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Which Way to Anywhere
Name: Olivia Age 11
28 May 2024;Genre: Fantasy
I absolutely love Which Way to Anywhere! It's full of adventure and fun and is a really good read. Cressida always comes up with good names that people don't usually get called. I have read every single book in the How to Train Your Dragon and <a href="/books/the-wizards-of-on...
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HELP! Ralfy Rabbit and the Great Library Rescue
Name: Maria Faithorn
28 May 2024;Genre: Animals
Ralfy and Rodney are off to their favourite place in the world: the library. But, when they arrive they are met with empty shelves and a sign saying, 'Library closing tomorrow'! Miss Page, the librarian, sadly tells them that with no-one using the library, it has to close; the only chance of s...
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How it Works: Dinosaur
Name: Samantha Hughes
27 May 2024;Genre: Animals
How it Works: Dinosaur is perfect for curious pre-schoolers and nursery children who love dinosaurs and uncovering fascinating facts about the prehistoric world. This sturdy die-cut board book is the perfect introduction to the mighty T Rex, full of bite-size facts and informa...
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Aqua Boy
Name: Wendy Kelly
24 May 2024;Genre: Environment
This book just shines with summer vibes. Aqua Boy is the story of Aaron who lives with his parents and older sister on a glorious sunny coastline. His parents are Ocean Guardians; they look after the beach, the sea and the wildlife that lives in it. Aaron loves the water but i...
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The Mystery of the Forever Weekend
Name: Ruth Cornish
24 May 2024;Genre: Family & Home
Although The Mystery of the Forever Weekend is essentially a mystery, Lisa Thompson has written an excellent book which I would highly recommend as a read-aloud during empathy day in June. The main character Corey Turner is finding school a struggle with both his studie...
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Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial
Name: Jenny Caddick
24 May 2024;Genre: Adventure
Dungeon Runners Level 1: Hero Trial is a lively, fast-paced adventure quest full of fantastical creatures such as gnorfs (part gnome, part dwarf), trolls, giants and killer jelly monsters. Kieran Larwood, one of my favourite authors, has taken the creative fl...
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Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales: Fact-checking your favourite stories with SCIENCE!
Name: Maria Faithorn
24 May 2024;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Meet the Big-Not-Quite-As-Bad-As-You-Thought-Wolf! You’ll definitely have come across him before in many traditional tales, he's always the one causing trouble and often ends up running away in pain! This laugh-out-loud book will have the reader questioning the possibility of events suc...
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The Island at the Edge of Night
Name: Beverley Somerset
24 May 2024;Genre: Mystery & Detective
12-year-old Faye Fitzgerald has been sent away to school on the bleak and remote Auk Island in Scotland. She knows that something terrible happened at home involving her Aunt Christina and an ancient yew tree, but she cannot remember exactly what occurred. When Faye arrives at the schoo...
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Knowing the Score
Name: Chloe Age 10
23 May 2024;Genre: Family & Home
Knowing the Score has a wonderful story line and touched my heart but I think it would've been even better if there was more suspense or action. Also, there was very little difficult vocabulary and other than the story, I didn't learn any new words. But in general the book w...
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Nature is an Artist
Name: Sharon Porter
23 May 2024;Genre: Environment
Nature is an Artist is a kaleidoscope of colour, with a green creature representing nature who creates all sorts of landscapes. It is aimed at young children, however, my Year Five children (ages 9+) enjoyed thinking about the landscape vocabulary, making links to their geogra...
