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Welcome to our Table
Name: Lucy Hopkins
01 June 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
What a lovely book! Welcome to our Table is filled to the brim with information and ideas about food from all over the world. There's a handy contents page at the beginning of the book which has some lovely illustrations of different foods that are included in the book. There'...
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Genie and Teeny : The Wishing Well
Name: Amanda Shipton
29 May 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Despite Genie and Teeny: The Wishing Well being the third adventure of Grant the genie and his best friend, Teeny the puppy, and it picking up where the previous one left off, it could easily be read as a stand-alone book. When Grant starts to miss his old life in Genie...
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Genie and Teeny Wishful Thinking
Name: Amanda Shipton
28 May 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Teeny and our Genie are back in another humour packed, pet filled, early chapter book. Genie and Teeny: Wishful Thinking is the second of Steven Lenton's magical series but in this book we don't just have Genie and Teeny! Oh no, we also have Tilly, the owner of Teeny. And ther...
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Genie and Teeny make a wish
Name: Amanda Shipton
20 May 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
Genie and Teeny: Make a Wish is the first in a series of magical adventures from the award winning writer Steven Lenton. In traditional Genie stories you have to rub the lamp to release the Genie, but for poor Grant, a cracked teapot will just have to do. In a book filled with...
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Grandpa and the Kingfisher
Name: Jo Thomas
15 May 2023;Genre: Bereavement
Grandpa and the Kingfisher is a beautifully illustrated book which follows a little girl and her grandfather over the course of a year along with a family of kingfishers. It explores sensitive themes of loss and grief and also the circle of life which is shown through followin...
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Fairytale Ninjas - The Glass Slipper Academy
Name: Amanda Shipton
12 May 2023;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Fairytale Ninjas is the amazing concept of Paula Harrison. Before launching a successful writing career, Paula was a Primary school teacher. Her years teaching taught her what children like in stories and how they respond to humour and suspense which she uses to great effect in this wonderful...
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The Chalk Garden
Name: Elen Green
12 May 2023;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Chalk Garden is a really lovely picture book, one that supports giving space to wild planting and which encourages children to observe nature and its changes, with patience. A child's family moves to a new house whose garden comprises concrete slabs. She hears birds...
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Sunny Side Up
Name: Maria
05 May 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Sunny Side Up is a gorgeous book with hidden delights and expanding surprises. This book explores wellbeing and supports feelings and emotions in a positive way. The beautiful illustrations follow the main character as they put on their sunny side specs to see the world in a p...
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Holey Moley
Name: Maria
02 May 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
Be prepared to giggle, laugh out loud and support Mavis Mole in Holey Moley by Bethan Clarke and Anders Frang. In Holey Moley we meet Gus and Mavis. Gus the goat is convinced that Mavis must live in a hole... and be a holey moley! Gus continues to suggest places that Mavis mus...
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The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat
Name: Maria
02 May 2023;Genre: Friends and family
If you love rhyming books, The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat is another clever, funny book by Em Lynas and Matt Hunt. The main characters goat and stoat are not keen on sharing a boat. The amazing illustrations detail the antics of the characters, with pages turning from hor...
