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Peng and Spanners: When Pigs Go Bad!
Name: Jenny Caddick
26 August 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
The second superhero graphic novel featuring a new delightful duo who are determined to defeat crime - sarcastic penguin Peng and gadget-genius cat sidekick, Spanner. This duo bicker, banter and bumble their way through another chaotic crime busting adventure in a gloriously vibrant co...
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Journey to Poo-topia (Poo Crew Adventures)
Name: Jane Rew
23 August 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
I made the mistake of thinking Journey to Poo-topia (Poo Crew Adventures) was a graphic novel, i.e. a comic strip story. I now know to catalogue, shelve and recommend it as non-fiction, related to human anatomy, digestion and even technology. In a wacky but accurate way, it wi...
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Bertha and Blink: Rumble in the Jungle
Name: Lauren Maidman
22 August 2024;Genre: Adventure
Bertha and Blink: Rumble in the Jungle is a new adventure series all about Bertha the inventing bear. Bertha is a world renowned inventor who lives her life in the city with her inventing friends and winning awards. It all comes crashing down when an unsuspecting friend betray...
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Yomi and the Curse of Grootslang
Name: Jenny Caddick
20 August 2024;Genre: Adventure
Another awesome adventure set in South Africa and based upon fascinating African mythology and folklore. Yomi and younger brother Kayode are now fully fledged members of the S.B.L - The Sacred Beast League, an organisation devoted to learning and protecting the Nkara; sacred beasts of the land...
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Grimwood: Party Animals
Name: Amanda Shipton
20 August 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
Grimwood: Party Animals is the fourth book in the wonderful Grimwood series. In this book we return to the forest where anything can happen. Sharon the Party Crow has lost her mojo! Three parties in one day would have proved too much for most of us! Teamwork, friendship and, m...
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One Button and the Sea
Name: Wendy Kelly
19 August 2024;Genre: Family & Home
On the face of it, this is s simple tale of a community ripped apart by a disaster, their flight from danger and eventual homecoming. It could certainly be used this way with a younger audience as a simple way to start a conversation about why community is important. However, the themes it dea...
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A Walk Through the Rainforest
Name: Maria Faithorn
19 August 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
A Walk Through the Rainforest is a fascinating book exploring rainforests. The author has cleverly written this so the reader feels that they are there, in the rainforest, with the sounds around them. The illustrations further support this by providing detailed, often close up...
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An Invitation to the Botanic Gardens
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
16 August 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Guillain and Shoesmith take us on a tour around the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in this attractive, informative guide. Beginning at the turnstiles at the garden's entrance and ending at the gift shop exit. they guide us through many areas, including those open to the public and some behind the s...
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Ellie and the Marriage List: 1 (One Extra Sparkle)
Name: Sara Sumner
16 August 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Ellie is a 10 year old looking forward to the best summer ever! Her 'one extra sparkle' is Down's syndrome. She loves hanging with Ben, her big brother, but Ellie is getting increasingly more worried about how busy his life is becoming - with football, his part time job and now their new neigh...
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How to Save a Life (Little Experts)
Name: Jane Rew
12 August 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
How to Save a Life (Little Experts) could be the most important book a child ever reads. Indeed, many adults (myself included) will learn from it, both facts they hitherto didn't know and, more significantly, what to do in an emergency. The repeated refrain is 'stay calm, stay...
