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Peekaboo Dinosaur
Name: Abbie Barnes
05 April 2024;Genre: Early Skills
Peekaboo Dinosaur is a really lovely, durable and well made board book. The colours and pictures are bright and engaging with pull out tabs on each page, which makes it exciting. My toddler enjoyed finding and pulling out each tab, which is also great for practising fine motor...
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The Spectaculars: The Wild Song Contest
Name: Jenny Caddick
05 April 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
A second theatrical, exhilarating and magical adventure at the Wondria - a secret, travelling boarding school within the land of the Hidden Peaks. In The Spectaculars: The Wild Song Contest, Young Harper is now in her second year of her apprenticeship, learning how to b...
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Compass and Blade
Name: Lily Bond
05 April 2024;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Compass and Blade is a fantasy book featuring a teenage girl called Mira who lives on a small island. The story follows her journey as she tries to save her father and her friend and tension is constantly building as more and more secrets are discovered. The book is ver...
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Black Hole Cinema Club
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 April 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Lucas and his friends, Finn and Ash, are heading for their local cinema, known as 'The Black Hole', for a state-of-the-art experience movie marathon experience in 4Di- cinema, with another dimension! Armed with plenty of snacks (First rule: bring enough supplies), the boys join their friends,...
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The Cursed Rose
Name: Linda Brown
05 April 2024;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
With Briar Rose slowly turning into a monster at the hands of the Spindle Witch, treasure hunter Fi must solve a riddle and escape from a tower to rescue him. Meanwhile, her axe-wielding partner Shane is on the hunt for a mysterious weapon that holds the key to destroying the Spindle Witch's p...
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My Big Playbook Farm
Name: Lucy Hopkins
04 April 2024;Genre: Animals
My eight-month-old baby loved this! Each double page is filled with brightly coloured pictures and has different textures to feel and explore. There are large felt flaps to lift and holes in different pages which have felt sticking through them. Each picture is labelled in clear, bold font so...
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The Time Machine Next Door: Rule Breakers and Kiwi Keepers
Name: Jane Rew
04 April 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Alex the boffin, inventor of the Boring Machine, and Sunil her neighbour are again the main players in this book, the latest in The Time Machine Next Door series. In this adventure, The Time Machine Next Door: Ru...
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Totally Chaotic History: Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly!
Name: Sam
04 April 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Totally Chaotic History: Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly! by Greg Jenner, covers all the 'interesting stuff' that primary school teachers don't. A totally brilliant read delivered in an attractive, simple-to-understand format that will redoubtably appeal to readers of all ages....
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Bhorta Bhorta Baby
Name: Samantha Hughes
04 April 2024;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
Bhorta Bhorta Baby is a great book for exploring cuisines from different countries and introducing culture through food. Our nursery children enjoyed sharing the story listening to the basic steps of how to make the Bangladeshi/Bengali 'aloo bhorta' dish. Bright colourful ill...
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Measuring Me
Name: Lindy Voisey
03 April 2024;Genre: Picture Books
Measuring Me is a fantastic book to share with children who are fascinated by numbers! The book uses beautifully draw illustrations to illustrate just how unique and wonderful we all are. It was lovely to see the range of children drawn and illustrated. The book links...
