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Name: Susan Wilsher
03 September 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Who lives in that cottage by the sea? /I wish. I wish. I wish it was me./This is one of those delicious books that are a gift to a teacher with a curious class. The book opens with a monochromatic spread showing a boat floundering in the sea and a circle of ripples as if some...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 September 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
The Humans is a beautifully illustrated volume of history, specifically ancient civilisations, from across the world. It is a sort of 'this is what the past has given us' book, showing all the great achievements in art, medicine, architecture, stories, language and much, much...
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Name: Jane Rew
03 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
You don't have to love cats, or be mad keen on alien adventures like E.T., to enjoy My Life as a Cat. But it helps if you love life - or are open to its wonder. For, surely, there are surprises just around the corner and experiences to remember in every day?That's...
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My Life as a Cat
Name: Louisa Farrow
03 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
What happens when an alien travels to Earth, expecting a month's mind-broadening experience as a ranger in Yellowstone National Park - but finds that he arrives over 1000 miles from his destination - as a cat? In this story, the alien has the luck to meet Olive. She's still young but resourcef...
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Name: Alison Kelly
03 September 2020;Genre: Poetry
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! - An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year: National Trust is the second compilation of poems by Fiona Waters. The first - I am the Seed that...
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Name: Samantha Phillips
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
Having read and thoroughly enjoyed the first in the series, The Highland Falcon Thief, I was thrilled to receive my copy of Kidnap on the Californian Comet by writing duo, M G Leonard and Sam Sedgman, from MacMillian Publishing.<...
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Butterfly Brain
Name: Jennifer Caddick
03 September 2020;Genre: Bereavement
Butterfly Brain is a unique and compelling rhythmically told story of defiant and angry young Gus - a boy who NEVER ever listens, especially when told not to lean back on his chair!When Gus falls backwards and cracks his head, out come all his dreams, memories and...
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Name: June Hughes
03 September 2020;Genre: Adventure
In The Good Thieves, Vita and her mother travel to America to collect her grandfather, Jack, who has fallen on hard times. It turns out that Jack has been swindled out of his home (a castle, no less) by a shady character and Vita is determined to right this wrong. Jack tells h...
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Tamarind & the Star of Ishta
Name: Janet Fisher
03 September 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Searching for memories or details about a mother who died at birth or disappeared is a staple of children's books nowadays, something which must give nervous children a moment of qualm. However, this book has the exotic background of the Himalayas where Tamarind is taken by her father and his...
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Tamarind & the Star of Ishta
Name: Susan Wilsher
03 September 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Tamarind is going to spend time in India with her mother's family at their huge mansion in the Himalayas. She never knew her mother who died when Tamarind was a baby and although she has many questions, she is nervous about meeting her extended family. But no one seems keen to give her answers...
