Children's Books in the Sunday Times BEST SUMMER READS

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Wake Up
1.  Wake Up by Katie Cleminson
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  "Sunday Times : "Rhyming text and lively, convincing creatures make it exhilarating.""
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Apple Pie ABC
2.  Apple Pie ABC by Alison Murray
The list author says:
  "Sunday Times : "Parchment-coloured pages and linocut images in muted shades give this neatly designed book traditional warmth.""
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Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie on the Road
3.  Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie on the Road by Joel Stewart
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  "Sunday Times : "Full of jokes and soft landscapes, it is a hooting, tapdancing delight for 3-6s.""
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Me and You
4.  Me and You by Anthony Browne
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  "Sunday Times : "Goldilocks may be familiar, but Anthony Browne, the children's laureate, has made the story new in Me and You, adding rich interpretation in text and pictures.""
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Brian Wildsmith's Animal Gallery
5.  Brian Wildsmith's Animal Gallery by Brian Wildsmith
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  "Sunday Times : "For the sheer groundbreaking gloriousness of the pictures, Animal Gallery first published in 1967 by the acclaimed Brian Wildsmith, deserves a place in every child's library""
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Katie Morag's Island Stories (Katie Morag Stories)
6.  Katie Morag's Island Stories (Katie Morag Stories) by Dr Mairi Hedderwick
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  "Sunday Times : "...a perfect holiday-bedtime collection, especially for anyone visiting small communities.""
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Not Bad for a Bad Lad
7.  Not Bad for a Bad Lad by Michael Foreman
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  "Sunday Times : "The evocative watercolours and line drawings show the bomb sites, cars and costumes of the period - as well as lots of horses. ""
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Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree: Bk. 7
8.  Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree: Bk. 7 by Andy Stanton
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  "Sunday Times : "There is a surprising lyricism to Andy Stanton's Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree, illustrated by David Tazzyman  which is less gruesome and grisly than some of the books in this series""
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Takeshita Demons
9.  Takeshita Demons by Cristy Burne
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  "Sunday Times: "a pacy horror adventure in which a Japanese girl brings yokai (evil spirits) into an English school, and battles them with her friend in order to save her baby brother""
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Theodore Boone
10.  Theodore Boone by John Grisham
The list author says:
  "Sunday Times: "If you aspire to turn your children into lawyers who will keep you in your old age, John Grisham's Theodore Boone, his first novel for young people, might be for you""
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The Unfinished Angel
11.  The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech
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  "Sunday Times: "... full of accidental wisdom about the inhumanity of humans and raises the possibility that we might ourselves be unfinished angels.""
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Young Sherlock Holmes 1: Death Cloud
12.  Young Sherlock Holmes 1: Death Cloud by Andrew Lane
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  "Sunday Times: "A self-contained and rewarding adventure - not Conan Doyle, but suitably respectful""
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Tall Story
13.  Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
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  "(this is my book! yay!) Sunday Times: "Making use of Philippine superstitions and legends, the novel brings magic to a down-home story of earthquakes and sibling love.""
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Unhooking the Moon
14.  Unhooking the Moon by Gregory Hughes
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  "Sunday Times "Gregory Hughes's unusual novel ... is sometimes disturbing, but finds good in people on the edges of society.""
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Revolver
15.  Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
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  "Sunday Times "Tense, succinct, evocative and ingenious, and one to haunt you long after the summer is over.""
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