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Name: Tanjina Age 9
03 July 2017;

Genre: Humour

I liked the bit when Bobby used his hyena hand and feet to jump the highest for the Sport's Day competition and the boy Kyle, who was a show-off, got embarrassed. Well done to Julian Clary for putting a lot of description in to paint a picture in the reader's head. My favourite character is Mrs...

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Name: Janet Fisher
16 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Bullies in stories need to get their just desserts and in this story Monty, Bertie and Gertie are certainly the recipients of theirs. Adam Stower's fast paced story illustrated by the author, is full of innovative ideas and some very clever drawings of King Coo's inventions. Ben Pole, usually k...

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Name: Nikki Stiles
16 May 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Ella is an up and coming jazz singer who is struggling to hit the right notes with everyone in her career. Ella is refused the opportunity to sing at one of the biggest joints in town because she and her band of fellas are black. Hearing of this new and amazing talent a very special lady gets in...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
06 May 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This inspiring book introduces the reader to The British Library and to some of the greatest treasures kept there. It's a fabulous celebration of libraries and their importance. Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom are well known for their skill at presenting information and illustration in a way whi...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
06 May 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This exciting guide to the human body is beautifully presented and fully of fascinating facts! Divided into clear sections, each dealing with a different topic - e.g. Heart and Blood, Waterworks - this is such an easy to navigate, clearly laid out book. Each of the nine key chapters is sub-divide...

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Name: June Hughes
24 April 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Dave is a dragon, albeit not a very good one, and is about to fail his Dragon test, despite the best efforts of his despairing parents. Dave, a keen reader, has read about knights and decided this is the life for him, seemingly unaware that the main point of a knight is to slay dragons and rescue...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
22 April 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Coming home to find your family lying on their backs on the ceiling is a good clue that things are not as they should be - but Hamish is no stranger to weird and wonderful things happening in Starkley. To the PDF (Pause Defense Force), any strange occurance means one thing - adventure! Strange b...

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Name: Caroline Gosden
21 April 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Eleven year old Anzo has a problem; he is short, very short, which makes it difficult to be noticed in an extraordinary, noisy family who are all unusually tall. At school he is teased and even the teacher thinks it is a good idea to cast Anzo as all of the seven dwarves in the school play. If on...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
06 April 2017;

Genre: Adventure

King Edwin is the King of Edwinland and loves his people very much. So much so, that he buys them chocolate and sweets every day! King Edwin has an enemy Emperor Nurbison of Nurbisonia who doesn't particularly like King Edwin or his chocolate-loving kingdom. When Empreror Nurbison takes over it i...

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Name: Jayne Gould
04 April 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Property Jones got her name after being left in a bookshop when she was five years old and being put in the lost property cupboard by Michael Jones, the son of the shop owner. When nobody came to claim her, and being too small and confused to remember her name, Property just stayed. Now aged ele...

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