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A Robot Squashed My Teacher
Name: Samantha Phillips
05 May 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
A Robot Squashed My Teacher is the highly anticipated sequel to the Marcus Rashford Book Club Selection, A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri, illustrated brilliantly throughout by Allen Fati...
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Princess Minna: The Unicorn Mix-Up
Name: Lauren Maidman
05 May 2022;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Princess Minna and The Unicorn Mix-Up is another story in The Princess Minna series. It tell the story of Princess Minna, who loves to do Princess things, like save the day, kiss a frog, tame a Unicorn and of course eat cake! However, on this day Princess Minna has not slept w...
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Princess Minna: The Enchanted Forest
Name: Lauren Maidman
05 May 2022;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Princess Minna and The Enchanted Forest is another story in The Princess Minna series. Princess Minna loves to save the day and when she wakes up, there is more chaos in the Kingdom. Prince Welling-Tunboot is turning 10. However, a rather horrible curse has been placed on his...
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The Map of Leaves
Name: Nathan Cox
05 May 2022;Genre: Environment & Nature
Yarrow Townsend's debut The Map of Leaves is an ingeniously relatable and thrilling adventure story intertwined with a wealth of natural facts. Children battling against the odds to find the cure nature so desperately needs provides the perfect hook for an important, unique ad...
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Seed
Name: Sharon Porter
05 May 2022;Genre: Friends and family
'This was the first book in ages that I read from cover to cover in only a few days. I really couldn't put it down. I really liked the main character, Marty, because he is unsure of quite a few things - just like me! I wished things were different for Marty and his dad, but Marty seems happy e...
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Truth be Told
Name: Julie Broadbent
05 May 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Truth Be Told is the latest novel by Sue Divin, the acclaimed author of Guard Your Heart. This YA novel certainly packs a punch from the outset, and I found the first two chapters so absolutely compelling I was hooked from the very start. Set in modern-day Northern Irel...
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Monkey Bedtime
Name: Ashley Clayton
05 May 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
I always love a book that rhymes and this one was a delight! The children laughed out loud at some of the monkey's hilarious antics and they could also relate the story to when they've been told by an adult to stop monkeying around and what this means! We also had great discussions about the d...
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Ellie Pillai is Brown
Name: Julie Broadbent
05 May 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Ellie Pillai is Brown is the debut YA novel from Christine Pillainayagam. It is a powerhouse of a coming-of-age story that is funny, charming and thought provoking. Ellie is not one of the cool kids in school. Her friends are cool, but she’s not that girl, in fact most...
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Llama Out Loud
Name: Emily Age 9
04 May 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
Over the Easter holidays I read a book called Llama Out Loud. It is about a toy llama coming to life . I really enjoyed it because it really funny and fun. My favourite part is when the llama is dangling on the window . My least favourite part is when the mum shouts at Yasmin because she’s don...
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Alte Zachen (Old Things)
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 May 2022;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Benji and his grandmother, Bubbe Rosa, go shopping together for the ingredients for their Friday night dinner. As they wander through Brooklyn and Manhattan, Bubbe is often confused as the world around her does not match with her memories, leaving her feeling alienated and angry. This i...
