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The Baby
Name: Mark White
31 August 2015;Genre: Real life
Published just last month (July 2015), The Baby has already got the bloggers excited and the critics lining the book up as one of their Young Adult reads of the year. Written in an authentic voice (well, five of them) Lisa Drakeford's debut novel is a librarian's dream - this contemporary tale,...
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Leopold Blue
Name: Sarah McInerney
25 August 2015;Genre: Adventure
Living in a tiny rural town in South Africa, 15 year old Meg Bergman is fed up of the traditionalist values and racial tension her self-proclaimed 'despair' of a town possesses. In the midst of South Africa's political and social change in the 1990's, Meg's teenage anxieties and angst are cataly...
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The Water Horse
Name: Lauren Maidman
23 August 2015;Genre: Adventure
This is the first in a new series of books in which best-selling author Holly Webb has taken a new and interesting take on mixing magic, animals and a touch of History. In this tale Princess Olivia has to come to turns with growing up, dealing with her formidable Aunt and Cousin as well as trying...
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Danny Dread
Name: June Hughes
22 August 2015;Genre: Adventure
Danny Dread is a pupil at Dementos Academy for Young Evil Geniuses, where the children of the most wicked families in the land are educated in the art of evil and criminal mayhem. Danny, however, is in completely the wrong place as he cannot bring himself to do anything even remotely evil and...
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Dino Dinners
Name: Lizi Coombs
20 August 2015;Genre: Adventure
From The Natural History Museum, this book presents facts about Dinosaurs, hand in hand with playful rhyming verses that bring the animals to life. This book is more accessible than 'Wooly Mammoth' of the same series and has a more jokey approach to the description of the dinosaurs in the verses...
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Would you rather dine with a dung beetle or lunch with a maggot?
Name: Lizi Coombs
20 August 2015;Genre: Adventure
The second 'Would you Rather' book that I've encountered, I enjoyed this one so much more! This fantastic book is full of marvellous mini-beast facts all presented to young readers through thought provoking questions such as 'Would you rather have a queen bee for a mum, a water bug for a dad, a...
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Spot the Bird on the Building Site
Name: Lizi Coombs
20 August 2015;Genre: Adventure
An exciting book to look at, Spot the Bird on the Building Site shares facts about construction, using 'I-Spy' to keep children engaged and learning. The pages are brightly coloured and remind me of a simplified 'Where's Wally?' - there's a bird to spot on every page (as the title suggests!) and...
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Would You Rather have a shark for a sister or a ray for a brother?
Name: Lizi Coombs
20 August 2015;Genre: Information books
This is a good book that attacks fact sharing from an informal direction.... 'Would you rather...?', a game I'm sure many of us have played at one stage or another! Great for sparking discussion with children, this book poses many dilemmas for them to ponder over - what are the benefits of shari...
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Grandad's Island
Name: Ellie Williams
20 August 2015;Genre: Adventure
Syd could let himself into his much loved Grandad's house any time he wanted, but one day - he wasn't in any of the usual places. After searching an empty house, Syd hears Grandad calling to him from up in the attic, a space that Syd had never seen before, containing all the things that Grandad h...
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The Sea Tiger
Name: Ellie Williams
20 August 2015;Genre: Adventure
Themes of friendship and adventure run through this beautifully illustrated book. The Sea Tiger introduces us to a magical underwater world which he shares with his friend Oscar. He tells us 'Where I lead, Oscar follows'. Every day is a different adventure under the sea. Both myself and the chil...
