Children Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
03 November 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

Having saved Huswyvern, her magical home, from the evil machinations of her uncle, Eglantine and other members of Miss Hegotty's Secret Society of Witches are having their meetings there. But Hus is not feeling at all well and is causing chaos with every sneeze. Its undiagnosed condition is re...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 November 2025;

Genre: Horror

The Last Day of October is a real spine-tingler of a tale! One Hallowe'en, three friends, Cody, Sean and Duri, decide to locate the ruins of the haunted McBride House, the scene of a tragic accident, deep in the woods. Finding the house turns out to be more terrifying than they could ever have...

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Name: Tina Derry
03 November 2025;

Genre: Poetry

A recipe for a perfect way to spend a wintry afternoon: Take 1 book full of clever and witty poems. Add some facts to increase knowledge. Sprinkle liberally with wonderful illustrations…. I LOVED THIS BOOK! The latest work of much loved poet Brian Bilston is ably suppor...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 November 2025;

Genre: Animals

Katie and her horse Sheriff take centre stage in this Paddock Grove episode. Katie is picked to be team captain for the inter schools riding competition. She is surprised and rather overwhelmed, suffering from lack of confidence. Strange things start to happen at the stables and Katie is sure...

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Name: Jenny CADDICK
03 November 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

The Fate of Podkin One-Ear is the finale in a stunning nine-book series that I have adored for years. As an adult reading "children's" literature, this series has been like revisiting the books of my childhood that built my love of reading. The Podkin saga is an epic, sweeping...

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Name: Jane Rew
03 November 2025;

Genre: Non Fiction

Straight away, children will be enticed by the colourful, zesty cover of Quantum, which hints at both the fun to be had and the new discoveries awaiting us. Our guide is a chatty quark, Q, explains difficult concepts - like the electromagnetic spectrum or the large hadron coll...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 November 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

Having beaten the White Prince in the race for the Midnight Treasure and having discovered that they are, in fact, twins, Tibor and Roza now know that they are heirs to the throne of Princeland. However, now mortal, having lost their powers using the Dark Lantern, reclaiming their inheritance...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 November 2025;

Genre: Science Fiction

In SCRAP: Escape From Somewhere 513, the third novel in the SCRAP series, Scrap and his two charges, sisters Paige and Gnat, are still trying to escape from the planet where the girls are the last remaining humans. Their escape is complicated by several robots having vendettas...

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Name: Tina DERRY
31 October 2025;

Genre: Funny Stories

In a world where all animals are granted super powers . . .  Close friends Zeb (a zebra!), Margarine the penguin and Barry the lemur queue eagerly for their super power allocations. Unfortunately for them, they are at the very end of a very long line and, when they finally reach the front, all...

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Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
31 October 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

Extinction is the third title of the Dino Knights series and is a contemporary book which has an old-fashioned feel. The soft watercolour frontcover, depicting a fierce roaring T-Rex ridden by a knight in  shining armour with a standard bearer who is a girl, bearing down on a...

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