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Name: Sue Wilsher
17 September 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Frank is 10 years old and loves playing football and cracking codes. His brother, Max, is five and is autistic, often melting down...down...down when things change. Their mother works hard to help Max manage the world around him; Frank often wishes that she had more time to paint like she did...
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Name: Carol Carter
17 September 2020;Genre: Fantasy
Tilly and the Map of Stories is the third instalment of the Pages & Co series, about a young bookworm, Tilly, who, along with her best friend, Oskar, can 'bookwander' - travel into the books she reads, meet the characters, and, of course, have wonderful adventures.<b...
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Name: Julie Broadbent
17 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Set at the end of World War II, brother and sister Tom and Gem find themselves orphaned and on the run. They have been moving from town to town, having had to escape from their cruel and wicked uncle. They are now doing whatever they can to survive.Whilst on the run they find thems...
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Name: Bryony Davies
17 September 2020;Genre: Young fiction
Furry Purry Beancat seems like any other cat. She loves to nap. Anywhere, anytime. However, when she wakes up, she finds herself on a new adventure. Furry Purry Beancat lives nine lives!In The Railway Cat, Beancat is woken by the sound of a steam w...
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Name: Nicki Cleveland
17 September 2020;Genre: Animals
Having made a 'tranimalator', Andy Seed has scoured the planet to conduct some amazing interviews with ten spectacular clawed creatures, including a tiger, wolf, and my personal favourite, a snow leopard.Each interview in Interview with a Tiger: and Other Clawed Beasts Too<...
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Name: Jacqueline Harris
17 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Tin, Padraig Kenny's first book for children, ranks as one of my all-time favourites, so with each subsequent book by him I've been on tenterhooks to see if I like it as much. He does not disappoint with this one.Brother and sister Tom and Jem stumble across a strange house in the...
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Name: Maria Faithorn
17 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
I Can Catch a Monster is a delightful story about Bo, a little girl with two older brothers who leave her out of their adventure to catch a monster.Feeling smart, brave and strong Bo sets off alone, on her own adventure. Before long she meets a strange creature and...
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Name: Lorraine Ansell
17 September 2020;Genre: Friends and family
The Wolf is the most feared creature in the forest, but he has a secret. Every day he watches and listens whilst a girl fetches water, singing as she carries out her chores. The music fills the Wolf's heart with love until suddenly, one day, the singing stops. Each in their own way, the girl a...
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Name: Maria Faithorn
17 September 2020;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
All the world had to stay home. As with all rainstorms, this one would come to an end soon. But for now the focus is on feeling happier... Let's paint a big rainbow. A rainbow that will make us feel happy and others who see it feel happy too. Immediately this is a theme that every child will b...
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Name: Elen Green
17 September 2020;Genre: Young fiction
One of the first in a new series by Philip Ardagh - and with great illustrations by Rob Biddulph - The Pirate Captain's Cat stars Furry Purry Beancat, a loveable cat who finds a new adventure every time he wakes up. This really is a cat with nine lives - each of them an amazing new adventure!<...
