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In Focus... Forests
Name: Lucy Newton
07 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
What an informative book! This would be a great resource for children learning about forests in a topic at school or just for children who are keen to learn about the natural environment. Topics include the Black Forest, the Anatomy of Trees, Rainforests, National Parks, Kelp Forests, Forest Myt...
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The Great Big Book of Life
Name: Lucy Newton
07 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
What a fantastic book! The Great Big Book of Life includes different sections of information on each stage of life from being a baby to dying. Each section has incredible detail include covering how babies clap their hands, blow bubbles and chuckle with pleasure before turning into children who a...
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Poetry Zone: A Celebration of 20 years of Children's Poetry
Name: Alison Kelly
06 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
This lovely volume of poetry celebrates the Poetry Zone's 20th birthday. Established by Roger Stevens, the website offers a safe forum for children and teenagers to publish their poems. Over its 20 years it has been visited more than a million times and has published around 30,000 poems. This w...
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I am a Jigsaw
Name: Alison Kelly
06 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
In his introduction to I am a Jigsaw, Roger Stevens welcomes the reader to 'a book full of puzzling poems and words that would rather play hide-and-seek than be sensible and sit in a chair to be read quietly'. What a lovely, apt welcome this is! Stevens goes on to tell us that riddle and puzzle p...
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In Focus: Forests
Name: Emily Green
04 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
In Focus: Forests is part of the In Focus series, which includes the In Focus: Cities book, taking us through the different cultural, social and historical identities of ten world-famous cities. In the latest book, we step out of urban areas into the depths of our natural world and its forests, n...
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Name: Jo Clarke
02 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
This is a jolly romp of a story with underlying seriousness and poignant moments. It has resonances of Enid Blyton and hints of The Durrells and is bound to be a hit with readers of adventure.Luna is the central character. Her boundless enthusiasm and never-ending optimism will ear...
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Grandma Dangerous and the Egg of Glory
Name: Monika Davis
01 May 2019;Genre: Adventure
Ollie adores his explorer grandma, but not for nothing does his mum call her 'Grandma Dangerous'. Fearless and eccentric, and not above telling the odd lie, she soon draws Ollie, his friend Piper and his posh and annoyingly polite and helpful cousin Thomas (not forgetting Rose the dog) into a ma...
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Level Up
Name: Sam Phillips
28 April 2019;Genre: Adventure
Looking for a book to entice a reluctant reader or a young reader who has yet to gain the confidence or stamina to challenge 'real books' independently, then this is the book for you. Level Up has been selected for the Reading Agency Summer Reading Challenge 2019 and after reading it, it is clea...
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The Sea House
Name: Bryony Davies
21 April 2019;Genre: Bereavement
The Sea House tells the story of young Coral, a nine-year-old grieving the loss of her parents in an accident. Whilst crying herself to sleep, Coral realises her house is full of water and magical sea creatures. She meets exotic creatures as well as some scary ones, who have a different motive. T...
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Fabio the World's Greatest Flamingo Detective: Mystery on the Ostrich Express
Name: Emily Beale
15 April 2019;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Fabio, the world's greatest flamingo detective, is back and he has another mystery to solve. Fabio may live in a small town on the banks of Lake Laloozee in Africa, but his private eye skills are often put to the test. With a canny ability to detect and unravel mysteries and with his friend and a...
