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British Museum: Talk Like an Egyptian
Name: Sue Wilsher
12 September 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Talk Like an Egyptian is a sturdy hardback book, offering pages of information about Egyptian hieroglyphs and 125 stencils, allowing readers to create their own words and messages. Starting with an explanation of what hieroglyphs are, the information pages explore Jean-...
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Space Pirate Bears
Name: Jo Thomas
12 September 2024;Genre: Adventure
Space Pirate Bears is a wonderful story within a story, told by Jamie and Abby's dad. The children are bored and want dad to tell them a story. Dad starts them off but soon both Jamie and Abbey are adding to the adventure ensuring the space pirate bears save the universe....
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Patrick and Flippa
Name: Amanda Shipton
12 September 2024;Genre: Friends and family
We have all had that friend who wants to be in control, but Flippa tries to do this by telling Patrick a lie which leaves Patrick feeling empty. Patrick and Flippa is a wonderful way to spark conversations about friendship and reliance on one another. Flippa finds that...
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Auntie Medusa and Me
Name: Emily Age 10
12 September 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
Auntie Medusa and Me is filled with Ancient Roman gods, adventure and a mixed-up family of gods who live beside Hadrian's Wall! It's very funny and full of surprises, I loved reading it.
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Fia and the Last Snow Deer
Name: Lorraine Ansell
10 September 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
Fia's village is starving after unending winters and their hope lies with the hunters, due to return before the next solstice. As the hunters return empty handed and the village gathers to decide the fate of Fia's snow deer, she plots with her grandmother to seek out the Deer Mother and save...
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Everybody Travels: Every One A Different Journey
Name: Maria
09 September 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Everybody Travels needs to be in the hands of every child because it is AMAZING! This book explores the journeys of people around the world and delves into how we are all unique and different through the text... "Eleven people in a shoe shop. One will experience one of...
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The Horse who Danced
Name: Hayley Summerfield
09 September 2024;Genre: Adventure
We all have dreams and sometimes these dreams come at a cost. . . The Horse who Danced is a beautifully written story by Olivia Tuffin about a young girls dream to be a dressage star. Iona lives on the Kestrel Estate and helps her mom to run the trekk...
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Bigg School: Secret Crush
Name: Beverley Somerset
09 September 2024;Genre: School Stories
Astrid is a different from the rest of the girls in her Y7 class, and she likes it that way. She loves to read and is a keen member of the Scribble Society, where she enjoys creative writing. She is best friends with Lola and is happy with her life. When new boy Teddy joins the school, Astr...
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Colin’s Castle
Name: Louise Gahan
09 September 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Colin's dream has come true. Something that every vampire wants and that's a castle of his own. There is just one problem. A duck! Colin's Castle is a simple but funny story about two very different characters who in time, with tolerance and acceptance, learn to live...
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Drown Me With Dreams: the darkly enchanting young adult fantasy
Name: Linda Brown
09 September 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Drown me with Dreams is the concluding book to the dark and seductive Sing Me to Sleep. With the characters more fleshed out and a plot full of dramatic twists and turns, you are in for a ro...
