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Wolf Girl
Name: Lauren Maidman
04 January 2022;Genre: Personal Growth
Wolf Girl is a story about overcoming shyness, making friends and being brave for the first time. Sophy is a little girl who has worries in her tummy about school and making friends. When she tries to talk, the words get lost and she worries, some people are sometimes mean and...
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Little Santa
Name: Wendy Kelly
30 November 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Who would have thought we needed a Santa Claus origin story? Turns out, we do! Little Santa is a wonderful snapshot of Santa's life as a child in the North Pole with his family. They are fed up of the snow and want to move to Florida but before they can leave, a blizzard hits...
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The Mouse before Christmas
Name: Ashley Clayton
19 November 2021;Genre: Picture Books
An adorable and beautifully illustrated picture book which the Year 3 class loved listening to. They liked the note from the author at the front and asked lots of questions before we even started reading it. The children loved the rhyme (and so did I) and said it helped them to remember the ma...
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The Outside is Inside
Name: Kyle Matravers
12 November 2021;Genre: Bereavement
Joe Moorwood has managed to create something very special when it comes to The Outside is Inside. This text is certainly not one that you would necessarily consider as a read loud during story time but it is priceless when it comes to allowing children to begin to understand a...
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The Green Giant
Name: Sharon Porter
12 November 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Green Giant is not only a book about improving the environment but also describes why some people move from one part of the world to another. Bea Green (the main character) goes to visit her grandad in the countryside for a short holiday and while she is there she discover...
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Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Santa's Stolen Sleigh
Name: Carol Wright
12 November 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Shifty and Sam are bakers who have been asked by Santa to bake a festive feast. All the elves are poorly and Santa needs help to finish the presents for the Christmas Eve deadline. Along comes Flo. Will Flo and the boys save the day? The illustrations seem to leap off the page and take...
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Albert and the Wind
Name: Maria Faithorn
11 November 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Albert and the Wind is a funny tale about a group of animals that work together to solve a problem. It teaches key social skills using a humorous and slightly revolting (children will love it!) story. Albert is woken by the wind. Hungry, he sets off to find the food tha...
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A Night at the Frost Fair
Name: Lisa Watkins
11 November 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
A heart warming story in which Maya finds herself transported back into historical London Thameside. There, Maya meets a friend called Eddie who shows her the sights of the Winter Frost Fair. Maya and Eddie have a deeper connection than they may first realise and Maya realises her dream may be...
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The Mouse Before Christmas
Name: Samantha Hughes
06 November 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring - except for one mouse. With Santa as a mouse, a sleigh pulled by beetles, and gifts of toys, crackers, and cheese, this is a clever adaptation of Clement Clark Moore's Christmas poem written over 200 years...
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Group Hug
Name: Samantha Hughes
05 November 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
When Slug comes across a lonely beetle, he knows just what to do. He gives him a big hug -- and then the two friends decide to pass it along. They meet Mouse, who's down in the dumps, Skunk, who's a bit smelly, and more and more animals, until their group hug stretches wide and tall. But when...
