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A Bad Day for Bear
Name: Maria faithorn
18 September 2023;Genre: Animals
Oh Bear.. How I feel for you! This amusing tale of Bear will absolutely resonate with everyone, young and old. Some days just don’t go the way you want! But, as we all know (but don’t necessarily believe at the time), sometimes a big problem is really not so big at all. Bear wakes in a...
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Jane Foster's Baby's First Stories: 3-6 months: Look and Listen with Baby
Name: Catherine Kus
16 September 2023;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
Baby’s First Stories 3-6 months is a follow on from the first one – Baby’s First Stories 0-3 months. The first book is full of simple illustrations in black and white. This book introduces the colour blue to the baby. The illustrations are very similar to the first book with v...
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A Taste Of Darkness
Name: Emelia Helliwell
15 September 2023;Genre: Supernatural
A Taste of Darkness is a collection of haunting short stories that any young adult reader who likes a tale of horror will enjoy. The book contains 13 tales containing the supernatural including but not limited to vampires, werewolves, haunted houses, murders and many more....
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Who Let the Words Out?
Name: Sue Wilsher
15 September 2023;Genre: Poetry
Once again, Joshua Seigal offers a cornucopia of poetic treats in his new collection, Who Let the Words Out?. With poems about cats putting their rear ends in your face, a mathematical haiku, what NEVER to do and the problems of precipitation, there is plenty to set the reader...
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The Tindims of Rubbish Island and the Spooky Secret
Name: Amanda Shipton
15 September 2023;Genre: Environment
This perfectly timed launch brings us the next in the wonderful Tindims series written by a talented mother and daughter duo. In The Tindims of Rubbish Island and the Spooky Secret, Halloween has nearly arrived but a young witch is in a pickle. She has cast a spell and shrunk...
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Impossible Creatures
Name: Clair Bossons
15 September 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Katherine Rondell's Impossible Creatures is a stunning book! The endpapers are illustrated with a map of The Archipelago, a secret cluster of islands where all the mythological creatures live side by side with humans. This is followed by The Guardian's Bestiary; a wonderful il...
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I'm Going to Be a Princess
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
15 September 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I'm Going to Be a Princess is a warm and charming story of a young black girl named Maya who dreams of being a princess. However, her mother would prefer she chooses another direction, one that isn't so stereotypically girly. Through the story, she tells Maya about incredible,...
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Imperfectly Perfect
Name: Maria
15 September 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Imperfectly Perfect explores an important theme that not every thing is perfect and sometimes accidents happen, but objects can be repaired - just like friendships. Maria loves reading and unfortunately damages her brother's favourite book. Robbie returns and shouts at...
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Impossible Creatures
Name: Beverley Somerset
15 September 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Christopher Forrester has been sent to Scotland to spend time with his grandfather, Frank, and is dismayed to find himself in the middle of nowhere in a run-down house with no internet or phone signal. He is told that he can go anywhere, but is forbidden to go to the top of the nearby hill. Of...
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A first book of Dinosaurs
Name: maria faithorn
15 September 2023;Genre: Poetry
This well written and beautifully illustrated book will definitely be a child’s favourite and be read over and over! A First Book of Dinosaurs is divided into the chapters of 'Meet the Dinosaurs, Eat or be Eaten, Dinosaur Families and The End. OR is it?' Each dinosaur or theme...
