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Name: Wendy Kelly
24 May 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

This book just shines with summer vibes. Aqua Boy is the story of Aaron who lives with his parents and older sister on a glorious sunny coastline. His parents are Ocean Guardians; they look after the beach, the sea and the wildlife that lives in it. Aaron loves the water but i...

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Name: Sharon Porter
23 May 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Nature is an Artist is a kaleidoscope of colour, with a green creature representing nature who creates all sorts of landscapes. It is aimed at young children, however, my Year Five children (ages 9+) enjoyed thinking about the landscape vocabulary, making links to their geogra...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
23 May 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Reeve and McIntyre have done it again! Adventuremice: Mermouse Mystery is another thrilling adventure with plenty of peril, excitement and wonder, pitched perfectly for young readers. Every early chapter book reader likes nothing more than drama and the idea of the rescue miss...

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Name: Samantha Hughes
23 May 2024;

Genre: Funny Stories

Kes Gray is a popular author with the children at school and this book did not disappoint. The vibrant illustrations bring the book to life, with the parrot and its expressions being a firm favourite with the children. They were pleased that he became a 'proper pirate's parrot' by the end of t...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
22 May 2024;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Dora finds a party invitation in her school book bag. It's for her friend, Rashid's, birthday party. Dora has been to a party before and hated it; too loud and too busy. Mum keeps telling her it will be fun but Dora thinks up more and more outlandish excuses as to why she isn't able to attend....

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Name: Sue Wilsher
20 May 2024;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Based on a short film of the same name, Adnan: The Boy who Helped his Mummy Remember tells the story of a little boy who creates a 'save mummy plan' in an attempt to rescue her from depression. Although Adnan and his mother are now safe in a new home, the terrors and grief the...

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Name: Maria
20 May 2024;

Genre: Picture Books

I Love Books is an unusual book with an important message. On the cover, the title reads, 'I Hate(crossed out) Love Books, which begins to explain what the story is about.  The beginning of the book takes us to a classroom on the final day as the children are breaking up for the summer holiday...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
13 May 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Bad United: Just For Kicks, Lousie Forshaw's newest creation, is packed full of silliness and fun, making it a page-turner for early readers. The carefully planned illustrations ensure that the story is easy to follow with enough text to ensure that the reader can fully apprec...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
10 May 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Benji's Emerald King (The Woodland Explorers) is the first book in what is set to be a very exciting series. Join Benji and his friends in their secret club, The Woodland Explorers Club. Benji lives and goes to school near Willow Wish Woods; the same woods that his Gramps grew...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
10 May 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

It is always a pleasure to read a book written by a passionate expert and that is exactly what this is. The Children's Book of Wildlife Watching is brimming with idea that you can do in your own school garden or garden at home in order to help encourage wildlife. There...

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