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Name: Louisa Farrow
15 August 2020;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
In Siri the Viking: Mimirs Well, Siri, the smart and feisty daughter of a Viking chieftain returns for another comic book adventure with her friend Zack who's nearly, but not quite, as smart and feisty as Siri herself. This time, they are on the trail of lost treasure. They ne...
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Name: Alison Kelly
12 August 2020;Genre: Poetry
Years ago I attended a poetry workshop led by Mandy Coe. She asked us to think of as many words as we could that associate with 'snow'. We did this with enthusiasm. Then she suggested we write a poem on the topic without using any of the words! A great idea that I have shared many times. And i...
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Name: Lucy Newton
11 August 2020;Genre: Myths & Legends
A beautifully illustrated adventure story all about how the magic of Christmas came about! One day, a small boy gets lost in the woods. When he tries to find his way home, he ends up entering a magical world. The boy is amazed by the new world but is saddened when he is told he isn't allowed to...
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Name: Lucy Newton
11 August 2020;Genre: Adventure
An interesting book with lovely pictures but a bit of a strange story! It begins in the jungle with a crocodile who wants to go on an adventure. He tells all of his jungle friends about his plan and decides to set off on his journey using a banana suit as a disguise. After a long journey, he arr...
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Name: Lucy Newton
11 August 2020;Genre: Adventure
A brilliant book to begin to introduce young children to important people from history. This book tells the true story of Daphne Caruana's life. It is very well written with simple facts and on the whole very clear language. It provides a great opportunity to begin discussing some more complex l...
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Shiny Broken Pieces
Name: Linda Brown
06 August 2020;Genre: Bullying
The drama, the competitiveness, the nasty remarks and actions in the ballet world ( please remember it’s all fantasy!) continue into this wonderful, well written sequel, Shiny Broken Pieces. The stakes are higher than ever, they have so much more to lose and as you delve into...
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Cinderella is Dead
Name: Beverley Somerset
06 August 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Cinderella is Dead is an unusual book - a horror story based upon a well-loved fairy tale. In the fictional town of Lille, it is 200 years since Cinderella met Prince Charming and (apparently) lived 'happily ever after'. But for the girls and women living in Lille today, life...
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Name: Lorraine Ansell
06 August 2020;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Greer MacDonald is once again reeling from events connected to the Order of the Stag, but this time no one can quite believe what she has seen, causing her to doubt her own mind. Drawn very quickly to the de Warlencourts' London home, Greer and her friends discover further secrets and secretiv...
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Name: Joanna Hewish
06 August 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Occasionally in society, we so easily forget the importance of our elderly, the importance of the bond between generations and how the elderly were once young and had dreams too. The January Stars is a stark reminder that we need to embrace our elderly, enable them to chase th...
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I'm Sticking With You
Name: Joanna Hewish
06 August 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Having a best friend is the best feeling in the world. What this picture book does is deal with the very real issue that sometimes we all just need a little bit of space and time to be independent, but when we often get that time, we realise just how much we miss that other person....
