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Cyril and Pat
Name: Lucy Newton
28 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is a lovely story about friendship, and difference, brought to life by two animals. The story follows the adventures of Cyril and Pat. Cyril the squirrel finds a friend in Pat, who he believes is also a squirrel. However the reader - and the other animals in the book - realised that Pat is...
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It All Began When I Said Yes
Name: Lucy Newton
28 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
A funny and entertaining book all about the adventures you can have when you start to say 'yes' more often! This story is told from a little girl's point of view. Like many other small children, she often says 'no' when asked to do something by her parents - eating broccoli and brushing her hair...
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You Can't let an Elephant Drive a Digger
Name: Carol Carter
27 July 2018;Genre: Picture Books
What's not to love about a book that's first page features a pile of elephant dung? This is an author that knows how to keep her target audience happy! From polar bears cutting hair and kangaroos in the loo to a skunk in the bunk, kids will laugh out loud at the mischief these animals are getti...
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Daddy Hairdo
Name: Carol Carter
27 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
I knew even from page one that this was a book to love. The characters' expressions, as Amy's hair grows and grows whilst dad loses his, are a treat - parents and teachers will find this book as funny as children will. As Amy's hair grows ever longer and wilder, dad steps up to the plate with s...
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Iguana Boy Saves the World with a Triple Cheese Pizza
Name: Annie Everall
24 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
Nine-year-old Dylan Spencer desperately wants to be a Superhero with a cool superpower. His brother Sam. aka Arctic Thunder, can control the weather and his sister Millie, aka Millie Monday, has laser eyes and can roast a chicken in 30 seconds (but only on a Monday). Dylan is the butt of his sibl...
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Straight Outta Crongton
Name: Carol Williams
24 July 2018;Genre: Social Issues
The third novel in Alex Wheatle's Crongton series turns its attention to 15 year old Mo, at odds with her mother and Mum's boyfriend Lloyd. Mo's dinner money is taken from her by Lloyd, and their escalating friction has led to him hitting her hard enough to knock her on the floor. She is determin...
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Floored
Name: Eileen Armstrong
24 July 2018;Billed as The Breakfast Club meets One Day and penned by seven of the leading female writers of the UKYA scene, all at the top of their game, expectations of this unique, long-awaited, much-talked about collaborative novel, were always going to be sky high. The plot is a very simple one - six st...
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The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things
Name: Eileen Armstrong
24 July 2018;I remember reading this on first publication an astonishing 15 years ago, long before instagram and iphones had even been thought of, but the messages and themes sadly remain as important as ever. Updated for a new generation, this 'girl-power classic' centres on Virginia, an overweight, body-con...
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Octopants
Name: Nikki Stiles
19 July 2018;Genre: Funny Stories
Octopus needs pants! He's all too bare, down there. The problem is nowhere sells pants for someone with eight legs, not even the 'Under-Sea Emporium', and shopping online is a waste of time... Octopus gets quite upset and doesn't understand why everyone else has a pair to suit them but he stil...
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Hansel and Gretel
Name: Kyle Matravers
19 July 2018;In this adaption of the famous traditional tale, Willow the witch becomes the main character. From the start, we are introduced to her as a good witch with kind intentions. As the story develops, we find that she has to battle with two rude and ungrateful children called Hansel and Gretel. The...
