Food Stories

 

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Food Stories

0141320583
Author: Strong, Jeremy
Year: 2006
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9780141320588
Note: Jack's in trouble, big trouble. Not only is he in hospital with a leg in traction (boring) but he knows the police are coming for him: because of an accident - a tomato-related accident - involving a supermarket pyramid and an old-age pensioner. Whoops!
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1786078120
Author: Beswetherick, Emma
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781786078124
Note: Join Katy, Cassie and Zia on an Arctic adventure! Winter has arrived, and the girls decide to warm up with a picnic in the North Pole. But to their surprise the animals give them a frosty reception.
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147476973X
Author: Faruqi, Saadia
Year: 2019
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781474769730
Note: Yasmin loves hosting parties! Music, friends, fun! But what she doesn't love is the spicy food her Pakistani family serves. Yasmin puts on her chef's hat and plans to make her own amazing, fantastic recipe - as soon as she works out what that is!
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0857636308
Author: Gemin, G. R
Year: 2016
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9780857636300
Note: Joe's family run the local cafe in Bryn Mawr. It's seen better days and Joe's mam wants to sell it. But it was started before the war by Joe's Italian great-great grandfather, and he can't bear to see it shut. He vows to save the family business, and find out more about his past at the same time.
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1406388912
Author: Atinuke
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781406388916
Note: Three delightful stories about Too-Small Tola, a young girl who, though small, is very determined. Tola lives in a flat in Lagos with her sister, Bola, who is very clever; her brother, Femi, who is very fast; and Grandmummy, who is very bossy.
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1407196545
Author: Saunders, Kate
Year: 2012
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
ISBN: 9781407196541
Note: Oz and Lily's family have moved house, into a chocolate shop. It's the perfect home, apart from the small fact that it's haunted. When they discover enchanted chocolate, hidden in the shop, they realize that the shop is hiding more than one spooky secret.
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0192772015
Author: Whitehorn, Harriet
Year: 2019
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9780192772015
Note: Born to bake. Happy to help. Freddie Bonbon is the kindest boy in town. He is also the most amazing baker - he just doesn't know it! So when the King of Cakes competition is announced, all his friends and customers encourage him to enter. Everyone wants Freddie to win!
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0857635999
Author: Butchart, Pamela
Year: 2016
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9780857635990
Note: Pugly is a pug with aspirations and dreams. While his owner is at school, he bakes cakes, builds space rockets and solves crimes. Things never go entirely to plan, though.
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1848124740
Author: Lowery, Mark
Year: 2015
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781848124745
Note: Roman Garstang is obsessed with food - particularly Squidgy Splodge raspberry-jam doughnuts - but he is about to learn that things are not always as sugar-coated as they might seem. Because of his Monday-morning jam doughnut, Roman's week takes a very sticky turn.
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1782959661
Author: Gray, Kes
Year: 2017
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
ISBN: 9781782959663
Note: Daisy is usually happy with her strawberry Dip Dab lollies or Crunchy Cream biscuits, but when Easter comes round, it's all about chocolate. And the trouble with chocolate is, it's TOO DELICIOUS. So when Daisy's mum tells her they're going to Chocolate Land as a special treat, she is REALLY excited!
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1405297514
Author: Smith, James
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781405297516
Note: Melvin, Rhubarb, and Yoshi are on the hunt for a new mystery to write about in the Daily Donut newspaper, but little do they know, it's right under their nose - there's something spooky in the sandwiches! Soon Rhubarb and co are sure there's a ghost in her dad's cool old retro lunchbox, but when no one believes them - and the whole town is in dange
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1405293748
Author: Stanton, Andy
Author: Tazzyman, David
Year: 2019
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
ISBN: 9781405293747
Note: Lamonic Bibber is at war and its all because of Mr Gum and Billy William the Third. As the meat and grease whizz through the air, its up to Polly and her friends to break up the fight.
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1408880318
Author: Burgis, Stephanie
Year: 2017
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781408880319
Note: Aventurine is the fiercest, bravest kind of dragon, and she's ready to prove it to her family by leaving the safety of their mountain cave and capturing the most dangerous prey of all: a human. But when the human she captures tricks her into drinking enchanted hot chocolate, she finds herself transformed into a puny human girl with tiny blunt teeth.
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1782265929
Author: Lake, Angie
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781782265924
Note: Being at school is boring. It's really boring when you already know what you're going to be. It's really, really boring when you're going to be something cool like a private investigator. Until then, Mina's going to practise for her future. By keeping notes on all her classmates, spying on suspicious teachers, noticing every little - wait: aren't school dinners a bit strange?
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1408887061
Author: O'Connell, David
Author: Powell, Claire
Year: 2018
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781408887066
Note: Archie McBudge knows his lucky underpants must really work because when he and his mum are summoned to Honeystone Hall in the remote Scottish village of Dundoodle, they find Archie has inherited not only the enormous hall, but the whole of the world-famous McBudge Confectionery Company from Great-Uncle Archibald.
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1848127375
Author: Lowery, Mark
Year: 2019
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781848127371
Note: Ten-year-old Daniel is never happier than when he is eating chips. Especially during his family's annual Chip Shop Championships, the highlight of his year. And especially when he can also eat chips with Monkey, his beloved soft toy and trusty companion. But something big happened one terrible November day, the lives of Daniel and his family are changed forever
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0192766147
Author: Reeve, Philip
Author: McIntyre, Sarah
Year: 2020
Media class: Hardback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9780192766144
Note: Welcome to another brilliantly quirky adventure story from creative powerhouse Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre. Bumbleford has been hit by a series of biscuit thefts. All the clues lead straight to the only roly-poly flying pony in town, and Max's best friend, Kevin! Max and Kevin are forced to go on the run. Will they find the real culprit before
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140956777X
Author: Brown, Matt
Year: 2014
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781409567776
Note: Compton Valance has an incredible secret: he can travel through time using a mouldy sandwich. But who'd have thought changing the past could make your dad start wearing dresses? Or that you can wipe out dinosaurs with a custard cream? Yes, he is trouble. Luckily he's got a space cadet from the future and his bungling best mate to help. Uh-oh.
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