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Impossible
Name: James Hewish
07 June 2020;Genre: Personal Growth
Impossible is the title of this book but it is certainly not impossible to write this review. Tracey Corderoy and Tony Neal bring us a comically portrayed story with an important message for children: nothing is impossible.The story sees Dog and Crab as the main pr...
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Wilde
Name: Jenny Caddick
04 June 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
Wilde knows she is not a 'normal' girl; strange things happen around her ... When she moves in with her aunt, in her mother's old home town Winter, she just wants to be a regular kid and to fit in. Yet Winter itself doesn't appear to be a normal town. In an unusually oppressive heatwave, Year...
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I'm Sorry
Name: James Hewish
04 June 2020;Genre: Friends and family
I'm Sorry by Barry Timms and Sean Julian is a fiction picture book that addresses an issue that all young children experience.The story sees two characters, Scribble and Swoop (the very best of friends), get into an argument. The characters love each other's compan...
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The Promise Witch (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book Three)
Name: Jennifer Caddick
04 June 2020;Genre: Magical Realism
A thrilling and tense story from start to finish, the return to Witches Borough and to Mup and Crow is an epic, heart-in-the-mouth finale to the tale of the raggedy witches. The dark power they unleash again battles with the strength and purity of Mup's own magic.In The Pro...
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Amazing Islands: 100+ Places That Will Boggle Your Mind
Name: Bryony Davies
04 June 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Amazing Island: 100+ Places That Will Boggle Your Mind is a celebration of all the islands around the world covering the extremes, the animals and the environment of these unique places. A stunning non fiction text, this book would sit nicely on any Key Stage 2 bookshelf.<br /...
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My Best Friend
Name: Joanna Hewish
03 June 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
Another fantastic picture book by the wonderful Rob Hodgson. If you loved The Cave by the same author, you will not be disappointed by this wonderful new book. Cleverly crafted with a delightful story line, a lovely message at the end and humour for the grown ups; this story has something for...
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Name: Clare Wilkins
03 June 2020;Genre: Dystopian
In The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the Capitol is still living with the ravages of war when 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is selected as a mentor for the barely-watched and unpopular Hunger Games. Still a student at the Academy and desperate to gain a scholarship to enable h...
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You Can't Call an Elephant in an Emergency
Name: Lucy Newton
03 June 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
This is a fun, rhyming book for children to enjoy! It includes a range of animals doing silly things which will make children laugh and rhyming books are always a winner in my opinion.Each page is beautifully illustrated with pictures of animals doing funny things while small disas...
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Dragon Detective - School's Out
Name: Samantha Phillips
03 June 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I really enjoyed the first of the Dragon Detective books and was sure it would be a firm favourite for many LKS2 readers; an amusing tale of the unlikely friendship of a young girl and a 1,266 year old red-backed, green bellied, urban-based Mountain Dragon called Dirk. So when...
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Shark Super Powers
Name: Carol Carter
02 June 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Shark Super Powers is an engaging and informative introduction to the world of sharks. Each double-page spread covers a different species of shark, including the most well-know (hammerhead, great white etc.) as well as more obscure examples (swell shark, goblin shark).<b...
