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Adventures of the Steampunk Pirates: The Leaky Battery sets sail
Name: Hayley Nicholson
27 January 2015;Genre: Adventure
Shiver m' timbers! This was a good book! For those not in the know, Steampunk in a new type of fiction that puts a science fiction twist on Georgian/Victorian history. The twist is that there is crazy technology all powered by steam engines. In the case of this book: steam-powered robots who beco...
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The Promise
Name: Angela Core
25 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
Few picture books are told in the first person so it's good to find The Promise doing this so effectively. The story is narrated by a girl who tells us what happened to her the day she tried to steal an old woman's bag and how that action changed her life. The woman she stole from made her promis...
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Wall
Name: Fiona Collins
25 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
Wall is a most interesting and unique subject matter for a picture book. It is concerns the Berlin Wall, built in 1961 to divide East and West Berlin, and its publication coincides with the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. Although the book has minimal text the subject matter is definite...
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Ogres don't dance
Name: Ashwina Age 8
06 September 2014;Genre: Friends and family
I Liked the part when the ogre went inside a dancing room full of humans dancing away through the sky lit night.
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Secret Agent Mummy
Name: Elizabeth Harris
16 July 2014;Genre: Adventure
This is the first in a new series for Steve Cole. The aptly named Niall Rivers gets more than he bargained for when he accompanies his mum on a house visit to collect items for the school fete. Amongst the peculiar items they collect from the house's strange owner, Niall discovers a shabtis that...
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The Cat Who Came in off the Roof
Name: June Hughes
16 July 2014;Genre: Adventure
This is another of Pushkin Childrens Books beautifully presented works of fiction for children originally written in other languages. The book was first published in Dutch in 1970 . Tibble is a reporter on a local newspaper who, rather than write about all the nasty things that go on, has taken...
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The Worst Witch All At Sea
Name: zahra Age 9
30 April 2014;Genre: Young fiction
I liked the mischef and the amazing witch world and the school, plus the imagination Jill Murphy puts in your mind
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Stars in Jars
Name: Alison Young
28 March 2014;Genre: Adventure
The lovely, rhythmic opening poem ('Sky-High' p. 9) in this collection gives the book its title: William's rocket trip to the moon and beyond sees him returning with a 'trail of stars' that he brings home to keep them 'safe in jars'. It's an appropriate metaphor for the poems in this book as they...
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My Funny Family's Got Talent
Name: Lucy Russell
19 March 2014;Genre: Adventure
Mattie is part of a large and chaotic family, where money is in short supply but love and affection certainly is not. This story continues the ups and downs of daily life with Mattie deciding to organise a 'Royal Variety Performance' for her mum's birthday. As she goes about recruiting acts and t...
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Little Gems
Name: Elizabeth Harris
16 January 2014;Genre: Adventure
Barrington Stoke has released four new titles in the 'Little Gems' series. The already published stories are presented in a mature 'chunky book' format designed to support the transition to independent reading. As a child's first independent read, these books would instantly be loved. Their in...
