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Name: Jenny Caddick
11 November 2019;

Genre: Adventure

This is the touchingly moving story of young Ben and his butterfly-loving Grandpa. At the start of the story , we find Grandpa's love of life, nature and his beloved butterflies is dulled by his grief at the loss of his wife. This gentle and emotional story follows Ben's earnest, loving attempts...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
29 October 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Beats Feast is the brilliant story about a Beast and 'Dinner', aka a little boy. When the beast finds his 'Dinner' he sends out a letter to all his beast friends, inviting them to the Beast Feast! As each beast replies, the boy teaches him something new to make the recipe for 'Dinner' even better...

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Name: Kelly Buxton
28 October 2019;

Genre: Adventure

The second in a series of hilarious, lough out loud books from author Matt Brown. Dreary Inkling Primary School is once again under attack, but not the kind of attack the school ever imagined. When the headmistress buys some vending machines, she never imagined that an electrical storm would tur...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
27 October 2019;

Genre: Adventure

The Dam starts as a father wakes his daughter, Kathryn, at dawn, telling her to bring her fiddle. He leads her to the valley where the dam is almost complete and starts sharing memories of the places they pass. Pulling the boards from a doorway, they enter a deserted cottage where her father tell...

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Name: Emily Marcuccilli
21 October 2019;

Any new book by the magnificent Chris Riddell is a huge cause for celebration in our school library and Guardians of Magic is certainly no exception. An exquisitely produced book, lavishly illustrated of course, leaves the reader in no doubt about the treat that awaits them. The endpapers fea...

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Name: Sam Phillips
20 October 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Having made the mistake of handing this book and its partner in crime, A Giant Dose of Gross, over to my small class of Year 4 boys before I had even reviewed them, I can say without hesitation that this book will go down a storm in any school library or class book corner! Anything that talks ab...

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Name: Carol Carter
13 October 2019;

In the world of Thrynne, all is not well. Where once sacred magic from the Forever Tree flowed freely throughout the land, it is now under threat for a triptych of villains, the King Rate, the Clockmaker and the Professional Princess, each intent on harnessing the magic for their own nefarious en...

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Name: Bryony Davies
10 October 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Fantastic Female Adventurers in a non fiction text by Lily Dyu consisting of thirteen biographies organised into short chapters. Expertly illustrated by Chellie Carroll, this is a superb read full of incredible and interesting women. The book begins with a world map showing the adventurers' rou...

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Name: Sam Phillips
06 October 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Written by former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Haq, Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World is the first of a three- book series. Cookie Haque is 9 years old, keen on science and ready to take on the world; providing that is that Jake, the annoying new boy from next door,...

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Name: Linda brown
06 October 2019;

Genre: Adventure

The blurb on this book got me straight away... What child would not like to talk to and understand animals?? As a child I would have loved to have had this special skill as I always had animals around me, it would have come in handy! Evie doesn't just love animals, she knows lots and lots of use...

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