Children Book Reviews

Name: Monika Davis
01 May 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Ollie adores his explorer grandma, but not for nothing does his mum call her 'Grandma Dangerous'. Fearless and eccentric, and not above telling the odd lie, she soon draws Ollie, his friend Piper and his posh and annoyingly polite and helpful cousin Thomas (not forgetting Rose the dog) into a ma...

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Name: Bryony Davies
28 April 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Mo, Lottie and the Junkers is a new adventure from Jennifer Killick. Cleverly presented as a Vlog from Mo and Lottie, unlikely friends and nearly step siblings, this story will capture the imaginations of adults and children of all ages. It is hard to review without spoiling the plot as much acti...

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Name: Sam Phillips
28 April 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Looking for a book to entice a reluctant reader or a young reader who has yet to gain the confidence or stamina to challenge 'real books' independently, then this is the book for you. Level Up has been selected for the Reading Agency Summer Reading Challenge 2019 and after reading it, it is clea...

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Name: Megan Age 11
27 April 2019;

Genre: Fantasy

Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles is about a 14 year old boy, Ronan who is the youngest recruit of the secret Irish police. The story follows how they and he handle the misdeeds of lots of magical creatures and they aren't short of those! I found this book absolutely hilarious! I loved it. I...

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Name: Leia Sands
25 April 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Having read and enjoyed Once upon a Raindrop by James Carter, I was pleased to see the publication of this book about space. The book provides a good introduction to young children to the Big Bang and the origins of life on Earth. The author combines poetry with non fiction to create a 'poeti...

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Name: June Hughes
24 April 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Cinnamon is a princess in a faraway country in a faraway time. She is blessed with great beauty but she is blind and does not speak. Her parents, desperate to hear her voice, offer great riches (a field of mango trees, a parrot and a portrait of the princess's aunt) to anyone who can get her to t...

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Name: Lizi Backhouse
24 April 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Don't hug the pug is a simple book; baby likes to cuddle but is repeatedly told not to 'hug the pug'. Instead he is told he can hug various items that rhyme with pug but not the dog itself as it is stinky. The story ends with the adult in the story realising it's not the pug that smells, it is i...

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Name: Lizi Backhouse
24 April 2019;

Genre: Adventure

A simple but lovely book, Fly enjoys...flying! The only issue is that everyone she meets thinks she's doing it wrongly, but when she tries it their way, it doesn't work. This book is easy to follow, with simple black and white cartoon pictures which give it a vintage feel. Each page has shor...

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Name: Louise Gahan
22 April 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Mira's Curly Hair is a book about differences and the wish to be like somebody else or have something someone else has. It gives us a brief insight in Mira, a beautiful, happy young girl who has all the joy and innocence of youth but with one desire; that is to have hair like her Mum who she resp...

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Name: Louise Gahan
22 April 2019;

Genre: Adventure

The Phoenix of Persia is based on a story from the Shahnameh, an Iranian poem and one of the great epics of world literature. It is a story reminiscent of Snow White where a King awaits the birth of his son, only to banish him to the forest when the child is born with white hair. We are then take...

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