Children Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
11 December 2025;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Set in the long, hot summer of 1976, Tomorrow’s Ghost is a wonderfully atmospheric story which connects two girls, both orphaned, across time. In the summer of 1976, Anna wakes from a strange dream to hear her aunt Maggie making plans to send her away for the summer to...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
08 December 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

Eglantine Bury lives in a magical house, Huswyvern, which is the headquarters of Miss Hegotty's Secret Society of Witches. To Eglantine's dismay, Huswyvern - Hus - has caught a cold, and his gigantic sneezes are causing chaos. None of the spells Eglantine has tried have cured him, and she is a...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
05 December 2025;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Every day, the Princess digs in the endless snow of Mistmir, desperately seeking something that will restore her kingdom to what it once was. The sudden appearance of a mysterious girl gives the Princess hope she might be able to undo the foolish wish she once made and she is determined to tak...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
01 December 2025;

Genre: Animals

Georgina - known as George - is delighted to have been awarded a scholarship at the prestigious Paddock Grove school with its elite equestrian programme. She is allowed to take her own pony with her and hopes her parents will buy Timmy, the horse she has been riding for some time. However, the...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
27 November 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

In an alternative London, guarded by Elementals – airy Fumis, fiery Dragons, watery Chads and earthy Magogs – children are going missing. They are being lured away by red-eyed rat-children and locked away in the Tower of London. Marisee and Robert, the Elemental Detectives, know that they have...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
25 November 2025;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Pip lives with his family at Keeper’s Cottage on the wetlands where his mum works on environmental conservation. He particularly enjoys the swanfall every autumn, when Arctic swans return home, and watches out for his three favourites who he has named Midnight, Silver and Moonshadow. This year...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
24 November 2025;

Genre: Family & Home

Eddie's little sister, Scarlet, is very ill. Having been born with a heart condition, she often needs medical care, taking all his parents' time and attention. Eddy loves Scarlet very much - but sometimes he feels invisible to others and focuses all his attention on being a 'good' boy, bottlin...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
21 November 2025;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Meet Mat o'Shanter. Rascal. Hooligan. Kid. It is always a pleasure to read - and then review - a book that is a little bit different, that draws you in by being unique and surprising. Mat o' Shanter: A Cautionary Tale is a narrative poem combined with a very relevant autobiogr...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
14 November 2025;

Genre: Animals

Gill Lewis has a real skill for combining detailed knowledge of the natural world and a griping story which will engage children. This fourth book in the Island Vet series, The Winter Snow Goose is set on the island in winter and follows the challenges...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
12 November 2025;

Genre: Short reads

Containing six enduring tales, this new edition of Oscar Wilde's Stories for Children is an absolute delight. The collection contains two of his best loved and best known stories, 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Selfish Giant', both tales which I loved as a child. There is...

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