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The Worst Class in in the World
Name: Samantha Phillips
16 May 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
I am currently a Year 4 Form teacher in a small Prep school and by coincidence my form, 4P, has only 9 pupils; so right from the start, The Worst Class in the World resonated with me. However, fortunately the similarities stopped there! Joanne Nadin has managed, without a doub...
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Good Knight, Bad Knight and the Flying Machine
Name: Lucy Newton
14 May 2020;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
Good Knight, Bad Knight and the Flying Machine follows three characters; Warrick, Godwin and Berk who live in the medieval times. It begins with them stirring a great, big barrel of poo which is bound to capture children's attention! When they start to use magic, their adventu...
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Name: Dawn Woods
07 May 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
A modern twist to the diary format, this time in the shape of a blog written by Hope Jones, aged 10. Hope's family all make New Year resolutions and Hope's is to start to reduce her consumption of plastic. Inspired by a documentary about the oceans and the plastic affecting marine life, Hope r...
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Johnny Ball - Accidental Football Genius
Name: Andrew Mullen
03 May 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
What a great start to a hopefully very successful series. Johnny loves football and so do the rest of his family! His mum and dad both used to play for the local football team and his older brother was a legend at school. Unfortunately, Johnny is not a great player but he has a wonderful footb...
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A Climate in Chaos
Name: Lucy Newton
22 April 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
A Climate in Chaos tackles the difficult subject of climate change. Such a huge and complex topic is difficult for many adults to understand so trying to explain it to children can be hard. Instead of giving reams of tricky facts to understand, this book breaks down the import...
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Real-life Disasters: Investigate what really happened
Name: Bryony Davies
19 April 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Real-Life Disasters: Investigate what really happened is an interesting book covering a range of real disasters throughout history. These range from volcanic eruptions to icebergs.Each disaster has two double page spreads. The first of these covers the story of the...
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River Stories
Name: Sam Phillips
10 April 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
River stories by Timothy Knapman is an illustrated collection of facts and traditional folklore tales about five of the most well-known rivers that stretch across the continents of the world. From the Rhine in Germany and the Netherlands, to the Yangtze in Tibet and China; eac...
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Mark Anchovy: Pizza Detective
Name: Ellen Green
09 April 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Dastardly thieves, gadgets that Bond would die for - and pizzas! Mark Anchovy: Pizza Detective is a fun, fast-paced adventure story featuring a group of detective children who go undercover as waiters, icecream sellers - or, in Colin's case, a pizza delivery boy - who would su...
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Is my Teacher a Robot?
Name: Sam Phillips
03 April 2020;Genre: Adventure
This very funny book by Dave Cousins is the second in the series about a chaos-causing robot babysitter. Robin the robot was built by twins, Jess and Jake's, inventor Grandma to help look after them. However, one morning he wakes up convinced he's no longer the twins' babysitter but is actually t...
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The Midnight Visitor (Museum Kittens)
Name: Lucy Newton
02 April 2020;Genre: Animals
The Midnight Visitor (Museum Kittens) is an exciting new series for developing readers, with cats, rats and dinosaur galleries!Tasha the cat lives in the museum with her brother and sister, Bianca and Boris, as well as lots of other 'museum cats'. One night as they...
