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Marv and the Alien Invasion
Name: Amanda Shipton
17 October 2024;Genre: Adventure
Every child wishes that they had a suit which they could put on and which would turn them in to a super hero - but Marvin actually has one! Space and aliens are topics which will grab children's attention and Marv and the Alien Invasion capitalises on this. This...
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Adventuremice: The Ghostly Galleon
Name: Amanda Shipton
17 October 2024;Genre: Adventure
Who doesn’t like a good ghost story? In this the fifth Adventure Mice story, The Ghostly Galleon, the team are sitting telling ghost stories as they drink their bedtime hot chocolate. When there's mention of the Ghostly Galleon, a ship named the Piranha owned...
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Milo's Hat Trick
Name: Jacqueline Harris
14 October 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
Milo is a magician, but not a very good magician. Known as Milo the Magnificent, he is really not magnificent at all and keeps messing up his tricks. Just about to be fired, Milo meets a bear in the woods and the bear teaches him a new trick. But what will happen when the bear gets tired?...
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Spooky Poems Aloud: 25 Poems to Frighten and Delight
Name: Sue Wilsher
11 October 2024;Genre: Poetry
Just in time for the spooky season comes this suitably scary collection of poems from Joseph Coelho. Spooky Poems Aloud is the fourth book in the 'Poetry to Perform' series and offers a perfectly-pitched selection of poems to add some shivers to Hallowe’en!</p...
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Happy Hills: Knick-Knacks Attacks
Name: Sue Wilsher
10 October 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Away from Happy Hills, the villainous Knick Knacks (so called because of his love of stuff) has his eye on a new collection - a collection of friends, the residents of Happy Hills itself. But who will save the day and make Knick Knacks understand what being a friend really means? In <s...
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Blue Monster
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 October 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Blue Monster wants to play with Rabbit, but Rabbit is fast asleep and doesn't want to play so Blue Monster swallows her. When challenged about his behaviour, he then swallows more animals in an attempt to cover up what he has done. Left with no one to play with, Blue Monster f...
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The Secret Ocean
Name: Joanne Thomas
03 October 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Secret Ocean is a gorgeous ocean themed book, taking the reader on a journey through and around the different seas and oceans of the world. The book starts during the morning in the Arctic with the animals on the shore looking for breakfast, challenging th...
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Be Normal
Name: Louise Gahan
02 October 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Be Normal by Ged Adamson is a lovely tale of acceptance. Theo is so excited about getting his very own dog. But when Geoff arrives Theo is somewhat confused as Geoff does none of the things normal dogs do. Geoff likes to paint, chat to the next doors cat and e...
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Flow with the Snow
Name: Lizi Backhouse
01 October 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Flow with the Snow is a brilliant rhyming book that personifies the snow and follows their journey through the water cycle. The language in the book is poetic and descriptive enough to be interesting but without blurring the sense for readers. It's a great example of using pow...
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Flow with the Snow
Name: Amanda Shipton
26 September 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Flow with the Snow is a beautifully written story based on the water cycle. The personification of Snow allows a wonderfully delicate personality to be developed which will really draw readers in. The illustrations are colourful and clear and allow the story of the water cycl...
