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How to Say No to Your Phone
Name: Chloe Age 10
28 March 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
How to Say No to Your Phone is very interesting and helped me gain information about how I use my phone. The vibrant colours and pictures really helped me understand the book and keep going. There are quite a few tricky words but luckily there is a glossary at the back. It gav...
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Marnie Midnight and the Moon Mystery (Marnie Midnight, Book 1)
Name: Jessica Age 10
28 March 2024;Genre: Adventure
I loved this book! I love these types of books and this is a very good book. I won't spoil the ending but the ending is so good! I would recommend this book; if I could I would read this a lot! I like the characters especially Marnie and Milo, he's adorable! In my opinion there is nothing I ha...
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My Baba's Garden
Name: Wendy Kelly
25 March 2024;Genre: Family & Home
This book has more layers than an onion. On the face of it, My Baba's Garden is a simple story about a little boy spending the early mornings with his Grandma at her house, having breakfast and then going to school. They collect stranded worms on the way for her to relocate in...
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What Rosa Brought
Name: Tracy Parvin
21 March 2024;Genre: True Stories
A favourite 'getting to know you' lesson I used toteach when I worked in schools was to ask the children to draw, or list, what favoured or useful items they would take with them if going on a long, adventurous journey. Usually, these lessons were linked to a story that had been read to the cl...
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Lenny Lemmon and the Trail of Crumbs
Name: Maria Faithorn
18 March 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
Lenny Lemmon and the Trail of Crumbs is a fun, action-packed novel that will have young readers gripped to the very end. When a very important visitor arrives at school and doggy disaster strikes, it's up to Lenny and his friends to prove Leurwood School is th...
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Lola and Larch Fix a Fairy Forest
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
15 March 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
Lola and Larch Fix a Fairy Forest is the first book in a new series with further titles announced for publication later this year. This engaging, humorous chapter book is a lovely read and I look forward to these new installments. Lola's mum runs an animal sanctuary so...
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Kevin the Vampire: A Wild and Wicked Witch
Name: Amanda Shipton
14 March 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Having read Kevin the Vampire, I was keen to see where Matt Brown took his lead characters and Kevin the Vampire: A Wild and Wicked Witch didn't disappoint. Filled with wonderful descriptive language and crazy c...
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New Kid On Deck: Pirate Academy #1
Name: Elen Green
12 March 2024;Genre: Adventure
What a great start to what promises to be a fun, adventure-filled series, Pirate Academy. In New Kid on Deck we're introduced to a strongly bonded group of children who are training to be - pirates! I love the concept and know many young readers will be hooke...
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The Magician Next Door
Name: Sue Wilsher
09 March 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
Callie and her father have moved away from London, away from her friends, away from her memories. Struggling to settle into her new life in Northern Ireland, she is staring out of her window one night, unable to sleep, when a loud BOOM announces the arrival of an upside-down house in her back...
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Rex Dinosaur in Disguise: Undercover Alien
Name: Maria Faithorn
08 March 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
YES! Rex, the dinosaur in disguise, is back! Rex has made it in the human world, and is now a PE teacher! However, not everyone is happy about monsters being involved in society and when all the grumpy pigs... gwinty squids... guinea pigs! go missing at the fair, Rex is the obvious culprit. Bu...
