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Snow
Name: Nikki Stiles
10 July 2017;Genre: Adventure
The first in a series of books written and illustrated by Sam Usher based on the weather. A little boy wakes one morning to a blanket of snow. He can't believe his eyes and can't wait to get outside to play. The little boy rushes to his grandad ready and eager to go and hoping to be the first to...
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Rain
Name: Nikki Stiles
10 July 2017;Genre: Adventure
Who wouldn't want to be out playing in the pouring rain? Rain written and beautifully illustrated by Sam Usher, is a book about a little boy who wakes one morning to find the rain tapping at his window. He can't wait to get outside and his imagination is running wild with all the things he could...
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The Three Little Pugs and the Big Bad Cat
Name: Alice Short
10 July 2017;Genre: Adventure
I loved this take on the story of the Three Little Pigs, in which we follow three little pugs and a very bad cat. There is so much detail and humour in the illustrations, and we really get a sense of each of the characters. When the three pugs are told to go and build their own homes, they set o...
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Fairy Tale Pets
Name: Alex Young
10 July 2017;Genre: Adventure
Imagine if the fairy tale characters - Goldilocks, the three little pigs, Jack from the beanstalk and the troll in the Three Billy Goats Gruff - needed to tend to the animals that have a role in each of their stories? How tricky might they be to look after? When Bob, who is broke, decides to set...
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There is No Dragon in This Story
Name: Jayne Gould
07 July 2017;Genre: Adventure
There is definitely no dragon in this story! He has gone off in a huff because he doesn't want to capture icky, frilly princesses today or fight brave, shiny knights. This dragon wants to find a story where he can be the hero for a change! But it proves a little difficult when everybody he app...
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Big Brown Bear's Cave
Name: Marie Berry
03 July 2017;Genre: Adventure
Big Brown Bear's Cave is a lovely picture book. It tells the story of Brown bear who finds a new cave and can't make it feel like home. So he goes out to find 'stuff' to put in his cave. He stumbles across a human street and notices their caves (also known as sheds) are full of stuff so he dec...
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The Thing
Name: Kyle Matravers
29 June 2017;Genre: Adventure
The Thing is a book that constantly leaves you asking questions. Throughout the book, we never find out just what is The Thing that just suddenly appears one day. We are left to use our imaginations. My Y1 children decided that it was an alien spaceship, an egg, a cocoon, a butterfly and most i...
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The Night Box
Name: Kyle Matravers
29 June 2017;Genre: Adventure
The Night Box is a truly wonderful tale of how day becomes night and night becomes day. Centred around the main character of Max, we see how day slowly begins to get ready to 'sleep' and how the environment around him begins to show these signs, too. What I really enjoyed was how the author mad...
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There is a Tribe of Kids
Name: Marie Berry
26 June 2017;Genre: Adventure
There is a tribe of kids is one of the most beautiful books I've seen in a long time! No doubt why this is a Kate Greenaway winner! Lane Smith has produced a stunning book that has endless possibilities for use with children. Firstly as a read aloud story - the gorgeous illustrations will create...
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King of the Sky
Name: Sue Wilsher
24 June 2017;Genre: Adventure
Starting a new life in a new country is never easy. Living under grey skies where he feels like an outsider, a boy misses everything about his homeland until he finds comfort in the company of an old man, Mr Evans, and his racing pigeons. Given a bird to train as his own, the boy names it 'Re de...
