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Zoom!
Name: Kyle Matravers
17 November 2023;Genre: Adventure
Zoom is the first title in a new quartet from Sam Usher featuring the much-loved and relatable duo of Boy and Grandad. In this release, the pair need to use their resourcefulness to mend, recycle and reuse to fix an array of problems - some of which are a little further from h...
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Let's Play: Children's Games From Around The World
Name: Sue Wilsher
17 November 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
The importance of play, both free and imaginative and guided, cannot be underestimated - and yet, it seems to be something on the decline. Developing teamwork, independence, resilience, empathy… there are so many reasons why play should be encouraged and this fabulous book, Let's Play:...
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Bibi and the Box of Fairy Tales
Name: Amanda Shipton
17 November 2023;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Who hasn't made a wish that has failed to come true? Most of us can name at least one! This is exactly how Bibi is feeling. None of Bibi's wishes have ever come true so it is quite a surprise when she meets her fairy Godmother, who presents her with a locked box and then whisks her away on ama...
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Santarella
Name: Jen Bevan
16 November 2023;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
What a delightful tale! The book begins as all Cinderella stories do, with Cinderella being left with all the housework while her sisters swan off to a ball with the Prince. But then it changes. It's not a Fairy Godmother who rescues her but Santa himself. Cinderella sets of on a journey aroun...
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Heavy Metal Badger
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
14 November 2023;Genre: Personal Growth
A book which celebrates individual identity and self-expression, the story of Heavy Metal Badger has a lovely, warm moral within the lively, colouful illustrations and wonderfully fun rhymes. Our main character, Badger, loves music and wants to find the perfect place to...
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The Quickest Bedtime Story Ever
Name: Ashley Clayton
10 November 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
I read The Quickest Bedtime Story Ever with a class of Y5 children and asked them to review it for KS1. All the class loved it! They said in their reviews that they would recommend it to all KS1 children too, but also said it is a book for older children as it made them laugh...
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Percy the Post-Penguin
Name: Maria faithorn
10 November 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Beautifully illustrated and cleverly told, Percy the Post-Penguin oozes examples of resilience, creativity and determination and is a great text to use with children to teach these skills. Percy the Post-Penguin works in a post office, but his days are quiet and lonely...
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Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
Name: Sue Wilsher
10 November 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Combining poetic language, storytelling and factual information, Honeybee is a delightful read, following the life of a bee from emerging from her waxed cell to the end of her life. With the scientific name Apis mellifera, the author names this new bee Apis as she emerges into...
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Izzy the Inventor and the Curse of Doom
Name: Amanda Shipton
10 November 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
Izzy the Inventor and the Curse of Doom is the second in Zanna Davidson's amazing, laugh-out-loud Izzy the Inventor series. Packed full of illustrations with easy-to-read text, it provides the perfect transition from picture books to chapter books. Izzy believes in scie...
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Izzy the Inventor and the Unexpected Unicorn
Name: Amanda Shipton
05 November 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
Zanna Davidson's wonderful story, Izzy the Inventor and the Unexpected Unicorn, is an enchanting tale filled with wonder, friendship, and the power of believing in yourself. Izzy believes in science not magic! She wants to be the greatest inventor of all time but then along came a fairy...
