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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Name: Maria
07 July 2020;Genre: Adventure
Alice's mind wanders as she grows tired of watching her sister read. A white rabbit catches her eye. Not just any old rabbit, but a remarkable, talking one! Curiosity overcomes young Alice and without thinking, she follows the rabbit down a rabbit hole. Down, down she falls. On and on. Until, T...
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The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer
Name: James Hewish
07 July 2020;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
The Boy Who Thought Outside The Box is an inspiring story of a boy called Ralph Baer who never takes things at face value. He always sees things as having more potential and considers alternative uses of objects that the rest of us take for granted.The story is a f...
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When Darwin Sailed the Sea: Uncover how Darwin's revolutionary ideas helped change the world
Name: Samantha Phillips
07 July 2020;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
This is a brilliant example of a non-fiction picture book for young readers. I have no doubt that it would be a welcome addition to any child's bookshelf, or primary school classroom. Written using clear concise, child friendly language, while including enough detail to answer the numerous qu...
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Lillicorn
Name: Lucy Newton
06 July 2020;Genre: Adventure
Lillicorn is a character who explores the fantasy place of WooWoo land. As she explores this magical place, she is faced with lots of challenges to solve. If you are looking for a way to engage young children with STEM activities (science, technology, engineering and mathemati...
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A New Green Day
Name: Jessica Bunney
02 July 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
A New Green Day is a playful book which provides its readers with a guessing game on the turn of every page; riddles about familiar creatures or objects in nature. The reader can enjoy piecing together the clues within nature's riddles - encouraging them to be curious detectiv...
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Do Not Disturb The Dragons
Name: Nicki Cleveland
29 June 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Princess Grace knows how lucky she is to be living in Wondermere Castle, but that doesn't stop her resenting the rules - all 947 of them - especially the ones that say she can't play troll-o, be a knight or have ice-cream for breakfast. The rules are there to keep the dragons nesting in the ca...
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What the Dinosaurs Saw: Life on Earth Before Humans
Name: Bryony Davies
25 June 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
What the Dinosaurs Saw: Life on Earth Before Humans is am ambitious book covering billions of years of prehistory. Beginning with the Big Bang, the book covers life on earth until early humans. Cleverly designed with a timeline running along the bottom of each page, this is go...
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Hotel Flamingo Fabulous Feast
Name: Lucy Newton
23 June 2020;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
This is a story about lots of different animals and their life at Hotel Flamingo. Anna works alongside lots of different animals on Animal Boulevard; they spend their time trying to come up with a plan to get the hotel busier again after the long winter. Luckily for them, Madame Le Pig (the ho...
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The Funny Life of Sharks
Name: Jenny Caddick
15 June 2020;Genre: Funny Stories
A new topic in the hilarious 'Funny Life Of' books by James Campbell, illustrated by Rob Jones. Something to really sink your teeth into, The Funny Life of Sharks takes an affectionate, fun and fact-packed look at one of nature's most feared predators. See sharks in a whole ne...
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Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Come From
Name: Bryony Davies
14 June 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Come From, written by Patrick Skipworth and illustrated by Nicholas Stevenson, is a journey through amazing words that are in use daily. This book is a true celebration of the 'historical and cultural diversity of our language'.<br...
