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Black and British: An illustrated history
Name: Sharon Porter
11 November 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
David Olusogu says Black and British: An illustrated history is the book he wishes he'd had to read when he was a child. What he hasn't realised is the massive impact his glorious book has had on the children in my class. We had been studying the Romans and Emperor Septimus Se...
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The Chime Seekers
Name: Hayley Summerfield
10 November 2021;Genre: Fantasy
The Chime Seekers is an enchanting new adventure story from Ross Montgomery. This haunting masterpiece is brimming with magic, quests, acceptance and friendship. The story allows us to step into a world of faerie tricks and hidden danger, a world of peril and adventure. <p...
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Star
Name: Lucy Newton
10 November 2021;Genre: Animals
Another lovely book by Holly Webb! Holly Webb's book are pitched perfectly for children who are building their reading stamina and introducing themselves to chunkier chapter books. This story follows a girl called Anna who find a small, wooden tiger. When she sleeps with the tiger tucke...
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Adam-2
Name: Aaron Age 11
08 November 2021;Genre: Science Fiction
Adam-2 is the story of a robot with AI caught in a world where Funks (robots who are made to command and do human jobs) and humans are war. The war was created by Adam-1 who reprogrammed robots to kill humans after the humans abused and mistreated robots. Now Adam-2's task to...
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Great Britons: 50 Amazing People Who Have Called Britain Home
Name: Jane Rew
08 November 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
The line-up of famous and non-so-famous in Great Britons: 50 Amazing People Who Have Called Britain Home is fascinating; people from different periods, men and women, different nationalities, ethnicities and faith backgrounds, juxtaposed so that the reader never gets bored, ev...
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Monster Hunting for Beginners
Name: Sharon Porter
05 November 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Jack, what else would a monster slayer be called, has a terrible aunt who is really mean to him and who is totally ungrateful when he rescues her from the jaws (literally) of an ogre. However that's when our Jack's adventures really begin. Stoop takes Jack on as his apprentice and we learn all...
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How Was That Built? The Stories Behind Amazing Structures
Name: Nicki Cleveland
04 November 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Have you every wondered how they built the Shard, the Pantheon or the Katse Dam? Or how structures are built underwater? Or why there are so many different types of bridges? Or how building will change in the future? Well, this book will answer all of those questions and more whilst introducin...
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A Puppy Called Sparkle
Name: Jane Rew
04 November 2021;Genre: Animals
The cute golden retriever pup on the cover will undoubtedly catch the attention of Key Stage Ones (especially, but not exclusively, girls). However, 'cute' means business for puppy farmers (read 'criminals') whose scruples are nowhere near as clean as Jasmine's. Young Jas has been broug...
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Sky
Name: Amanda Shipton
04 November 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Having initially been unconvinced about visiting her grandparents in Scotland, only child Lara finds a common interest in bird watching with her grandfather. Lara is fascinated by the rare white snowy owl that she's spotted flying near her grandparents' cottage. When she follows the magnificen...
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Fledgling
Name: Jo Clarke
02 November 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Wow! Fledgling arrived at my door and I was unable to release it from my grasp! It is moving and mesmerising, weaving a hypnotic spell with eerie elements of gothic horror and steampunk inventiveness with celestial beauty. Set within the Bavarian forest, Fledgling has e...
