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Fantastically Great Women Artists and their Stories
Name: Lauren Maidman
18 February 2022;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Fantastically Great Women Artists and their Stories is another brilliant book from Kate Pankhurst. I am big fan of these books and have ALL the previous Fantastically Great Women books in my collection. This version, however, is slightly different. It has been written and publ...
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Mike Falls Up
Name: Wendy Kelly
14 February 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
Mike Falls Up is part of the new Little Tiger readers, designed to support children moving from picture books to their first chapter books. The book itself is sumptuous- a lovely, thick cardboard cover, small enough to fit comfortably in little hands with an engaging picture f...
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The Boy in the Post
Name: Jennifer Caddick
14 February 2022;Genre: Adventure
The Boy in the Post is an energetic, lively and charming, children- and animal-packed adventure story, with a warm, gentle and old fashioned feel to the characters, setting and tone. The story follows a summer holiday like no other for three siblings: Orinthia, Seafra a...
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Solve Your Own Mystery The Time Thief
Name: Jennifer Caddick
14 February 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This was a fabulous, funny, intriguing and puzzling interactive mystery story where you, the reader, becomes one of the main characters and detectives of the crime that has been committed. You find yourself in the town of Haventry. It may look normal but it also has a 'Shady Side', inhabited b...
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Solve Your Own Mystery, The Time Thief
Name: Sam Phillips
10 February 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
From a young age children are taught that stories have a beginning, a middle - usually the problem, and an end. Well this great mystery adventure story by Gareth P. Jones, breaks the traditional story book mould. Solve Your Own Mystery - The Time Thief is the second book in th...
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Rocket Boy
Name: Wendy Kelly
10 February 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
This small hardback book is part of the new Little Tiger readers, designed to support children moving from picture books to their first chapter books. The book itself is sumptuous - a lovely textured cover, small enough to fit comfortably in little hands with an engaging picture front and back...
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A World Full of Journeys and Migrations
Name: Sharon Porter
08 February 2022;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Class 11 started our exploration of A World full of Journeys and Migrations by looking at the section labelled Europe where a "small tribe of Italians", otherwise known as the Romans, were described. This double page spread discusses the extent of the empire across Europe, as...
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The Long Way Home
Name: Wendy Kelly
08 February 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
This small hardback book is part of the Little Tiger Colour Fiction readers, designed to support children moving from picture books to their first chapter books. The book itself is sumptuous - a lovely textured cover, small enough to fit comfortably in little hands with an engaging picture fro...
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Dragon Storm: Tomas and Ironskin
Name: Catherine Kus
06 February 2022;Genre: Fantasy
Tomas and Ironskin is the first book I have read in the Dragon Storm series and it was a great introduction to what lies ahead in the other books. It starts with the character Tomas who is summoned to go to a special school where he can learn to be a Dragonsee...
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The Tower at the End of Time
Name: Hayley Summerfield
03 February 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
Amy Sparkes’ new book, The Tower at the End of Time is the sequel to her brilliantly funny The house at the Edge of Magic. This book is full of humour, magic and mischief and takes us on another marvellous adventure. We are able to re-join with the characters...
