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Name: Louise Baker
25 June 2022;

Genre: Supernatural

The very last thing Mo Merrydew expects on a wet Tuesday evening is to be accosted by a 600-year vampire and chosen to be Britain's Vampire Queen - but that's exactly what happens. The trouble is that vegetarian Mo has far more pressing matters on her mind, including a carefully crafted plan f...

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Name: Sharon Porter
23 June 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Marvellous Bodies isn't just a run-of-the-mill non-fiction book about the body, oh no, it has a 'magical' element to it, too. Well, when we say magical, we really mean scientifically explainable… the red filtered hand lens allows us to look inside the bodies/images on each pag...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
20 June 2022;

Genre: LBGTQ+

Gay Club is the latest novel from author Simon James Green, set in High School and featuring a rainbow cast of LGBTQ+ characters, a student election and a whole lot of drama! There's a vacancy for the post of president of the LGBTQ+ Club at Greenacre Academy and Barney...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
20 June 2022;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

The Marvellous Doctors for Magical Creatures is a fantastic story that covers many themes which currently have limited resource availability. In a child friendly manner, the author and illustrator have represented LGBTQ+ in a brilliant way which shows children that everyone ca...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
20 June 2022;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

'Once upon golden morning... or may be a fairy's birthday, a cosy teatime, a rainy Tuesday or a broken armchair. So begins a story where you choose the plot and the characters and become the storyteller. Have you ever wished you could create your own fairy-tale? Well now you can, Once...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
16 June 2022;

Genre: Funny Stories

Small! has been hoping for a new pair of football boots on his tenth birthday. Instead his mum gives him a pair of stilts, sludge brown dungarees and a green velvet top hat. There's barely time for poor bemused Harvey to ask questions (or learn to walk on stilts) before he's p...

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Name: Sam
16 June 2022;

Genre: Funny Stories

How to Survive Time Travel is Larry Hayes' second book and while the story does continue from the first book, it is also just as good as a 'standalone' read. This laugh out loud story joins 10 year old Eliza and her genius brother Jonnie, as they travel back to Ancient Egypt i...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
15 June 2022;

Genre: Personal Growth

From an early age, this little boy loved the sea. How he dreamed of having his own sea adventures and to sail the seven seas… After building a boat, he sails away but soon loses his way. With the help from a compass and the reflective path shining from the moon he's guided on to many adventure...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
15 June 2022;

Genre: Animals

The Journey, Nature's Greatest Adventure is a wonderful story of migration. It is simply told to allow it to be accessible for children from a young age. The illustrations are wonderfully detailed which will draw children in. The children that I shared it with spent a...

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Name: Scott Jarvie
15 June 2022;

Genre: Picture Books

Stephanie has captured dog body language in a simple yet effective way for young children. I Can Be A Dog Detective! is vibrant, fun and encourages engagement from children. Her activity packs are great for older children and really get kids thinking about the bigger picture....

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