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Name: Jane Rew
03 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
You don't have to love cats, or be mad keen on alien adventures like E.T., to enjoy My Life as a Cat. But it helps if you love life - or are open to its wonder. For, surely, there are surprises just around the corner and experiences to remember in every day?That's...
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My Life as a Cat
Name: Louisa Farrow
03 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
What happens when an alien travels to Earth, expecting a month's mind-broadening experience as a ranger in Yellowstone National Park - but finds that he arrives over 1000 miles from his destination - as a cat? In this story, the alien has the luck to meet Olive. She's still young but resourcef...
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Name: Donna Burkert
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
Billy Chan: surfer dude and self-confessed owner of 'great hair', is not all that impressed with the 'Improve your Mandarin' summer school that he has been sent to, even if it is set in China. Far away from his family and friends, he has major doubts as to the positives around this particular...
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Name: Alison Kelly
03 September 2020;Genre: Poetry
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! - An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year: National Trust is the second compilation of poems by Fiona Waters. The first - I am the Seed that...
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Name: Bryony Davies
03 September 2020;Genre: Poetry
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! is a collection of animal poems. The 365 poems in this book have been selected by Fiona Waters and illustrated by Britta Teckentrup. Published by Nosy Crow in conjunction with the National Trust, this book could be seen as a follow up from '<a hre...
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Name: Samantha Phillips
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
Having read and thoroughly enjoyed the first in the series, The Highland Falcon Thief, I was thrilled to receive my copy of Kidnap on the Californian Comet by writing duo, M G Leonard and Sam Sedgman, from MacMillian Publishing.<...
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Name: Susan Wilsher
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
Hal's off again with Uncle Nat, this time aboard the California Comet for a trip across America from Chicago to San Francisco. Uncle Nat has been asked to report on a special announcement being made by August Reza, millionaire and train enthusiast, whilst Hal is looking forward to enjoying the...
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Butterfly Brain
Name: Jennifer Caddick
03 September 2020;Genre: Bereavement
Butterfly Brain is a unique and compelling rhythmically told story of defiant and angry young Gus - a boy who NEVER ever listens, especially when told not to lean back on his chair!When Gus falls backwards and cracks his head, out come all his dreams, memories and...
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Name: June Hughes
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
In The Good Thieves, Vita and her mother travel to America to collect her grandfather, Jack, who has fallen on hard times. It turns out that Jack has been swindled out of his home (a castle, no less) by a shady character and Vita is determined to right this wrong. Jack tells h...
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Tamarind & the Star of Ishta
Name: Janet Fisher
03 September 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Searching for memories or details about a mother who died at birth or disappeared is a staple of children's books nowadays, something which must give nervous children a moment of qualm. However, this book has the exotic background of the Himalayas where Tamarind is taken by her father and his...
