Children Book Reviews

Name: Louisa Farrow
08 June 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Adventure, heroism, suspense, pathos, humour: Until the Road Ends has them all. I was gripped from the first line: 'Beau's life started one second before it almost ended'. Who wouldn’t want to read on after that? Beau turns out to be a stray dog, who is saved from under...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
08 June 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

After the success of their French mission, Rosie Raja is keen to avoid being sent to boarding school by her dad. However, a new mission to Cairo with her father posing as an Egyptologist sees Rosie back in action on the trail of a British traitor. But with the stakes higher than ever, everyone...

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
07 June 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Rosie Raja: Churchill's Spy is a brilliant WWII adventure story. It conveys an excellent representation of female roles during wartime and the harsh realities of a world war in occupied France. Having recently been brought to England by her father from India, the Indian...

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Name: Jemma Jeffrey
01 June 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

Before we even received this book, my daughter (6 years old) and I knew we would love it! It is a follow-on from Welcome to Our World which is a firm favourite in our house. Welcome to our Table is...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 June 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Clem and her best friends Ash and Zara are mudlarkers. Along with the other members of the Thames and Tide Club, they spend their weekends searching the river banks for lost objects that have been washed ashore. They meet at the mudlarking museum, run by Oswald, where many of the unusual thing...

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Name: Lucy Hopkins
01 June 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

What a lovely book! Welcome to our Table is filled to the brim with information and ideas about food from all over the world. There's a handy contents page at the beginning of the book which has some lovely illustrations of different foods that are included in the book. There'...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
01 June 2023;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Deadlock is a fast-paced action thriller, which is recommended by its publisher for readers who have enjoyed the Alex Rider series. The main character, Archie, and his Dad are caught up in a deadly criminal scheme which puts his Dad, a senior police officer,  into priso...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
29 May 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Despite Genie and Teeny: The Wishing Well being the third adventure of Grant the genie and his best friend, Teeny the puppy, and it picking up where the previous one left off, it could easily be read as a stand-alone book. When Grant starts to miss his old life in Genie...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
28 May 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Teeny and our Genie are back in another humour packed, pet filled, early chapter book. Genie and Teeny: Wishful Thinking is the second of Steven Lenton's magical series but in this book we don't just have Genie and Teeny! Oh no, we also have Tilly, the owner of Teeny. And ther...

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Name: Maria faithorn
26 May 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

Growing Up: An Inclusive Guide to Puberty and Your Changing Body is the perfect book to share with developing youngsters as they navigate and learn their way through puberty and their changing bodies. Simple and clear page layouts, personal and reassuring messages for the read...

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