Children Book Reviews

Name: Beverley Somerset
02 March 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Carnival of the Lost is a wonderfully atmospheric adventure set in the grimy streets of Victorian London. Sheba is an eight year old orphan, and is a wolf-girl. Covered in hair from head to foot, she is sold to Mr Gideon Plumpscuttle and joins his troupe of unusual performers....

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Name: Carol Wright
02 March 2022;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Ollie Spark and the Accidental Adventure written by Gillian Cross Illustrated by Alan Snow Ollie Spark loves mending machines and solving mysteries! Ollie Spark loves to take machines apart and modify them. Aunt Caz, who has been signed by a publisher to write a series of spy...

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Name: Clair Bossons
01 March 2022;

Genre: Magical Realism

Mara is the granddaughter of Stribog the God of Winter Winds, Music and Silver. She has been brought up living among gods and wind spirits with her human father Yaris who she loves dearly. Mara's mother, although a strikingly beautiful wind spirit, seems a little more detached emotionally. I g...

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 March 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Ship of Doom is the first in a series of thrilling adventure-seeking books from M.A Bennett. This fantastic book introduces us to the members of The Butterfly Club; time-travelling thieves on a mission to bring the future forward. However, small changes in history often ha...

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Name: Lucy Newton
01 March 2022;

Genre: Adventure

A wonderful series for young storytellers! This series allows children to tell their own stories through different environments and experiences. At the beginning, it explains how to use the books by reading the question at the top of each page and then choosing their answer from the options us...

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Name: Lucy Newton
01 March 2022;

Genre: Adventure

A wonderful series for young storytellers! This series allows children to tell their own stories through different environments and experiences. At the beginning, it explains how to use the books by reading the question at the top of each page and then choosing their answer from the options us...

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Name: Catherine Kus
01 March 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

I recently read Dragon Storm: Tomas and Ironskin and really enjoyed it so I was interested to see what Dragon Storm: Cara and Silverthief would be like. I was concerned that perhaps they would be all the same. But I have to...

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Name: Jemma Jeffrey
28 February 2022;

Genre: Young fiction

I read The Marvellous Granny Jinks and Me to my daughter at bedtime over the course of two weeks and we both loved it. Based on a true story, we get to know and love Jada and her fun, fabulous Granny. When Jada finds a magical box of tricks, we learn how Granny’s late h...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
28 February 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Part of the incredibly popular Little People, Big Dreams series, this short biography of American poet Amanda Gorman is a gorgeously illustrated tome. It recounts her life from childhood to the present day, including her struggles with speech and visits to a speech therapist....

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Name: Donna Ritchie
28 February 2022;

Genre: Adventure

I highly recommend this series, Adventures on Trains - each book contains so much excitement! If you enjoy books full of mystery, suspense, twists and turns, these books are ideal for you! I love that every book has a different setting. Each one extremely difficult to put down...

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