Children Book Reviews

Name: Jennifer Caddick
20 February 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Uki and the Outcasts is the fourth book in the absolutely amazing series of books set in the Five Realms - a fantasy world formed and inhabited by tribes of rabbits. After the first three books focusing on the adventures of young rabbit Podkin, the author has moved forward in...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
18 February 2022;

Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

Fantastically Great Women Artists and their Stories is another brilliant book from Kate Pankhurst. I am big fan of these books and have ALL the previous Fantastically Great Women books in my collection. This version, however, is slightly different. It has been written and publ...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
15 February 2022;

Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction

It's the sunny season and it's just too hot for young Mike and his dog, Bowow. Unfortunately, as they try to stay cool in the shade of the house, Mama sends them out to play. They head off to the surrounding Chocolate Hills when all of a sudden an earthquake causes a rumble and the ground belo...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
14 February 2022;

Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction

Mike Falls Up is part of the new Little Tiger readers, designed to support children moving from picture books to their first chapter books. The book itself is sumptuous- a lovely, thick cardboard cover, small enough to fit comfortably in little hands with an engaging picture f...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
14 February 2022;

Genre: Adventure

The Boy in the Post is an energetic, lively and charming, children- and animal-packed adventure story, with a warm, gentle and old fashioned feel to the characters, setting and tone. The story follows a summer holiday like no other for three siblings: Orinthia, Seafra a...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
14 February 2022;

Genre: Horror

Dread Wood is the superb, super-scary and super-cool new horror-comedy story from the brilliant Jennifer Killick. After her last two books (the fantastically creepy Crater Lake and Crater Lake: Evolution), Jennifer has, yet again, upped the level of stylishly slick, sinister s...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
14 February 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

This was a fabulous, funny, intriguing and puzzling interactive mystery story where you, the reader, becomes one of the main characters and detectives of the crime that has been committed. You find yourself in the town of Haventry. It may look normal but it also has a 'Shady Side', inhabited b...

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Name: Linda Canning
14 February 2022;

Genre: Adventure

I have adored the How to be a Hero series from beginning to end, and A Gathering of Giants is no exception. The perfect ending to a fantastic series, it sees Lotta and Whetstone face their greatest challenges yet. Like its prequels, it is a quest story packed...

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Name: Emma Nelson
13 February 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Anna Ciddor's novel The Boy Who Stepped Through Time is a glorious tale of a boy who time travels back to the Roman era whilst on holiday with his family. The story begins with Perry and his family visiting a Roman grape harvest festival at a Roman villa in France. Perry inadv...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
12 February 2022;

Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction

Speedy Monkey is a beutifully written, colourful, hardback book; perfect for children who are developing fluency and moving away from phonetically decodable texts. The vocabulary used will allow for wonderful discussions and allow opportunities to ask questions about a child's...

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