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Skeleton Keys: The Unimaginary Friend
Name: Carol Carter
09 September 2019;Genre: Adventure
From the very first page, where we see a pair of skeletal hands with keys for fingers, each with its own label (the Key to Second Sight, The Key to the Kingdom, The Key to Oblivion) Skeleton Keys: The Unimaginary Friend seizes hold of your imagination and doesn't let go. The book begins with Mr...
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The Monster Who Wasn't
Name: Donna Burkert
08 September 2019;Genre: Adventure
It is a fortuitous event that spawns The Imp: a baby's first laugh, intertwined with a last sigh from her grandfather. This rarest of magic creates a Monster Who Wasn't. Named Imp by the gargoyles who adopt him, he is a rare creature indeed, human looking but with monster qualities but he posse...
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Explorers: Amazing Tales of the World's Greatest Adventurers
Name: Bryony Davies
06 September 2019;Genre: Adventure
A fascinating tour of land, sea and space in this excellent offering from DK. Covering a range of explorers from ancient history to present day, this text gives each person a double page spread explaining key facts into their lives and their expeditions. Author Nellie Huang clearly explains the i...
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Kids Fight Plastic
Name: Sam Phillips
20 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
I've never been a great 'eco-warrior' although I'd like to think that I do my bit. I don't litter and I try hard to recycle where possible around the home, but there always seems to be more, or a need to do more. This great book, written by the original #2minutesuperhero, Martin Dorey, is jam pac...
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A Planet Full of Plastic and How You can Help
Name: James Hewish
20 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
After reading this we ended up doing a beach clean-up! A fantastic book, one of my favourite non-fictions so far. My son (5 years old) was fascinated by every word, picture, and fact in this book. This informative text, coupled with the Neal Layton's trademark mixed-media collages, are...
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The Impossible Boy
Name: Donna Burkert
19 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
Oleg and Emma are friends. Their home lives are less than perfect (Emma's mum works all hours just to keep her family fed and Oleg's dad is unemployed and suffering with depression, leaving Oleg to care for his grandmother) but they are held together by their joint need to escape reality and find...
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So You Think You've Got It Bad? A Kid's Life in Ancient Rome
Name: Carol Carter
18 August 2019;Genre: Non Fiction
So You Think You've Got It Bad? A Kid's Life in Ancient Rome is the third in a series from Nosy Crow and the British Museum, with Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece having already been covered. These books have a very Horrible Histories vibe, but the larger format and colour ill...
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Brain Fizzing Facts - Awesome Science Questions Answered
Name: Bryony Davies,
16 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
Reading Brain Fizzing Facts is like having every child in your class ask a difficult or random question and you having the perfect answer! Dr Emily Grossman has picked a range of wacky, random and highly interesting questions that cover all areas of science. Each section starts with a question...
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A Witch Come True
Name: Andrew Mullen
16 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
We join Arianwyn one final time as James Nicol expertly brings our time in Lull to a close. The war may be over but a witch's duties are never done it seems, even when your closest friends are enjoying themselves with all sorts of Yule traditions. Winter is setting in, dark creatures are appear...
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The Race to Space: From Sputnik to the Moon Landing and Beyond...
Name: Kristen Hopwood
14 August 2019;Genre: Adventure
The Race to Space is a non-fiction book about the race between the US and the Soviet Union to send the first human into space. The book contains fantastic illustrations by Paul Daviz that really bring the words to life. It begins with a history of rockets and how the Soviet Union and US came to...
