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22) Rex's specs
Author
Publisher
Wayland
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Rex has to wear glasses, but sometimes he wishes he didn't have to. So one day, he decides to go out without them. But oh no! What's that ahead? Watch out, Rex!
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Henry hopes that his granpa, who is coming for a visit, will love his puppy Charley just as much as he does (a LOT). But Granpa is a little wary of dogs - he's never been friends with one before. Luckily, Charley isn't any ordinary little puppy, he's a very smart one and this could be the beginning of a very beautiful friendship indeed.
24) All my friends
Author
Publisher
Tamarind
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Keisha has started a new school but misses her old school, old friends and her old teacher. In fact she is so sad she keeps telling her mum she has a stomach ache so she doesn't have to go to school. One day she finds a small doll in the garden, but when she takes her dolls to school she loses them.
25) Mum and Dad glue
Author
Publisher
Hodder Children's
Pub. Date
2009
Description
This picture book looks at divorce from a child's eye view. A little boy tries to find a pot of parent glue to stick his mum and dad back together. His parents have come undone and he wants to mend their marriage, stick their smiles back on and make them better. Even though his parents may be broken, their love for him is not.
26) The comet
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
The beautiful and thought-provoking new book from the award-winning, internationally best-selling picture creator Joe Todd Stanton - author of The Secret of Black Rock, which won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
30) Eat up, Gemma
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Baby Gemma is up to mischief - refusing to eat, throwing her breakfast on the floor, squashing her grapes, feeding her dinner to the dog. But one day, in church, her brother has a clever idea for getting Gemma to eat up.
32) Face
Author
Description
In his debut novel, poet Benjamin Zephaniah tackles the moving story of a young man, Martin, whose life is completely changed when his face is badly scarred in a joyriding accident.
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.
34) Hog in the fog
Author
Series
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Tells the story of Candy Stripe Lil and Harry the Hog who lived over the hill...
35) Hugless Douglas
Author
Description
Douglas is a big, brown, huggable, lovable bear, and he wakes up one morning in need of a hug. He goes to try and find one - but none of them seem quite right. Join Douglas on his search for the perfect bear hug!
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Marmaduke doesn't fit in with the other dragons, he's terribly lonely. Princess Meg sticks out for her break-dancing and trainers but is too busy having fun to notice she is friendless. The pair's lives collide in a brilliant way, and they might just make perfect friends. Ages: 0+.
Author
Publisher
Egmont
Pub. Date
2012
Description
In an icy kingdom far away lived the very best of friends: Luna and Bear. When a flower pops up in the snow, Luna is delighted! But soon the flower fades, and with it, Luna's smile. Bear sets off on an adventure to find another sunshine flower - but will Bear ever find what he is looking for? And will Luna and Bear ever be reunited again?
40) Dachy's deaf
Author
Publisher
Wayland
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Dachy wears a hearing aid. But sometimes, when his friends get too noisy, he likes to turn it off to get some peace and quiet. One day, when his hearing aid is off, Dachy falls asleep and ends up floating down the river towards a waterfall and a hungry crocodile. Can his friends rescue him in time?