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Mermaid Academy: Amber and Flash
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 January 2024;Genre: Fantasy
The successful team behind the Unicorn Academy series have done it again! Amber and Flash is the newest, exciting, addition to the Mermaid Academy series. In this story set in Mermaid Academy, a magical school where mermaids are paired with their very o...
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Super Quester: The Case of the Great Energy Robbery
Name: Wendy Kelly
15 December 2023;Genre: Early Skills
I love the Super Questers books! The Case of the Great Energy Robbery is the third one in the series which focuses on the kids quest to power a model plane. An engineer has told them a bit about biofuels so they search their garden for sources of renewable energy. The reader i...
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Enchanted Tales: A spell-binding collection of magical stories
Name: Lauren Maidman
08 December 2023;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Enchanted Tales is a stunning collection of tales from around the world. The book is full of magic, spells, enchantment and some very interesting characters. The book takes us on a tour around the world. Before each story begins, the reader is offered a brief description of th...
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Beano Minnie's Mission of Maximum Mischief
Name: Jennifer Caddick
04 December 2023;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Boomic Beano books are fast-paced, loud and energetic madcap adventures, featuring many of the old classic Beano comic characters. These are great chapter books but with plenty of black and white comic strip style illustrations, by Laura Howell, to keep younger readers engaged and laughing at...
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Casander Darkbloom and the Threads of Power
Name: Donna Ritchie
01 December 2023;Genre: Fantasy
The opening chapter of Casander Darkbloom and the Threads of Power grabbed me in such a way that I read the first half of the book in one sitting! I couldn't wait to get wrapped up in Casander's journey. This first chapter sets the scene for the whole book and makes the latte...
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The Firefly's Light: The Secret Inventors of the Natural World
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 December 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
The Firefly's Light is an absolutely beautiful book - from its vibrant, glittering cover to the wealth of fascinating and stunningly illustrated facts within it. The Firefly's Light is a non-fiction delight - explaining and celebrating 'biomimicry' in such an engaging way. Bio...
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On the Tip of a Wave
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 December 2023;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
The subject of this beautifully crafted book is artist Ai Weiwei and his powerful, thought-provoking and moving art pieces and art installations, and their meaning and impact on those who view them. The book focuses on one of Ai WeiWie's largest and most iconic pieces, entitled Safe Passage, w...
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Lenny Lemmon and the Trail of Crumbs
Name: Amanda Shipton
25 November 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
Lenny Lemmon and the Trail of Crumbs is a wonderful laugh-out-loud story of doggy destruction which will have any young reader hooked. Set in the familiar environment of a school with a variety of characters, you are certain to be able to relate to some of the characters. You...
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Monster Support Group: The Mummy's Curse
Name: Celia Matthews
24 November 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
Monster Support Group: The Mummy's Curse is the second book in this really super series, Monster Support Group. It would make a great addition to any class/school/home library and perfect to accompany Egyptian topic work. The illustrations are the star here, s...
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The Wild Robot Protects
Name: Amanda Shipton
17 November 2023;Genre: Environment & Nature
For those of you, like me, who have been waiting with anticipation for the next adventure of Roz, Brightbill, ChitChat and the other animals of the island, the wait is over and it is worth it. In The Wild Robot Protects, the third The Wild Robot book, Roz the robot has...
