Children Book Reviews

Name: Jennifer Caddick
20 February 2024;

Genre: Adventure

The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts is an absolutely amazing and epic adventure across perilous, peculiar and far flung lands in a race of a lifetime! The competition, known as the Glorious Race of Magical Beasts, could not have higher stakes for 12 year old apprentice...

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Name: Elen Green
20 February 2024;

Genre: Funny Stories

Just imagine what it would be like to have a small fairy in your life.... Sounds great? Yes, until you find out about Stink - introduced as the 'Worst. Fairy. Ever' in book 1.  In Stink: Fairy Vs Wizard (book 2), Stink has returned to the 'humany' world, to seek out Darren, do...

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Name: Clair Bossons
19 February 2024;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Hide and Seek follows on from Rhian Tracey's I Spy: A Bletchley Park Mystery but is a separate historical adventure that can be read and enjoyed as a stand-alone novel. This time, Ned and his mother travel to Manod in...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
19 February 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Twitchers are back! When Ava goes on a school trip to a museum, she finds herself in the middle of a robbery. Hundreds of valuable birds of paradise exhibits have been stolen, and it is vital that they are found before they are destroyed and their beautiful fea...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
19 February 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Rowan lives with her parents in the city of Holderby. She is a happy, adventurous girl who loves to run and climb. When war with the Estrians threatens the safety of the city, Rowan and her mother are forced to flee and seek shelter with the grandfather Rowan didn’t know she had. He lives on t...

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Name: Donna Burkert
19 February 2024;

Genre: Magical Realism

Twins Edward and Elodie Crane are part of a magical family. Their dads are Artezans - 'ones who can wield magic that flows through them'.  Every summer they host a special camp where Artezans from all over, unite, and where those transitioning from primary school to secondary school can find t...

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Name: Linda Brown
17 February 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

I have been waiting a while for the conclusion of the magical and thrilling Legends of the Sky series and wow, it's been worth the wait... In The Pirate's Dragon, we meet Serena and Raff who live on separate isl...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
16 February 2024;

Genre: Non Fiction

This is a lovely book! This Book Will Make You an Artist presents 25 artists from around the world and gives you a step by step guide on how to create art like them. Starting with the earliest artists - the prehistoric cave dwellers - and moving right up to modern day, we have...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
16 February 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Press Start! Super Rabbit Boy Blasts Off! is the fifth book in Thomas Flintham's series cleverly based on children's love of computer games, which is likely to have the young chapter book reader hooked from the start. The scenario of being on a long car journey, eight hours in...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
16 February 2024;

Genre: Historical Fiction

For Ned, the outbreak of the Second World War and the expansion of undercover operations at Bletchley Park have offered an unexpected escape from a dismal future working in his father's funeral parlour. Suddenly, he and his mother are being sent off to Wales as part of the covert mission to ke...

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