I Killed Father Christmas review
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Out Now: I Killed Father Christmas

By author Anthony McGowan, with illustrations by Chris Riddell (‘Little Gems’ from Barrington Stoke)

It’s Christmas Eve when Dad, looking at Jo-Jo’s extensive Christmas list, tells him that due to the economy Father Christmas doesn’t have much money for presents this year.

Hiding under his pillow to avoid the argument that this sparks between his parents, Jo-Jo overhears Mum accuse Dad of “killing Christmas”. What does she mean? Then Jo-Jo realises Dad must have killed Father Christmas…and it’s all Jo-Jo’s fault.

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Rabbit's Bad Habits review
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Give It A Go! Rabbit and Bear: Rabbit’s Bad Habits

By Julian Gough, with illustrations by Jim Field (Hodder Children’s)

Woken early from hibernation by a robber leaving her cave, Bear discovers a snowstorm raging outside. Well, if she can’t sleep, then she may as well do something she has always wanted to – build a snowman!

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Attack of the Alien Dung Pet Defenders review
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Out Now: Attack Of the Alien Dung! (Pet Defenders 1)

By author Gareth P Jones and illustrator Steve May (Stripes Publishing)

Have you ever thought about what stands between Planet Earth and an alien invasion?

When a “dung circle” (yes, you read that right!) mysteriously appears in a field overnight, Mavis – an avid dung-spotter – suspects everything is not as it should be.

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Plundering Paradise review
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Great Reads Revisited: Plundering Paradise

By Geraldine McCaughrean (Oxford University Press)

A swashbuckling adventure set in the 1700s.

‘Cold gnawed on him like a rat.
Around him, the dun and grey blankets of the other beds rose and fell like the swell of a bleak, dirty sea.
Nathan had no idea what had woken him – he was still exhausted – and yet some upheaval had washed him up above the waterline of sleep. He was afraid, without knowing why.’

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