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Name: Nia Talbot
02 July 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Octopus Shockopus is a beautifully illustrated picture book. It is written in rhyme and has a very sing-song quality to it. This style of writing makes the story quite fast paced when reading it aloud, and there are so many pictorial inferences you can explore when studying the illustrations.<...
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When a Dragon Goes to School
Name: Nia Talbot
02 July 2020;Genre: School Stories
I absolutely love this book. It's the perfect rhyming text to share with children in our Nursery and Reception classes. The book follows a dragon coming to school and how she behaves in school. You might expect a dragon to behave in a certain way but this couldn't be further from the truth....
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Luna Loves Art (paperback)
Name: Nikki Stiles
02 July 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Luna Loves Art is a sweet story about Luna, and her classmate's adventures to the Art Gallery. It is school trip day, Luna is ready and raring to go, mum is a parent helper, Miss Rosa is ready and waiting to get the children on the bus and everyone is excited, everyone that is...
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A New Green Day
Name: Jessica Bunney
02 July 2020;Genre: Environment
A New Green Day is a playful book which provides its readers with a guessing game on the turn of every page; riddles about familiar creatures or objects in nature. The reader can enjoy piecing together the clues within nature's riddles - encouraging them to be curious detectiv...
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Impervious
Name: Julie Broadbent
02 July 2020;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Trina Warren did not set out to be a hero, she was just going to fourth period. For her it was just another normal day at school. As she attempts to navigate her way to class, whilst trying to avoid any more hassle from the mean jocks, she hears a loud bang. She sees an overturned chair and th...
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When Stars are Scattered
Name: Dan Katz
02 July 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. They have been there for seven years when the story opens, having fled Somalia together when Omar was four after their father was killed and their mother disappeared. Arriving at the camp, they are adopted by Fatumah,...
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The Short Knife
Name: Julie Broadbent
02 July 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Short Knife is set in the 5th century. The Roman Empire has withdrawn from Britain, throwing it into the chaos of the Dark Ages. Young Mai and her sister Haf live a peaceful existence on their small farm with their father, until the day their lives are shattered by the arr...
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The Wild Way Home
Name: Nicola Cleveland
01 July 2020;Genre: Adventure
Charlie has long dreamed of having a sibling and is delighted when he's woken on his 12th birthday to be told he has a baby brother. But his happiness doesn't last when he discovers Dara is very poorly. He's not the pink, beautiful baby brother he was expecting. As fear takes over, Charlie run...
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Say Goodbye... Say Hello
Name: Jessica Bunney
01 July 2020;Genre: Friends and family
From the award-winning author of 'The Rabbit Listened' comes a thought-provoking story about the feelings that come with change. Many of us are afraid of change and anticipate its possible implications. This book subtly challenges us to focus on the positive aspects of change - to realise that...
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Rex the Rhinoceros Beetle
Name: Kyle Matravers
30 June 2020;Genre: Adventure
Rex the Rhinoceros Beetle is a bright and vibrant picture book with an important underlying message. The story focuses on two rhinoceros beetles called Rex and Buster. Buster has found a banana on the jungle floor but he soon spins an exciting tale of how he acquired the fruit...
