|summary=I had already previously enjoyed [[Precious and the Monkeys by Alexander McCall Smith|Precious and the Monkeys]] which is one of AMS' children's stories about his No.1 Ladies Detective Agency character, Precious Ramotswe, when she is a child. So I was looking forward to this one about a missing lion. I wasn't disappointed. Once again his gentle charm shines through, and this is a delightful book to read aloud or just enjoy by yourself, however old you may be!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846972558</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=A Letter for Bear
|author=David Lucas
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Bear is a postman. He's a very good postman and always delivers all his letters on time. Yet when he's finished his work for the day he goes back alone to his cave, and makes himself some soup, and he wonders what it would be like to receive a letter.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263133</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=How to Babysit a Grandad
|author=Jean Reagan and Lee Wildish
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=It's very important to know how to babysit your grandad. You'll need to know what he likes to eat (Icecream topped with cookies or anything dipped in ketchup!) You'll also need to know how to keep him entertained (somersault across the room!) In case you've ever wondered about the best ways to look after your grandad then this is the book for you!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444915886</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Black Chalk
|author=Albert Alla
|rating=3.5
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Seventeen-year-old Nate Dillingham is hailed as a hero following a horrific school shooting in which he is the only survivor. It soon becomes clear, however, that Nate has neglected to share the full extent of his involvement with the police, instead allowing others to place a more positive spin on his version of events. After recuperating in hospital and facing the interrogation of both the police and the media, Nate abandons his family and spends eight years working abroad in a succession of odd jobs. Black Chalk begins with Nate’s return to his family home, as Nate seeks catharsis by finally opening up about his experiences.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1859643574</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=The Trap
|author=Andrew Fukuda
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=
''The Trap'' is the third and final book in this sequence about a world in which vampires rule and humans are hepers, eaten almost to extinction.
We left Gene and Sissy, along with Epap and David, on the train that delivers hepers from the Mission to the City, destined for the Ruler's feast table. Gene now knows that he and Sissy form the Origin, the cure that will return Duskers to humans formulated by Gene's missing scientist father. But is that all there is to it? Where did the Duskers come from? Can Gene and Sissy end their plague? Will they all make it out alive? And what of Ashley June, newly turned to Dusker? What does she know that Gene and Sissy don't?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B00BORD2RG</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Shadowlark
|author=Meagan Spooner
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=Lark escaped the city of her birth after being tortured and stripped of her magic by its architects. Lark's post-apocalyptic world runs on magic and there isn't enough of it about. So Renewables - people whose magic will replenish after it is drained - are in demand - not as people but as a resource. But the architects have made Lark different. She can drain the magic of others and use it herself. We last saw Lark when she escaped the Iron Wood and went in search of her missing brother Basil.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0552565571</amazonuk>
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