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|author=Fiona Goble
|title=Sew Quick, Sew Cute: 30 Simple, Speedy Projects
|rating=4
|genre=Crafts
|summary=I have a patchwork quilt on the go at the moment and it will take me months to complete. But sometimes you want to have the satisfaction of making something which might take hours or a weekend and which is more relaxing and ''fun''. Sometimes you want a project which you can do with the kids which will encourage them to feel that they can be creative - and which produces something which is relaevant to their lives. I was 'encouraged' to knit tea cosies as a child. It didn't cut the mustard even then... I think I might have found the answer.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782400885</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Buckle and Squash and the Monstrous Moat-Dragon
|summary=''Elephant'' is part of the wonderful ''Eye on the Wild'' series by award-winning wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas. The book follows the journey of a young bull elephant calf from birth through adulthood. The vivid full-page photographs show heartwarming snapshots of life in the herd; a purely matriarchal society where strong females form a close family bond and work hard rearing and protecting their young.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847805035</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=The Hundred-Year House
|author=Rebecca Makkai
|rating=4.5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=The first thing you'll notice about this novel is that, like a crazy house, it's upside-down. That is: it opens in 1999, that near-contemporary storyline taking up about half the text; follows it with sections set in 1955 and 1929; and finishes with a 'prologue' set in 1900. The second thing to jump out is that this is a ghost story – or is it? The first line is both declaration and qualification: 'For a ghost story, the tale of Violet Saville Devohr was vague and underwhelming.'
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0434022977</amazonuk>
}}