Children Book Reviews

Name: Emily Age 11
23 May 2019;

Genre: Adventure

A young girl wants to find out about her mysterious past. I love this book because Luciana is always determined to keep going and she won't be stopped. When Luciana's grandfather, The Magnificent Marko, disappears from the stage, Luciana is Determined to find out what really happened.

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Name: Emily Beale
22 May 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Maisie has the most fantastic neighbour, Mrs Moon. Not only is she clever and full of fun but she is also a wonderful listener, really kind and a brilliant friend. Mrs Moon has certainly earned the title 'Granny Moon'. Maisie and her best friend Dylan are lucky enough to spend the holidays with M...

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Name: Andrew Mullen
17 May 2019;

Genre: Adventure

This is a wonderfully illustrated journey through the history of transport and looks at all manner of vehicles, from cars and trains to boats and spaceships. Full of interesting facts and figures, this books delves deep into the history of the earliest methods of transportation (5,000 years BC)...

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Name: Samantha Phillips
16 May 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Boot is a delightful story about a toy robot, who finds himself in a rubbish tip, with only two and half glitchy memories of his former owner; a young girl called Beth. He's confused and scared as the rubbish around him begins to slide towards a giant crusher.Deter...

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Name: Rhiannon Cook
11 May 2019;

Genre: Adventure

For fans of Nicola Davies, Yuval Zommer, Laura Knowles and Vicky Woodgate, The Sea: Exploring Our Blue Planet is a vibrant investigation of underwater habitats across the world. Packed with information about environments - from marshes and shipwrecks to the deep ocean - Miranda Krestovnikoff's pa...

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Name: Lucy Newton
07 May 2019;

Genre: Adventure

What an informative book! This would be a great resource for children learning about forests in a topic at school or just for children who are keen to learn about the natural environment. Topics include the Black Forest, the Anatomy of Trees, Rainforests, National Parks, Kelp Forests, Forest Myt...

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Name: Lucy Newton
07 May 2019;

Genre: Adventure

What a fantastic book! The Great Big Book of Life includes different sections of information on each stage of life from being a baby to dying. Each section has incredible detail include covering how babies clap their hands, blow bubbles and chuckle with pleasure before turning into children who a...

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Name: Alison Kelly
06 May 2019;

Genre: Adventure

This lovely volume of poetry celebrates the Poetry Zone's 20th birthday. Established by Roger Stevens, the website offers a safe forum for children and teenagers to publish their poems. Over its 20 years it has been visited more than a million times and has published around 30,000 poems. This w...

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Name: Alison Kelly
06 May 2019;

Genre: Adventure

In his introduction to I am a Jigsaw, Roger Stevens welcomes the reader to 'a book full of puzzling poems and words that would rather play hide-and-seek than be sensible and sit in a chair to be read quietly'. What a lovely, apt welcome this is! Stevens goes on to tell us that riddle and puzzle p...

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Name: Emily Green
04 May 2019;

Genre: Adventure

In Focus: Forests is part of the In Focus series, which includes the In Focus: Cities book, taking us through the different cultural, social and historical identities of ten world-famous cities. In the latest book, we step out of urban areas into the depths of our natural world and its forests, n...

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