perfect place to...
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The Quickest Bedtime Story Ever
Name: Ashley Clayton
10 November 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
I read The Quickest Bedtime Story Ever with a class of Y5 children and asked them to review it for KS1. All the class loved it! They said in their reviews that they would recommend it to all KS1 children too, but also said it is a book for older children as it made them laugh...
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Percy the Post-Penguin
Name: Maria faithorn
10 November 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Beautifully illustrated and cleverly told, Percy the Post-Penguin oozes examples of resilience, creativity and determination and is a great text to use with children to teach these skills. Percy the Post-Penguin works in a post office, but his days are quiet and lonely...
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Boats!: And Other Things That Float
Name: Sue Wilsher
10 November 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Perfect for introducing young readers to the world of boats, Boats! (and other things that float) is an engaging and informative book. Each spread focuses on a different type of watercraft, fully illustrated and with plenty of details to spot on every page. The range of...
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Bad Magic (Skulduggery Pleasant)
Name: Stephen Leitch
10 November 2023;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Skulduggery Pleasant is back in this new adventure of mystery, murder, mayhem and a little magic - all in graphic novel format for the first time. From the moment bare boned detective Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain drive into the small Irish town of Termoncara, they realise that people...
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Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
Name: Sue Wilsher
10 November 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Combining poetic language, storytelling and factual information, Honeybee is a delightful read, following the life of a bee from emerging from her waxed cell to the end of her life. With the scientific name Apis mellifera, the author names this new bee Apis as she emerges into...
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The Quickest Bedtime Story Ever!
Name: Joanne Thomas
10 November 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
The Quickest Bedtime Story Ever! is a fun, interactive, silly bedtime book with an original concept. The illustrations are really lovely with an array of cute characters getting ready for bed. The book goes through things you need to do before your bedtime story and my daughte...
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Izzy the Inventor and the Curse of Doom
Name: Amanda Shipton
10 November 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
Izzy the Inventor and the Curse of Doom is the second in Zanna Davidson's amazing, laugh-out-loud Izzy the Inventor series. Packed full of illustrations with easy-to-read text, it provides the perfect transition from picture books to chapter books. Izzy believes in scie...
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Sunshine Simpson Cooks Up A Storm
Name: Donna Burkert
10 November 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Sunshine Simpson is back again, it’s a new year and a scary year as she and her friends plan for their transition to secondary school, away from the safety of what they know and potentially away from each other. It's all about to change and Sunshine doesn't like it. To make things worse, thing...
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Bad Magic (Skulduggery Pleasant)
Name: Ruth Cornish
09 November 2023;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Bad Magic (Skulduggery Pleasant) is an action-packed graphic fantasy set in Ireland, where the townsfolk are experiencing strange, supernatural events. At the centre is Jamie, who has become reclusive following the death of his best friend and whose dreams are full of the terr...