Children Book Reviews

Name: Lucy Newton
05 September 2022;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

The Feeling Good Club is set out like a journal, belonging to the main character Bella. It starts by introducing her with some information about her including her best friend, her hobbies and favourite food. The journal follows Bella day by day, telling the reader about her da...

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Name: Lucy Newton
05 September 2022;

Genre: Animals

Another animal adventure story to hook in the young animal lovers! This story follows Jaya and her friends who love playing with the puppies (Peanut, Coco, Bonnie, Teddy, Minnie and Dash) at Puppy Club together. They are all puppy obsessed (as are many of the children I teach!) and enjoy meeti...

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Name: Maria faithorn
05 September 2022;

Genre: Adventure

The Story Shop Adventures are back! And this time, shopkeeper Wilbur and his assistant Fred Ferret have a pirate, treasure-hunting adventure in store for their last-minute customer, Pearl. The 'Story Pot' of inky-blue liquid is bubbling and in go a selection of props......

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
04 September 2022;

Genre: Magical Realism

The Lost Girl King is the thrilling new adventure story by Catherine Doyle. This book is infused with Irish mythology and language that allows you to be transported into another realm. Amy and Liam have been packed off to Gran's house for the summer. They are heading to Connem...

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Name: Nathan Cox
02 September 2022;

Genre: Magical Realism

Alex Neptune, Dragon Thief is another brilliant book by David Owen. An excellent, pacey adventure story full of characters, a great plot and a myth passed down through generations of water creatures and dragons. The story is also filled with humour that will keep any class lau...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
02 September 2022;

Genre: Adventure

Alice Éclair might only be thirteen, but she is also an expert pâtissière and France's youngest, keenest spy. For the past year, she has been receiving cryptic messages and puzzles to solve and, although she does not know who they are from, she has her suspicions - which are realised when a fi...

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Name: Lisa Watkins
01 September 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Mia and The Lightcasters is a book that you cant put down! It is an exciting fantasy novel aimed at children from aged 8+. Mia, who lives with her little brother and parents, dreams of being an umbra tamer until a haunting encounter leaves her afraid and staying close t...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 September 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

A new adventure for the mystery-solving Twitchers! When Jack finds an injured cat, he realises that the animal has been deliberately shot. After talking to a vet, he discovers that other animals have been similarly hurt, one fatally. He decides that the Twitchers should investigate these crime...

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Name: Nathan Cox
01 September 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

The Last Monster by Dan Walker is yet another brilliantly constructed adventure story. After reading The Light Hunters, the first book in the series, I couldn't wait to read the second book and I was immediately hooked once again into the world of the light hunters. The...

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Name: Linda Canning
01 September 2022;

Genre: Adventure

Spooked: The Theatre Ghosts is a thoroughly enjoyable read from Steven Butler. When ten year old Ella Griffin is forced to move away from her happy life in London to the dull and miserable seaside town of Cod's Bottom, she fears her life might as well be over. That is until sh...

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