Children Book Reviews

Name: Amanda Shipton
28 July 2023;

Genre: Funny Stories

Foxes on the run! A evil cat out for revenge! Squirrels in leotards! Fox cub siblings Ted and Nancy are being chased by Princess Buttons - the scariest street cat in the Big City. Running for their lives, the pair flees for Grimwood - a peaceful town in the countryside. The only problem? Grimw...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
28 July 2023;

Genre: Funny Stories

Eric Dynamite, the woodlouse, is back to guide us through another hilarious adventure in Grimwood. Fox cub siblings Ted and Nancy are back with an all-new wildly funny story that will have children (and their grown-ups) laughing out loud. In Grimwood: Let the Fur Fly, T...

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Name: Donna Burkert
27 July 2023;

Genre: Funny Stories

The dynamic duo of Agatha Topps and Lenny Tuchus are at it again in The Attack of the Robot Librarians. Something has to be done about the robot librarians! Choosing books for children to read is one thing, but flying about the school and controlling children's behaviour is an...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
24 July 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Otto, Ilse and Karl live in the ruins of 1948 Berlin. The city is broken by the bombing at the end of the war and is now cut off from the West by the Russians. American and British planes have to fly food and supplies into the city to keep it going. The Americans throw sweets tied to little pa...

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Name: Nathan Cox
24 July 2023;

Genre: Adventure

The Deadlands: Hunted by Skye Melki-Wegner is a brilliant fantasy adventure story, perfect for upper primary aged readers and, of course, dinosaur lovers. The story is packed full of adventure, action, drama and survival that will hook its audience in seconds! The first one in...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
20 July 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Dragon Storm, Skye and Soulsinger is the eighth book in the Dragon Storm series. This story follows Princess Skye and her journey back to Draconis to see her brother and father, only when she arrives all is not as it seems. A dragon rebellion has begun and a w...

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Name: Jane Rew
18 July 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

A glow-in-the-dark cover. Now that's appealing for a start (although this book is eye-catching even in daylight). Open it up and you immediately get a sense that, while it belongs in 'non-fiction', it doesn't take its subject entirely seriously. After all, who's heard of seagulls in sunglasses...

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Name: Emma Nelson
17 July 2023;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Yomi and the Fury of Ninki Nanka opens with Yumi and her brother Kayode preparing to go to bed. Outside a furious storm rages in the sky, just as their uncle appears in the room to read them a bedtime story. The two main characters are visiting The Gambia and they are fascinat...

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Name: Sharon Porter
14 July 2023;

Genre: Environment

I had never heard of the Panna Reserve in India before reading The Tiger's Tale. It tells us about the tigers who live and are protected (mostly) by the rangers. Sadly, poaches are still killing tigers but the message of protecting the tigers comes roaring through the text lou...

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Name: Lisa watkins
14 July 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Call of the Titanic is one of the best books I have read about the infamous Titanic. It is a gripping adventure story of stowaway Clara who befriends an enormous dog - Rigel. The story tells the tale of the special friendship formed between the two when the Titanic collides wi...

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