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The Gruffalo Fan Art

We have had some amazing Gruffalo fan art sent in by Mason (7) and Thea (5). The actual Gruffalo will ...
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Book Recommendation: Dolphin Island

The Dolphin Island series comes highly recommended by Lara, aged 7 ...
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Book Review : Jemima Small Versus the Universe by Tamsin Winter

Jemima Small is funny and super smart. She knows a lot of things. Like the fact that she’s made of ...
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Illustrators of the future!

Look at the beautiful art work created during our Sophy Henn: Bad Nana event and our 10th Birthday party. Well ...
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Oi Frog Fan Art

We love this fantastic ‘Oi Dog’ inspired by the brilliant Oi Frog books by Kes Gray and Jim Field. Well ...
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Book Review: Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid

Part of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Now it’s Rowley’s turn to give his side of the story ...
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Dog Man Fan Art!

We’ve been sent this fantastic piece of Dog Man fan art by Mason aged 7 Watch out Dav Pilkey, you’ve ...
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Book Review by Mia H: A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison

Three sisters trapped by an ancient curse. Three magical objects with the power to change their fate. Will they be ...
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Book recommendation – The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree by Paola Peretti

A novel for all ages about a young girl losing her sight, inspired by the author’s own life story. Mafalda ...
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Recommended Read – The Closest Thing to Flying by Gill Lewis

Present day: Semira doesn’t know where to call home. She and her mother came to England when she was four ...
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An excellent recommendation by Esme

When Pea Llewellyn's dizzy but dazzling single mum becomes Marina Cove, author of the bestselling Mermaid Girls books, everything changes ...
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Review by Mia H: Enchantée by Gita Trelease

A compellingly beautiful tale of magic, intrigue and deception, set against the backdrop of eighteenth-century Paris on the cusp of ...
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Q&A with Louie Stowell – author of The Dragon in the Library (WARNING – includes poo and a weird space dust-eating creature)

Q&A WITH LOUIE STOWELL - AUTHOR OF THE DRAGON IN THE LIBRARY (WARNING - INCLUDES POO AND A WEIRD SPACE ...
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