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Super Happy Magic Forest and the Humungous Fungus
Name: Carol Carter
23 March 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
Super Happy Magic Forest is a cheerful place, populated by all the usually characters you'd expect in a magic forest (unicorns, gnomes, admin rabbits etc.) The residents are happily preparing for the Frolic Festival to honour the Rainbow Dragon who breathed life into the fores...
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I Don't Want to be Quiet!
Name: Judith Greenall
20 March 2020;Genre: Personal Growth
This book features an exuberant girl who loves to express herself and make her voice heard. The story takes us through various scenarios in her life where her enthusiasm, usually expressed noisily, is not appreciated. Her baby brother's nap is disturbed by the sounds of her creative playing an...
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Once Upon an Atom
Name: Lucy Newton
20 March 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
An interesting book for children who are curious about science and keep asking the how and why questions! Once Upon an Atom covers topics including chemical reactions, electricity, evolution and biology. Each page is illustrated beautifully and the text is presented in interes...
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In The Sky
Name: Lucy Newton
20 March 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
What a lovely book! This non-fiction book is all about how different inventions have developed including planes, computers and radar technology. It explains how they have all come from things that fly such as bees, bats, birds and butterflies. Each page is covered in colourful illustrat...
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Fire Boy
Name: Samantha Phillips
19 March 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
Right from the very start I knew I was going to enjoy reading Fire Boy, the debut novel by JM Joseph; a group of pals, sweets that give you superpowers, a cantankerous, walking stick-wielding Granny and an undoubtable baddie, who wouldn't? Add to that the possibility of our yo...
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A Hat for Mr Mountain
Name: Maria
18 March 2020;Genre: Personal Growth
Nara loves to make hats for all the animals in the forest. One day, a new request comes, in the form of a letter. Mr Mountain would like a hat! Accepting the challenge, Nara sets to work but is knocked back several times when things go wrong. After much perseverance, Nara eventually gives up,...
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Name: Alison Kelly
18 March 2020;Genre: Poetry
Poet Dom Conlon and illustrator Viviane Schwarz have collaborated to bring us 50 poems about the moon: This Rock, That Rock, Poems Between You Me and the Moon. What makes this book stand out is the design: text and illustration work so well together with each poem being...
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One World Many Colours
Name: Elen Green
16 March 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
One World, Many Colours is a gorgeous non fiction picture book that takes us around the world, introducing different countries through their colours; the yellow sunflower fields of Spain and the yellow cabs of the US; the pink blossoms of Japan or the flamingos on a wide lake...
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Skeleton Keys: The Haunting of Luna Moon
Name: Carol Carter
16 March 2020;Genre: Adventure
Skeleton Keys: The Haunting of Luna Moon is the second book in the series featuring the brilliant creation, Skeleton Keys, a 'dashing, key-fingered skeleton, with a thousand adventures under his belt and a thousand more to come!' (even if he does say so himself). Mr Keys used to be an IF (Imagina...
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Hello, Mr Whale!
Name: Lizi Backhouse
14 March 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Hello, Mr Whale! is a charming picture book/non-fiction book for younger readers. With 'lift the flaps' and sturdy fold-out pages that kept my young reader engaged, the illustrations are fantastic and the facts easy to understand. I learned a few facts myself! This is a...
