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The Queens Handbag
Name: Marie Berry
28 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
This is the wonderfully funny tale of the adventures of our one and only Royal Majesty the Queen as she travels the length and breadth of the British Isles looking for her handbag which has been stolen by a rather sneaky swan. I loved the fact that this book gave the queen a really human quality...
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Vikings in the Supermarket
Name: Alison Kelly
20 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
Nick Sharratt's unique illustrations will entice children into his first collection of poetry. They dominate the pages providing a wonderful scaffold into the poems themselves. Populated by a host of appealing characters (including the Vikings of the title, a mermaid, pirate, vampire bat and a ro...
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Mad in the Back
Name: Lizi Coombs
11 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
I'm a big fan of Michael Rosen - I like his funny real-ness (It is a word - honest!) and this book is no exception. Mad in the Back is a car journey that we've all had - infact, we've all been the two children who go 'mad in the back'....and we've all had the Mum who threatens (and then does!) st...
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Draw It! Colour It! Creatures
Name: Rachel
27 September 2015;Genre: Adventure
We are told on the inside cover that this series is 'Books for people who love to draw made by people who love to draw'. And this book is exactly that, but so much more. There are drawing activities on every page by well known names such as Alex T Smith, Emily Gravett, Jim Field and Sarah McInty...
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Greenling
Name: Jennifer Niblett
15 September 2015;Genre: Adventure
From the award-winning illustrator, Levi Pinfold, comes a modern fable about natures power, Greenling. Previous credits include Django and Black Dog. 'Mr and Mrs Barleycorn live a quiet life, alone and quite forgotten by the world. But something is growing on Barleycorn land. Something that Mr Ba...
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William Heads to Hollywood
Name: Kerenza Ghosh
01 September 2015;Genre: Adventure
William is an international cat of mystery and detective extraordinaire! Amongst others, he has already solved the case of The Missing Masterpiece, and in this sequel he must now find out who has stolen the golden Cuckoo statues from the famous Cuckoo film studio. Can he crack the crime and impre...
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The Five Misfits
Name: Kerenza Ghosh
01 September 2015;Genre: Adventure
Five misfits - one holey, one folded in half like a concertina, one feeble and sleepy, one upside-down, and one described as a total catastrophe - are perfectly content living in their lopsided house. The five have never amounted to much in life, nor do they feel like doing anything. Then one day...
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Would you rather dine with a dung beetle or lunch with a maggot?
Name: Lizi Coombs
20 August 2015;Genre: Adventure
The second 'Would you Rather' book that I've encountered, I enjoyed this one so much more! This fantastic book is full of marvellous mini-beast facts all presented to young readers through thought provoking questions such as 'Would you rather have a queen bee for a mum, a water bug for a dad, a...
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Would You Rather have a shark for a sister or a ray for a brother?
Name: Lizi Coombs
20 August 2015;Genre: Information books
This is a good book that attacks fact sharing from an informal direction.... 'Would you rather...?', a game I'm sure many of us have played at one stage or another! Great for sparking discussion with children, this book poses many dilemmas for them to ponder over - what are the benefits of shari...
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Grandad's Island
Name: Jo Clarke
30 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
Grandad's Island tells the story about the relationship between a young boy and his Grandad. One day Syd goes to visit his Grandad and he takes him through a mysterious door on a journey across the sea to a beautiful island. The Island is a tropical paradise where Syd and his Grandad have an amaz...
