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Tiger Days and the secret cat
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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The Journey
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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Superhero Street
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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Outside: A Guide to Discovering Nature
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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The Boy and the Globe
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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Little People, Big Dreams: Coco Chanel
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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William Shakespeare: Scenes from the life of the world's greatest writer
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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Witch Watch
Name: Kerra Dagley
18 March 2016;Genre: Fantasy
The third book in the series, Witch Watch sees our witchy heroine Tiga Whicabim ready to set off in search for her missing mother in the Silver City. However, just as she's getting ready to leave, colour starts to return into the black and white world of Sinkville. First, in t...
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Superhero Street
Name: Kerra Dagley
14 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
Superhero Street is the second novel from author Phil Earle, his first was Demolition Dad. Illustrations by Sara Ogilvie really bring the action to life with hilarious accuracy. Fans of Roald Dahl, Liz Pichon and David Walliams will love this! In the story, Michael J Mouse is so desperate to be...
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There's a Dragon in My Dinner
Name: Terry Cornelius
02 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
The children in Year 3 with whom I tested this book adored it. We will definitely be buying more copies for our school! They loved Pan, the Mini-Dragon, and are very keen to read more stories about this wonderful creature. The illustrations are lively and the children loved the splodges on the p...
