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Kitty and the Missing Pumpkins
Name: Amanda Shipton
04 September 2024;Genre: Adventure
Show me a child who does not dream of being a super hero or at least of having super powers... Kitty is a fantastic character who likes to use her super powers to solve mysteries. This autumnal story is filled with delightful animal characters and a puzzle which needs to be solved before the f...
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Two People Can
Name: Elen Green
04 September 2024;Genre: Family & Home
A perceptive, engaging story about the emotions a young boy goes through when his father leaves home. Shingai's struggle with his sadness and loss leads to upheaval at home as both he and his mother try to reshape their lives around the father's absence. This poignant narrative is brill...
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Ivy Newt and the Vampixies
Name: Amanda Shipton
02 September 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Highly illustrated, this fourth book in the Ivy Newt series, Ivy Newt and the Vampixies, continues the amazing work of Derek Keilty. In this adventure we are introduced to new characters in the form of the Vampixie Queen and her daughter as well as Captain Hec...
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The Dictionary Story
Name: Maria
30 August 2024;Genre: Picture Books
The Dictionary Story is a quirky, clever book that explores how we can use words. The front cover shows a book with characters peeping out and invites children to read, explore and have fun! The end papers are covered in dictionary-style words which easily engages children as...
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Just Like Millie
Name: Maria Age 6
28 August 2024;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Just like Millie will melt your heart and is a beautiful book about friendship, courage and love. In this book we meet a shy, quiet girl and her mum who move into a new home. This transition is difficult for the young girl who is struggling to make friends and...
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The Bridges
Name: Wendy Kelly
23 August 2024;Genre: Picture Books
The Bridges is an incredibly important book. Mia is a lonely girl, ignored by her busy parents and bored of her grey life. In her imagination she sits on a small rocky island in the middle of a stormy sea but the island is empty and isolated because she doesn't have any imagin...
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Griselda Snook's Spectacular Books
Name: Jen Bevan
21 August 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
'What a bright and brilliant Tuesday' for Henry. It all began when he picked up a key that a lady had dropped. This key led him on an adventure into the world of books in Griselda Snook's Spectacular Bookshop. Henry had never been into books, but Griselda told him he just hadn't found the righ...
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Gina Kaminski Rescues the Giant
Name: Wendy Kelly
20 August 2024;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Gosh, what a find this book is! A first glance at the cover art shows a very determined little girl with a backpack who is clutching an emotions chart. A very interesting detail.... It transpires that Gina Kaminski is quite probably neurodivergent (on the ASD Spectrum?) which is very refreshin...
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You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems
Name: Wendy Kelly
19 August 2024;Genre: Poetry
Walker Books has done it again! I was delighted to receive this treasure, You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems, which every primary teacher (or at least every English Leader) needs a copy of. On the face of it, it's a picture book that tells the everyday life of P...
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Godfrey is a Frog
Name: Wendy Kelly
19 August 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
At first I thought that Godfrey is a Frog was a beautifully illustrated science book, but was bemused by the life-cycle process of Godfrey growing from an egg to a frog being completed by page four. What it actually is, is so much better (although reminding children that the p...
