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Dotty Detective: The Paw Print Puzzle
Name: Kyle Matravers
28 July 2016;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Dotty Detective: The Paw Print Puzzle is an enjoyable read for children between five and eight. The story is part of the Dotty Detective series and is a good introduction to the diary genre. Presented in a very similar way to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, children will find this book accessi...
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Sleeping Beauty: A Mid-Century Fairy Tale
Name: Marie Berry
18 July 2016;Genre: Adventure
This new take on the traditional tale of Sleeping Beauty is a refreshing and interesting story. Sticking with original story, a young baby is cursed by a wicked witch, that on her 16th birthday, she will prick her finger and sleep for one thousand years. However the story is placed in a more mo...
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Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot
Name: Sue Wilsher
10 July 2016;Genre: Adventure
Aubrey is born with 'the howl of the wolf'. Described by the nurse as 'rambunctious' at birth, he tries to run before he can walk and manages to crash his parent's car into that of his neighbour when he is four. When his father is overcome by despair, Aubrey is determined to rescue him. Helped by...
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Zim Zam Zoom
Name: Lucy Newton
10 July 2016;Genre: Poetry
Zim Zam Zoom is full of exciting, adventurous poems. It is a collection of 16 poems, all of which are perfect for reading aloud and are accompanied by cartoon illustrations. They are suitable for children of all ages but they are probably aimed at children aged 5+. Some of the poems would be u...
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Smart About Sharks
Name: Emily Beale
04 July 2016;Genre: Adventure
Did you know that sharks can be found swimming in every ocean on the planet? Sharks are some of the most successful underwater hunters on Earth but there is so much more to learn about these amazing fish. Owen Davey's latest book Smart About Sharks explores so much about what makes a shark, a sha...
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Counting Lions
Name: Lucy Newton
01 July 2016;Genre: Adventure
Counting lions is a beautiful book. It is full of detailed drawings of different wild animals in their natural groups. At the beginning, there is a thoughtful message about endangered species and how we are putting them at such risk. It also draws on different habitats and the groups that animals...
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Under Earth, Under Water
Name: Jane Best
28 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
This large-format book by the creators of 'Maps' takes us - as the double-sided cover suggests - through the Earth's secrets, underground and under the sea. These are huge areas to mine for information and since we don't usually spend much time exploring these places, there is a lot of useful in...
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Sleeping Beauty: A Mid-Century Fairy Tale
Name: Sue Wilsher
20 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Set in the 1950s, Annabel - lover of science fiction - is living under an evil spell. Cursed on her first birthday by a spiteful witch to prick her finger on a needle and die, Annabel lives with her two aunts, who have done their best to lessen the spell. Despite their care, she does prick her fi...
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The Sleeper and the Spindle
Name: Sue Wilsher
18 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
A mixture of elements of Sleeping Beauty and elements of Snow White, The Sleeper and the Spindle is a very Neil Gaiman twisting of these fairy tales. No reference is made to these tales for 'names are in short supply in this telling'. Princes are very much in the background - hanging in the rose...
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Marge in Charge
Name: June Hughes
12 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Jemima Button is seven and her brother Jake is four. Their parents, when they go out, leave them with a babysitter. So far, so normal. The new babysitter, however, is far from normal, though the children's parents never find out just how far from normal Marge really is. She arrives, short, seriou...
