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The Magical Garden of Claude Monet
Name: Lizi Coombs
28 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
I already own a couple of Anholt's books and, as a teacher, think they are a fantastic way of introducing famous artists to younger children. This story follows Julie, a young child, as she goes to visit Mr Monet at his house in Giverny. Together, they explore his beautiful gardens, introducin...
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The Jungle Book
Name: Emily Beale
28 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story is the reimagined tale of Rudyard Kipling's story of young Mowgli the Man-cub and is the first in a new series of classics tales with modern settings by publishers Frances Lincoln. Our story begins as dawn breaks in the jungle, where the cries of a baby are heard...
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Rabbit and Bear: Rabbit's Bad Habits
Name: Sue Wilsher
23 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
Bear is awoken early from her hibernation and decides that if she can't sleep, she'll make her first-ever snowman. Rabbit has never made a snowman either - and is determined to make one better than Bear's. However, when faced with a hungry fox, Rabbit learns that a friend in need is a friend ind...
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Quick Quack Quentin
Name: Marie Berry
19 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
I fell in love with this book immediately, both as a teacher and as a mother. From the same pairing that brought us 'Oi Frog', Quick Quack Quentin tells the humourous tale of Quentin the duck who has a quick 'quck' after he loses the A out of his quack. The story shows Quentin searching through...
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Unstoppable Max
Name: Marie Berry
15 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
I really enjoyed Unstoppable Max. Is this really an insight into our children's thought patterns when we send them up to get ready for bed??? The story is about a little boy, Max, who has a huge amount of energy. But when he is given three tasks to do at bedtime - tidy his toys, put on clean pyj...
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Warning! This book may contain rabbits!
Name: Kathy Slater
25 January 2016;Genre: Adventure
Mole and his friend find a hat with a label which says 'Warning! Do not touch!' As for all children, this is a challenge they cannot resist and when they do touch the hat, they find it is a magician's top hat, which keeps producing rabbits. As more and more rabbits appear, the challenge is how to...
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The Light That Gets Lost
Name: Kathryn Flagner
03 January 2016;Genre: Adventure
The novel is set in an unspecified near future, society is breaking down and a state of martial law exists in Britain. The story opens with seven-year-old Trey hiding in a wardrobe as his parents and brother are shot by an unknown man. The main action of the story takes place eight years later....
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The Red Prince
Name: Lauren Maidman
23 December 2015;Genre: Adventure
The Red Prince is a sweet adventure story book based around the theme of friendship, family, team work and courage. When the poor Prince is left to look after his Island of Avala, when his parents go away, he is kidnapped and taken by a mysterious group of people, who soon take over his beloved i...
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Blue Penguin
Name: Fiona Collins
01 December 2015;Genre: Adventure
Blue Penguin is a story about being ostracized and isolated for being different. As the title tells the reader this is story about a penguin that is a different colour from normal penguins. The other penguins question whether he really is a penguin and he tries to show is like the others by fishi...
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Fairy Tales for Mr Barker
Name: Fiona Collins
01 December 2015;Genre: Adventure
Jessica Ahlberg's story is very reminiscent of her parents' marvellous books. Fairy Tales for Mr Barker is a clever story that takes the reader on an interesting journey with well-known fairy tale characters. However, for the story to work well and for the humour to be understood the child reader...
