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Beast Feast
Name: Ellen Green
21 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
What a feast of a delight this book is! Gorgeous, funny and just enough scary for 5-8 year olds. It is also packed with letters so a great way to introduce letter-writing in class. Meet Beast, a bright pink, sharp-toothed hairy monster who is dangling a small boy by the foot. "You are DINNER", sa...
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The Wizards and the Whale
Name: Louise Gahan
20 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
The Wizards and the Whale is an important book for our time. 12 wizards receive a message asking for their help to save the world. All very different in nature, skills and culture. The wizards come together in respect of each other but with one sole purpose and that is the belief that together, t...
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The Clue is in the Poo
Name: Sam Phillips
20 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
Having made the mistake of handing this book and its partner in crime, A Giant Dose of Gross, over to my small class of Year 4 boys before I had even reviewed them, I can say without hesitation that this book will go down a storm in any school library or class book corner! Anything that talks ab...
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Fantastic Female Adventurers
Name: Bryony Davies
10 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
Fantastic Female Adventurers in a non fiction text by Lily Dyu consisting of thirteen biographies organised into short chapters. Expertly illustrated by Chellie Carroll, this is a superb read full of incredible and interesting women. The book begins with a world map showing the adventurers' rou...
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Winter Sleep
Name: Lucy Newton
07 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
A lovely picture book with a brilliant link to real life learning! This story is all about a child who enjoys going to stay with her Granny Silvie who lives in the countryside. When the child visits, s/he explores the local environment with the grandma, listening to birds sing, watching the anim...
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How Far Can A Kangaroo Jump?
Name: Lucy Newton
07 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
This book would provide a great starting point to inspire children who are in the early stages of learning about numbers whilst also proving thought provoking for children further into their mathematical education. It includes many different animals, from a snow leopard to a frog, comparing how...
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Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
Name: Sam Phillips
06 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
Written by former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Haq, Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World is the first of a three- book series. Cookie Haque is 9 years old, keen on science and ready to take on the world; providing that is that Jake, the annoying new boy from next door,...
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Evie and the Animals
Name: Linda brown
06 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
The blurb on this book got me straight away... What child would not like to talk to and understand animals?? As a child I would have loved to have had this special skill as I always had animals around me, it would have come in handy! Evie doesn't just love animals, she knows lots and lots of use...
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When We Became Humans
Name: Rhiannon Cook
05 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
A tale of evolution told in 64 pages, When We Became Humans is a comprehensive guide aimed at children 9+ but equally informative at any age. There is no need for a glossary as all of the key terms are explained throughout and phonetic pronunciation guides provided next to each difficult word. Th...
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How Tall was a T.Rex?
Name: Lizi Backhouse
03 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
A good book for dinosaur lovers, each pages tells you a fact about a T.Rex, based on skeletons that have been found. Whilst some of the references are American (eyes as big as baseballs for example), the comparisons make it easier for children to understand the scale of the dinosaur. This is...
