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Truth be Told
Name: Lucy Georgeson
14 April 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Tara is from Derry, Faith is from Armagh; their lives are very different, but they look exactly the same - they just don't know why... Two teens from very different backgrounds - Tara, the Catholic daughter of a two generation single parent family, and Faith, the daughter of strict Evangelical...
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SuperQuesters: The Case of the Stolen Sun
Name: Wendy Kelly
14 April 2022;Genre: Early Skills
Super Questers: The Case of the Stolen Sun tasks children with solving a range of problems, using STEM skills. This means they have to use logic and a variety of maths, science and technology approaches. The book itself is high quality, A4-sized and thick cardboard covers. The...
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Let's Go Outside!
Name: Wendy Kelly
14 April 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
Those of us who were children in the 1980's will remember the TV programme 'Why Don't You' telling us to 'switch off the TV and go and do something less boring instead'. This book is a brilliant set of suggestions to do just that. Let's Go Outside! is a large, good qual...
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The Sky over Rebecca
Name: Donna Ritchie
14 April 2022;Genre: Adventure
The Sky over Rebecca is a story which combines two different places and times. Kara lives in Stockholm with her mum, who works extremely hard and means that Kara has a lot of looking after herself to do. However, her grandad lives not far from her home and Kara visits and spea...
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Once Upon a Big Idea
Name: Maria Aldred
14 April 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
Once Upon a Big Idea is book is a brilliant journey through lots of important inventions in our world. The clever rhyming text meanders beautifully through inventions that have changed the world and our lives. Each double page spread draws you in with the vibrant illustrations...
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The Eyebrows of Doom
Name: Maria
14 April 2022;Genre: Humour
The Eyebrows of Doom is a hilarious book! We meet big bear Dave who is happily sweeping the floor until the eyebrows of doom enter his life. After jumping onto Dave, these naughty creatures cause havoc as they invade the lives of so many on their mischievous travels, causing a...
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Wished
Name: Jacqueline Harris
08 April 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
Ed and his sister Roo are forced to stay with their elderly neighbour Miss Filey, whilst their parents are at work. Miss Filey lives in a home almost untouched by time, she knows little of the modern world. She also has a cat called Attlee, who is ancient in cat years and smells. Willard is th...
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Ella in the Garden of Giverny
Name: Sharon Porter
08 April 2022;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
When we read this picture book, Ella in the Garden of Giverny, it suddenly made sense why our teacher asks us to do thing again and again - it's so we can get better at the things we want to do, just like Monet and his waterscapes. "I like how he didn't give up on his painting...
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Every Cloud
Name: Louisa Farrow
08 April 2022;Genre: Friends and family
It's the end of Year 6 and, for Amy, nothing is going to plan. First, she finds out she isn't going to the same high school as her friends. Then her Mum tells her that they are moving in with their grandparents for a bit because her grandfather's dementia is getting worse, so now she's going t...
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Maybe...
Name: Emma O Donovan
07 April 2022;Genre: Picture Books
Is the temptation of a feast of delectable mangoes too much for three cheeky young monkeys to resist? A familiar scenario for parents of toddlers this visually arresting fable will have little readers screeching with delight in anticipation.
