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by Steve Small (S&S £12.99, 32 pp) We’ve all heard the expression ‘takes to it like a duck to water’ but not this Duck, who would far rather snuggle up with a good book in a warm, dry house than get his webbed feet wet. When a young, lost frog who’d moved in with him returns to his river home, Duck realises that he’s lonely and braves a scary journey to find him again. A joyful celebration of friendship overcoming your fears. THE DUCK WHO DIDN’T LIKE WATER by Steve Small, pictured left, and right, THE ROCK FROM THE SKY by Jon Klassen ....
really make it as a secret agent? This swift-paced, lively debut balances down-to-earth believability with wish-fulfilment fun. Geraldine McCaughreanâs The Supreme Lie (Usborne) is a more complex and stretching book, with the odd upsetting element, so itâs best suited to tougher readers of 10-plus. It follows Gloria, a teenage maid who finds herself impersonating a vanished head of state in Afalia, a country overwhelmed by floods. When Gloriaâs desperate efforts to help the suffering population come up against the machinations of Afalian propagandists (elegantly evoked by Keith Robinsonâs newspaper-style illustrations), discovery looms perilously close in this thought-provoking, poignant, blackly funny novel. ....
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