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Ten Reasons to Love an Elephant
Name: Lynnette Voisey
26 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
These books, which include 10 reasons to love an elephant (or a turtle in the sister title), are the most lovely non-fiction books I have read recently. The pictures are beautifully and carefully drawn. The books give children 10 reasons why each animal is amazing, and five things they can do to...
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Du Iz Tak?
Name: Sue Wilsher
25 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Du Iz Tak? follows a year in the life of a group of insects. Using a made-up bug language, the story is told in the dialogue between the creatures as their world changes. Because the story follows events shown in the pictures and some phrases are repeated, guessing what the bugs are saying is sa...
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Willy and the Cloud
Name: Sue Wilsher
25 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Willy (hero of many stories by Anthony Browne) sets off for a stroll to the park om a warm, sunny day. However, his pleasure is spoilt by a persistent cloud which follows him everywhere, steadily growing. The cloud hangs over him, ruining his time in the park and forcing him back indoors whilst...
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Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
20 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
In this delightful picture book, Oliver Jeffers provides his baby son with a guide to help him to make sense of the world around him. Here We Are takes a wonderful child's-eye look at all we see around us from the stars in the sky to the differences between day and night and the diversity of peo...
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Fish Dream of Trees and other curious verses
Name: Marie Berry
17 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Fish Dream of trees and other curious verses is a beautiful poetry book. It is full of simple, witty rhymes and verses that are all based around animals. This book would make a lovely introduction to Poetry for younger children. The added bonus is that Axel Scheffler's unmistakeable illustrati...
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The Great Paper Caper
Name: Aidan Severs
13 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Crime novels aren't for children, are they? Are they? Well The Great Paper Caper is. As usual Oliver Jeffers matches his quirky imagery with text bursting with wry, dry humour. Someone is chopping down the trees, but who? And why? The inhabitants of the wood set out to discover the answers to the...
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The Great Paper Caper
Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
In the forest everyone is happily going about their normal lives. Everything was perfect until suddenly strange things start to happen that disrupt the lives of everyone who lives there. Everyone agrees something must be done, everyone that is except the mysterious culprit, a bear who wants to wi...
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Evie's Magic Bracelet: The Sprites' Den
Name: Lucy Newton
04 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
This is the third book in the 'Magic Bracelet' series about Evie, who receives magical bracelets from her grandma. In this adventure, she is able to create anything she wants out of thin air and she uses the bracelet to help her to tackle some naughty sprites. Along with her friends, Evie gets up...
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Evie's Magic Bracelet: The Unicorn's Foal
Name: Lucy Newton
04 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Evie loves receiving magical parcels from her grandma; each one has a bracelet in with a riddle about the kind of magic it brings with it. Before long, Evie works out that the bracelet gives her powers to become invisible. The first mission she tries to complete with it is to sneak into her paren...
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Go, Mo, Go! Monster Mountain Chase
Name: Lucy Newton
04 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
This is a good book for KS1 children who are looking for a slightly longer, more challenging read without being too complex. It has relatively simple language with lots of engaging pictures and text in a variety of sizes, too. The story begins when little Mo and his four best friends have just r...
