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Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's
Pub. Date
2004
Description
For a little girl from the city, Roberta the sheep seems like the perfect pet. She's clever, clean and sociable. But city life isn't easy for Roberta. There's the lift to be negotiated and the supermarket, and Sunday lunch with the family. Even though she adapts well the family begin to wonder if she might be pining for something more.
7) Check mates
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
The author of }The Bubble Boy{ contends with the lived experience of ADHD in this story of a boy called Felix, finding certainty in a period of doubt through his grandfather teaching him chess.
Author
Publisher
Red Kite
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Brian Bear thinks he's stupid because he makes mistakes with his letters and words and can't tell his right from his left. But Dr Spot and a specialist teacher help him understand that there is nothing 'wrong' with him - he just has dyslexia. Soon, Brian is back on top form.
Author
Description
Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis have their lives turned upside down when their father mysteriously has to go away. The railway becomes the centre of their new life, but little do they know what wonders and changes it will bring to them - maybe even the answer to Father's disappearance.
Author
Publisher
British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF)
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
A story of two bear cubs who are adopted. This is a delightful picture book for use with children who are moving on to adoption. It tells the story of two bear cubs who have to leave their parents and live with a foster bear family. The book's interactive text encourages children to compare their own experiences with those of the bears' and this helps to trigger discussions between children and adults going through the story with them.Two colour illustrations...
Author
Publisher
Heinemann
Pub. Date
1993
Description
The three little wolves' mother has warned them of the Big Bad Pig, so they build a strong house of bricks. The wolves resort to increasingly sophisticated technological gadgetry until one day they manage, not only to outwit, but to convert the Big Bad Pig.
16) Hetty Feather
Author
Series
Hetty Feather volume 1
Description
Hetty, abandoned as a baby outside a Foundling Hospital, sets out to find her real mother
19) Freddie's fears
Author
Publisher
Watts
Pub. Date
2001
Description
In this rhyming text, Freddie is scared of all animals. He's frightened of frogs and snakes make him scream. Until, one day, his dad shows him there's really nothing to be scared about.
20) The tinderbox
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2007
Description
When a young soldier meets an old witch, he comes into possession of a magical tinderbox. It has the power to summon three fearsome dogs to do its owner's bidding, and with their help the soldier escapes death and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.