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Ice Apprentices
Name: Mizuki Age 10
30 January 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Where do I begin? Ice Apprentices didn't fully capture my attention from the start but when I got into it, it was definitely worth it! It included many twists and turns and secrets were revealed about otherwise unacknowledged characters...
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Name: Elen Green
27 January 2025;Genre: Friends and family
Friends Forever is a pitch-perfect story about friendship for very young children, bursting with vibrancy and energy. A young monkey wants to explore and of course the adventure wouldn't be perfect unless his very best friend comes too. There follows a romp thr...
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The Boy I love
Name: Stephen Leitch
23 January 2025;Genre: LBGTQ+
Can anything good come out of war? Set during a month of World War One, The Boy I Love is a powerful and emotional story following Second Lieutenant Stephen Wraxall. He is returning to the front line in France after recuperating from previous injuries sustaine...
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Dinosaur Hide-and-Seek: A Prehistoric Search-and-Find Picture Book
Name: Jo Thomas
20 January 2025;Genre: Early Skills
Dinosaur Hide-and-Seek is a gorgeous hide-and-seek book, perfect for any dinosaur fan! Follow the cute red dinosaur as they invite you to join in with their favourite game! Count to ten then get ready to search the pages for the hidden dinos. This is a beautifully illus...
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Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert Plays Football
Name: Amanda Shipton
17 January 2025;Genre: Friends and family
This wonderful story about friendship and difficult decisions is perfect for sharing with Primary pupils. I would use Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert Plays Football as an assembly text, a story for learning mentors to use, or the way in to discussions in personal developmen...
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Guardians of the New Moon: The Year of the Rat
Name: Maria Faithorn
17 January 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
The Year of the Rat is the second in the Guardians of the New Moon series and follows Rat's success at winning the Jade Emperor's race. As neither Miaow nor Ming completed the race, they did not have a lunar year named after them, but were instead awarded the...
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When Spring Comes
Name: Jen Bevan
17 January 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
National Trust: When Spring Comes is a perfect book for explaining to pre-schooler the seasonal changes that happen throughout the year. This would be a good book to read in February or March, preparing young children for what will happen next in our seasons. I will sha...
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Oh No They Aren't: Nature
Name: Jane Rew
17 January 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
Oh No They Aren't: Nature succeeds in offering a new take on the bewildering beauty and variety of life on Earth, by challenging readers' assumptions or supposed know-how. Weren't dodos slow and simple-minded? All sharks are fearsome predators, aren't they? It's quiet beneath...
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After Life
Name: Sue Wilsher
17 January 2025;Genre: Bereavement
Cycling home after school one day, Amber Crane notices a few things are different; however, nothing prepares her for the shock of her mother screaming in horror when she sees her. Amber should be dead. Victim of a hit-and-run seven years ago. Her death sent shockwaves of grief through her fami...
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Hunt for the Golden Scarab (Time Keys, book 1)
Name: Beverley Somerset
16 January 2025;Genre: Adventure
In Hunt for the Golden Scarab, we meet Sim Lockier and his mother, Callidora, and learn they have never lived anywhere for very long. At present they are based in London. Previously educated at home, Sim now attends school and has a best friend, Nelson. Life seems uneventful u...
