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White Cloud Station

Mar
05
Posted in Books, Reviews & Recommendations
by debbie

If you are into horses then why don’t you check out the White Cloud Station books by Trudy Nicholson? Riding High at White Cloud Station is the fourth book in the series. Suzy has promised her best friends Alexa and Lucy that she will show them the secret herd of curly-coated horses living in the [...]

NEW Indiana Jones Series

Mar
05
Posted in Books, Reviews & Recommendations
by adrienne

Loved the movies? Want more Indy? We’ve just started buying the Indiana Jones book series! Yeah! We have two books so far – Indiana Jones and the Pyramid of the Sorcerer, where Indy goes in search of the mysterious hall of records, and Indiana Jones and the Mystery of Mount Sinai where he battles the Nazis for [...]

Things to do with Dad

Feb
20

If you are into climbing trees, flying kites, skimming stones or playing tricks on someone then have a look at Things to do with Dad by Chris Stevens, call number J790.121 STE. This book is full of fun and exciting things that I’m sure your Dad got up to when he was a young boy. So grab [...]

Nina of the dark By Ken Catran

Feb
19
Posted in Reviews & Recommendations
by adrienne

Nina is a thumb hurter. A hearer of voices. And it is her destiny to lead the people but first she must travel far from her village to the Dark Mountains to The Place of Dark where she will find the sword Brightsong and the armour Lightskin. On her journey she meets Alen, a thief [...]

The Atherton Conclusion!

Feb
15
Posted in Reviews & Recommendations
by veronica

It all started with Atherton: the House of Power… then came the Rivers of Fire, and finally the third book in the  series about the planet Atherton, The Dark Planet by Patrick Carman. Find out what the conclusion will reveal about Edgar’s quest. It is like the other books in the series, full of gripping and [...]

Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files

Feb
10
Posted in Reviews & Recommendations
by bridget

If you’re a Percy Jackson fan and you’re really excited about the movie coming out (tomorrow!) you might already know about The Demigod Files, the new book that tells you all about Percy Jackson, including short stories, interviews with the characters, puzzles and lots of facts that help you understand the background better (info about [...]

Can you see ghosts?

Feb
09
Posted in Reviews & Recommendations
by debbie

Do you like scary ghost stories? Then you might like to take a look at Ghost with a message. It’s another exciting story from Mary K. Pershall, the author of the Ruby Clair series.
 
Ruby knows that her ability to hear and see ghosts is an incredible gift. Even so, sometimes she’d like to go back [...]

How to Drink from a Frog!

Feb
08
Posted in Reviews & Recommendations
by debbie

Don’t know your onions? Unable to suss your sausages, fathom your fruit or get your head around hazelnuts? If so, this may be the book for you.
 
This fun book is absolutely stuffed full with scrumptious stories, flavoursome facts and toothsome tales about nosh to make you go GOSH and facts about chow to make you [...]

Train Your Brain

Feb
02
Posted in Facts, Reviews & Recommendations
by veronica

The human brain is very complicated  but there are ways to actually train it and bring out its potential. So if you are up to it why don’t you try and read Train Your Brain to be a Genius by John Woodward. It has lots of mind-expanding puzzles, games and optical illusions that can sharpen your [...]

This Morning I met a Whale

Dec
31
Posted in Books, Reviews & Recommendations
by adrienne

Michael sees something strange in the water near his house one morning and goes to investigate. A whale! So far up the river?
Amazingly he can hear the whale speak to him and when he has listened to the whale’s story Michael says he will help. At school his story is read out to the whole [...]