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Roar: A Celebration of Great Sporting Women
Name: Beverley Somerset
10 July 2024;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
In this interesting and inspiring book, Roar: A Celebration of Great Sporting Women, former hockey international Sam Quek has interviewed 12 of her sporting heroines from a wide variety of sports. The women give an insight into their childhoods, how they got in to their chosen...
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The Invisible Story
Name: Sue Wilsher
09 July 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
In a library filled with famous tales and beautiful pictures, a little story watches quietly as they argue over who is the most read, the most popular and best loved. Overlooked by readers visiting the library, it feels invisible and ghostly. However, one day, a young girl finds the book, a...
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Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten
Name: Laura Richards
09 July 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Luigi is a "big, hairy spider" looking for a new home. He finds a house and a cosy spot underneath the sofa where it's nice and dark. But then the woman who owns the house - Betty- picks up Luigi from where he is sleeping, and exclaims that she's always wanted a pet kitten! She treats Luigi li...
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Oddney's Otherland: Chronicles from Beneath the Shed
Name: Elen Green
09 July 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Oddney's Otherland: Chronicles from Beneath the Shed takes us into the fantastical landscapes of Otherland, a world that Professor Oddney has discovered via a secret tunnel beneath his shed. Together with his trusty sidekick, Magnus the talking magpie, Oddney sets out to explo...
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Unicornia: Learning to Fly
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
09 July 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Learning to Fly is the first title in the series Unicornia with three further titles announced for publication next year. Already a successful series in Spain, with nine books published there so far and even a board game, it's good to see it appearing here.</p...
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Adventure Babies
Name: Lizi Backhouse
08 July 2024;Genre: Early Skills
Learn to count from one to 10 with the adventure babies as they dive, go on rollercoasters, surf and do circus tricks! This is an easy-to-follow book with a gentle rhyme scheme. There are babies of many shapes, sizes and colours represented and it's great for showing younger readers diversity....
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The Great Crisp Robbery
Name: Jane Rew
08 July 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
I'm sure this is going to be another hit for creative duo Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham, because children were asking to be first to read it even before the book was catalogued. The Great Crisp Robbery has the characteristic ingredients of their previous titles: m...
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Oddney's Motherland - chronicles form beneath the shed: in search of the two-headed firedrake
Name: Lorraine Ansell
08 July 2024;Genre: Fantasy
One day Professor Oddney and his friendly pet magpie, uncover a secret passageway to another world. Intrigued, and remembering a journal of his uncle's that he had thought to be fanciful ramblings, Oddney and Magnus, the magpie, set off on an adventure, in search of the two-headed firedrake. W...
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Dig, Dig, Dinosaur
Name: Jessica Bunney
08 July 2024;Genre: Early Skills
Dig Dig Dinosaur is a special book about dinosaurs which has been created by an expert and leader in palaeontology. Anjali Goswami's passion for all things dinosaurs and fossils absolutely breathes into this book. Firstly, my toddler and I fell in love with the inside f...
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The Boy to Beat the Gods
Name: Jenny Caddick
08 July 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
The Boy to Beat the Gods is a richly evocative and fascinating adventure taking inspiration from, and rooted in, the culture of African storytelling. Tales of the Yoruba spirits form the backbone and history of this epic, exciting and entertaining story and are part of a wonde...
