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SJF Big Jubilee Read!

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3rd Jun 2022

 1950s
  • The Adventures of Mrs Pepperpot by Alf Prøysen (1956)  
  • Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf by Catherine Storr (1955)

 1960s
  • The Elephant and the bad baby by Elfrida Vipont (1969)
  • Uncle by J. P. Martin (1964)

 1970s
  • Dinosaurs and all that rubbish by Michael Foreman (1970)
  • Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones (1977)

 1980s
  • Lulu and the Flying Babies by Posy Simmonds (1988)
  • Redwall by Brian Jacques (1986)

 1990s
  • Maisy goes to bed by Lucy Cousins (1990)
  • The Wreck of Zanzibar by Michael Monpurgo (1995)

 2000s
  • The Adventures of Dish and Spoon by Mini Grey (2006)
  • Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce (2005)

 2010s
  • Nibbles the Book Monster by Emma Yarlett (2016)
  • Beetle Boy by M. G. Leonard (2016)

Books to enjoy from each decade of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II...