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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...
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The Mouse Before Christmas
Name: Kyle Matravers
04 November 2021;Genre: Picture Books
"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring…except for one mouse." The classic and well loved Christmas poem by Clement Clarke Moore has been given an adorable picture book twist thanks to the superb work of Tracey Turner and Jenny Lovlie. O...
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How Was That Built? The Stories Behind Amazing Structures
Name: Nicki Cleveland
04 November 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Have you every wondered how they built the Shard, the Pantheon or the Katse Dam? Or how structures are built underwater? Or why there are so many different types of bridges? Or how building will change in the future? Well, this book will answer all of those questions and more whilst introducin...
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A Puppy Called Sparkle
Name: Jane Rew
04 November 2021;Genre: Animals
The cute golden retriever pup on the cover will undoubtedly catch the attention of Key Stage Ones (especially, but not exclusively, girls). However, 'cute' means business for puppy farmers (read 'criminals') whose scruples are nowhere near as clean as Jasmine's. Young Jas has been broug...
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Sky
Name: Amanda Shipton
04 November 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Having initially been unconvinced about visiting her grandparents in Scotland, only child Lara finds a common interest in bird watching with her grandfather. Lara is fascinated by the rare white snowy owl that she's spotted flying near her grandparents' cottage. When she follows the magnificen...
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Fledgling
Name: Jo Clarke
02 November 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Wow! Fledgling arrived at my door and I was unable to release it from my grasp! It is moving and mesmerising, weaving a hypnotic spell with eerie elements of gothic horror and steampunk inventiveness with celestial beauty. Set within the Bavarian forest, Fledgling has e...
