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We Come Apart
Name: Jane Welby
13 March 2017;Genre: Adventure
This is a hauntingly beautiful book. Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan have collaborated to write the stories of Jess and Nicu respectively. Both teenagers live on the edges of their communities, friendless and unsupported. Both are trying to escape: Jess from a violent and abusive stepfather and...
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The Hate U Give
Name: Catherine Purcell
13 March 2017;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I went into this book blind, so to speak. I hadn't read a single review of it - though there were plenty, and all of them congratulatory and effusive in their praise. I didn't know the film rights had already been sold and the main character as good as confirmed. I was unaware that the book wa...
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Penguin
Name: Sue Wilsher
12 March 2017;Genre: Adventure
When Ben gets Penguin as a gift, he is delighted. However, no matter what Ben does, he cannot get a reaction from his new companion. In the end, he learns that when Penguin does speak, it's worth the wait! I can't believe this story is ten years old! With its timeless charm, it is as fresh today...
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No Place Like Home
Name: Sue Wilsher
12 March 2017;Genre: Adventure
Mole thinks his burrow is too small, too dark and too dull so with the help of his friends, he sets off to find himself a new home which is big, bright and beautiful. But, wherever they suggest just isn't quite what he is looking for... From Mole's nose peeking from his burrow as the sun is risin...
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The Perfect Guest
Name: Sue Wilsher
12 March 2017;Genre: Adventure
Walter loves his home neat and tidy; in his beautiful home, everything is in its right place. When his squirrel-friend, Pansy, comes to visit, Walter's world is turned up-side-down as Pansy is very accident prone indeed! The Perfect Guest is a lovely story showing how opposites can make very goo...
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Goodnight Moon
Name: Torie Walton
12 March 2017;Genre: Adventure
Originally published in 1947, this bedtime story is now celebrating its 70th anniversary. The gentle, rhythmic poem is filled with goodnight wishes to help lull small children to sleep. In a great green room, a small rabbit is tucked up tight in his warm, snug bed. Preparing for sleep - or perh...
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The Koala Who Could
Name: Natalie Plimmer
12 March 2017;Genre: Adventure
This is a lovely and lively, colourful picturebook where the energy and fun bursts of the page. Kevin the Koala is described as being,a nicer grey fellow you never would meet, as soft as a soft thing from ear-tufts to feet'. The other residents, who all live on the ground, try inviting him to c...
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See You in the Cosmos, Carl Sagan
Name: Natalie Plimmer
12 March 2017;Genre: Adventure
This interesting debut novel is largely narrated by Alex Petroski, an 11 year old boy who is a budding rocket scientist. Following in the footsteps of his hero, Carl Sagan, after whom he named his dog, he creates a Golden iPod full of different sounds that he has recorded. Like Sagan, whose Gol...
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Tom's Tooth
Name: Natalie Plimmer
12 March 2017;Genre: Adventure
This new title in Franklin Watts' Tiddlers series for children who are starting to read alone is about Tom who plays with his wobbly tooth throughout the day: in class, in the bath and so on. Eventually it falls out but when it comes to bedtime and putting it under his pillow for the tooth fairy...
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Colin and Lee, Carrot and Pea
Name: Torie Walton
12 March 2017;Genre: Adventure
Lee is a Pea and all of his friends are pea. Except Colin - Colin is not a pea. Here begins a story of Lee and his friend Colin who, despite being very different, are the best of friends. In fact, not only is Colin a friend to Lee the pea, but all of the other peas come to love him too. This...
