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"We all can dance when we find music that we love" -- Giraffes can't dance by Giles Andrea and Guy Parker-Rees.

Scholastic Book Club 

Issue 5 is now out and due back on Friday 1st August 2025.  Please note: all orders must be made via LOOP (cash/cheque orders cannot be accepted).

 

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Meet Jemima, a lovable Labrador with a very important job! While she loves playing with her favourite yellow bone and getting lots of cuddles, Jemima is also a fully trained guide dog who helps her handler navigate the world. Through playful adventures and heart warming moments, discover how Jem balances her fun-loving nature with the focused dedication needed to be a guide dog extraordinaire.

 

Meet Grimpy! He’s a dumbo octopus, and he’s taking us on a tour of the whole cephalopod class -- underwater creatures such as cuttlefish, nautiluses, octopuses, and squids. It seems like every creature has a special ability, except him. When Grimpy gets stuck on everything a dumbo octopus can’t do, the other cephalopods show him why it’s great to be a dumbo. Contains factual information.

 

Sydney is a big city with a busy harbour. Sidney is a young penguin … and he’s trouble. Sidney doesn’t mean to be trouble, he’s just curious. And one day that curiosity takes Sidney all over Sydney and on a grand adventure that lands Sidney in … TROUBLE!

 

I don't need a little brother. I have Mum and Dad, and Grandpa who smells like biscuits. I have Wilson and Chirpy and ... Oh no! Where is Beryl Bear? After trying all the usual ways to dispose of a sibling, one bewildered big brother discovers his little brother might actually be the one person he can't live without.

 

As well as these AWESOME non-fiction titles ...