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Name: Amanda Shipton
01 February 2022;

Genre: Funny Stories

In an effort to ensure that their children did not get bored, on a bitterly chilly Saturday in December, Mrs Stewart decided to take the family to the zoo. This is where the adventure begins. Young Arthur is desperate to see the penguins and, even though the zoo is about to close for the day,...

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Name: Maria Aldred
31 January 2022;

Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction

Mike falls Up is a short chapter book about friendships and adventure from Little Tiger books. Mike and his dog Bowow are relaxing in the Chocolate Hills when after an earthquake a huge hole appears in the ground and Bowow disappears. Then a note floats up ...Birthday. Come no...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
28 January 2022;

Genre: Environment & Nature

How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear a lovely, bright and appealing non-fiction book which has been written in conjunction with the National Trust. It gives lots of simple and practical ways children can help protect wildlife and the environment. It ranges from comm...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
27 January 2022;

Genre: Bereavement

Jasper is feeling lost and anxious. His parents have been preoccupied with work since starting their own business and now they seem tired and upset too. His big sister Rosie hasn't come back from university to see him, even though she promised she would; apparently she has gone to a 'better pl...

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Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
25 January 2022;

Genre: Magical Realism

Bea Black is back! (see book 1, Diary of an Accidental Witch). Bea Black is settling into life as a witch, she is finally mastering some spells and shows real skill at looking after animals, especially frogs, but life isn't all rosy. Unable to tell her best (non-magical) friend Ash about her n...

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Name: Elen Green
25 January 2022;

Genre: Funny Stories

It was so much fun to return to the island of Brutalia and to get another glimpse into the (brutal!) lives of its inhabitants. Mort the Meek and the Monstrous Quest is, if anything, even more anarchic than book 1 (Mort the Meek and the Raven's Revenge), with the citizens of Br...

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Name: Elen Green
25 January 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Can you imagine being able to summon a dragon from the ether into the real world? A small number of children in this medieval world are able to do just that and, once they have summoned their dragon, they form a unbreakable bond with it. So begins a regime of training and bonding at the specia...

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Name: Sharon Porter
22 January 2022;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

'Barb in Barb the Brave is amazing, she can do anything and isn't afraid to try. I think I'd quite like to be a bit braver, like her, and try things I haven't done before. Barb shows us that people who we don't expect to, can turn out to be really good friends. She is so cool....

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Name: Wendy Kelly
21 January 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Part of the incredibly popular Little People, Big Dreams series, this beautiful book tells the story of Pablo Picasso who spent his life trying to master the art of painting like a child. His path to becoming the visionary artist he is now regarded as is told from his early da...

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Name: Rhiannon Cook
14 January 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

A humorous and reassuring look at all things news, Nick Sheridan explains in a gentle and informative way how to read, write and question information like a real journalist. Beginning with the basics of what news is, Breaking News: how to tell what's real from what's rubbish,...

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