Children Book Reviews

Name: Lauren Maidman
03 March 2022;

Genre: Science Fiction

Cosmic Creatures is a new series of books written by the brilliant Tom Huddleston. Set on the planet Vela, a group of humans have travelled to new planets in search of life, animals and plants. Charlie and her family are one of these families. In The Runaway Rumblebear...

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Name: Donna Burkert
03 March 2022;

Genre: Animals

The only thing that Meg loves is horses. She loves her riding lessons and cannot wait for each one to arrive. But when dad's working hours are reduced, money is tight, and Meg can only go riding occasionally. She dreams of horses every night. And then one morning, it seems as though her wish h...

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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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