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The Big Beyond
Name: Leia Sands
25 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
The Big Beyond is an enjoyable picture book which provides a great introduction into the history of space exploration for young children. It is a beautiful book, full of informative and interesting facts about space missions, the moon landing and rocket travel. What makes this book special is...
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Cinnamon
Name: June Hughes
24 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
Cinnamon is a princess in a faraway country in a faraway time. She is blessed with great beauty but she is blind and does not speak. Her parents, desperate to hear her voice, offer great riches (a field of mango trees, a parrot and a portrait of the princess's aunt) to anyone who can get her to t...
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The Phoenix of Persia
Name: Louise Gahan
22 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
The Phoenix of Persia is based on a story from the Shahnameh, an Iranian poem and one of the great epics of world literature. It is a story reminiscent of Snow White where a King awaits the birth of his son, only to banish him to the forest when the child is born with white hair. We are then take...
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Fabio the World's Greatest Flamingo Detective: Mystery on the Ostrich Express
Name: Rhiannon Cook
17 April 2019;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Fabio is the world's greatest detective! He also happens to be a flamingo. Perhaps the cleverest flamingo there ever was. So when the famous and valuable Laloozee ruby is stolen aboard The Ostrich Express, Fabio quickly brings the thieves to justice but all is not quite as it seems... An excelle...
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Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Aliens Are Coming
Name: Lauren Maidman
11 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are back in The Aliens are Coming. Another three story series from Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton about two baker dogs who like to solve mysteries and bake cakes! The three stories encompass friendship, fun and a little mystery and are what makes reading for c...
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The Big Beyond
Name: Lauren Maidman
10 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
The Big Beyond is a beautiful piece of poetry, telling the story of space travel and helping young children learn about the unknown. Starting with the questions we asked for years, through the Galileo, the first moon landing and now everything we send to space to find out more! The way in which...
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Jasper and Scruff
Name: Emily Beale
07 April 2019;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
We've probably all experienced those times in life when what we have just doesn't seem enough. We seek to elevate ourselves higher and join the ranks of the social elite. No? Well, Jasper the cat has. He may look like he has it all: a fancy apartment, a bookcase full of books arranged by colour a...
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When Sadness Comes to Call
Name: Kyle Matravers
02 April 2019;What do you do when sadness calls? Do you try and hide it away? Ignore it? Hope that it will disappear without you? Well, have you ever tried welcoming it? Eva Eland has created a short, simple but poignant text about how sadness doesn't have to be something to be worried about. Many children...
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The Lost Book
Name: Kyle Matravers
01 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
What happens if you discover a lost book? Henry is a resident of Rabbit Town. A town where books are everywhere and where everyone loves books....that is, everyone except for Henry. Henry spends time wondering what all the fuss is about, especially when it is far more fun to go on real adventu...
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The Astro Naughty Naughty Baddies
Name: Ellen Green
25 March 2019;Genre: Adventure
This is a fun, energetic picture book - but be warned, its main characters are very bad indeed as you've probably already guessed from its title, The Astro Naughty Naughty Baddies. Children will love being introduced to this foursome, as they plot to disguise themselves as aliens in order to win...
