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Cafe Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake

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Chapter book
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Cafe Chaos: My Family is Not a Piece of Cake is a fun, entertaining story which was exciting to read throughout. The book uses fun illustrations and fonts throughout the book, which makes the story seem like a diary and enables readers to relate to the characters.

The story follows Hope Crumble, who is about to start Year 7, The troubles and problems Hope runs into are very relatable, and there is a good variety of different characters, who all make the story more interesting. The small details, such as little splatters on the paper and the whisk next to each page number, help to draw together the story and themes. There are themes of friendships, families, the pressures of running a business and navigating the age where you are trying to find your own identity.

This book would be perfect to share with Year 6s or 7s to help transition into a new school and will appeal to fans of Lottie Brooks..

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how to survive time travel

How to Survive Time Travel

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Chapter book

Lift off in the hilarious edge-of-your-seat adventure series that is a home alone story with a difference! Written by the inimitable Larry Hayes and hilariously illustrated by Katie Abey, this is the perfect read for fans of David Solomons, Tom Gates and Back to the Future!

Fresh from saving their parents from the jaws of frenzied billionaire Mr Noah, ten-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, are called upon once again. Their parents have disappeared into thin air and it’s up to the kids to save the day, travelling back in time to 5000 BC Egypt!

Can they overcome friendly locals, a mysterious boy-god, snakes, a rainbow-coloured Sphinx and another plot to end the world? And – most importantly of all – will they survive TIME TRAVEL?

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We Catch the Bus

Picturebook

A popular transport-themed book with oodles of funny things for children to spot and choose between.

Each page is themed around a different type of transport, from buses and trucks to emergency vehicles and rockets, and displays an array of different cartoon examples, while the reader is asked to choose which one they would ride. Added details make the act of choosing on each page fun. On the trains page, for example, a steam train is filled with animals eating spaghetti and doughnuts, while an Elf Express is taking Lego to Santa’s workshop, and a slick intercity train driven by a sloth has a swimming pool carriage but also a wolf disguised in grandma’s clothing.

Children who like ‘You Choose’ style books will enjoy poring over this over and over again, as will transport lovers and fans of funny animal characters. It’s a great book for getting children talking and interacting, or for poring over independently and spotting something new each time.

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we feel happy

We Feel Happy!

Picturebook

A fantastic first book of feelings that introduces little ones to a wide range of emotions. Why are the animals happy? What has made them feel sad? What do YOU feel excited about?

We feel happy when reading our favourite book. We feel calm when we have a bath. We feel excited when we go to a party! We Feel Happy is the perfect book for starting a conversation about feelings with children. The animals are experiencing lots of different emotions, from the hippos who are excited to visit their friends to the shark who is grumpy about brushing its teeth.

Includes learning hooks such as counting, first words and recognising animals, interactive speech bubbles, prompts and ideas on how to process and understand our emotions and lots of interesting things to spot on every page.

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