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Usborne Lift-the-flap Questions and Answers about Plastic
Name: Sarah Lynham
09 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Who doesn't love to lift the flap in a book and reveal a hidden picture or fact? This is a great interactive way to encourage pupils to find out about plastic. The book poses questions, the answers to which are hidden under the flaps, making this a perfect book to dip in and out of. Unless resear...
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My name is not Refugee
Name: Nikki Stiles
07 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Winner of the Klaus Flugge prize 2018, Milner has created a simple yet poignant picture book outlining a sensitive and very current issue for young children; life as a refugee The story begins with a young boy's mother explaining that they will need to leave their town and travel to a safe place...
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A Throne of Swans
Name: Tanja Jennings
02 February 2020;Genre: Fantasy
From the elegant cover featuring a 3D model of a specially designed throne and a lone feather to its pages filled with Machiavellian machinations, teen angst, secrets, love, betrayal, sacrifice and intricate world building involving avian transformation, 'A Throne of Swans' delivers a rich YA tre...
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A Throne of Swans
Name: Linda Brown
01 February 2020;Genre: Fantasy
This wonderful story takes place in the fantasy kingdom of Solanum, ( beautifully illustrated map and family tree at the beginning, always a plus!) where the nobles can transform into birds and the lower class are defined as 'flightless'. Aderyn, the main protagonist of this story lives in Atraty...
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It's a No-money Day
Name: Nikki Stiles
30 January 2020;Genre: Adventure
Produced by the Klaus Flugge Prize winner and author of the award-winning 'My name is not Refugee' Kate Milner. 'It's a No-money Day' is a short but moving story about what it is like to live below the poverty line and the need for food bank to help see us through when times are hard. In this s...
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That's Snow Business (Bad Nana 3)
Name: Mandy Abel
26 January 2020;Genre: Adventure
Bad Nana: That's Snow Business is the wickedly hilarious third book in the Bad Nana series by Sophie Henn. This is a chapter book which includes large black and white (and pink) illustrations on every page and which uses a variety of fonts and print sizes to engage the reader. The eponymous hero...
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Armadillo and Hare
Name: Carol Carter
22 January 2020;Genre: Adventure
Armadillo and Hare is a collection of wonderful, whimsical stories about our odd-couple eponymous friends and the other resident of the Big Forest. A departure from Jeremy Strong's usual more mad-cap style, Armadillo and Hare is a gentle, calming collection perfect for bedtime...
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The House of Madame M
Name: Nikki Stiles
16 January 2020;Wow! I have had the pleasure of reading a second book written and illustrated by the fantastic Clotilde Perrin. The House of Madam M oozes the same eccentric charm and quirkiness as her previous release 'Inside the Villains'. It's large format, lift the flap pages and intricate attention to detai...
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Beast Feast
Name: Joanna Hewish
24 December 2019;Genre: Adventure
Laugh-out-loud funny, fantastically illustrated and an absolute must in an Early Years classroom. One of my favourite picture books of this year, this book was a delight to share with my young children and also with their class mates in Reception and Year 1. Beast Feast tells the story of a bri...
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The Fate of Fausto
Name: Sue Wilsher
22 December 2019;Genre: Adventure
Bullying and unpleasant, Fausto is a tyrant who demands everything. One by one, a flower, a sheep, a tree, a field, a forest and a lake bow to his demands and agree to his ownership. A mountain offers some resistance, but when Fausto 'put up such a fight you would not believe and showed the mount...
