Children Book Reviews

Name: Jenny Caddick
17 September 2022;

Genre: Magical Realism

A highly anticipated and welcome return to the dragons. The Ultimate Guide to Growing Dragons is a wonderful chance for fans of Andy Shepherd to catch up with her heart-warming set of characters - human and winged alike. For readers new to the delight of these dragons, it will...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
17 September 2022;

Genre: Animals

Birds of a Feather, published in collaboration with the National Trust, is a must have for every family who has an interest in nature and the world that they live in.  This beautifully illustrated book creates the perfect partnership of craft and facts. Press out and slot toge...

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Name: Sharon Porter
17 September 2022;

Genre: Environment

2023 Nature Month-by-month: A Children's Almanac, published with the National Trust, beautifully illustrates the passing of time with fascinating facts and detailed drawings. It is one of those books that the children wanted to return to again and again, even looking up their...

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Name: Donna Burkert
16 September 2022;

Genre: Magical Realism

When their mum goes away with her new boyfriend, Amy and her brother Liam are left with their gran. For Liam, being curled up on a beanbag reading, or listening to one of gran’s stories about magical worlds, is just fine, but for restless Amy, it feels like she is being imprisoned. As soon as...

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Name: Linda Canning
15 September 2022;

Genre: Horror

Let me start with a disclaimer - I hate scary books. As a child, I lost countless nights of sleep whilst lying paralysed with fear waiting for monsters, aliens and/or ghosts to come and claim me as their victim (R.L. Stine has a lot to answer for)! Therefore, I avoid horror like the plague - n...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
15 September 2022;

Genre: Environment

Discover all the brilliant things that you can see, make and do with this amazing month by month guide to the year. Published in collaboration with the National Trust, 2023 Nature Month-By-Month: A Children's Almanac is packed with nature spotter guides; exciting indoor and ou...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 September 2022;

Genre: Environment

In 2030, the world leaders pledged a coordinated and unprecedented response to the Climate Crisis, introducing strict Climate Laws and establishing World Wilderness Zones, including the High Arctic. Rory's mum is an environmental geologist whose new job with Greenlight, a company which claims...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 September 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

With his Uncle Horatio still trapped in a poisoned sleep, Milo steals away with his new friend, Alessia, to find the cure. They need to find the Botanist and discover her magical treehouse - and Milo's grandmother. The children work with the Botanist to find the ingredients for the cure, forag...

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Name: Donna Burkert
15 September 2022;

Genre: Science Fiction

In The Last Storyteller, a comet is heading for Earth and an exodus of the chosen few has begun. Petra and her family are some of the ones chosen ones to board the three Pleiades vessels that will take them across the galaxy to a new planet, a new home. With their bodies place...

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Name: Lizi Backhouse
15 September 2022;

Genre: Adventure

Ariella and Yosef notice that their school librarian keeps coming back to the library covered in mud. They can't resist investigating and end up transported back in time to Georgian London, where they meet the founder of their school. Time Travel at Puddle Lane is split...

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