Children Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
19 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

The life of William Shakespeare, from birth to grave, is a brilliantly told in words and pictures. Simon Callow's quote on the cover says it all; this is 'a perfect introduction to the real Shakespeare'. Packed with information about Elizabethan life as well as the man himself, Mick Manning and B...

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Name: Kerra Dagley
18 March 2016;

Genre: Fantasy

The third book in the series, Witch Watch sees our witchy heroine Tiga Whicabim ready to set off in search for her missing mother in the Silver City. However, just as she's getting ready to leave, colour starts to return into the black and white world of Sinkville. First, in t...

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Name: Kerra Dagley
18 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Summed up in three words by the publishers as 'Action', Survival, Terror', I'd have to agree. I read this book in one sitting, I just had to find out what would happen to Ash before I put it down. The book opens with Ash McCarthy, returning home after his dad's funeral, before he wakes up in a s...

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Name: Kerra Dagley
14 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Superhero Street is the second novel from author Phil Earle, his first was Demolition Dad. Illustrations by Sara Ogilvie really bring the action to life with hilarious accuracy. Fans of Roald Dahl, Liz Pichon and David Walliams will love this! In the story, Michael J Mouse is so desperate to be...

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Name: Kerra Dagley
14 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Beetleboy is the first of a trilogy of books written by debut author M G Leonard who says: 'Ever since I was little I've been frightened of creepy-crawlies. Then I found out that beetles can be pretty, brightly coloured, even gold. Others are as strong as the Incredible Hulk....

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Name: Caroline Downie
14 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Darcy has been taken from the shopping streets of London to live with her naturalist father in the wilderness that is Yellowstone Park. Surrounded by snow and with no mobile phone signal she feels totally isolated. And to make thing worse she has some mystery illness that means she is tired and u...

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Name: Terry Cornelius
02 March 2016;

Genre: Adventure

The children in Year 3 with whom I tested this book adored it. We will definitely be buying more copies for our school! They loved Pan, the Mini-Dragon, and are very keen to read more stories about this wonderful creature. The illustrations are lively and the children loved the splodges on the p...

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Name: Alice Barr
17 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

KNIGHTLEY & SON, a father and son detective duo, are trying to solve the mystery of a book that drives its readers to commit crimes, while also trying to discover who is behind a sinister but mysterious organisation called the Combination, which seems to be engaged in any number of criminal activ...

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Name: Ella Reece
17 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

I can already think of many young readers (aged seven to nine years) who will really enjoy this new series by Tom Nicoll. Eric loves Friday night takeaways but this particular week the bean sprouts come with more than he'd anticipated - a Mini-Dragon, called Pan, which has lost its way (it should...

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Name: Sam
09 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Good book about ghost mice, monkeys, vampires, sirens, centaurs, talking goats and does mention werewolves, mummies, minotaurs and vampire pirates. Warning - this story is not scary

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