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Impossible Creatures
Name: Clair Bossons
15 September 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Katherine Rondell's Impossible Creatures is a stunning book! The endpapers are illustrated with a map of The Archipelago, a secret cluster of islands where all the mythological creatures live side by side with humans. This is followed by The Guardian's Bestiary; a wonderful il...
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I'm Going to Be a Princess
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
15 September 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I'm Going to Be a Princess is a warm and charming story of a young black girl named Maya who dreams of being a princess. However, her mother would prefer she chooses another direction, one that isn't so stereotypically girly. Through the story, she tells Maya about incredible,...
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Imperfectly Perfect
Name: Maria
15 September 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Imperfectly Perfect explores an important theme that not every thing is perfect and sometimes accidents happen, but objects can be repaired - just like friendships. Maria loves reading and unfortunately damages her brother's favourite book. Robbie returns and shouts at...
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Impossible Creatures
Name: Beverley Somerset
15 September 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Christopher Forrester has been sent to Scotland to spend time with his grandfather, Frank, and is dismayed to find himself in the middle of nowhere in a run-down house with no internet or phone signal. He is told that he can go anywhere, but is forbidden to go to the top of the nearby hill. Of...
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A first book of Dinosaurs
Name: maria faithorn
15 September 2023;Genre: Poetry
This well written and beautifully illustrated book will definitely be a child’s favourite and be read over and over! A First Book of Dinosaurs is divided into the chapters of 'Meet the Dinosaurs, Eat or be Eaten, Dinosaur Families and The End. OR is it?' Each dinosaur or theme...
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Jane Foster's Baby's First Stories: 0-3 months: Look and Listen with Baby
Name: Catherine Kus
15 September 2023;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
This book is a hardback book for babies aged 0-3 months. Experts believe that babies see in black, white and grey during the first four months of their life and the illustrations in this book have been created in these colours only. The pictures are really bold and clear with repeating pattern...
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The Secret of the Blood-Red Key
Name: Beverley Somerset
14 September 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Robert and Rachel Klein have defeated the villainous Charles Malstain; the land of Krasnia and its capital city, Brava, are now full of joy, colour and happy citizens, and Rachel and Robert are national heroes. Then a boy appears from nowhere and presents Rachel with a blood-red key. She has n...
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Mermedusa (An Eerie-on-Sea Adventure)
Name: Wendy Kelly
13 September 2023;Genre: Adventure
So here it is! We've reached the end of Herbie and Violet's winter shenanigans with the explosive story of the Mermedusa. Those devoted readers who have followed all their other adventures will find many loose ends pleasingly tied up in their final (perhaps?) adventure. Thomas...
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Inspiring Inventors Who Are Changing Our Future: People Power series
Name: Stephen Leitch
13 September 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Inspiring Inventors Who Are Changing Our Future gives a fascinating insight into inventors and their inventions that are having an impact on millions of lives throughout the world today. Many were unknown to me - both inventor and invention - and that's what made this a really...
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Marv and the Dino Attack
Name: Amanda Shipton
12 September 2023;Genre: Adventure
Marvin, a secret superhero with a robot sidekick named Pixel, is super excited because he's going on a school trip to the Natural History Museum to see some REAL dinosaur bones. Marvin and Joe can't wait to see all those dinosaur skeletons up close, but they get more than they bargained for wh...
