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Once upon a Dragon's Fire
Name: Nikki Stiles
04 April 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
This is the sweetest tale about how the dragon came to breathe fire. Who would have thought it; this notorious mythical creature has been misunderstood all this time?! It all began once upon a time in a magical kingdom. A kingdom dominated by stories passed down for generations about a beastly...
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Where Happiness Begins
Name: Nia Talbot
03 April 2020;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
'Happiness begins with you' is the last line of this book and is definitely the message that we want to give to our children. This book has so many important messages for children about the fact that it is ok if you don't feel happiness all the time, and the fact that you will feel happiness b...
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Do You Love Bugs?
Name: Linda Brown
02 April 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
What a wonderful non fiction book for budding young nature lovers. Do You Love Bugs? grabs your attention from the front cover to the very last page. The author has beautifully illustrated each page with cartoon bugs that give these overlooked creatures lots of character. Alon...
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Willow Wildthing and the Swamp Monster
Name: Carol Carter
30 March 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
Willow Wildthing and the Swamp Monster is the first in a new series adventure stories for younger readers from renowned storyteller Gill Lewis.Willow is finding life tough - new house, new town, brother ill in hospital, and she keeps hearing a terrifying howling in...
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The Bat Book
Name: Jenny Caddick
29 March 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
An engaging and easy to navigate Non Fiction book that is beautifully illustrated throughout with detailed, eye-catching drawings of bats and their habitats. The Bat Book has a well-designed layout with bold captions and sub headings . The bat facts are chunked into ap...
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Little People, Big Dreams: Astrid Lindgren
Name: Lizi Backhouse
28 March 2020;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
The Little People Big Dreams series of books are great for introducing younger readers to outstanding people, from artists to scientists, throughout history and the modern day. All achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.This one is...
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The Story of Inventions
Name: Bryony Davies
26 March 2020;Genre: Adventure
The Story of Inventions by Catherine Barr and Steve Williams, illustrated by Amy Husband, covers some of the most famous and used inventions throughout history. This highly visual book is organised chronologically from the invention of the wheel to the invention of the internet. Each invention...
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Money-Go-Round
Name: James Hewish
24 March 2020;Genre: Picture Books
A beautiful - and useful - story about the cyclical nature of money, and about debt. The author, Roger McGough, takes the notion that money makes the world go round and delivers it back to his audience in an amazingly crafted and beautifully illustrated picture book. The book is a literary and...
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The Last Tree
Name: James Hewish
24 March 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
What an amazing message this book has, especially for this day and age! The Last Tree looks at the bizarre, destructive and selfish relationship that we have with nature. It is a story about greed and consequence. Emily Haworth-Booth provides the next generation with a crucial...
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Super Happy Magic Forest and the Humungous Fungus
Name: Carol Carter
23 March 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
Super Happy Magic Forest is a cheerful place, populated by all the usually characters you'd expect in a magic forest (unicorns, gnomes, admin rabbits etc.) The residents are happily preparing for the Frolic Festival to honour the Rainbow Dragon who breathed life into the fores...
