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How to Grow a Unicorn
Name: Lizi Backhouse
01 April 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
Mr Pottifer's Parlour of Plants is a plant shop with a magical difference and it's where Sarah finds the perfect present for her green-fingered Granny....Unicorn seeds. Sarah accidentally grows too many and Granny's party becomes rather chaotic! How to Grow a Unicorn is...
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Word Trouble
Name: Wendy Kelly
24 March 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Word Trouble is a lovely picture book which tells the story of a family newly arrived in England. Ronnie, their little boy, starts Nursery and is sad to find that although the other children want to include him, he doesn't understand anything they say. Things get better, thoug...
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The King's Hats
Name: Elen Green
24 March 2023;Genre: Friends and family
The King's Hats is a wonderful picture book about our new king, Charles III, and how he might struggle to fill all the roles previously filled by the late Queen. It is beautifully explained to the children by exploring what kinds of hats the king might need for each role....
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Courage Out Loud: 25 Poems of Power
Name: Sue Wilsher
23 March 2023;Genre: Poetry
Using a wide range of poetic forms and structures, Courage Out Loud is a wonderful collection of poems which explores many ways of being brave and facing fears. The book not only shares expressions of courage from Joseph, but actively encourages the reader to create their own,...
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Adventuremice
Name: Amanda Shipton
21 March 2023;Genre: Animals
Any adult will tell you that the best way to get a child to do something is to tell them not to do it. This is exactly what happens to Pedro! Looking for an adventure, he sets off on a journey to find the mysterious Mouse Islands. Swept out to sea with his suitcase he tells himself he must be...
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Much Too Busy
Name: Maria
17 March 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Much Too Busy is about the chance meeting of Pigeon and Mouse. Pigeon is busy, very, very busy indeed. He is rushing here and there and never has time to stop and notice people or places. We meet him being SO busy that he finds himself lost and very bothered. He meets Mouse wh...
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The Story Shop: Dino Danger!
Name: Amanda Shipton
06 March 2023;Genre: Adventure
The Story Shop sells adventures that you can BE in. With real characters that you'll actually meet! So what are you waiting for? Step inside - if you're BRAVE enough! When timid Bear pops by, Wilbur has just the thing - a run-for-your-life dinosaur adventure! Follow Bear and Fred throug...
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All the Wonderful Ways to Read
Name: Amanda Shipton
02 March 2023;Genre: Picture Books
Books take us on journeys that we can all share, and give us the power to go anywhere! In this beautiful story Laura and Sandra have managed to encapsulate the variety of places you could read, adventures that you could go on with wonderful rhyming text and spell binding illustrations. The won...
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Call the Puffins
Name: Amanda Shipton
02 March 2023;Genre: Animals
'I promise to be unflappable, to bravely cross the sea and sky, to rescue eggs and also birds, It may not work, but I will always try.' Muffin wants nothing more than to be an Unflappable. On the island of Egg a group of young puffins are training to join the search and rescue team. Follow Muf...
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Who Ate All the Bugs?
Name: Maria
01 March 2023;Genre: Environment & Nature
What a great book to support learning about food chains in Science! Snail is on a mission to discover who is eating all the bugs... and discovers it is the food chain and what makes nature survive. Who Ate All the Bugs? is a clever, funny book with SO many insects/bugs...
