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Frida and Bear
Name: Natalie Plimmer
13 March 2015;Genre: Adventure
This lovely picture book is a celebration of art, imagination, and creativity as Browne collaborates with Bartholin to play his Shape Game, which has already been the subject of some of his previous books. Bear and Frida the elephant take it in turns to draw a random shape and then turn it into...
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Blown Away
Name: Class 6
14 January 2015;Genre: Picture Books
Jack (aged 7) The book is about a penguin, a seal and a polar bear that go on an adventure on a kite. I think that I would recommend this book to somebody that has a sense of humour, because it is a funny book! Francesca (aged 7) This book is about a penguin who flies away with other an...
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Black Ice
Name: lynn Roulstone
13 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
Britt and her best friend Korbie get caught in a snowstorm on their way to a cabin in the mountains for a holiday with Korbie's brother Calvin, who is also her ex-boyfriend. Abandoning their car, they think they've found refuge in a cabin with two young men, one of whom Britt met earlier at a gas...
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The Wonder
Name: Fiona Collins
18 October 2014;Genre: Adventure
The Wonder is a story about a little boy who questions and day dreams. As the reader follows him to school the sepia illustrations reflect a rather sombre tone. The reason for this is that on his journey the boy meets various adults who seem to dislike his daydreaming; the park keeper sighs at hi...
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Now You See Me
Name: Lorraine Ansell
09 September 2014;Genre: Adventure
When Danny Geller goes missing unexpectedly at the age of thirteen his family never give up hope of finding him and three years later he reappears, older, taller and very different from the young boy that disappeared. His best friend and neighbour, Hannah, cannot reconcile this new Danny with her...
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Take Back the Skies
Name: Rosie Pannett
06 August 2014;Genre: Adventure
Take Back the Skies by Lucy Saxon This book slots right in to the fantasy / steam punk genre. Think Mortal Engines with a feisty heroine desperate to put right her father's wrongs. Cat (Catherine) Hunter runs away from her privileged background and stows away on the skyship Stormdancer. Here she...
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The Big Blue Thing on the Hill
Name: Fiona Collins
16 July 2014;Genre: Adventure
The Big Blue Thing in the Hill is an intriguing picturebook which focuses on the lives and fears of a group of animals who live companionably in a great forest. During the day everything is quiet in the forest but at night all the animals come out: the wolves howl, the bears growl and other creat...
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The Moonshine Dragon
Name: Tracy Hart
27 May 2014;In this magical adventure, a tiny silver dragon is chased out of Patrick's storybook by a knight just as tiny. Bedlam then follows leading to Patrick shrinking and retreating to his toy castle for safety. Will he overcome the knight? A lovely story for younger children (3 - 7 years) which is orga...
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Oi Frog!
Name: L Voisey
24 March 2014;Genre: Adventure
If you've not yet had the pleasure of Oi Frog, then do try to seek out a copy. Oi Frog is a great story for reading aloud and early readers will also be able to manage it. As well as being a tongue-in-cheek look at phonics (frogs sit on logs; woe betide the frog that wants to sit on something mor...
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Extra Yarn
Name: Fiona Collins
14 January 2014;Extra Yarn is an American book which has rightly won several awards. Both the illustrator (Jon Klassen) and writer (Mac Barnett) have also separately won awards for their work. Extra Yarn is a unique and tantalising story of a determined young girl, Annabelle, who lives in 'a cold little town'....
