Children Book Reviews

Name: Amanda Shipton
01 September 2023;

Genre: Poetry

Lou Peacock has worked her magic to compile the most amazing collection of 366 poems, A Whale of a Time, boasting work from Brian Bilston, Maya Angelou, Spike Milligan and many more. Some will that you will love, poems that will bring you joy and laughter, some that will trans...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
01 September 2023;

Genre: Adventure

When Kevin and his family get stuck in a strange town, they accidentally wake up something OLD and VERY HUNGRY. It's up to Kevin to save everyone - or else! The first in a brilliantly funny fantasy adventure series. Many children will be able to identify with Susie who lives in 'the mos...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
01 September 2023;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

A Sprinkling of Danger is the third delightful mystery adventure starring young, talented and creative French patisserie genius and super sleuthing spy, Alice Éclair. I am such a huge fan of these charming and exciting stories! The books can read in order or as stand-alones fo...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
01 September 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Welcome back to Eerie -on-Sea, where everyone knows not to go out on the beach at night, especially when it's almost midwinter. But that isn't going to stop the members of Anomalous Phenomena podcast group, who are in Eerie on a monster tour, hunting down evidence of the fabled Malamander! Whi...

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Name: Emma Nelson
31 August 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Just before a new school year begins, Tito starts to have odd dreams - he wakes up on a cliff edge in his Spiderman Pj's, where he encounters strange beings who turn out to be fairies (Jinn). On the first day of the new term, Tito is asked by his teacher to look after a new pupil from Pakistan...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
31 August 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

In this fascinating book, the reader discovers the stories of twenty extraordinary inventors from across the world. Coming from very different backgrounds and locations, each of the people featured has seen a need, identified the problem and set about finding a solution, using their skill to m...

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Name: Mrs M
31 August 2023;

Genre: Animals

This is such a great idea...to present non-fiction material in such a fun way. The interview style is very clever, using fact and humour. Interview with a Tiger: and Other Clawed Beasts Too is an interesting way to get children to think about the environment, climate change, i...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
30 August 2023;

Genre: Magical Realism

Izzy is a girl who likes science and doesn't believe in magic. She feels like the odd one out in her family. Then one day a fairy appears and insists that Izzy accompany her to a magical land. There, Izzy has a quest to complete to save to save a prince, accompanied by a unicorn called Henry....

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
30 August 2023;

Genre: Magical Realism

Izzy is back in her second adventure, Izzy the Inventor and the Curse of Doom, combining real experiments with anarchic magic and fantasy. This time, Izzy and her unicorn friend Henry travel into the magical land to save Sleeping Beauty and break the bad fairy's curse. As befo...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
30 August 2023;

Genre: Adventure

A second visit to Crookhaven – the school where being criminally bad is completely the right and most positive thing students can aspire to - is just as enthralling, dramatic and entertaining as book 1. This school for thieves teaches forgery, trickery, theft, hacking and all...

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