Children Book Reviews

Name: Maddalena Pretto
23 October 2024;

Genre: Family & Home

Aria is a girl who lives with her family in a strange planet called Terros, during a class experiment she discovers that she has human DNA. Since she was very little she has known that her parents think that humans are bad people. One day she is sent to Earth to spread a virus that could kill...

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Name: Mizuki Age 10
20 October 2024;

Genre: Animals

Michael Morpurgo's Cobweb is very engaging and interesting. Telling the adventure of a farm dog, this book has lots of unexpected twists that don't always make much sense! Overall I really enjoyed it and do recommend.

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Name: Sue Wilsher
18 October 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

For five years, Mortimer Folchart, the bookbinder, and his daughter, Meggie, have enjoyed living in peace with their family and friends, leaving past events behind them. However, Orpheus Gemelli is determined to wreak revenge on those he believes betrayed him. With the help of an artist, he tr...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
17 October 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Every child wishes that they had a suit which they could put on and which would turn them in to a super hero - but Marvin actually has one! Space and aliens are topics which will grab children's attention and Marv and the Alien Invasion capitalises on this. This...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
17 October 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Who doesn’t like a good ghost story? In this the fifth Adventure Mice story, The Ghostly Galleon, the team are sitting telling ghost stories as they drink their bedtime hot chocolate. When there's mention of the Ghostly Galleon, a ship named the Piranha owned...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
15 October 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Reggie Rabbit series is the perfect combination of narrative and graphic novel which will keep the young chapter book reader from beginning to end. Perfect for any library, book corner or reading study group, this second book is every bit as engaging as th...

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
15 October 2024;

Genre: Non Fiction

Totally Chaotic History: Roman Britain Gets Rowdy! is an exciting new book by historian Greg Jenner with excellent interruptions from Dr Emma Southon. This book is designed to introduce the reader to the total chaos of Roman Britain. The layout of this...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
15 October 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Wildsmith Rowan and her family return to Holderby, when they learn that Prince David has been kidnapped. His mother, Queen Silvana, believes that the Estrian leaders are responsible. Rowan and her friend Leo, whose mother now leads the Estrian people, know that this is untrue. Queen Silvana gi...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
14 October 2024;

Genre: Adventure

11-year-old Maisie lives with her father. He writes books telling people "How To" do exciting things, like building a zipwire, but he lives a very boring life and, as far as Maisie believes, has never done anything exciting himself. When he needs to go to Antarctica to research his latest book...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
11 October 2024;

Genre: Poetry

Just in time for the spooky season comes this suitably scary collection of poems from Joseph Coelho. Spooky Poems Aloud is the fourth book in the 'Poetry to Perform' series and offers a perfectly-pitched selection of poems to add some shivers to Hallowe’en!</p...

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