Children Book Reviews

Name: Beverley Somerset
10 November 2025;

Genre: Family & Home

Con has been angry ever since his father left home. When a schoolmate taunts him about what's happened, Con's anger boils over and as a result he is suspended from school. With his mum at work, Con accidentally locks himself out of the flat they share. He is rescued by Mr Williams, who takes C...

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Name: Yosra Age 10
10 November 2025;

Genre: Friends and family

I really love football and love Serena Patel's books !

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Name: Ruth Cornish
10 November 2025;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Swanfall is a great adventure story that mixes mystery with folklore and ecology with friendship. It starts with the much-anticipated return of the winter flock of Arctic swans, the annual event beloved by the main character, Pip. Then together with best friend Tommo, and scho...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
10 November 2025;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

When a shoemaker discovers a tiny girl in the toe of a boot, he raises her with love and care. Having named her 'Evangeline' - a name that spoke of possibilities - he shares with her his dreams of exploration and adventure. His wife, on the other hand, feels that there is something unnatural a...

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Name: Emily Age 12
10 November 2025;

Genre: Funny Stories

The book is funny, sad and angry. I love it

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
07 November 2025;

Genre: Bereavement

Merryn lives in the Outer Hebrides and her family is falling apart. Since the death of her father, her mother suffers from depression and the oldest sister, 14-year-old Lowen, is caring for the family. After a storm, Merryn meets a horse, wild and dreamlike, made from wood and sea. She calls h...

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Name: Rachel Bolton
07 November 2025;

Genre: Animals

It's difficult not to wish fiction was reality when reading this gorgeous story about a rescued lion cub, snatched from a South African game reserve. The Lion Cub's Secret is the second book in the "White Giraffe" series (although it isn't necessary to have re...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
07 November 2025;

Genre: Short reads

Perfect for National Non-Fiction November, Spin a Story offers a wonderful mixture of true tales, riddles, poems, fun facts and jokes with the added enjoyment of a spinner on the cover to help you choose which category - Wonder, Explore, Laugh or Ooh - to select! Spinni...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
06 November 2025;

Genre: Family & Home

Starlings swoop and swirl their way through the stories of five children living in five different countries, linking their experiences as they experience their own journeys, as exciting and demanding as those of the birds soaring above. With its beautifully composed, wa...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
05 November 2025;

Genre: Friends and family

Sophie Anderson conjures up magic by recasting traditional folklore into absorbing stories that feel fresh and modern, yet timeless. This glittering story joins the ranks of beautiful art, music and writing inspired by the Russian fairy tale of the Snow Maiden, or Snegurochka....

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