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Crookhaven: The Forgotten Maze (Book 2)
Name: Jennifer Caddick
30 August 2023;Genre: Adventure
A second visit to Crookhaven – the school where being criminally bad is completely the right and most positive thing students can aspire to - is just as enthralling, dramatic and entertaining as book 1. This school for thieves teaches forgery, trickery, theft, hacking and all...
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The Tyrannosaur’s feathers
Name: Maria faithorn
25 August 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
The Tyrannosaur's Feathers is a fantastic, current book based around how new findings and research have changed what we already know (or think we know!) about the past. For any dinosaur-mad child, or as part of a dinosaur topic of work, this is an ideal book to challenge previ...
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The Magic of Forests: A Fascinating Guide to Forests Around the World
Name: Sue Wilsher
23 August 2023;Genre: Environment & Nature
Join Mimi cat as she leads the reader into the fascinating world of forests, learning about their secrets and their treasure. Starting by defining what a forest is and looking at the differences between woodlands, forests and jungles, the author then introduces the reader to the different type...
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Once Upon a Hillside
Name: Sue Wilsher
21 August 2023;Genre: Environment & Nature
In Once Upon a Hillside, Angela McAllister skilfully combines seven different, yet linked, stories following the changing landscape of a hillside over the course of six thousand years. It celebrates the healing power of nature, the beauty and joy to be found in the outdoors an...
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We are All Astronauts
Name: Jane Rew
21 August 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
I liked the idea of collecting all 13 astronaut badges in We are All Astronauts as the reader progresses through the book (a unique badge is assigned to each space mission); the message that space exploration, whether IN space or from Earth, is barred to no-one, least of all t...
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What Are You Feeling?
Name: Lauren Maidman
18 August 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
The School of Life have published a beautiful illustrated book of emotions with What are You Feeling? This book is stunning from cover to cover and has been very thoughtfully put together for both adults and children to use and discuss. I can see myself using this in th...
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Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster!
Name: Amanda Shipton
04 August 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
A Bigfoot is on the loose! A squirrel wedding! Silent disco party time! Just another day in Grimwood really! Ted, Nancy, Willow and the rest of the Grimwood gang must embark on their greatest adventure yet to save their home from a nasty, thieving stink monster. Grimwood: Attack...
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How To Spaghettify Your Dog: and other science secrets of the universe
Name: Jane Rew
04 August 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
It’s not only geeks and science teachers who will enjoy How To Spaghettify Your Dog, although they surely will. Any child (or adult) who has wondered at the weirdness of the world and puzzled over why things do what they do, or look the way they look, will get sucked in. <...
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My Name is Sunshine Simpson
Name: Donna Burkert
04 August 2023;Genre: Family & Home
Sunshine Simpson was born in a taxi; she knew this because there was a photo of her with the taxi driver and mum. Important things in her life are, The Twinzies, mum and dad, but especially her Grandad Bobby. He is 'as strong as an ox', that's what everybody says. He is always telling stories...
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How To Spaghettify Your Dog: and other science secrets of the universe
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 August 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Written by a former physics teacher, How To Spaghettify Your Dog is an engrossing read, full of fascinating facts about the universe. The Contents page directs the reader to pages dedicated to all areas of physics, some with clear titles like States of Matter, some with more i...
