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		<title>Daughter of the Wind- Susanne Fisher Staples.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Walker Books &#8211; Isbn : 0744590116
Shabanu lives with her family in Pakistans Cholistand Desert. And she has to move on, due to tragedy.
Its a lovely story of desert life, and the choice between tradition, family and independance.
I really enjoyed this book.
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		<title>Small Island &#8211; Andrea Levy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Publisher :Headline Book Publishing. ISBN : 07553 0750 x
Its an interesting book graphically illustrating the prejudices of the pre war period. (1948) Based in London, at the home of Queenie, who&#8217;s married to a bank clark.
I found this book to be one of those books which i wanted to put down, as it was quite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spyrysbooks.com/2010/04/21/small-island-andrea-levy/</link>
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		<title>White Fang &#8211; Jack London</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scholastic, paperback edition.
It is the story of a wild wolfdog&#8217;s journey toward becoming civilized in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century.
Much of the novel is written from the view-point of animals, allowing the author to explore how animals view their world and how they view humans. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spyrysbooks.com/2008/12/23/white-fang-jack-london/</link>
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		<title>The Garrick Year &#8211; Margaret Drabble</title>
		<description><![CDATA[isbn :0-14-002549-9
Penguin paperbacks 1988

Theatrical marriages- glamourous&#8230;.scandalous&#8230;bitchy&#8230;brief?

Not my normal type of book, but then what is! An interesting tale of the life of actors when taken to Hereford, to perform the first two plays in a new provincial theater, paid for mainly by a wealthy benefactor.
Full of  interesting droll and down right egocentrial actors. A really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://spyrysbooks.com/2008/11/26/the-garrick-year-margaret-drabble/</link>
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		<title>My Grandfather is a Magician. by Ifeoma Anyefulyu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Work and Wisdom in an African Village.
Lovely story of the different jobs which a childs family has in a village in Eastern Nigeria.
It is written in memory of an &#8220;medicine man&#8221; shareing his wisdom, and the natural wisdom of the world around us.
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		<link>http://spyrysbooks.com/2008/07/08/my-grandfather-is-a-magician-by-ifeoma-anyefulyu/</link>
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		<title>Goddesses &#8211; A World of Myth and Magic &#8211; Burleigh Muten</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Illustrated by Rebecca Guay
An a-z of Goddesses and Magical Myth. Beautifull illustrations, with enough information to spring board the interest of any child  (or indeed any adult) further into the world of myth and magic.
Wonderfull reference book, and great reference book on any bookcase
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		<link>http://spyrysbooks.com/2008/07/07/goddesses-a-world-of-myth-and-magic-burleigh-muten/</link>
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		<title>Pippa Longstocking &#8211; Astrid Lindgren</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Illustrated by Lauren Child
A great modern re-tell of the original Pippi Longstocking stories. Illustrations so typical of Lauren Child (Charlie and Lola fame)
Seems to be out of reach for our 4 year old, but I have enjoyed it as a very simple read.
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		<link>http://spyrysbooks.com/2008/07/07/pippa-longstocking-astrid-lindgren/</link>
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		<title>But Martin &#8211; June Counsel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Illustrator &#8211; Carolyn Dinan
Martin is green, he is also very different from the four other children on there way to school that morning. Although we are home schooling, our daughter still loves this book.
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		<link>http://spyrysbooks.com/2008/07/07/but-martin-june-counsel/</link>
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		<title>Daisy Duck &#8211; Jane Simmons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mamma.. Bong Plop, Bong Plop
What a story about the little duck who wander away from her mummy, to chase the butter flies.
Wonderfull.
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		<link>http://spyrysbooks.com/2008/07/07/daisy-duck-jane-simmons/</link>
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		<title>Where the Fairies Fly &#8211; Jane Simmons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By the Author of the Daisy Duck books, a beautifully illustrated tale of a small boy and his sister who cant sleep, and go on a journey to find the sleep fairies.
Love it.
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		<link>http://spyrysbooks.com/2008/07/07/where-the-fairies-fly-jane-simmons/</link>
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