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It All Began When I Said Yes
Name: Lucy Newton
28 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
A funny and entertaining book all about the adventures you can have when you start to say 'yes' more often! This story is told from a little girl's point of view. Like many other small children, she often says 'no' when asked to do something by her parents - eating broccoli and brushing her hair...
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You Can't let an Elephant Drive a Digger
Name: Carol Carter
27 July 2018;Genre: Picture Books
What's not to love about a book that's first page features a pile of elephant dung? This is an author that knows how to keep her target audience happy! From polar bears cutting hair and kangaroos in the loo to a skunk in the bunk, kids will laugh out loud at the mischief these animals are getti...
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Daddy Hairdo
Name: Carol Carter
27 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
I knew even from page one that this was a book to love. The characters' expressions, as Amy's hair grows and grows whilst dad loses his, are a treat - parents and teachers will find this book as funny as children will. As Amy's hair grows ever longer and wilder, dad steps up to the plate with s...
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Iguana Boy Saves the World with a Triple Cheese Pizza
Name: Annie Everall
24 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
Nine-year-old Dylan Spencer desperately wants to be a Superhero with a cool superpower. His brother Sam. aka Arctic Thunder, can control the weather and his sister Millie, aka Millie Monday, has laser eyes and can roast a chicken in 30 seconds (but only on a Monday). Dylan is the butt of his sibl...
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Straight Outta Crongton
Name: Carol Williams
24 July 2018;Genre: Social Issues
The third novel in Alex Wheatle's Crongton series turns its attention to 15 year old Mo, at odds with her mother and Mum's boyfriend Lloyd. Mo's dinner money is taken from her by Lloyd, and their escalating friction has led to him hitting her hard enough to knock her on the floor. She is determin...
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Octopants
Name: Nikki Stiles
19 July 2018;Genre: Funny Stories
Octopus needs pants! He's all too bare, down there. The problem is nowhere sells pants for someone with eight legs, not even the 'Under-Sea Emporium', and shopping online is a waste of time... Octopus gets quite upset and doesn't understand why everyone else has a pair to suit them but he stil...
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If All The World Were
Name: Nikki Stiles
19 July 2018;Genre: Bereavement
If All The World Were... Not to be read without tissues to hand! This heart-warming picture book, so poetically written, is a must to share with any young reader and in particular those coping with the loss of a grandparent or someone close. You can't help but be touched by th...
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If All the World Were
Name: Sue Chamber
18 July 2018;Genre: Bereavement
If All The World Were is a beautiful picture book for talking about children's relationships with grandparents or an older person in their lives, and the subject of death. It's no surprise to learn that Joseph Coelho is a poet when you read the lyrical, evocative text as the r...
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Splash
Name: Chloe W
15 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
Splash is a touching story about a young girl, Molly, whose mum abandoned her as a toddler with her Nan and Granddad. Molly is an amazingly strong swimmer, but is embarrassed to wear a swimming costume, after her supposed best friend, Chloe, made fun of her in front of the entire gang of horri...
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The Storm Keeper's Island: Storm Keeper Trilogy 1
Name: Linda Brown
14 July 2018;Genre: Magical Realism
This enchanting story is set on the real Arranmore island in Ireland, which must be a truly wonderous place to have inspired the imagination of the author in creating such a magical, fantasy adventure. From the moment that you step on the island with Fionn you are swept away on a wonderful jou...
