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Name: Emily Beale
30 April 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Pan the miniature dragon is back and he's up to even more mischief! There's A Dragon in my backpack is the hilarious fast paced sequel to Theres A Dragon in my Dinner, where we were first introduced to the loveable minuscule prawn cracker-guzzling dragon, when he is delivered to Eric's house with...

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Name: Caroline Gosden
27 April 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Violet Remy-Robinson is all set to solve her third mystery, in this action-packed adventure. Violet and her best friends Art and Rose are invited on a summer sailing trip in Europe with Uncle Johnny on board his boat Il Taratuga. The adventure starts in Greece when Violet, always on the lookout f...

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Name: Elizabeth Coombs
26 April 2016;

Genre: Adventure

This is a simple story about a friendly, caring bear, who comes across a grumpy, stingy rabbit when he awakens from hibernation a little early! Rabbit is more worldly than bear, but doesn't like being a rabbit, he's pessimistic and, frankly, quite rude! Luckily, Bear looks for the good in ever...

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Name: Lizi Coombs
25 April 2016;

Genre: Adventure

A genuinely lovely book; this story follows Tiger Days as she goes to stay with her Grandma, who has returned form looking after animals in Africa. At the start of the story, Tiger is timid and reluctant to stay in a tent in the garden of the rambling old house her Grandma has bought but as the...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
11 April 2016;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

A family are forced to leave everything they know as the situation in their homeland becomes more and more dangerous. Told through the eyes of a young child, the book follows the family in their search for safety. The Journey is a powerful story, told simply and without...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
28 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Mouse longs to be a superhero - to have some special super-power that would make him stand out in the crowd. However, with both twins and triplets at home, his parents are fully occupied and don't seem to notice him. Things go from bad to worse as his magician dad disappears and the school bully...

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Name: Emily Beale
28 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

'For thousands and thousands of years, it was just us and nature' but over the last one hundred years, our relationship with the natural world has changed. Outside: a Guide to Discovering Nature was written with this in mind and created to inspire curiosity in the natural world. So let's get outs...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
24 March 2016;

Genre: Books set in the past

Young Toby is down on his luck. His parents have died and he has been trying to survive on the streets of Tudor London. A resourceful youth, he seeks out Moll Cut-Purse in a bid to become a member of her gang of nippers, dippers and cut-purses. It's a dangerous life, but better than being alone!...

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Name: Lizi Coombs
21 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

The 'Little People, Big Dreams' series is a collection of beautifully bound books that tell the stories of many famous faces. The series says that, through them, children will 'Discover the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists. All of them achieved incredible thi...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
19 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

The life of William Shakespeare, from birth to grave, is a brilliantly told in words and pictures. Simon Callow's quote on the cover says it all; this is 'a perfect introduction to the real Shakespeare'. Packed with information about Elizabethan life as well as the man himself, Mick Manning and B...

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