Children’s corner
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Zoom: Space Adventures by Susan Hayes, Walker
Chunky board book with die-cuts. Watch astronaut Ava as she floats outside her craft, seeing supernova on her way home. Also … Zoom: Ocean Adventures.
Fossils From Lost Worlds by Damien Laverdunt, Walker
Fossils help us history-walk. Deinonychus, with its dinosaur’s body plus wings, lived 110 million years ago, found in the US in 1964.
The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant, Penguin
When Captain Hatmaker is lost at sea, daughter Dilly, 11, dispatches Pigeon Agatha with a note: Father, please find yourself at sea. “Now, we have to finish the ‘Concentration Hat’ for the King!”