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Name: Donna Burkert
20 October 2023;

Genre: Science Fiction

Scrap is a misfit and a loner, just how he likes it. A robot living out his existence on The Pile in Somewhere 513. He wasn't always this way; robots weren't always this way. In fact, Somewhere 513 was supposed to be the new place for humans to live. The robots had been sent in to get everythi...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
13 October 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

Girls Rule is a fantastic non-fiction book that celebrates female achievements throughout hundreds of years of history and is written by an inspirational role model herself, double Paralympic gold medalist and five times World Champion Archery sports star, Danielle Brown. This...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
13 October 2023;

Genre: Adventure

The Taming of the Cat is a charming (and cheese-filled) classic tale-within-a-tale story that enchants the reader completely. A nightly story is told by little mouse Brie, inside the cheese shop in which he lives, to fierce feline and enemy, Gorgonzola the cat. The minute mous...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
13 October 2023;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Solve Your Own Mystery series is such a great, fun, interactive detective genre set of books for younger, independent readers. The latest in the series, The Transylvanian Express, is a lively, quick-moving and extremely fun adventure. You, the reader, alon...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
12 October 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Mermaid Academy: Maya and Rainbow is an action-packed underwater adventure for young readers. Beautifully illustrated throughout and with a glittery cover! From the authors and illustrator of the bestselling Unicorn Academy series. Hidden deep beneath t...

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
10 October 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

British Museum: Celebrate! is a beautifully written book by Laura Mucha, published in collaboration with The British Museum. It is a collective feast of 50 festivals celebrated around the world. The world's most exciting festivals are celebrated in this book from different cou...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
04 October 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

In her follow up to Run Like a Girl, Dannielle Brown introduces fifty incredible 'women who changed the world'. The selection of women is diverse in every sense but all the women have one thing in common: they had...

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Name: Julie Broadbent
01 October 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

A Whole World of Art is a time-travelling trip through the world of art, taking in 27 scenes from art history and going right around the world. This book is a fascinating and a very different take on introducing children to the world of art. As we follow our two guides, Alzena...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
28 September 2023;

Genre: Poetry

If you are looking for a current, up-to-date book of poems to share with Primary pupils, look no further. The Star Whale is one of the best collections of poems that I have read in a long time that focuses on the issues that are important to our pupils. Nicola Davies ha...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
22 September 2023;

Genre: Personal Growth

This new anthology, Our Rights, explores the principles enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child through poems and short stories by a diverse and impressive array of contemporary children's authors, thoughtfully illustrated in black and white by Ru...

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