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Good Girls Die First
Name: Linda Brown
20 July 2020;Genre: Horror
Secrets, an abandoned carnival island and a group of teenagers, mixed with serious mind games and murder. I couldn't wait to delve into the pages of this supernatural suspense thriller/horror...16-year-old Ava receives an anonymous invitation to Portgrave Pier along with nine other...
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The Ship of Shadows
Name: Beverley Somerset
16 July 2020;Genre: Adventure
Pirates of the Caribbean meets Indiana Jones in this rollicking tale of adventure! Aleja lives in Seville with her father, grandmother and two brothers, helping to run the family taverna. She spends her free time reading about explorers and dreams of following in their footsteps, especially th...
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Far From Perfect
Name: Elen Green
13 July 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Far From Perfect is the second book in The Valentines series about a family of actors - the Valentines - whose lives are constantly under the spotlight of a voracious press. Each book in the series by Geek Girl author Holly Smale tells the story of one of the...
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My First Book of the Cosmos
Name: Jenny Caddick
11 July 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
A mind expanding and utterly fascinating book, My First Book of the Cosmos takes the reader beyond space into the entire universe in a brilliantly accessible way. A perfect book for adults and children to explore together as information and facts astound you. The book h...
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Name: Lizi Backhouse
11 July 2020;Genre: Animals
A great introduction to non-fiction books, this lovely pop-up book tells children about a variety of different animal homes. From mice to arctic foxes, each page is brightly coloured and engaging with a pop-up that shows the animal's home, four rhyming lines that detail whereabouts you may find i...
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Name: Lizi Backhouse
11 July 2020;Genre: Picture Books
Bartholomew has monsters that keep him awake at night, and when it comes to morning...they're still there, stopping him from getting ready for school! Will his Dad manage to get him to school on time? This is a good book for sharing with children who struggle with bad dreams, or being a little...
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Name: Lizi Backhouse
11 July 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Alan and Bertram are best friends that also live next door to each other. Bertram is a very neat person whereas Alan is extremely messy! When Bertram adopts a cat called Pierre, the pair realise that happiness can be found in the middle ground between their personalities. This is a nice book...
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Name: Lizi Backhouse
11 July 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
This is a stunning, non-fiction book that tracks a year in nature by detailing the changes through the seasons in six different places from around the world. The unique layout of this book means children can see an overview of one place, or plant such as the European Oak Tree, throughout the 4...
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Name: Lizi Backhouse
11 July 2020;Genre: Picture Books
This is a charming book about a joey, Alexander, that lives in his Mum's pocket. Unfortunately for Joey, his mum Nancy, is not a very tidy kangaroo and his cosy, reassuring pouch is very chaotic! After trying to organise the pouch buy alphabetising it, Alexander decides enough is enough and he...
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Name: Lizi Backhouse
11 July 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
The premise of this book is to take you across the seas, to faraway islands to discover their animals. Accompanying this is the sound effect for each island, which features the animal noises and background noise for each environment... and all of these can be turned off using a switch on the bac...
