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Grimwood: Party Animals
Name: Amanda Shipton
20 August 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
Grimwood: Party Animals is the fourth book in the wonderful Grimwood series. In this book we return to the forest where anything can happen. Sharon the Party Crow has lost her mojo! Three parties in one day would have proved too much for most of us! Teamwork, friendship and, m...
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Amari and the Despicable Wonders (Amari and the Night Brothers)
Name: Jenny Caddick
20 August 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Amazing Amari is back again and her third adventure, Amari and the Despicable Wonders, is utterly gripping from start to finish. Teenage magician Amari now faces adversaries, distrust and outright hatred from all sides; the new Prime Minister of the Bureau of Supernatural Inve...
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Storm of Lies
Name: Louisa Farrow
20 August 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Storm of Lies, the latest edge-of-your-seat thriller from Sophie Mackenzie, explores what might happen if a tsunami struck the south coast of England. . . Following her father's sudden departure from the family home, Hollie Norris is angry - and the anger makes her - by her o...
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Gina Kaminski Rescues the Giant
Name: Wendy Kelly
20 August 2024;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Gosh, what a find this book is! A first glance at the cover art shows a very determined little girl with a backpack who is clutching an emotions chart. A very interesting detail.... It transpires that Gina Kaminski is quite probably neurodivergent (on the ASD Spectrum?) which is very refreshin...
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Be Normal!
Name: Elen Green
20 August 2024;Genre: Friends and family
What a lovely story about friendship and valuing our friends for their differences. Be Normal! begins when Theo gets a new dog. He's really excited and has prepared well, but what he's not prepared for is the fact that the dog, Geoff, just isn't like other dog...
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Raz Beri
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 August 2024;Genre: Personal Growth
Billy Turpin has cerebral palsy and is finding life at secondary school challenging. Dealing with bullies, thoughtless teachers and an over-helpful helper, he just wishes everyone would stop treating him differently. Mia, also a wheelchair user, has recently started his school and constantly c...
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Mabel and the Big Wide World
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 August 2024;Genre: Adventure
Mabel lives in a barn with her siblings and is very happy to stay safely inside whilst her older brothers and sisters explore the world beyond the barn doors. Occasionally she watches them playing, but is never tempted to go and join in the fun. However, when a rainbow appears in the sky, she...
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One Button and the Sea
Name: Wendy Kelly
19 August 2024;Genre: Family & Home
On the face of it, this is s simple tale of a community ripped apart by a disaster, their flight from danger and eventual homecoming. It could certainly be used this way with a younger audience as a simple way to start a conversation about why community is important. However, the themes it dea...
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You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems
Name: Wendy Kelly
19 August 2024;Genre: Poetry
Walker Books has done it again! I was delighted to receive this treasure, You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems, which every primary teacher (or at least every English Leader) needs a copy of. On the face of it, it's a picture book that tells the everyday life of P...
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Godfrey is a Frog
Name: Wendy Kelly
19 August 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
At first I thought that Godfrey is a Frog was a beautifully illustrated science book, but was bemused by the life-cycle process of Godfrey growing from an egg to a frog being completed by page four. What it actually is, is so much better (although reminding children that the p...
