Children Book Reviews

Name: Anna Cartwright
26 March 2026;

Genre: STEM

SuperQuesters: The Case of the Stolen Sun is aimed at 4 to 6-year-olds. It follows the story of three friends who must follow a quest, solving puzzles along the way, to bring the Sun back to Questland. Lots of STEM skills are involved, and the story and illustrations ar...

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Name: Sam
25 March 2026;

Genre: Funny Stories

The Way the Cookie Crumbles is the second highly amusing, heartwarming book in the Café Chaos series. Written by popular children's author Catherine Wilkins, this fab book cannot fail to appeal to young readers...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
25 March 2026;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Sim, Jeopardy and Nelson are on holiday in Rome with Sim's mother, Callidora, and Jeopardy's father, Emmett, and they are loving every minute. Then they meet Soraya, whose brother is the world-famous illusionist, Kinetic. When Kinetic vanishes while performing a trick (which is being broadcast...

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Name: Donna Burkert
24 March 2026;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Will Shakespeare Mysteries: The Stinky Stolen Toenails is as hilarious as the title suggests. We follow young William Shakespeare on his quest to prove himself as the 'Greatest-Person-Who-Solves-Crimes'. He and his best friend Tybalt get up to much mayhem whilst they try to un...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
23 March 2026;

Genre: Funny Stories

Café Chaos: The Way the Cookie Crumbles is the second in the fun, fast and family-orientated lively middle grade stories, featuring Hope Crumble and her chaotic café-owning family. As usual, the daily dramas of keeping the Crumble Café afloat (and dealing with the unusu...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
20 March 2026;

Genre: STEM

Perfect for igniting ideas and creating curious children, The Book Will Make You a Scientist is packed with accessible experiments, inspired by the work of 25 scientists from the past and present, from different cultures and locations across the world. Starting with adv...

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Name: Anna Cartwright
20 March 2026;

Genre: STEM

SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic is a wonderful blend of magic, STEM, imagination and illustrations. Again we join the trio of questers as they attempt to help a friend who is ill. Enter the magical rainforest where they must try to find a cure. Assisted by some new fri...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
20 March 2026;

Genre: Animals

This heart-warming story has a well-crafted plot that first draws you in and then leaves you with a feeling of satisfaction. Birdie lives in a children's home specifically for the illegitimate children of white English women and black American GI's. Surrounded by others like h...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
20 March 2026;

Genre: Adventure

In Marty Moose: The Great Stamp-ede, Marty has a very important job to do: he must deliver the eggstra-special prize to the finish line before the race ends. It sounds simple. This action-packed story keeps readers eager to discover what will happen next as Ma...

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Name: Michelle Bailey
19 March 2026;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

The Gumdrops: Quest for Bravery is a new, interactive graphic novel by Elissa Elwick, aimed at readers aged 5-8 years old. It follows The Gumdrops, guardians of a magical land, on their quest to find a friend for Daisy. The first thing that caught my eye with this book...

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