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Name: Amanda Shipton
10 October 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Press Start! Robo-Rabbit Boy Go! is the seventh in the wonderful Press Start! series. Aimed at children who love gaming, this graphic novel brilliantly introduces adventure in a gaming style. This book is a perfect read for all of those childre...

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Name: Anastasia Age 10
09 October 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Marnie Midnight and the Great Critter Contest has a lovely story line - it is easy to understand. Floyd is a very funny character and I like how Veronica changes from mean to nice throughout the story. The ending has a surprising twist that you would not expect. I also like th...

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Name: Jemma Jeffrey
08 October 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

National Trust: A Story of the Seasons is a timeless treasure.  At first sight it is beautiful, with its matt, embossed hardback cover detailed with colourful, delicate illustrations.  Upon opening this book, the reader learns that we follow different habitats across t...

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Name: Margaret Pemberton
01 October 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Magical Mountain Rescue is the fourth book in the Wildsmith series for younger readers, in which the young Wildsmith, Rowan, is coming to terms with her gifts (speaking to animals). After her adventures in the previous books, Rowan has been looking forward to...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
01 October 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Joseph Coelho has a mighty talent for reworking traditional tales into something creepily original with a hint of humour that makes them irresistible to children (remember the wonderful 'Fairy Tales Gone Bad' series?). In Relic Hamilton, Genie Hunter, Aladdin's world of genies, lamps a...

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Name: Jen Bevan
25 September 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Reggie Rabbit: The Ghost of Seagull Rock is the second book about Reggie Rabbit and his best friend Pipsquart.  They have a new mystery to solve and another member of their group, Pipsquart's old friend Kai. Together the three friends do all they can to find out if The Ghost O...

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Name: Lauren Beach
25 September 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Look What I Found By The River is a beautifully curated mix of fiction and non-fiction and part of the 'Look What I Found' series by Moira Butterfield and Jesus Verona for the National Trust. The book starts with three friends going for a walk on the ri...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
18 September 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Reggie Rabbit series is the perfect combination of narrative and graphic novel which will keep the young chapter book reader from beginning to end. The Great Carrot Heist has wonderful characters who you will fall in love with; be careful...

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Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
17 September 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Based on Julie Sykes and Linda Chapman's Unicorn Academy chapter books, Under the Fairy Moon is a companion book to the Netflix programmes of the same name, retelling the first episode of the second series. Sapphire Dorm remain central to the adventures however there appears t...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
16 September 2024;

Genre: Poetry

'The river's a singer, As he dances along, The countryside echoes The notes of his song.'  A lively, joyous collection of poems, The River's a Singer offers a wonderful range of works, celebrating nature, family, cultural heritage and identity. Many of...

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