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The Boy The Bird and The Coffin Maker
Name: Jo Clarke
06 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
In a village where fish fly through the air and no-one thinks it's odd, lives Alberto. Carrying the weight of grief, he lives alone carving coffins for the villagers. He gives the dead respect and company in their final hours. He understands loss, he knows how it feels to be lonely and to live in...
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The Dog Who Lost His Bark
Name: Leanne Woolcock
03 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
The Dog Who Lost His Bark is a beautifully written and illustrated tale of friendship when people, and animals, need it the most. While the front design is unquestionably charming, with such a short blurb I believe I would have easily passed this by in a bookshop but I have to confess, I am so v...
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The Royal Rabbits of London: The Great Diamond Chase
Name: Emily Beale
03 February 2019;Genre: Adventure
At Buckingham Place, the headquarters of the Royal Rabbits of London, Shylo Tawny has fallen asleep whilst on duty. It is his responsibility to protect the palace but his secret hiding place in the permits of the Queen's curtains was so comfortable, he dozed off. While he slumbered, thieves enter...
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Apes to Zebras: An A - Z of Shape Poems
Name: Alison Kelly
28 January 2019;Genre: Poetry
The idea of words arranged to form a shape stretches back to ancient times. There are examples from Greek Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE, where words have been shaped to form an egg, wings and pan pipes. It's a very natural form to have been adopted by children's poets with its im...
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Charlie Changes into a Chicken
Name: Bryony Davies
27 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
Charlie has a secret. He can change into animals. This hilarious story follows Charlie - with the help of his friends - to figure out why he is changing and how to stop it. Friendship and family are themes running through the story as Charlie navigates a bully and sick brother. The narration sp...
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Let's Talk About When Someone Dies
Name: Sam Phillips
20 January 2019;Genre: Bereavement
This is the book to turn to if you ever have to have that unthinkable yet ultimately inevitable conversation with a child about death and what happens next. Let's Talk About When Someone Dies is written by Molly Potter and provides a simple, straight-forward explanation of wha...
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The Dodo Made Me Do It
Name: Andrew Mullen
16 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
This is a wonderful adventure story about a boy called Danny, who spends his summer holidays at his Gran's house in Scotland. Nothing exciting ever happens and Danny is desperate for an adventure. But this summer he may just get more than he bargained for when he visits a tiny island whilst look...
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Moth - An Evolution Story
Name: June Hughes
08 January 2019;Genre: Non Fiction
Moth - An Evolution Story is a visually stunning picture book, from the midnight blue and sparkling silver cover to the intense colours of the internal pages - you can almost feel the soot coming off the page! It tells the story of the peppered moth and how it adapted to chang...
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Voices of the Future: Stories from Around the World
Name: Bryony Davies
06 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
Voices of the Future: Stories from Around the World is a delightful anthology of stories written by children from every corner of the Earth. These stories provide interest, humour, culture and fun while an engaging section on the UN's Sustainable Goals provides educational background to the proje...
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You Ain't Seen Nothing Yeti
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
02 January 2019;Genre: Adventure
Fans of The Nothing To See Here Hotel by author/illustrator duo Stevens Butler and Lenton will be thrilled to know that the delightfully madcap fantasy series is back with You Ain't Seen Nothing Yeti, and it does not disappoint! We return to the leading hotel destination for magical creatures, s...
