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We Have a Dream
Name: Jane Rew
10 September 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Each one of the 30 young people featured in We Have a Dream is an activist in one or more environmental spheres - politics, education, inclusivity and diversity, cultural recognition, climate activism, habitat loss, resource depletion. In a word, all are concerned with justice...
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The Wind May Blow
Name: Emma Nelson
10 September 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
The Wind May Blow by Sasha Quinton and Thomas Hegbrook is a book that every parent should read to their child. Its pages are reminiscent of The Hungry Caterpillar - with its little cuts out, the illustrations are vivid and colourful and the front cover alone is one of the most...
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The Wind May Blow
Name: Wendy Kelly
10 September 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
The Wind May Blow is a beautiful book about resilience. It advises a child that as soon as they are born they will experience happiness through their life but also some stormy weather. This usually does not last long and the wind and the storm will give way to sunshine again....
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Bird's Eye View
Name: Wendy Kelly
10 September 2021;Genre: Animals
Bird's Eye View is the story of a little bird who literally 'flies the nest' and goes out into the world to find out more about humans. She observes many people from her vantage point high above them and sees kindness, happiness, anger, sadness, tiredness and many other human...
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The Boys
Name: Wendy Kelly
10 September 2021;Genre: Friends and family
The Boys is a very unusual book by the same authors as the prize-winning story The Girls. A group of boys who have known each other since birth and who were always best friends find themselves growing apart as they grow into their teenage years. They realise that the distance...
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My Big Fantastic Family
Name: Wendy Kelly
09 September 2021;Genre: Family & Home
My Big Fantastic Family is an absolutely marvellous book that every school should have in their toolkit! It tells the story of Lily-May, whose parents separate. Lily relates all the positives that have come from this such as mum having more time to play and read with her, two...
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Yapping Away: Poems to Fill the World with Laughter
Name: Sue Wilsher
08 September 2021;Genre: Poetry
Joshua Seigal is well known for his humorous and inspiring poems and this new collection, Yapping Away, is every bit as wonderful as his other books. Full of excellent poems, it is perfect for sharing at home or school or for curling up with on your own. The poems are playful,...
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Torn Apart - the Partition of India
Name: Jennifer Caddick
07 September 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Torn Apart - the Partition of India is a powerful and absorbing dual narrative story focusing on the fates of two young boys - one a wealthy Muslim and the other a poor Hindu street orphan - brought together by the horrendous violence, fear and division created by the 1947 par...
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A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom
Name: Lucy Newton
07 September 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Little Country Cottage: A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom is a lovely book to delve into the delights of winter with! This book sets the wintery scene for its reader with information about life in this typically cold season. It starts with an introduction to the...
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The Ash House
Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 September 2021;Genre: Friends and family
There is a new boy at Ash House. He cannot remember his name, so he is given one, Solitude or Sol for short. He knows he is there because Ash House might cure him, but when he arrives, he discovers there are no adults and the children are looking after themselves. The children are ruled by the...
