Children Book Reviews

Name: Jenny Caddick
04 June 2020;

Genre: Magical Realism

Wilde knows she is not a 'normal' girl; strange things happen around her ...  When she moves in with her aunt, in her mother's old home town Winter, she just wants to be a regular kid and to fit in. Yet Winter itself doesn't appear to be a normal town. In an unusually oppressive heatwave, Year...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
04 June 2020;

Genre: Magical Realism

A thrilling and tense story from start to finish, the return to Witches Borough and to Mup and Crow is an epic, heart-in-the-mouth finale to the tale of the raggedy witches. The dark power they unleash again battles with the strength and purity of Mup's own magic.In The Pro...

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Name: Bryony Davies
04 June 2020;

Genre: Non Fiction

Amazing Island: 100+ Places That Will Boggle Your Mind is a celebration of all the islands around the world covering the extremes, the animals and the environment of these unique places. A stunning non fiction text, this book would sit nicely on any Key Stage 2 bookshelf.<br /...

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Name: Samantha Phillips
03 June 2020;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

I really enjoyed the first of the Dragon Detective books and was sure it would be a firm favourite for many LKS2 readers; an amusing tale of the unlikely friendship of a young girl and a 1,266 year old red-backed, green bellied, urban-based Mountain Dragon called Dirk. So when...

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Name: Carol Carter
02 June 2020;

Genre: Non Fiction

Shark Super Powers is an engaging and informative introduction to the world of sharks. Each double-page spread covers a different species of shark, including the most well-know (hammerhead, great white etc.) as well as more obscure examples (swell shark, goblin shark).<b...

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Name: Lizi Backhouse
02 June 2020;

Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

The Little People Big Dreams books are a great series full of inspiring stories of people who found success and changed the world in the process.This book shares the life story of athlete Jesse Owens, who challenged racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and is a good...

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Name: Dawn Woods
31 May 2020;

Genre: Animals

It was the midst of Winter, when night, like an unwelcome guest, came too early and stayed too long'. So starts Saving Winslow. Poetic as usual, Sharon Creech gives us a tale of a young boy becoming attached to a new pet - in this case, a mini donkey. Winslow's mother was so s...

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Name: Bryony Davies
27 May 2020;

Genre: Non Fiction

Nature Guide: Birds, supported by the RSPB, is a handy guide to the birds that live in Britain. Author Catherine Brereton takes the reader though the necessities for birdwatching before introducing over 135 different birds.The how-to section covers...

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Name: Bryony Davies
24 May 2020;

Genre: Non Fiction

Shark Super Powers is a fun and engaging look into the many different types of shark that live in our oceans. This book introduces each shark over a double page spread filled with fun facts and information that are sure to draw in the keenest shark fans.Introduced...

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Name: Emily Age 12
21 May 2020;

Genre: Friends and family

I liked that this could happen in real life, it's really action-packed and I would recommend this to children ages 10+

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