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How To Talk To A Tiger And Other Animals
Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 May 2021;Genre: Animals
How to Talk to a Tiger by Jason Bittel is a beautiful non-fiction book all about how animals communicate. From the very first page, communication is at the heart of this book which seeks to remind you of the stark differences between how humans and animals interact. Thi...
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A Song of Gladness - a story of hope for us and our planet
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
01 May 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
A Song of Gladness is a beautiful book that celebrates the amazing variety of life on Earth. It is a story of hope and love for our planet. From a blackbird in an English garden, to a whale in the deep blue, from roaring lions on the African savanna to the tiny ladybirds, this...
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Haunted House
Name: George Age 10
30 April 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This book had a lot to live up to after reading the first two books in this series - and boy did it live up to that strongly! A new family arrives in town and Zaiba and Poppy are trusted with welcoming the two children. What none of them expected to happen was a series of mysterious events in...
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Name: Ellen Green
29 April 2021;Genre: Friends and family
The Super-Secret Diary of Holly Hopkinson: This Is Going To Be a Fiasco is an engaging read with gorgeous illustrations from Katy Riddell. The story takes the form of Holly Hopkinson's diary as she and her family move out of London and into the country. Although things look b...
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The Chessmen Thief
Name: Stephen Leitch
28 April 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Chessmen Thief is the latest exciting novel by Inverness-based author Barbara Henderson. Set across the Western Isles, Orkney and Norway, the story follows 12 year old Kylan, a slave for a Norseman of Trondheim who was taken as a young boy from his island home on the Isle of Harris . Longi...
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So You Think You've Got It Bad - A Kid's Life in the Aztec Age
Name: Nicola Mansfield
26 April 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
So You Think You’ve Got It Bad? A kid’s life in the Aztec Age is a simply beautiful collaboration between Nosy Crow publishers and the British Museum. This follows on from their series which includes Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome. This book is very clev...
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The Young Cyclist's Companion
Name: Lizi Backhouse
22 April 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
This is. great book for budding cyclists; it introduces children to the basics of bikes. The book begins with the history of bicycles and how they developed into the bike we know today. It covers different types of bikes, their parts and how to care for them. There are sections on different ty...
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The Smidgens
Name: Megan Webb
21 April 2021;Genre: Adventure
Smidgens are tiny people, and the Sprout family believes they could be the last of their kind. Until one day, Gafferty Sprout stumbles upon an atlas that reveals there might be more to the history of the Smidgens than her family once thought. The Smidgens follows Gaffer...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
20 April 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Wick (not his real name) is an orphan working at the Harklights match factory and orphanage. Conditions for the orphans, whose real names are taken from them when they arrive, are simply appalling. Ma Bogey runs the place with an iron thumb, a stick and a gun. Anyone who dares displease her ru...
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Feast of the Evernight
Name: Clare Wilkins
20 April 2021;Genre: Fantasy
I loved the first Evernight book – darkness, magic and wonderful heroes and heroines – and soon slipped right back into the enchanting world of The Silver Kingdom. Larabelle Fox and her trusty friends, Joe and Double Eight have rescued the White Witches and defeated the Evernight. The e...
