A grandpa as big as a bear

Grandpa Kuma by Michelle Maiden is a simple story about the special relationship between grandparent and grandchild which will have resonance for adults and child readers.

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More than just story-book characters

Brown Bears by Dr Nick Crumpton, illustrated by Colleen Larmour is a bold and lavishly illustrated book that is chockfull of facts and information about the wonderful brown bears that can be found across much of the northern hemisphere and down into Asia 

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A timely reminder of a great American President

Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address with designs by James Daugherty feels like an appropriate book to find in a year when the USA stands on the edge of what might be its most significant Presidential election for a generation

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Back to the Future with Year Six

I used memories of myself as a ten year old lover of comics and annuals in 1965 as a way into the rather daunting theme of ‘Rebuilding Britain after WW2’ with Year 6 at Moor Green Primary Academy in Birmingham.

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Inside a charmed circle

Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship by Andy Friend and finds it a tragic story 'deeply evocative and exhaustively researched'.

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