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Ocean Meets Sky
Name: Carmen Smyth
27 June 2018;Genre: Adventure
From the duo who created The Night Gardner comes an equally elegant and poignant picture book that tackles bereavement and memories. Like The Night Gardner, the book has a other-worldly feel to it, this time taking shape through the dream world of a little boy whose grandfather, we learn, has di...
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Dog Diaries
Name: Jayne Gould
04 June 2018;Genre: Adventure
Junior is very excited to be able to tell his story through the pages of his diary. He has been adopted by the Catch-A-Doggy-Bone family [a most appropriate name for new human pet pals] and is the particular friend of the youngest, Ruff. This family might be better known to some readers as the Kh...
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The Rhythm of the Rain
Name: Helen Smythe
23 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is a stunning picture book, and there are so many ways it can be shared with children. The story follows Issac and the jar of water he empties into a pool, from where it takes the reader on a journey following those drops of water through rivers and into seas, across oceans to frozen landsc...
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Square
Name: Ellen Green
23 May 2018;Square is the follow-up book to Triangle by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, in which Triangle plays a trick on his friend Square. This latest picture book takes us into more philosophical territory, exploring the nature of art and what makes an artist, and is again beautifully illustrated by Barnett...
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The Story of Tantrum O'Furrily
Name: Fiona Collins
22 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
Cressida Cowell has written a gentle narrative about a mother cat, Tantrum O'Furrily, telling her three kittens a story about Smallpaw, who is a young cat well looked after and cherished but seeking adventure with the stray cats who live outside her home. Her owner, Mrs Worrykin, does not like th...
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Joan Proctor, Dragon Doctor
Name: Linda Brown
17 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
What a delightful book about a pioneering young woman from the 1920's. This story is about Joan Proctor who, during the First World War, became the first woman reptile curator at the National History Museum in London. Fascinated by reptiles from an early age, Joan wasn't interested in the normal...
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You're Safe With Me
Name: Louise Gahan
15 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
Through the amazing illustration of Poonam Mistry a story of childhood fears unfolds. From lightening to clouds to frogs croaking, the little animals' fear is put to rest as Mama Elephant explains the noises and sights as nothing to be frightened of but that they all have their purpose in nature....
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The Orange House
Name: Louise Gahan
15 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
The orange house is a book about destruction, change and appreciation. It is about a house, the only one left of its kind, standing dejected and alone as all around new buildings take the place of where buildings like him once stood. Slowly through conversation the new buildings begin to understa...
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Cannonball Coralie and the Lion
Name: Kyle Matravers
12 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
Cannonball Coralie is a charming story of friendship. Coralie is alone and longs to join the circus so she can show off her skills. Then one day a whole host of circus performers march past her in the woods - including a lion! Coralie bravely follows the parade of performers until they arrive a...
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The Match
Name: Beth Grant
10 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
When this book landed on my desk, I didn't know what to expect. I saw the title and I was immediately sceptical as I am not footballs greatest fan! How wrong I was. This is a wonderful book about a man and his dog who love football and always watch 'the match' together. It captures everything emo...
