Category Archives: Children's Books
Not just for Kids: Fly Origami Fly
Fly Origami Fly is a fabulous book aimed at children, but really this is a lot of fun for kids of all ages. Besides, who buys most of the books anyway? Adults of course. The book has multiple designs for … Continue reading
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George Ivanoff will be visiting Fairfield Books!
George Ivanoff, author of many fantastic books for children and teenagers, will be visiting Fairfield Books from 11am to 12noon on Saturday 29th October as part of the Fairfield Village Market Day festivities. His latest books, Gamers’ Quest and Gamers’ … Continue reading
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LAUNCH TODAY 22ND!!!
MONKEY RED MONKEY BLUE Don’t forget on Monday 22nd November at the Fairfield Library, local author Nikki Greenberg will be launching her new picture book, Monkey Red Monkey Blue. This lovely picture book will make a terrific gift for a … Continue reading
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Local author Nicki Greenberg launches Monkey Red Monkey Blue
Nicki Greenberg is a very busy local author, with one book Hamlet, a graphic novel recently published and a new one to be launched in November. The new book is a picture book aimed at young children, and is called … Continue reading
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Book Reviewing competition
To celebrate the launch of our new blog, which is devoted to books for children, we are having a book reviewing competition. It is open to anyone under the age of eighteen. Participants need to put their name, phone number … Continue reading
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Happy as Larry
Laurence Augustine Rainbow is a normal kid, in a normal family. In the beginning, they are happy. But as the world moves around them, the beginning turns into the middle and things start to change. Larry’s life changes when his … Continue reading
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Tickled Onions by Morris Gleitzman via Get Reading
This year the Get Reading campaign has a choice of two books for you to choose from when you have bought one of the books listed in the Get Reading booklet. One is for children and the other is a … Continue reading
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Trash
Trash is an adventure like no other. Raphael, Gardo and Jun-Jun (aka Rat) are children of Behala. Behala is full of rubbish, literally. It is the place all the rubbish from their entire city ends up. The boys spend their … Continue reading
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Mirror
Bringing us beloved stories such as Window, Belonging and Where the Forrest Meets the Sea, it has been too long between books from Jeannie Baker. But with her trademark beautiful collage illustrations, her latest offering, Mirror, is well worth the … Continue reading
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The Tail of the Whale
Ellie Patterson’s The Tail of the Whale is a sweet story about using your imagination to escape the gloom and grey of winter. Written in soothing rhyming verse, the story takes us to a fantastical multi-coloured land. Deep beneath the … Continue reading
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