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Build It!
Name: Marie Aldridge
23 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
We are a home educating family and we have being using Caroline's books for the last three years at STEM home-ed groups. This book is clear and colourful and has some updated projects from the previous books and also some new ideas such as making and programming a set of traffic lights. For chi...
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Vlad The World's Worst Vampire
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
20 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
This book looks set to be a popular read among our Year 3 and 4 pupils who I am sure will be drawn in by the delightful, humorous and gently spooky illustrations by Kathryn Durst. In this story, young Vlad Impaler finds himself failing his vampire education (he scores an E minus for both bat-mor...
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The Poet's Dog
Name: Jane Welby
20 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
This is a delightful book. I have just read it in a sitting and been moved to tears! Two children stranded in a snow storm are rescued by the dog. It is a poignant tale of survivals and rescues - and the power of loving relationships. 96 pages / Ages 7+ / Reviewed by Jane Welby, school librarian.
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Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
20 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
I have a very enthusiastic army of Claude fans at my school so I anticipate great excitement about the arrival in the library of Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure. They are sure to be drawn in by the highly appealing look of this book with its orange, black and white colour palette and the deligh...
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Build It (25 creative stem projects for budding engineers)
Name: Wendy Lomas
20 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
This 120 page book has 25 ingenious projects and challenges to test and develop design, creativity and engineering skills. The projects are clearly laid out in colour with a nice mix of illustrations and photographs alongside the step-by-step instructions, and use cheap, everyday and recycled hou...
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I Killed Father Christmas
Name: Clare Wilkins
17 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
It's Christmas Eve and, convinced that he is responsible for killing Father Christmas (and causing his parents to argue), Jo-Jo embarks on a daring plan to make amends. With the aid his pillowcases, long-forgotten toys and his mother's red coat, he plans to save Christmas - for his street, at lea...
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DK Childrens's Encyclopedia
Name: Laura Anscombe
11 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Fantastic photographs, clear diagrams and illustrations, concise facts and age appropriate accessible text all come togeather in this great Children's Encyclopedia. It covers a range of subjects including geography, nature, history, science, art to name a few and handily colour codes the pages...
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Facts! One for every day of the year
Name: Laura Anscombe
11 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
Did you know that an octopus has three hearts, nine brains, and blue blood? Or that the ancient Romans used to leave out large containers in the street to collect the pee of passers-by, which they used to clean laundry and even as a mouth wash to whiten their teeth?! These are just two of the i...
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Coder Academy
Name: Paul Gormley
07 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
This is a step-by-step guide to simple coding, starting from the very basics of how coding works to increasingly complex tasks and challenges. The basics of binary and coding languages are briefly and clearly explained at the start of the book. Tasks and challenges are interesting and build skill...
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The Hounds of Penhallow Hall: The Lost Treasure
Name: Lucy Newton
04 November 2017;Genre: Adventure
The Lost Treasure is a story about a little girl called Polly who lives at Penhallow Hall. Polly doesn't have very long left of her summer and she is keen to enjoy it with her dog, Rex, however, things with Rex aren't as clear as they seem! Polly finds more friends, like Rex, in Penhallow Hall a...
