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Platypus, written and illustrated by Chris Riddell. A little orange duck billed platypus with a bucket and spade, strolling along a beach. — Platypus

Ginger Finds a Home written and illustrated by Charlotte Voake.A ginger cat slinks past a dustbin full of rubbish, with its lid on the ground and rubbish strewn about. — Ginger finds a home

Iconic head and shoulder photo shot of David Bowie wearing heavy makeup including a dramatic bright red and blue thunderbolt across his face. — Music Now! Teenage Kicks

The Wonderful World of David Walliams. A group of five children wearing pyjamas and sitting in a hospital bed, surrounded by balloons. — The Wonderful World of David Walliams

Vision of a lady in a trance, a red dove drops a white poppy into her outstretched hands. — Eternal Love

Post-Impressionist painting of yellow sunflowers in a vase. — Monet and Van Gogh’s Love of Flowers

Old fisherman reeling in a catch, seated in a rowing boat in Falmouth bay. — A Great Catch

Hugless Douglas written and illsutrated by David Melling. A confused looking brown bear hugs a huge boulder, surrounded by trees, pretty flowers and a blue butterfly. — Hugless Douglas

Iconic black and white photograph of The Beatles, Band, all four are playing guitars. — Pop goes the Royal Albert Hall

The Witch Baby, written and illustrated by Wendy Smith. A wizard, a witch and a witch baby flying on a broomstick with two little black cats. — The Witch Baby

Moles' Sunrise, written by Jeanne Willis and illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies, Mole with his dear friend Vole, in a field watching the sun rise. — Mole’s Sunrise

We Love Them, written by Martin Waddell and illustrated by Barbara Firth.A little dog and rabbit running around happily in a farmyard, looked on by two little children. — We Love Them

Degas and the Little Dancer written and illustrated by Laurence Anholt. A man in a black top hat watches a girl doing ballet. — Edgar Degas

A Dragon in a Wagon written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd. A young knight pulls a green dragon in a wooden cart. — A Dragon in a Wagon

Lady seated in a theatre box, holding a pink rose, a gentleman is seated beside her looking through a pair of binoculars. — At the Theatre (Short Stories)

Thomas Goes to School.A smiling blue steam engine puffs a cloud of steam and smoke out of its funnel. — Thomas Goes To School

A misty winter scene of two conical haystacks in a field beyond Monet's house in Giverny. The haysstacks are covered in snow, their shape reflected as shimmering blue pools in the snow in front. — The Works of Monet

Tippu written by David Day and illustrated by Abigail Pizer. An elephant standing in a desert. — Tippu

More Pants, written and illustrated by Giles Andreae and Nick Sharratt, A little girl doing a handstand on a page and revealing her pink frilly pants. — More Pants

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carol. An unfurling scroll, with the title written on it, occupies the main part of the picture and charachters from the story surround it, including a rabbit a girl in a blue dress and a ginger cat. — Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Red squirrel with golden furry tail eating a nut. — The Nature of Britain

Illustration of a rainforest region showing trees, native American, Sloth, Jaguar and Parrot, that are foound in the different layers of the biome. — Science Alive! The Wonder of Life

Red brick building with two canons in front. — Exeter Gateway to the South-West

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Platypus

Ginger finds a home

Music Now! Teenage Kicks

The Wonderful World of David Walliams

Eternal Love

Monet and Van Gogh’s Love of Flowers

A Great Catch

Hugless Douglas

Pop goes the Royal Albert Hall

The Witch Baby

Mole’s Sunrise

We Love Them

Edgar Degas

A Dragon in a Wagon

At the Theatre (Short Stories)

Thomas Goes To School

The Works of Monet

At The Theatre (Book Clubs)

Tippu

More Pants

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

The Nature of Britain

Science Alive! The Wonder of Life

Exeter Gateway to the South-West

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