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Name: Sam Phillips
17 October 2018;

Genre: Magical Realism

The Boy who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd is a delightful story of family and friendship. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and chuckled from start to finish! Although I'm not usually a lover of 'toilet humour', the idea of dragon poo that explodes when it dries out did make me l...

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Name: Sam Phillips
15 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

As someone who has moved houses up and down the country many times, this book was a real hit! I'm not a geography buff but I do like to know things about where I am or where I'm going, and this book is just great for that. Maps of the United Kingdom is filled with fascinating facts and figures ab...

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Name: Emily Beale
14 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

What happens after you save the kingdom from a rampaging dragon with the aid of a stink bomb? You become the school hero, that's what! Instant popularity and fame is the reward. However, handling that fame can bring a whole new set of problems. At least that's what Berkley Paggle discovers in Goo...

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Name: Emily Marcuccilli
14 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Have you ever felt like you didn't quite fit in? Well, young Vlad, son of Drax and Mortemia Impaler and distinctly unenthusiastic vampire-in-training, certainly knows what this feels like. He is afraid of the dark, terrified of graveyards and try as he might, he cannot seem to master the skill o...

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Name: Leia Sands
03 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

The second installment in the Iguana Boy series, doesn't disappoint. Dylan, a boy whose superpower is the ability to talk to iguanas, has now joined the Superhero Collective and is starting his first day at HQ. Dylan, along with his team of trusty iguanas, Paul, Pauline, Smelly Paul and Red ey...

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Name: M. Hardy
02 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

A pupil in my class, who is an animal nut, absolutely ADORED this book! The presentation and organisation of the book engages readers well making it easy to navigate, with short paragraphs of information. Character illustrations are representative and inclusive making them relatable to readers...

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Name: M. Hardy
02 October 2018;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

These are fairytales with a really positive twist! The princesses are not the traditional passive characters, where adventure happens around them. In this book, they are adventurous, practical and independent. They give readers a really great message and I would heavily recommend reading these w...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
29 September 2018;

Genre: Adventure

The People Awards is a visually stunning collection of the biographies of 50 important and influential figures in history and modern times, ranging from Mozart and Hans Christian Andersen to Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousefsai. Ana Albero's illustrations are modern and stylish and extremely appea...

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Name: Catherine Purcell
28 September 2018;

Genre: Adventure

This book takes to task the migrations of twenty animals. A double page spread is dedicated to each animal with each having a beautiful illustration spanning the full double page. The writing evokes the incredible journeys undertaken in a succinct fashion that both informs and encourages further...

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Name: Alison Kelly
24 September 2018;

Genre: Adventure

As we move into autumn from a glorious summer, this collection of 'Happy Poems' is just what's needed! With its sunshine yellow cover and emoji-style smile, we are warmly invited into Roger McGough's wonderful curation of happiness. Jez Alborough's 'A Smile' (p.1) is the right poem to open the...

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