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The Tzar's Curious Runaways
Name: Jacqueline Harris
17 December 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
It is Russia in 1725 and Tzar Peter is dead. Three children from his Circus of Curiosities are forced to flee the palace and run for their lives. The three children, Katinka the ballet dancer, Alexei the giant and Nikolai the dwarf have to leave everything they know behind them and race across...
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Tad
Name: Hannah Berry
14 December 2019;Genre: Adventure
Tad is a story about a tadpole growing up. It's set in a pond where Tad is worried about the Big Blub that lurks at the bottom in the dark waters. She worries about where all her other tadpole friends are going and what happens to them. The illustrations are beautiful and really add to the stor...
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The Little Fir Tree
Name: Kyle Matravers
10 December 2019;Genre: Adventure
Christopher Corr has taken a traditional Hans Christian Andersen tale and adapted it into a modern retelling. Deep in the forest, there lived a beautiful little fir tree. The shone warmly, the sang and the a cool breeze blew, but the little fir tree was unhappy. Before reading, I was unfamilia...
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The Dragon's Breakfast
Name: Lucy Newton
08 December 2019;Genre: Adventure
This story contains 15 jam packed chapters of exciting adventures! It is a fairytale all about Princess Persephone Stephanie Tiffany Jane who likes to be called Pom for short. She absolutely hates being a princess! She thinks her mother hates her because she isn't a boy and her father barely reme...
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Little Owl's Bedtime
Name: Lizi Backhouse
07 December 2019;Genre: Adventure
Little Owl doesn't want to go to sleep, he finds countless reasons as to why he can't sleep and seeks reassurance from his Mummy until he can finally drift off. The story is fairly simplistic and the illustrations help to convey the meaning of each page. Whilst this book will resonate with pare...
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The Lonely Christmas Tree
Name: Lizi Backhouse
07 December 2019;Genre: Adventure
This is a lovely rhyming book that tells the story of a lonely tree that is given a new home, by a red-coated man no less, and finds friendship at Christmas. The illustrations are enchanting and the story made me feel very festive; it would be a great one to share with readers of all ages. This...
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In Every House, On Every Street
Name: Kyle Matravers
07 December 2019;Genre: Adventure
Jess Hitchman has created a truly heart warming and feel good text that will make any reader feel warm and fuzzy on the inside. Based around a typical four walled house on a street full of them with wonky old bricks and wobbly floors, the text allows us inside to reveal that it takes more than j...
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Oh No, Bear!
Name: Kyle Matravers
07 December 2019;Genre: Adventure
Bear has woken up both hungry and certain that there is something important that he needs to do today. Putting the latter to one side, he focuses on finding a little something to fill his stomach. Luckily for him, his nose is particularly good at sniffing out delicious treats. The inviting waft...
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Kindness Grows
Name: Jessica Bunney
06 December 2019;Genre: Adventure
'Kindness Grows' is a peek-through picture book by Britta Teckentrup which shows the reader what happens when kindness blossoms. This is an extremely high-quality hardback book, with thought-provoking illustrations and carefully crafted cut-outs. It is a joy to hold and turn the pages of this cle...
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Unstoppable
Name: Linda Brown
02 December 2019;Genre: Adventure
Unstoppable is an emotive and very powerful story that needs to have pride of place in every school library. 14-year-old twins Roxy and Kaine used to be very close to each other, but due to their family situation they now seem to have only one thing in common... They hate each other. Kaine is gr...
