Children Book Reviews

Name: Emma Urbonas
07 March 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Secrets of the Snakestone is a thoroughly enjoyable read that thrusts you into the underbelly of 1800s Paris, joining two children in their search of a mystical stone to keep it from the clutches of an evil society. Zélie and Jules make for enthralling characters whom y...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
07 March 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Croaky: Search for the Sasquatch is another amazing book by the talented author Matty Long. Croaky has many qualities that children will be able to identify with. Croaky finds it difficult to make friends so his Aunt Lilly suggests that he joins the Woggle Scouts. Hoping for a...

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Name: Jane Rew
07 March 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

The Dark Portal (book one of The Deptford Mice series) may be a classic, but very many young readers will not have heard of it, let alone read it. Indeed, with its new illustrations both inside and on the cover, it could surely pass as a brand new title and is sure to ignite t...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
06 March 2024;

Genre: Magical Realism

Who doesn't love a beautiful story, brimming with magic? The author of The Wishkeeper's Apprentice, Rachel Chivers Khoo, has done it again. The Magician Next Door is a beautifully written story with gorgeous black-and-white ill...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
05 March 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Twitchers are back in the final part of their adventures. This time, Ava takes centre stage as she is present during the robbery of rare bird feathers at a museum. The Twitchers join forces to try and get back the feathers before the skins are broken up and sold. At the scene of the crime,...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
04 March 2024;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Just read the first chapter of Diary of a Big Bad Wolf and you will be HOOKED! Join Wolf as he prepares for the start of Spring - a time where he plans to eat as much meat and fairytale characters as he can imagine. There’s just one thing.. It doesn’t go quite to plan and time...

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Name: Jemma Jeffrey
04 March 2024;

Genre: Fairies

Lola and Larch Fix A Fairy Forest is absolutely magical! My daughter and I both loved it. The story follows Lola, a young girl, who rescues a rabbit during a storm. But this is no ordinary rabbit, it is a fairy in disguise, called Larch. Larch is feisty and rebellious, a refre...

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Name: Elen Green
04 March 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Having read the first Rex Dinosaur in Disguise, it was lovely to see there's a follow-up - Rex Dinosaur in Disguise: Undercover Alien. These books are perfect for early chapter book readers, especially those who like their adventures a little bit bonkers and in full colour! In Undercove...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 March 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Story Shop: Detective Dash! is an absolutely charming and joyful book for newly independent readers of shorter chapter books. Puddletown High Street is home to the most unusual, curious shop; a shop that sells STORIES! Shopkeeper Wilbur and his assistant , Fred the Ferret...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 March 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Pirates of Darksea is a high energy, high drama and electrifyingly exciting epic adventure on the high seas. Prepare to get swept away on the Darksea; join Max as he faces deadly monsters from the water's depths and battles his innermost deepest fears, too. 11-year-old...

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