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Choose Your Own Evolution: Go Extinct or Survive? You Decide!
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 June 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
Using a 'pick-your-own-path' format, Choose Your Own Evolution offers a really unique and engaging exploration of life on Earth. It is an incredibly engaging and accessible read! 'The Journey Begins' sets the scene, explaining that every animal has a secret history - their evo...
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Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing
Name: Jennifer CADDICK
02 June 2025;Genre: Adventure
Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing is a lively and exhilarating adventure that takes the reader from the rickety, old (but beloved) Museum of Seaside Stories in the seaside town of Portwhistle to below the surrounding ocean's surface and even down to the forbidden depths of t...
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Choose Your Own Evolution: Go Extinct or Survive? You Decide!
Name: Jennifer CADDICK
01 June 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
Ancestors Assemble! is the very clever hook to this brilliantly unique and absorbingly interactive exploration of the history of evolution, which takes us back to the very starting point of life on earth. Fascinating facts across millions of years of evolution are made...
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Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 June 2025;Genre: Adventure
Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing is the amazing first book in the new series by Martin Stewart. This story has all the ingredients of an award-winning story which is well thought through and put together in a way which will engage the reader from beginning...
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Valley of the Vikings
Name: Sue Wilsher
22 May 2025;Genre: Magical Realism
When Thor and Neptune are fighting a mighty battle, a chasm opens which swallows a Viking ship and its crew, taking them to the depths of the sea. Year later, semi-mer Emily Windsnap is swimming with her friend Shona when she finds a bangle set with a glowing blue crystal. They learn that the...
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Ajay and the Red-winged Prince (Woodland Explorers Club)
Name: Jane Rew
20 May 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
Children who have enjoyed the previous two titles in this series will already know Ajay as Shyla's cousin, the small, fast, funny one who wants to be an archaeologist. We also meet Leon again (he's usually up to no good) and Fujiko (who is good at tree-climbing) for the first time. Thes...
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Finders of Silverthorn Forest: The Lost Treasures
Name: Sue Wilsher
15 May 2025;Genre: Magical Realism
Max is determined to find the old time capsule, buried years ago by his grandmother, before she moves out of Pickwick Cottage and goes to live with Max and his mother. However, he never expected his search would lead him to meet Tuftorious Snook, collector of lost objects, and one of the Finde...
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It's OK to Say No
Name: Wendy Kelly
07 May 2025;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
It's OK to Say No is the sort of book that works best on a one to one basis, shared between a child/young person and a trusted adult, rather than as a group read, to start a conversation about consent and what it means. The concept it presents is seemly quite...
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SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue
Name: Wendy Kelly
05 May 2025;Genre: STEM
The Super Questers are back! I absolutely love these books and the children in my infants school firmly agree. In true scientific fashion, though, this is the Super Questers evolution! Whereas the previous series were large format, brightly coloured picture books with masses o...
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University of Cambridge: Secrets of Bees: A Kid's Guide to Hives, Pollination and Electro-Sense (Think Big)
Name: Sue Wilsher
01 May 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
Beautifully presented, Secrets of Bees is both informative and engaging. The role of bees and their importance is celebrated throughout the book, leaving readers with a deeper understanding of, and respect for, the brilliant creatures. Fabulous illustrations</st...
