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The Seal Children
Name: Lucy Newton
02 July 2016;Genre: Adventure
A fisherman called Ewan falls in love with a selkie - a half-woman, half-seal creature - because she loves his singing to the sea. As a sign of her love, the selkie woman gives Ewan her salty seal skin to keep safe. Soon after, the selkie bears two children for Ewan which they call Ffion and Morl...
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Toby and the Ice Giants
Name: Lucy Newton
01 July 2016;Genre: Adventure
Toby and the Ice Giants provides an excellent mix of a fictional story as well as interesting facts about animals. Toby the Bison travels on an adventure to explore the Ice Age Tundra and meets many of the giants that roamed during that time. As Toby comes across new and exciting animals, he disc...
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Hector and Hummingbird
Name: Class 6
29 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
This was very popular with our whole class! Here are some individual thoughts... Ruby: Hector and Hummingbird is an amusing friendship-themed book which can be enjoyed by children of all ages. Every page is humour-packed and full of vibrant, colourful illustrations. This book shows the ups and do...
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The Princess and the Castle
Name: Lucy Newton
26 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
This is a lovely story about a young girl who learns to accept a new member into her family and conquers her fears. It would be a useful book to open up a discussion about different family situations including the breakdown of relationships and how they can be rebuilt positively. The book feature...
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Footpath Flowers
Name: Sue Wilsher
16 June 2016;Genre: Real life
In this wordless book, a little girl collects flowers as she makes her way home with her father who pays no attention to her or to their surroundings. She gives the flowers as gifts to those she passes, touching their lives in a variety of ways. This is a beautiful book, both in sentiment and il...
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Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
Name: Sue Wilsher
16 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
Sam and Dave are on a mission to find something spectacular, so they start to dig. The reader shares the joke about how close they come to finding treasure without ever knowing it. My husband is not a huge fan of picture books, but this one had him laughing out loud! The pictures show Sam and Da...
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Night Wanderers
Name: Emma Age 15
07 June 2016;Genre: Adventure
The characters are really well developed and you can really feel for them. It's very dramatic and there's a sense of suspense building up throughout the whole story.
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What Do Grown-Ups Do All Day
Name: Alison Chase
24 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
This is a really useful book for topics about people who help and support us, and it gives a really useful glimpse into the kinds of things that grown-ups get up to. Given that children often wonder what they'll be doing as adults, this book is also a useful tool for showing them just how many...
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The Great Fire of London: 350th Anniversary
Name: Clare Childs
24 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
With the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London just around the corner (September), this is a timely and beautifully produced picture book that helps to explain to young children in KS1 what happened during those terrifying three days when so much of London was in flame. The text is kept s...
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Fact Finders SPACE
Name: Emily Beale
18 May 2016;Genre: Adventure
Let's explore space - what is it? What is a star? And what is the solar system? The new Fact Finders SPACE book answers all these questions and more - and all through the wonder of pop ups! Meet the scientists who have changed our view of the universe and discover a map of the cosmos where the pl...
