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|author=Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
|title=Gruffalo Crumble and Other Recipes
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=It is hard to imagine, but the original Gruffalo book came out almost twenty years ago. This is a franchise that just keeps rolling on. Certainly, you can buy the book or the sequel, but if you visit a shop you will find Gruffalo toys, cards, even egg cups. Each year brings with it a new idea of how to push the Gruf and pals. 2016 is the year of the recipe book, but will it live up to the quality of the original?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509804749</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Ian McEwan
|summary=The Zeroes have found a new home. If you didn't meet them all [[Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti|last time]], they are six super-powered teens, with a guru amongst them and generally a skill that works best when concerning crowds of people. Their home is a night-club – one can imbue the simple act of handing out flyers to it with the magic of his inner voice that tells everyone what they want most to hear, the lighting gal is so in tune with technological signals she is practically part of her rig, and the DJ herself can feed off and feed back to the emotions of the revellers. But while their secretive little club – also a Faraday cage – is an ideal place for them to experiment, to enhance their powers and learn every nuance of using them and what that means, they are inviting regular humans to come along. That is, of course, until two brand new Zeroes slip the net – and prove to be quite talented, and more than a little malicious…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471124916</amazonuk>
}}