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A Home for Stone
Name: Maria
01 February 2024;Genre: Family & Home
A rhyming text and vibrant illustrations are appealing to young readers and this book was a popular choice with a group of 6 to 7-year-olds. This book supports rhyme and language with children able to join in with the text and predict with the support of the illustrations what happens next. <...
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On Silver Tides
Name: Beverley Somerset
01 February 2024;Genre: Fantasy
16-year-old Kelda and her family belong to a race of hidden people called silvermen. They can swim like fish and breathe through their skin. They live on boats and travel the waterways of Britain. However, Kelda has a younger sister, Isla, who was born different. She cannot breathe underwater,...
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Proud
Name: Tanja Jennings
01 February 2024;Genre: LBGTQ+
"I celebrate myself, and sing myself" [Song of Myself, Walt Whitman, 1892]. Proud is a triumph. It is a timely LGBTQ+ anthology which celebrates and sings of diversity playing on the readers' senses like a beautiful concerto. The collection, selected by bestselling author Jun...
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My Brother Plato
Name: Beverley Somerset
01 February 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
Potone is eight years old, and her brother Plato is seven. They live in Athens with their mother Perictione and stepfather Pyrilampes. They have an older stepbrother, Demos, who is aggressive and unpleasant towards them. Athens is at war with the ferocious Spartan army; Pyrilampes was a...
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Look Out! Hungry Lion (Look Out! Hungry Animals)
Name: Elen Green
01 February 2024;Genre: Animals
This is a fun, energetic story about the food chain for young children who enjoy hide and seek, with an edge! Lion is hungry and looking for a snack. Will he find what he's looking for behind the branch, under a rock or in the tall grass...? Each time Lion thinks he has found his dinner, it sw...
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The Blind Bowman 1: Shadow of the Wolf
Name: Melissa Chard
01 February 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
It's always a thrill to find a new writer who can deliver a story with panache and integrity. In Tim Hall's debut, a retelling of the Robin Hood myth (published by David Fickling Books), you also have a talent for writing that is sure to see this book on plenty of award shortlists in the comin...
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Bizzy Bear: Find and Follow On the Building Site
Name: Jessica Bunney
31 January 2024;Genre: Early Skills
Bizzy Bear: Find and Follow On the Building Site is the perfect book for an energetic toddler who is always on the go! Bizzy Bear has certainly got his work cut out for him… He must shift the sand with his bulldozer, tip the rubble from the dump truck, hammer nails into the wo...
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Dinos Love Numbers: Maths is easy with dinosaurs!
Name: Amanda Shipton
30 January 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Dinos Love Numbers is a fantastic book for dinosaur lovers young and old. The bright, colourful illustrations will delight the youngest book lover while the facts will fascinate the older reader. This is clearly a book to foster the love of sharing a book. A young dinos...
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All the Cats
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
30 January 2024;Genre: Animals
A sequel to All the Dogs, this picture book by Nicola Kent is full of humour and it made my class full of Early Years children giggle a lot! From tall and thin to fat and short, this book has them all. The simple text is paired with cheerful, colourful images that engage the youngest of reader...
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Postcards From Valhalla
Name: Stephen Leitch
30 January 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
Visions, Vikings, myths, mystery and adventure all combine in this thrilling novel set in the Shetland Isles by master of teen noire and macabre Danny Weston. 15 year old Viggo's plans for the week reached as far as seeing the next Thor movie with his friends. But his...
