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Black and British: An illustrated history
Name: Sharon Porter
11 November 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
David Olusogu says Black and British: An illustrated history is the book he wishes he'd had to read when he was a child. What he hasn't realised is the massive impact his glorious book has had on the children in my class. We had been studying the Romans and Emperor Septimus Se...
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The Chime Seekers
Name: Hayley Summerfield
10 November 2021;Genre: Fantasy
The Chime Seekers is an enchanting new adventure story from Ross Montgomery. This haunting masterpiece is brimming with magic, quests, acceptance and friendship. The story allows us to step into a world of faerie tricks and hidden danger, a world of peril and adventure. <p...
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Star
Name: Lucy Newton
10 November 2021;Genre: Animals
Another lovely book by Holly Webb! Holly Webb's book are pitched perfectly for children who are building their reading stamina and introducing themselves to chunkier chapter books. This story follows a girl called Anna who find a small, wooden tiger. When she sleeps with the tiger tucke...
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Animal Families: Snow
Name: Ellen Green
10 November 2021;Genre: Animals
The Animal Families board books introduce children to the concept of families, as we meet the mummy, daddy and then find their baby under a sturdy flap. Animal Families Snow was the first book I've seen in the series, and I loved the bold illustrations and just how sturdy the large flap...
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Adam-2
Name: Aaron Age 11
08 November 2021;Genre: Science Fiction
Adam-2 is the story of a robot with AI caught in a world where Funks (robots who are made to command and do human jobs) and humans are war. The war was created by Adam-1 who reprogrammed robots to kill humans after the humans abused and mistreated robots. Now Adam-2's task to...
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Great Britons: 50 Amazing People Who Have Called Britain Home
Name: Jane Rew
08 November 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
The line-up of famous and non-so-famous in Great Britons: 50 Amazing People Who Have Called Britain Home is fascinating; people from different periods, men and women, different nationalities, ethnicities and faith backgrounds, juxtaposed so that the reader never gets bored, ev...
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Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam Santa’s Stolen Sleigh
Name: Jane Rew
07 November 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam Santa's Stolen Sleigh is a genuinely funny book, one to prompt a warm response even from readers usually left cold by yet another tale of Santa and his elves. If that's you, then you really must give Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton a chance.</...
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The Mouse Before Christmas
Name: Samantha Hughes
06 November 2021;Genre: Picture Books
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring - except for one mouse. With Santa as a mouse, a sleigh pulled by beetles, and gifts of toys, crackers, and cheese, this is a clever adaptation of Clement Clark Moore's Christmas poem written over 200 years...
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Monster Hunting for Beginners
Name: Sharon Porter
05 November 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Jack, what else would a monster slayer be called, has a terrible aunt who is really mean to him and who is totally ungrateful when he rescues her from the jaws (literally) of an ogre. However that's when our Jack's adventures really begin. Stoop takes Jack on as his apprentice and we learn all...
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Group Hug
Name: Samantha Hughes
05 November 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
When Slug comes across a lonely beetle, he knows just what to do. He gives him a big hug -- and then the two friends decide to pass it along. They meet Mouse, who's down in the dumps, Skunk, who's a bit smelly, and more and more animals, until their group hug stretches wide and tall. But when...
