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Adventuremice: Mice on the Moon
Name: Amanda Shipton
17 April 2024;Genre: Animals
If you haven't already fallen in love with little Pedro and the Adventure Mice, then you are in for an absolute treat. True to form this newest adventure is carefully written with carefully pitched language to provide the perfect level of challenge to the early chapter book reader. The...
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Martha Maps it out in Time
Name: Tracy Parvin
15 April 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Who doesn't love a book with a map? Well… I (and my three-year-old grandson, Archie) love a fictional map! A map has that capacity to bring a book alive and to allow the reader to immerse themselves in the pages. It is possible to become lost for hours in the pages of a book with a map. <p...
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Meet the Dinosaurs
Name: Jessica Bunney
15 April 2024;Genre: Adventure
I am a 'Meet the…' collector as I really love the way Caryl Hart makes informative texts so full of personality, passion and character. A frequent reader of Meet the Planets, Meet the Weather and <a href="/books/meet...
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The Girl and the Mermaid
Name: Louise Gahan
12 April 2024;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Alina and her Granny live in a lighthouse by the sea: a home filled with the warmth of Granny's magical stories. But Alina is worried. Granny's memories and stories are starting to fade away, and she doesn't know how to bring them back. Then one day, she meets a mermaid on the rocks near the...
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Bud: The story of how a plant grows ... up!
Name: Wendy Kelly
10 April 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
The tag-line for this book is 'the story of how a plant grows...up!' so you know exactly what you're getting if you pick up this charming book, Bud. It's really an information text disguised as a story, which explains how a tiny bud, safe in his red plant pot in the greenhouse...
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Tree
Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 April 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Tree is the story of a 300-year-old mountain ash in Australia and all the creatures that live on or around that tree. Written by the team that created the award-winning Iceberg, this is a combination of picture book and fact, told in a lyrical voi...
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Wildlife Crossings: Protecting Animal Pathways Around the World
Name: Amanda Shipton
05 April 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Catherine Barr and Christiane Engel have brilliantly taken the latest research and created this wonderful children's book. The detailed information and carefully chosen language will draw children in to want to know more about this important topic. Colourful illustrations allow readers...
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Lottie the Little Wonder
Name: Amanda Shipton
04 April 2024;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Katherine Woodfine's Lottie the Little Wonder shares the inspiring story of the real Lottie Dod, who won the 1887 Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship when she was just 15, and went on to win it a further four times. It is the wonderful story of a little girl who does...
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Elki is Not My Dog
Name: Maria
02 April 2024;Genre: Animals
Elki is not my dog is a story about kindness and community and has an important message for everyone. In this beautiful book we meet Elki, a dog who wanders into a community and is noticed by the local children. Elki soon becomes an important part of the children's liv...
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The Pinchers and the Diamond Heist
Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 April 2024;Genre: Adventure
The Pinchers are a family of robbers. All of them steal things and lie, except for Theo, who secretly wants to be a policeman. Their next-door neighbour Paul is an actual policeman. One night Theo's parents go to a diamond exhibition and Theo is left to look after his little sister. In need of...
