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Song of the River
Name: Donna Burkert
30 June 2022;Genre: Environment & Nature
In Song of the River, we learn that Cari's father is dead. Her mum has moved them to another place, a place that Cari never wanted to go, and all she has left to remind her of him is his warm red jumper and his camera. And now her mum's dreams of starting afresh have been ruin...
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The Monster Who Was Scared of Soap
Name: Lizi Backhouse
30 June 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
As young readers books go, this is a great one! Part of the 'Bloomsbury Young Readers' series, The Monster Who Was Scared of Soap is split into chapters, has fab pictures on every page and is written in a good sized font for readers who are gaining skills and confidence. <...
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Hurly Burly: Macbeth Mayhem!
Name: Donna Burkert
30 June 2022;Genre: School Stories
Beth is the best-behaved pupil at her school. She knows this as she has won the coveted prize for the last two years running. She works hard to tidy up and do exactly as she is asked, always offering to help and complete tasks for her busy teachers. So, this year, she is looking forward to set...
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Small!
Name: Louisa Farrow
16 June 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
Small! has been hoping for a new pair of football boots on his tenth birthday. Instead his mum gives him a pair of stilts, sludge brown dungarees and a green velvet top hat. There's barely time for poor bemused Harvey to ask questions (or learn to walk on stilts) before he's p...
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How to Survive Time Travel
Name: Jenny Caddick
14 June 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
How to Survive Time Travel is another thrilling and fun time travelling sci-fi adventure with Eliza and little brother Johnnie. In this second daring mission we join the siblings trying to solve The Riddle of the Sphinx's Bum as they travel back to around 5000BC to find and re...
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Keep Dancing, Lizzie Chu
Name: Lisa Watkins
07 June 2022;Genre: Friends and family
This is the second book I have read by Maisie Chan and it is just as brilliant as the first, Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths! Keep Dancing, Lizzie Chu is a heart-warming story of 12-year-old Lizzie-Chu who lives with he...
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How to be True
Name: Jo Clarke
06 June 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
How To Be True is the second adventure set amongst the School of the Good Sisters and it reunites the reader with familiar characters, Edie, Hanna and Calla. Just like its predecessor, How to Be Brave, it is narrated by Good Sister June, a...
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The Bear Stylist
Name: Maria Faithorn
01 June 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
The Bear Stylist is another fantastic text in the brilliant Colour Illustration series of stories. These books are ideal for all children who are emerging readers and are confident with their phonics, sight reading and who are building up their speed and stamina whilst reading...
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Everything You Know About Minibeasts is Wrong!
Name: Lucy Newton
01 June 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
What a gorgeous book! Each page is beautifully illustrated with detailed diagrams and pictures, all presented differently to keep the reader interested. For any child who has an interest in animals or more specifically minibeasts, this book is heavenly. It's incredibly informative yet written...
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Rex: Dinosaur in Disguise
Name: Maria Faithorn
01 June 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
Well! Children definitely won't want to be putting this book down until it's finished! Rex, king of the dinosaurs, was loving life until one day it got a bit cold, Ice Age cold, and he froze solid. Millions of years later, as it started to warm up, his giant ice lump cracked open and he floate...
