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The History of the World in 100 Animals
Name: Sharon Porter
10 January 2022;Genre: Animals
Animals and humans have co-existed since time immemorial and The History of the World in 100 Animals, a beautifully illustrated non-fiction book, pulls together the animals which have had the strongest connections or impact on us humans throughout history. From the lowly cockr...
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Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good
Name: Linda Canning
09 January 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good is the genius first book in a new series by Louie Stowell. Written in the style of a diary and filled with doodles and random asides, this book is sure to be a massive hit with fans of the Wimpy Kid or Tom Gates series. I absolutely...
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Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good
Name: Donna Burkert
08 January 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
In Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good, Loki has been given an ultimatum by Odin: you have one month to show that you can be good or face a lifetime of torture. Unfortunately for Loki, his test will take place on Earth. Changed into the body of an 11-year-old boy, Loki must...
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Loki: A Bad God's Guide To Being Good
Name: Hayley Summerfield
07 January 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
Loki: A Bad God’s Guide To Being Good is the amazing new book by Louie Stowell. This hilariously funny diary-style story allows us to learn about Norse mythology and the trickster god Loki, after he is banished to Earth. The book is written from the perspective of Loki, who ha...
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The Homesick Kitten
Name: Maria Faithorn
06 January 2022;Genre: Animals
In The Homesick Kitten, Sisters Harper and Ava adore their new kitten, Sammy. They happily play, cuddle and care for it in their family flat where they live with their Mum. Everything and everyone is perfect. Until Gran, getting wobbly on her feet with old age, has a fall and...
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The Primrose Railway Children
Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
02 January 2022;Genre: Family & Home
Have you ever read a book where the characters feel so real you think you know them? That they are friends and you are simply revisiting them when you pick the book up to read? This is exactly what Jacqueline Wilson has done with The Primrose Railway Children; she has masterfu...
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Roar Like a Lion
Name: Jo Clarke
15 December 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
Carlie Sorosiak has written a fun and quirky guide to well being and life in general. Uniquely, Roar Like a Lion uses the animal kingdom to draw parallels between the difficulties that we face as humans and those presented to our close relatives in the animal world. Using char...
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Diary of a Christmas Elf
Name: Lisa Watkins
01 December 2021;Genre: Humour
Diary of a Christmas Elf is a charmingly hilarious story of Tog, an apprentice elf. Being selected by Santa isn't quite what Tog had dreamed of and it doesn't take long before he is relegated to cleaning out the reindeer stables. Tog finds himself being accused of a terrible C...
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The 143-Storey Treehouse
Name: Samantha Phillips
30 November 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
The 143-Storey Treehouse - the 11th and latest book in the Treehouse story series by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton - is a fun, quick read that will inevitably appeal to newly independent readers as much as those children who have developed a good reading stamina and a true l...
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How I Became a Dog called Midnight
Name: Emma Nelson
24 November 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
How I Became a Dog called Midnight is a heart-warming story and is perfect for a whole class shared read. George lives in a cottage in the grounds of a large home with his Dad who is the groundskeeper. The home is owned by Lady Jane and her daughter Koko who happens to be Geor...
