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The Marvellous Granny Jinks and Me
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
28 February 2022;Genre: Young fiction
I read The Marvellous Granny Jinks and Me to my daughter at bedtime over the course of two weeks and we both loved it. Based on a true story, we get to know and love Jada and her fun, fabulous Granny. When Jada finds a magical box of tricks, we learn how Granny’s late h...
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Little People, Big Dreams: Amanda Gorman
Name: Wendy Kelly
28 February 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
Part of the incredibly popular Little People, Big Dreams series, this short biography of American poet Amanda Gorman is a gorgeously illustrated tome. It recounts her life from childhood to the present day, including her struggles with speech and visits to a speech therapist....
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Sabotage on the Solar Express
Name: Donna Ritchie
28 February 2022;Genre: Adventure
I highly recommend this series, Adventures on Trains - each book contains so much excitement! If you enjoy books full of mystery, suspense, twists and turns, these books are ideal for you! I love that every book has a different setting. Each one extremely difficult to put down...
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Uki and the Ghostburrow
Name: Jennifer Caddick
28 February 2022;Genre: Fantasy
Uki and the Ghostburrow, the last in the series of the Five Realms books, starts as dramatically as ever with a desperate, life-threatening, dangerous journey through forbidden and foreboding territory. The tension is so high in both the tales that weave through the book; the...
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The Balloon Thief
Name: Emelia Helliwell
26 February 2022;Genre: Fantasy
The Balloon Thief is an adventure across the skies, following the friendship of two teenagers from opposing sides, the Hari and the Ghadaean. Two teenagers, Jacob and Khadija, have to navigate their way not only through the civil unrest but their unlikely friendship that began...
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Grandpa Frank’s Great Big Bucket List
Name: Linda Canning
25 February 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Grandpa Frank’s Great Big Bucket List is the latest heart-warmingly hilarious book from Jenny Pearson. Telling the story of Frank Davenport, an eleven-year-old boy who unexpectedly inherits a huge sum of money, the book follows the young boy as he gets to know his grandpa, spe...
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Jummy at River School
Name: Sue Wilsher
25 February 2022;Genre: School Stories
Although Jummy is excited because she has earned a place at River School, the best girls' boarding school in Nigeria, she is upset that her best friend, Caro, won't be joining her. River School is everything she dreamed of and she quickly settles into her new school house. Every year, the scho...
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Uki and the Swamp Spirit
Name: Jennifer Caddick
25 February 2022;Genre: Fantasy
Uki and the Swamp Spirit is another epic rabbit fantasy story, as superbly told as the four books before it in the Five Reams series. Larwood excels at storytelling in such a way that the reader can follow the journey of the various characters from book one or pick up any of t...
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Tractor Tractor: A lift-the-flap opposites book
Name: Elen Green
24 February 2022;Genre: Early Skills
The Funny Farm books by Mama Makes Books is a gorgeous series for helping little ones develop early skills - in this book, Tractor Tractor, the focus is on opposites as two tractors, one old, one new, get to know each other and to help out when things go wrong. As well as the joy of shi...
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Cluck Cluck Duck: A lift-the-flap counting book
Name: Elen Green
24 February 2022;Genre: Early Skills
The toddler I shared this with really loved the book, about a mother hen who discovers and extra egg - that turns out to be a duckling! However, she and her four other chicks rally round and duck is very much a part of the family. The highlight for the toddler was opening the flap of ea...
