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Title: Winnie The Pooh
Series
Author: AA Milne
Age Group: 3 - 6 years
"All time favourites, these stories of Christopher Robin and
his bear not to mention Piglet, Eyeore, Owl and Rabbit, are
an intrinsic part of most happy childhoos. Excellent for reading
aloud to your children."
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Title: All Eric Carle's
Titles
Author: Eric Carle
Age Group: 2 +
"The secret of Eric Carle's books lie in his intutive understadning
of snd respect for children who instinctively sense someone
who shares their most cherished thoughts and emotions. His books
enable the the children to learn about the world around them."
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Title: All Spot Titles
Author: Eric Hill
Age Group: 2 +
"Lift the flap to play hide and seek games with spot the dog
who disappears under rugs or behind closet doors. Stunning shapes
and colours for a child beginning to recognize them."
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Title: Kipper Series
Author: Mick Inkpen
Age Group: 2 +
"Mick Inkpen's illustrations and stories are full of warmth
and wit. Follow Kipper as he gives a gosling a bath, builds
sand castles and tries to find the right toy for Arnold the
Pig."
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Title: All Roald Dahl Titles
Author: Roald Dahl
Age Group: 5 +
"One of the most popular Children's writer in print. His books
are a product of an amazing sense of humour and an ability to
understand what fascinates children. His books are funny, his
plots fantastic - children know that Roald Dahl is on their
side."
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Title: Charlotte's Web
Author: E B white
Age Group: 5 +
"The funny tender story of a pig called Wilbur and his friend
Charlotte's clever campaign to save him from the inevitable
fate of plump pigs. Teaches the values of friendship.
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Title: Nothern Lights
Author: Phillip Pullman
(Award Winner - Carneige Medal, Guardian Children Whitbread
Award)
Age Group: 8 +
"This is the first in a triplogy in which a new universe has
been created, a world where daemons swoop and scuttle along
the streets of Oxford, London, where the wmysterious dust swirls
invisibly through the air and where one child knows secrets
the adults would kill for."
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Title:
Ptolemy’s Gate.
Author: Jonathan Stroud
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Title:
Eldest.
Author: Christopher Paolini
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Title: Seasons of Splendour
Author: Madhur Jaffery
Age Group: 7 +
"Multi talented Madhur Jaffery has provided those of us who
know little of Indian mythology with a straightforward, concise
version of the ancient Hindu epics such a Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Ideal for introducing your child to Indian Mythology."
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Title: Watership Down
Author: Richard Adams
Age Group: 7 +
"This classic book is the story of the determination and courage
of a group of rabits fleeing from danger in search of a new
home. Facing huge odds, Hazel, the main protaganist leads them
to a new life."
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Title: Girls in Tears
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Age Group: 8 - 10 years
(Children's Book of the Year - British Book Awards 2003)
"This is the fourth installment in her successful 'Girls' series,
Following the lives of three buddies - Ellie, Magda and Nadine
- each very different but bound by an absolute bond of friendship.
She tackles the everyday issues capturing the wonderfully well
emotions of the characters."
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Title: Series of Unfortunate
Events
Author: Lemony Snicket
Age Group: 8 - 10years
"If you are interested in reading books with happy endings,
you would be better off reading some other books. All the books
in this series lead the reader right into the heart of the mystery
of the Baudelaire orphans, and the crimes of their greedy, villainous
relative COunt Olaf. But beware - you may not be able to put
them down!
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Title: Carrie's War
Author: Nina Bawden
Age Group: 8 - 10 years
"Gripping story of two children evacuated to rural Wales, after
World War II. Wonderful read for children which aptures perfectly
the difficulties and deprivations of life war time."
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Title: Out of Bounds
Author: Beverly Naidoo
Age Group: 8 - 10 years
"Beverly Naidoo vividly captures the livs of South Africans
under Apartheid. A collection of short stories - linked by the
theme of young people experiences personal dilemmas. A must
read!".
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Title: Goggle-Eyes
Author: Anne Fine
Age Group: 8 - 10 years
(Carnegie Medal 1990, The Guardian Children's Fiction Award
1990)
"This book is about Kitty, who hates her mother's boyfriend.
Yet when he leaves, she finds she misses him. Anne Fine has
alwo written "Madame Doubtfire", short-listed for the Young
Observer Teenage Fiction Prize".
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Title: Where The Wild Things
Are
Author: Maurice Sendak
Age Group: 2 years
"Where The Wild Things Are is one of those rare books
that can be enjoyed equally by a child and a grown-up. Sendak's
run-on sentences -- one of his trademarks -- lend the perfect
touch of stream of consciousness to the tale, which floats between
the land of dreams and a child's imagination. A classic!".
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Title: The Puffin Book
of Classic Indian Tales
Author: Meera Uberoi
Age Group: 5 - 7 years
"Includes gods and demons, beautiful women, other tales of boons
and curses, love and betrayal, wit and humour, valour and pride,
tales form the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Panchatantra and traditional
folklore of India are brought together in this fascinating collection."
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