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Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
21 May 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Luna Loves Gardening is the sixth title in the picture book series about the little girl discovering her enjoyment of things like art, dancing, and books. Written by the current Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, this is a sweet, cheerful story about Luna's visit to the commun...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
21 May 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Mum and Dad are proud of their neat garden and work hard to keep it tidy and weed free. However, when Poppy and Ali find out about rewilding at school, they dream of a very different garden, full of real wild creatures and lots of plants. With their parents' help, they set about transforming t...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
20 May 2024;

Genre: Funny Stories

There's a Beach in my Pants is the hilarious rhyming tale of a little girl's bad day turned good at the beach. After a disastrous trip to the beach with her Mum, the little girl gets a lot more than she bargained for when she gets home! A fish and chip shop in the downstairs c...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
20 May 2024;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Based on a short film of the same name, Adnan: The Boy who Helped his Mummy Remember tells the story of a little boy who creates a 'save mummy plan' in an attempt to rescue her from depression. Although Adnan and his mother are now safe in a new home, the terrors and grief the...

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Name: Maria
20 May 2024;

Genre: Picture Books

I Love Books is an unusual book with an important message. On the cover, the title reads, 'I Hate(crossed out) Love Books, which begins to explain what the story is about.  The beginning of the book takes us to a classroom on the final day as the children are breaking up for the summer holiday...

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Name: Elen Green
20 May 2024;

Genre: Early Skills

Five Little Ducks: A Slide and Count Book is a lovely first counting book for children aged two years plus, and will test their fine motor skills, too, when sliding the counters around the pages. The board book follows the nursery rhyme of 'five little ducks' but it can...

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Name: Lucy Hopkins
20 May 2024;

Genre: Early Skills

There's something about an oversized book which makes them even more exciting and appealing to look at! Pip and Posy's Big Book of Words has a rainbow-coloured key down one side with pictures of objects which are clues to the topics covered on each page. This is a great way fo...

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Name: Tracy Parvin
20 May 2024;

Genre: Family & Home

Four baby dinosaurs join their dads on an adventurous ramble through their wild and dangerous world. As they stroll along, our narrator's daddy supports and guides his son with words of wisdom. Following his father's footsteps, our young dino feels safe and secure: his dad is so big and strong...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
17 May 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

The latest in the excellent 'Explodapedia' series, Rewild: Can Nature heal Our World? is a very engaging and accessible read. Guided by cartoons of chatty and cheeky fungi, the book carefully explains the idea behind rewilding as well as why is it so important in a humorous an...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
17 May 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

"Until a monster swallowed her PE kit, Bitsy's evening had been going to plan." A fantastical, imaginative adventure awaits when the reader is swept into a world of magicore beasts, created by emotions held within our memories. A long-ago meteorite named farthingstone left its magical imprint...

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