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Mighty Max
Name: Monika Davis
31 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
Max is a big-eyed, sharp-toothed and spiky-tailed young monster who secretly lives with his family under the water of Blue Lake. He likes playing tricks and having fun, but his family gets annoyed with him for showing off. The trouble is, he has no-one to play with, so when he sees people on the...
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Elvis the Squirrel
Name: Monika Davis
31 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
Elvis the squirrel has spotted some food on a bird table that would be perfect for breakfast and takes no notice of his more careful friend Chuck's misgivings. When Chuck is snatched by a raven (the biggest and meanest bird around), Elvis needs the help of a gang of other birds to help him save h...
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Inside the Villains
Name: Nikki Stiles
31 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
This book is stunning! It is full of delightful surprises and even at first sight not at all what I had expected to receive. This hardback is superbly oversized, stands out from the rest and immediately draws your eye. Inside the villains looks in depth at three of our favourite fairy-tale vill...
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The Sea Saw
Name: June Hughes
29 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
Sofia has a favourite teddy bear that once belonged to her mother and her grandfather before that. The bear goes everywhere with Sofia and her father and seems to be the one thing that ties Sofia to the memory of her absent mother. On a trip to the seaside, calamity strikes and Sofia and her fath...
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Elvis the Squirrel
Name: Lucy Newton
21 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
One of a selection of stories from Bloomsbury Education for young readers. This story shows the importance of working together and thinking carefully before rushing into decisions! Elvis and Chuck are two squirrels who enjoy scampering around together. Elvis is a little more careless than Chuck,...
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Sports Day
Name: Lucy Newton
21 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
Sports Day is one of a selection of titles from Bloomsbury Education's Young Reader programme. This story is all about the importance of having fun with your friends - a great moral for all children to read about. Emmie is preparing for sports day, however, she is worried that is going to be no...
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It Wasn't Me
Name: Lucy Newton
21 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
It Wasn't Me is one of a new series of Early Readers from Bloomsbury Education. Alfie is the main character in this story where he has many adventures! He is a troublesome character who seems to get himself into lots of bother, despite usually blaming Dave, the gremlin that lives in his sock draw...
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The Great Race
Name: Lucy Newton
21 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
This book retells the traditional tale of how each year gained its animal name. It explains how the Jade Emperor wanted to know how old he was but with no way of telling how much time had passed, it was impossible! He decided to gather all of the animals together to hold 'The Great Race' and deci...
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Ninja Nan
Name: jenny caddick
20 January 2019;Ninja Nan was reviewed with my school's Year 3 lunchtime reading club. We loved the idea of the Nan having some kind of secret life and running off to join the circus! The bright, bold illustrations were "exquisite", "amazing", and we especially loved the flying pigs! We loved the descriptions of...
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The Pirates of Scurvy Sands
Name: Gail Lenton
18 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
It's good to see the characters from The Pirates Next Door make another appearance and this time, Matilda gets to experience some pirate life - and we discover that pirates have just as many reservations about 'lubbers' as land lubbers have about pirates! So the story is a perfect companion to Th...
