Latest Book Reviews
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Friends Forever is a pitch-perfect story about friendship for very young children, bursting with vibrancy and energy. A young monkey wan...
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National Trust: When Spring Comes is a perfect book for explaining to pre-schooler the seasonal changes that happen throughout the year....
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RUUMBLE! is our first Usborne Slider Sound Book in this house and the other books in this series are now firm favourites...
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Brightly coloured illustrations show a family spreading festive cheer as they perform twelve simple acts of kindness in the days before Christmas. Each sp...
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In this charming book, a family are visiting Father Christmas at a store and in an endless queue. Unknown to the parents, one of the children has brought...
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This simple rhyming story follows Father Christmas as he makes his way across the skies to deliver his gifts on Christmas Eve. Each verse is accompanied b...
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Whenever Bobby gets distracted, he starts to float. He wants to pay attention like others, but there are so many things which draw his notice that he find...
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Dinosaur Hide-and-Seek is a gorgeous hide-and-seek book, perfect for any dinosaur fan! Follow the cute red dinosaur as they invite you to...
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This wonderful story about friendship and difficult decisions is perfect for sharing with Primary pupils. I would use Frank and Bert: The One Wher...
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Frank is teaching Bert all about football. Sometimes things go wrong, but Bert has a new ball and the two best friends are ready to play. When Frank spots...
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Every morning, a little snail sets off to follow their Path. Sometimes this path is shared by others; sometimes it is a lonely one; sometimes hard or unex...
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The Bed Book is a rhyming story, which many children love. They enjoy spotting the words that rhyme together and predicting which words m...
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Life for Bobby is so distracting! So many sights, sounds and smells. And when Bobby gets distracted, he starts to float. As hard as he tries to stay focus...
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Devil Bird Island is the amazing third book in Gill Lewis's Island Vet series. When her Mum's wallet is stolen and she l...
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Richard Scarry's ABC Word Book is an interesting book to help with children's language development. This book goes throu...
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This is the first book in a fabulous new series of stories for young readers who are dipping their toes into chapter books. The M...
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This companion volume to Once Upon a Tune continues to share the joy of music an...
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Ten-Word Tiny Tales of Love is another amazing book in Joseph Coelho and friends' brilliant series. The collection of tiny tales will ins...
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Crammed full of interesting facts about mighty mammals, big birds, rampaging reptiles, supersize fish and monstrous molluscs, MEGA: The Most Enorm...
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There is so much appeal to Dungeon Runners Level 2: Sky Battles: Joe Todd Stanton's wonderful illustrations capture the...
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Melanda Notwitch lives with her three ghastly aunts, who use her as a skivvy and slave. Melanda's life changes when one day a girl knocks on her door and...
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The Great Theatre Rescue is a stunning and exciting historical adventure story that takes place in 1930's London and evo...
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Using a simple, repeated pattern of headings, information about different animal groups is well presented, and there's clever use of the dust jack...
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Cloud Boy is a simple book with a very sophisticated message. Bobby can't concentrate; he tries hard but is continuously distracted by sights, smells and...
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Charley's childhood has been unconventional and full of excitement. Her life revolves around The Wren theatre, where, at last, she has a chance to be on t...
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Where do I begin? Ice Apprentices didn't fully capture my attention from the start but when I got into it, it was definitely worth it!</p...
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It's a Brave Young World is the book I wish someone had written when I was growing up. Jam packed full of advice on ever...
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Ice Apprentices is about Oswin who is a young boy who had been abandoned by his biological parents. Oswin thought he had made a friend na...
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Oswin Fields is a stray; he was saved from the Endless Expanse in the frozen world of Tundra. At the age of 14 he is summoned to Corridor, a school where...
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In The Cursed Tomb, 11-year-old Henut lives in ancient Egypt in 1249 BCE. Odd things start to happen that appear to be linked to the gods...
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The Zombie Project provides a fresh take on this genre where zombies might not just be a threat, but also a nece...
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The Legendary Scarlett and Browne, the final instalment of the rollicking Scarlett and Browne series, is another feast o...
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The eagerly awaited third book in Anthony Kessel's Don't Doubt The Rainbow series, ...
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Finnegan Quick certainly has a vivid imagination and has some very creepy, fanciful dreams in The Nightmares of Finnegan Quick. My Y6 boy...
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This book is amazing. I love it and it is the exact type of action book I read all the time. I have read it so many times because it is so exciting.
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The Legendary Scarlett and Browne is the third and final instalment of this incredible series following the exploits of the now most want...
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If you're a fan of The Hunger Games and would enjoy exploring the darker side of fame on social media, Island of Influencers</str...
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After the death of her friend, Ivy, Kay thought she had left Longrove for good. However, when her parents go on a cruse to celebrate their 20th wedding an...
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Introvert Jonas is more at home with his notebook of stories and lyrics than hanging out with schoolfriends. With his home life dominated by a domineering...
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What starts out as a story about a teenage girl who has a gift for knowing what people need (think pepper spray, tissues or chewing gum) quickly evolves i...
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Mondays are Murder is a must-read for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus. I absolutely loved this thrilling, unpredictable p...
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Can anything good come out of war? Set during a month of World War One, The Boy I Love is a powerful and emotional story...
Hunt for the Golden Scarab (Time Keys, book 1) 
Let the Light In 
Witchspark 
Black History for Every Day of the Year 
Amari and the Despicable Wonders (Amari and the Night Brothers) 
Impossible Creatures 
The Notwitches 
Grimwood: Party Animals 
A Beginner's Guide to Choosing the Perfect Pet 
Trick or Treat? 
Milo's Hat Trick 
Ethel the Penguin 
Come What May 
When the World Tips Over 
Ghostlines 
Anne of Green Gables 
The Falling Boy 
The Colour of the Sky 
National Trust: Annabelle and Flower 
Clever Crow 
National Trust: When Spring Comes 
BOING! A Bouncy Book of Bugs 
The Island Vet (3) - Devil Bird Island 
National Trust: A Story of the Seasons: Discover nature through the year 