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The City of Lost Dreamers
Name: Donna Ritchie
07 January 2022;Genre: Fantasy
A girl without magic, who lives in a city where almost everyone else has. A father who works at the Mappers' Guild; the same building where the girl works as a clerk in training. A map ripped into three pieces by the witch Baba Yaga - so their city will never be complete again! I knew <...
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Hello, Frog: touch, feel and reveal
Name: Elen Green
06 January 2022;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
What a treat Hello, Frog is, and with some unexpected learning opportunities for a young child. During a journey in the jungle, Frog meets a variety of creatures hidden under flaps of gorgeously coloured flowers, leaves and fruits. As well as the enticing flaps to lift, child...
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Baby, Sleepy Baby
Name: Elen Green
06 January 2022;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
Baby, Sleepy Baby is a gentle bedtime rhyme that a young child will come to recognised an love; indeed this text is based on a Nigerian lullaby sung to the author by her father as a young child. The images are stunning, bringing the stars down from the night sky and into the f...
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When the War came home
Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 January 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
Natty is forced to leave her home and go with her mother to stay at her cousin's farm in another Welsh village. There she gets to know her wider family, including Nery's who is around her age and Nery's older brother Huw. Huw, only seventeen, has come back from the trenches a changed person, h...
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The Secrets Act
Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 January 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
In The Secrets Act, Ellen starts working at Bletchley during World War II. The atmosphere is tense, and she is part of a vital war effort. On her first day she meets Pearl, already working at Bletchley and the two strike up a nervous friendship. Everything has to be kept secre...
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A Hero Called Wolf
Name: Elen Green
06 January 2022;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
A Hero Called Wolf is a gorgeous picture book about stories and how enticing stories can be. It's also about seeing yourself as the hero in your own story. Wolf loves reading and choosing books from the library, but in every story he reads, the wolf is always the Bad Guy. Why can't he b...
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The Homesick Kitten
Name: Maria Faithorn
06 January 2022;Genre: Animals
In The Homesick Kitten, Sisters Harper and Ava adore their new kitten, Sammy. They happily play, cuddle and care for it in their family flat where they live with their Mum. Everything and everyone is perfect. Until Gran, getting wobbly on her feet with old age, has a fall and...
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Win Lose Kill Die
Name: Beverley Somerset
06 January 2022;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Morton Academy is a school for specially selected, high-achieving students. Being chosen as Head Girl is an incredible honour, and everyone wants to be the successful candidate. But when Head Girls start dying in unusual and violent ways, it becomes obvious that there is a serial killer loose...
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5 Minute Really True Stories for Family Time
Name: Lizi Backhouse
06 January 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
Britannica's compendium of '5 Minute Really True Stories for Family Time' features 30 different sections that inform the reader about all sorts of different lifestyles - both human and animal. The book claims that each story takes 5 minutes and I'm dubious on this as there is...
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The Rollercoaster Boy
Name: Beverley Somerset
06 January 2022;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
In The Rollercoaster Boy, Lisa Thompson gives us a beautifully written, sensitive account of a young boy's struggle to cope with his father's mental health problems, and combines it seamlessly with an exciting mystery. Todd is 12, and his sister Laurie is six. Their par...
