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Only a Monster
Name: Linda Brown
03 March 2022;Genre: Fantasy
What a debut novel, I loved every word of Only a Monster and possibly, even though it's still early into the new year, the best read of 2022... 16-year-old Joan has led a perfectly normal life until she is sent to spend the summer in London with her late mother's quirky family...
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The Girl Who Planted Trees
Name: Kyle Matravers
03 March 2022;Genre: Environment & Nature
Once there was a girl. She was just a small girl, about your size, actually. She lived in a dry little village at the foot of a great grey mountain... The Girl Who Planted Trees is an empowering, powerful and hopeful story written by Caryl Hart. In this text, the girl l...
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The Tree Book
Name: Lauren Maidman
03 March 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
The Tree Book is a fun and interactive non-fiction book, looking into the inner workings of a tree. It has cut out, see-through pages that allow you to 'look inside' each part of the tree and see how it functions and grows. I am a big fan of books like these as they make the l...
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The Aquanaut
Name: Kelly Buxton
03 March 2022;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
The Aquanaut is a humorous graphic novel with a Nemo inspired feel about saving sea life. Narratives intertwine and collide with themes of loss, family and solitude. A group of enigmatic sea-life characters cause havoc on land in search of paradise for marine life, a g...
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The Rema Chronicles REALM of the BLUE MIST
Name: Kelly Buxton
03 March 2022;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
In The Rema Chronicles: REALM of the BLUE MIST, Tabby wants to uncover the truth surrounding her dad's demise. He died following research into a tree that leaks a mysterious mist in the forest. She unexplainably finds herself in Rema, a faraway land of magic and beauty that is...
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Cosmic Creatures - The Runaway Rumblebear
Name: Lauren Maidman
03 March 2022;Genre: Science Fiction
Cosmic Creatures is a new series of books written by the brilliant Tom Huddleston. Set on the planet Vela, a group of humans have travelled to new planets in search of life, animals and plants. Charlie and her family are one of these families. In The Runaway Rumblebear...
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Meg and Merlin: Making Friends
Name: Donna Burkert
03 March 2022;Genre: Animals
The only thing that Meg loves is horses. She loves her riding lessons and cannot wait for each one to arrive. But when dad's working hours are reduced, money is tight, and Meg can only go riding occasionally. She dreams of horses every night. And then one morning, it seems as though her wish h...
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How to Count to One
Name: Ashley Clayton
02 March 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
How to Count to One is totally different from any counting book I've read before. The children in my reception class loved it, and obviously counted to more than one as I turned the pages and read to them! The possibilities in this book for engaging the children in math...
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Carnival of the Lost
Name: Beverley Somerset
02 March 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Carnival of the Lost is a wonderfully atmospheric adventure set in the grimy streets of Victorian London. Sheba is an eight year old orphan, and is a wolf-girl. Covered in hair from head to foot, she is sold to Mr Gideon Plumpscuttle and joins his troupe of unusual performers....
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Thank You for the Little Things
Name: Lizi Backhouse
02 March 2022;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Thank You for the Little Things is a lovely picture book for children about gratitude and looking for things that make you happy, even when you feel sad or angry. It's written with a simple rhyme scheme and the accompanying illustrations, by Emily Hamilton, are charming and re...
