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Key Stage 1
This list is intended to help in the selection of guided readers at Key Stage one. It is neither definitive nor exhaustive but is based upon the experience of teachers in Wiltshire and Hampshire. All prices are correct at the time of going to print but may change without notice.
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Reception
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Traditional and Nursery Rhymes
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Title
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Author
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Publisher
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Price
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Five little ducks
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Ian Beck
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Orchard
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5.99
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Ten in the bed
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Penny Dale
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5.99
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Verses for the very young
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ed John Foster
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OUP
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7.99
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Three little kittens and other favourite rhymes
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Tony Ross
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Andersen
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12.99
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Modern Rhymes and Poetry
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Each peach pear plum
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J & A Ahlberg
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Puffin
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4.99
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All join in
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Quentin Blake
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Red Fox
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5.99
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Poems for the very young
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Michael Rosen
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Kingfisher
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8.99
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Creepy Crawly Calypso
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Tony Langhan
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Barefoot
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6.99
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Read Me First
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Macmillan
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6.99
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Chants
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We're going on a bear hunt
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Michael Rosen
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4.99
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here we go round the mulberry bush
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Sophie Fatus
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Barefoot
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6.99
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If you're happy and you know it
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Jane Cabrera
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Gullane
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5.99
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Old Macdonald
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Pam Adams
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Child's Play
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4.99
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Action Verses
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Finger fun and action rhymes
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ed Wendy Body
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Longman
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24.99
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Platime rhymes for little people
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Claire Beaton
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Barefoot
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14.99
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Wiggle my toes
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Kaye Umansky
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Penguin
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5.99
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Stories with Predictable structures and patterned language
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Mister Magnolia
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Quentin Blake
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Red Fox
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5.99
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A dark dark tale
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Ruth Brown
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Red fox
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5.99
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Handa's surprise
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Eileen Browne
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5.99
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Mr Gumpy's outing
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John Burningham
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Puffin
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5.99
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The shopping basket
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John Burningham
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Red Fox
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5.99
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Dear Zoo
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Rod
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Puffin
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4.99
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It's mine
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Rod
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Macmillan
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3.99
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The very hungry caterpillar
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Eric Carle
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Puffin
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5.99
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Where's Spot?
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Eric Hill
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Puffin
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4.99
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Goldilocks and the Thee Bears
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Janet Hillman
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Kingscourt
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17.95
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Rosie's walk
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Pat Hutchins
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Red fox
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5.99
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Lullabyhullaballoo
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Mick Inkpen
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Hodder
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6.99
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Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?
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Bill Martin Jnr
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Puffin
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5.99
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Three billy goats gruff
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Judith Smith
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Kingscourt
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17.95
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The elephant and the bad baby
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Elfrida Vipont
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Puffin
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5.99
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Owl babies
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Martin Waddell
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5.99
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Can't you sleep, little bear
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Martin Waddell
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5.99
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The park in the dark
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Martin Waddell
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4.99
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Simple non-fiction texts including recounts
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The baby's catalogue
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J & A Ahlberg
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Puffin
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4.99
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Bug books: snail
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Karen Hartley
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Heinemann
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6.5
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Jasper's Beanstalk
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Nick Butterworth
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Hodder
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4.99
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The tiny seed
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Eric Carle
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Puffin
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5.99
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Titch
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Pat Hutchins
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Red Fox
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4.99
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African Animals ABC
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Philippa-Alys Browne
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Barefoot books
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6.99
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Year 1 Narrative Unit 1
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Stories with Familiar Settings
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Title
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Publisher
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Price
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Katie Morag and the two grandmothers
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Mairi Hedderwick
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Red Fox
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4.99
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Alfie gets in first
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Shirley Hughes
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Red Fox
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3.99
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Alfie gives a hand
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Shirley Hughes
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Red Fox
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3.99
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Alfie and the birthday surprise
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Shirley Hughes
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Bodley Head
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4.99
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Dogger
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Shirley Hughes
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Red Fox
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4.99
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Titch
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Pat Hutchins
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Red Fox
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4.99
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Bear
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Mick Inkpen
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Hodder
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5.99
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Bear
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Mick Inkpen
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Magi
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8.99
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Bear
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Mick Inkpen
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Magi
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8.99
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Bear
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Mick Inkpen
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Magi
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8.99
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Bear
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Mick Inkpen
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Magi
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8.99
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Bear
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Mick Inkpen
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Magi
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8.99
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Bear
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Mick Inkpen
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Magi
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8.99
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Kipper's birthday
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Mick Inkpen
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Hodder
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5.99
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Kipper's birthday
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Mick Inkpen
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Hodder
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16.99
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Mog and the baby
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Judith Kerr
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Collins
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5.99
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Peace at last
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Jill Murphy
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Macmillan
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5.99
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Peace at last
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Jill Murphy
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Scholastic
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12.00
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A Quiet night in
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Jill Murphy
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5.99
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Year 1 Narrative Unit 2
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Stories from a range of cultures/Stories with predictable and patterned language
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Where's my teddy ?
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Jez Alborough
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5.99
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Where's my teddy ?
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Jez Alborough
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18.99
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It's the bear
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Jez Alborough
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5.99
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My friend Bear
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Jez Alborough
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5.99
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Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's dairy
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Lynley Dodd
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Puffin
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4.99
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Not now Bernard
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David McKee
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Red Fox
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4.99
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Not now Bernard
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David McKee
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Scholastic
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12.00
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Peace at last
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Jill Murphy
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Macmillan
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5.99
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Peace at last
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Jill Murphy
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Scholastic
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12.00
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I want my potty
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Tony Ross
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Collins
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5.99
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House that Jack built
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Jenny Stow
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Frances Lincoln
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6.99
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This is the bear
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Sarah Hayes
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4.99
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My cat likes to hide in boxes
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Eve Sutton
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Puffin
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4.99
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Pass the jam Jim
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Kaye Umansky
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Red Fox
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4.99
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Farmer duck
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Martin Waddell
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5.99
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Peepo
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Allan Ahlberg
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Puffin
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5.99
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Handa's surprise
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Eileen Browne
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5.99
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Handa's surprise
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Eileen Browne
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18.99
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Handa's surprise
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Eileeen Browne
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Scholastic
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12.00
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Would you rather
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John Burningham
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Red Fox
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4.99
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The big widemouthed frog
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Ana Larranaga
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4.99
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Rainbow fish
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Marcus Pfister
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north south
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12.99
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Year 1 Narrative Unit 3
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Traditional and fairy tales
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The Gingerbread man
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Barbara Baumgartner
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Dorling Kindersley
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5.99
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Jack and the Beanstalk
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Smith and parkes
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Kingscourt
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17.95
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Jim and the beanstalk
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Raymond Briggs
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Puffin
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5.99
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Goldilocks and the three bears
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Rosalind Beardshaw
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CUP
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16.00
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Goldilocks and the three bears
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Penelope Lively
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MacDonald
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5.99
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Little red riding hood
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Sam mcBratney
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Macdonald
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4.99
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Twelve Dancing princesses
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Jane Ray
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Orchard
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5.99
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Orchard book of fairy tales
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Ian Beck
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Orchard
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5.99
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Orchard book of fairy tales
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Ian Beck
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Orchard
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7.99
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Orchard Book of Nursery Stories
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Sophie Windham
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Orchard
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8.99
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Greedy Zebra
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Mwenye Hadithi
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Hodder
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5.99
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The big widemouthed frog
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Ana Larranaga
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4.99
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The leopard's drum
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Jessica Souhami
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Frances Lincoln
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5.99
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Three singing pigs
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Kaye Umansky
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A & C Black
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14.99
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Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain
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Verna Aardema
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Macmillan
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4.99
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The fish who could wish
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John Bush
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OUP
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5.99
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The cat in the hat
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Dr Seuss
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Collins
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6.99
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Green eggs and ham
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Dr Seuss
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Collins
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4.99
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The house that Jack built
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Jenny Stow
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Frances Lincoln
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6.99
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There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
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Pam Adams
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Child's play
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4.99
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Plays
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Farmer Duck
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Vivian French
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3.99
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This is the bear
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Vivian French
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3.99
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Meg and Mog
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Helen Nicoll
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Puffin
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5.99
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The three little pigs
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Brenda Parkes
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Kingscourt
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17.95
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Year 1 Narrative Unit 4
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Stories of Fantasy Worlds
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The green ship
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Quentin Blake
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Red Fox
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5.99
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The snowman
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Raymond Briggs
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Puffin
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5.99
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Bear hunt
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Anthony Browne
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Puffin
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4.99
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The tunnel
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Anthony Browne
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5.99
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Come away from the water Shirley
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John Burningham
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Red Fox
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5.99
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Time to get out of the bath, Shirley
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John Burningham
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Red Fox
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5.99
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The baby who wouldn't go to bed
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Helen Cooper
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Picture Corgi
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5.99
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The tiger who came to tea
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Judith Kerr
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Collins
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5.99
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I hate my teddybear
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David McKee
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Andersen
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4.99
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Katie's picture show
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James Mayhew
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Orchard
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5.99
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Angry Arthur
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Hiawyn Oram
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Red Fox
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5.99
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Oscar got the blame
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Tony Ross
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Red Fox
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4.99
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Where the wild things are
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Maurice Sendak
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Red Fox
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5.99
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Dr Xargle's book of earth tiggers
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Jeanne W Willis
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Red Fox
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4.99
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Year 1 Non-fiction Unit 1
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Labels, lists and captions
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I can help recycle rubblish
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Franklin Watts
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5.99
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A Sense of Science : Exploring Sound
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Claire Llewellyn
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Franklin Watts
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11.99
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Starters : Teeth
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Hodder Wayland
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4.99
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The drop goes plop
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Hodder Wayland
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6.99
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Year 1 Non-fiction Unit 2
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Instructions
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Scaredy Squirrel
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Melanie Watts
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Happy Cat Books
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5.99
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Cooking-Simple Steps to great tasting food
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Jane Bull
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Dorling Kindersley
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5.99
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Reading roundabout How to make a present
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Paul Humphrey
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Franklin Watts
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3.99
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Reading Roundabout How to make a mask
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Paul Humphrey
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Franklin Watts
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3.99
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Year 1 Non-fiction Unit 3
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Recounts, dictionary
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When I was young
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James Dunbar
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4.99
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My very first Oxford Dictionary2003
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OUP
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6.99
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My very first Oxford Dictionary2007
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OUP
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6.99
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My first Oxford Dictionary2007
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OUP
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11.99
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My first Oxford Dictionary
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OUP
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7.99
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A simple rhyming dictionary
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Sue Palmer
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Longman
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24.99
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Year 1 Non-fiction Unit 4
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Information texts (dictionaries, fact and fiction, report)
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School
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Kath Cox
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Wayland
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5.99
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Eyes nose fingers toes
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Judy Hindley
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5.99
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My history
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Pat Hughes
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Heinemann
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22.50
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How the body works
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Sylvaine Perols
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Moonlight
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6.99
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Year 1 Non-fiction Unit 5
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Recount (fact and fiction)
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Caterpillar, Butterfly
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Vivian French
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5.99
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Growing Frogs
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Vivian French
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5.99
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A Field full of Horses
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Peter Hansard
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6.99
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Year 1 Poetry Unit 1
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Using the senses
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Tasty poems
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Jill Bennett
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OUP
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4.99
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Noisy poems
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ed Jill Bennett
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OUP
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4.99
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Year 1 Poetry Unit 2
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Pattern and rhyme
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Rumble in the jungle
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Giles Andreae
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Orchard
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5.99
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Sing a song of sixpence
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Vince Cross
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OUP
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4.99
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Round and round the garden
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Sarah Williams
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OUP
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5.99
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Year 1 Poetry Unit 3
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Poems on a theme
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The little boat
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Kathy Henderson
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5.99
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A packet of poems
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Jill Bennett
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OUP
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4.99
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The hairy hamster hunt
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Tony Bradman
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Macdonald
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4.99
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Outdoor poems
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Wendy Body
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Longman
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24.99
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Author
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Publisher
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Price
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Year 2 Narrative Unit 1
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Stories with Familiar Settings
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The diary of a killer cat
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Anne Fine
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Puffin
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3.99
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Katie Morag of Course
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Mairi Hedderwick
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Random House
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3.99
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Parrot park
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Mary Murphy
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3.99
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Amazing Grace
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Mary Hoffman
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Frances Lincoln
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5.99
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Year 2 Narrative Unit 2
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Traditional Stories
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Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain
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Verna Aardema
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Macmillan
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4.99
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Greedy Zebra
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Mwenye Hadithi
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Hodder
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5.99
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Hot hippo
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Mwenye Hadithi
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Hodder
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5.99
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Rama and the demon king
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Jessica Souhami
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Frances Lincoln
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6.99
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Jasper's beanstalk
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Hodder
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4.99
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Gregory cool
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Caroline Binch
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Frances Lincoln
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5.99
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Funny bones
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Allan & Janet Ahlberg
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Puffin
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4.99
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A dark dark tale
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Ruth Brown
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Red fox
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5.99
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Not now Bernard
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David McKee
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Red Fox
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5.99
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On the way home
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Jill Murphy
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Macmillan
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5.99
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Angry Arthur
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Hiawyn Oram
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Red fox
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5.99
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I want my potty
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Tony Ross
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Collins
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5.99
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Pass the jam Jim
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Kaye Umansky
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Red fox
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4.99
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The Pig in the Pond
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Martin Waddell
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5.99
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Year 2 Narrative Unit 3
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This is the bear
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Sarah Hayes
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4.99
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This is the bear and the bad little girl
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Sarah Hayes
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4.99
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Dear Greenpeace
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Simon James
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5.99
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My friend whale
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Simon James
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4.99
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All in one piece
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Jill Murphy
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5.99
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On the way home
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Jill Murphy
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Macmillan
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5.99
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Peace at last
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Jill Murphy
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Macmillan
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5.99
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A piece of cake
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Jill Murphy
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5.99
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A quiet night in
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Jill Murphy
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5.99
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The leopard's drum
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Jessica Souhami
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Frances Lincoln
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5.99
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Rama and the demon king
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Jessica Souhami
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Frances Lincoln
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5.99
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Year 2 Narrative Unit 4
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Extended stories/Significant authors
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The diary of a killer cat
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Anne Fine
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Puffin
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3.99
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The iron man
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Ted Hughes
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Faber
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4.99
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The hodgeheg
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Dick King-Smith
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Puffin
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4.99
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The owl who was afraid of the dark
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Jill Tomlinson
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Mammoth
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5.99
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It was a dark and stormy night
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J & A Ahlberg
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Puffin
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4.99
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The mousehole cat
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Antonia Barber
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4.99
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Burglar Bill
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Allan Alhberg
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Puffin
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5.99
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Funny bones
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Allan Alhberg
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Puffin
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4.99
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Jeremiah in the dark woods
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Allan Alhberg
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Puffin
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5.99
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The jolly postman
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Allan Alhberg
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Viking
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12.99
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The jolly pocket postman
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Allan Alhberg
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Viking
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12.99
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Peepo
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Allan Alhberg
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Puffin
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5.99
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Clown
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Quentin Blake
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Red fox
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5.99
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Mister Magnolia
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Quentin Blake
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Red fox
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5.99
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Oi! Get off our train
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John Burningham
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Red fox
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5.99
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The shopping basket
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John Burningham
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Red fox
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5.99
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Dogger
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Shirley Hughes
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Red fox
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5.99
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Elmer
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David McKee
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Red fox
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5.99
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The boy who cried wolf
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Tony Ross
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Red fox
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4.99
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I want my potty
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Tony Ross
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Collins
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5.99
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The pig in the pond
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Martin Waddell
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5.99
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Year 2 Non-fiction Unit 1
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Instructions
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What's cooking?
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Christine Butterworth
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Ginn
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18.70
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Kids' first cook book
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Helen Drew
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Dorling Kindersley
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9.99
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Start cooking
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G
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Usborne
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5.99
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Start cooking
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G
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Usborne
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3.99
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How to look after your hamster
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Colin & Jacqui Hawkins
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4.99
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How to look after your pet: guinea pigs
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mark Evans
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Dorling Kindersley
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4.99
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Year 2 Non-fiction Unit 2
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Explanations
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Tadpole and Frog
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C Back & B
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A & C Black
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4.50
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The Egg
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Rene Menier
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Moonlight Pub
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6.99
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Snail
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Jens Olesen
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A & C Black
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4.50
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Swallow
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Stephen Savage
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Wayland
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6.99
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Butterfly and caterpillar
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A & C Black
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4.50
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Splish, Splash, Splosh
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Mick Manning
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4.99
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Year 2 Non-fiction Unit 3
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Information texts (dictionaries)
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where to find minbeasts in the home
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11.99
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Follow the map going for a walk
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5.99
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What is it like to livein Frnace
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Wayland
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6.99
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Good for Me Milk and chesse
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Wayland
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6.99
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Dictionaries
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OUP
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7.99
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Usborne first dictionary
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Usborne
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9.99
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Ackee, Breadfruit, Callaloo. An edible alphabet
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Valerie Blook
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Macmillan
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10.00
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collins first dictionaryq
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Harper collins
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5.99
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Year 2 Non-fiction Unit 4
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Non-chronological reports
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Look around you t the seaside
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wayland
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10.99
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You are there ancient
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Heinemann
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6.99
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what is it like now at the seadie
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heinemann
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6.99
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Year 2 Poetry Unit 1
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Patterns on a page
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Please Mrs Butler
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Allan Ahlberg
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Puffin
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4.99
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Heard it in the playground
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Allan Ahlberg
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Puffin
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4.99
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Jill Bennett
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OUP
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4.99
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Year 2 Poetry Unit 2
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Really looking
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Meet my folks!
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Ted Hughes
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Faber
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3.99
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The owl and the pussycat
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Edward Lear
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4.99
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When we were very young
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AA Milne
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Egmont
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3.99
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Now we are six
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AA Milne
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Egmont
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3.99
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A child's garden of verses
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R L Stevenson
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Puffin
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4.99
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Year 2 Poetry Unit 3
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Silly stuff
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Revolting rhymes
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Roald Dahl
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Puffin
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7.99
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The owl and the pussy cat
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Edward Lear
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4.99
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Title
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Year 3 Narrative Unit 1
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