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The International Yeti Collective
Name: Wiebke Howey
02 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
After a close encounter with human explorers, young mountain yeti Tick has to try everything in his power to protect the secret of yetis all over the world. Even if it involves travelling a long way, and working together with human girl, Ella. The book is told from two points of view, on the on...
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Look Up at the Stars
Name: Kyle Matravers
02 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
A parent and a child go in search of a star but what will happen when they find it out of reach? This adventure story celebrates coming home and shows that sometimes what you are looking for is right under your nose. Katie Cotton has create a beautiful look which tells the story of two bears a...
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I Don't Like Books.Never.Ever.The End.
Name: Kyle Matravers
02 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Once upon a time there was a girl called Mabel ....... who hated books! Unfortunately for Mabel, her family and friends never seem to understand her hatred for stories. She would receive books for birthdays, Christmas and for anytime in between. All of these books would come in handy though, w...
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Keith Among the Pigeons
Name: Kyle Matravers
02 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Keith is a cat who would much rather be a pigeon. He loves to spend his days watching them and looking out for them but unfortunately they don't let him ever get too close. His interest in looking at rather than catching pigeons make him an outcast within his cat group. They believe that he is...
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Amelia Fang and the Naughty Caticorns
Name: Linda Brown
01 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
This is the first time I have read any of the books in the Amelia Fang series and I hope it's not the last. The author has managed to merge creepy, scary images and make them cute and suitable for the younger reader who is ready to move on to something with more 'bite' in it (sorry for the pun!)....
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A Throne of Swans
Name: Linda Brown
01 February 2020;Genre: Fantasy
This wonderful story takes place in the fantasy kingdom of Solanum, ( beautifully illustrated map and family tree at the beginning, always a plus!) where the nobles can transform into birds and the lower class are defined as 'flightless'. Aderyn, the main protagonist of this story lives in Atraty...
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Music Is My Life
Name: Dan Katz
01 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Music Is My Life is a non-fiction book loosely in the vein of titles such as Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls - each page features an illustration and some text about a particular music artist or band. Author Myles Tanzer has raided his own music collection and selected 80 artists across 12 moo...
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The Ice Bear Miracle
Name: Jenny Caddick
31 January 2020;Genre: Adventure
There is a glittering fairy-tale and folklore quality to this enchanting story. On the Isle of Bears, the close knit community of this frozen, Isolated land share their island with powerful and majestic roaming polar bears. 13-year-old Marv Jackson bears the scars of a now 'legendary' polar bear...
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It's a No-money Day
Name: Nikki Stiles
30 January 2020;Genre: Adventure
Produced by the Klaus Flugge Prize winner and author of the award-winning 'My name is not Refugee' Kate Milner. 'It's a No-money Day' is a short but moving story about what it is like to live below the poverty line and the need for food bank to help see us through when times are hard. In this s...
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Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet
Name: Alexandra Shorter
27 January 2020;Genre: Environment
Pankhurst has done it again in Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet. Her engaging and inclusive book introduces just SOME of the most inspirational women who have looked after elements of our world. With climate change and other environmental issues at the for...
