Children Book Reviews

Name: Linda Brown
09 February 2026;

Genre: Science Fiction

Anya's mum still hasn't returned home from her top-secret experimental work, so she impulsively sets out on her boat to search for her. Anya is drawn to a strange light hovering above the ocean and reaches out to touch it . . . She wakes to a strangely calm sea and makes her way back home. How...

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Name: Jessica WELTON
06 February 2026;

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Blitz Sisters is a gripping story about the relationships between three sisters in the toughest of times; before, during and after the Blitz ravages their home city, London and the adventures they have. From the countryside to the city of Paris, the sisters are always on a...

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Name: Jack Age 11
05 February 2026;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

It is really fun!

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Name: Amanda Shipton
04 February 2026;

Genre: Adventure

This is the eighth fantastic book in the Adventuremice series by Reeve and McIntyre! These two authors make are hard to beat when it comes to creating warm-hearted and comical adventures. As always, the illustrations in this series are really outstanding, they are warm...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
30 January 2026;

Genre: Family & Home

12-year-old Tamara Cohen is struggling. Since the Hamas attacks on October 7th, nothing has been right. Her dad is worried about his brother and family living in Israel and Jewish children, including Tamara, have become targets of Jew hate at school. To cap it all Tamara has to move out of her...

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Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
23 January 2026;

Genre: Funny Stories

Postman Planet considers himself to be the cool dude hero of the Intergalactic Postal Depot, he is the greatest postman in the whole galaxy so its no surprise when he is given a very important task, so important that he even gets an unwelcome assistant. This is because his mission is to delive...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
22 January 2026;

Genre: Funny Stories

Finn lives with his dad, younger sister Maisie (who is obsessed with unicorns) and his older brother Jonah, whose hobby is bullying and embarrassing Finn. As Finn puts it, he is "the filling in a sibling sandwich" and his life is one huge fail after another. In the very first chapter, he loses...

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Name: Jane
16 January 2026;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Much like the previous book featuring young female sleuth Clem Fatale, this one is a helter-skelter, sometimes farcical, always entertaining, page-turner set in 1950s London. Apart from the famous London Palladium where the Wade sisters are due to perform, and the Ritz frequen...

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Name: Tina Derry
16 January 2026;

Genre: Funny Stories

If your New Year's resolution was to read more great books then look no further; Postman Planet is here! Award-winning author Ben Davis comes up trumps again with this hilarious story about Postman Planet and his trusty companion, Stamp, the half-robot, previously frozen helpmate that every he...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
15 January 2026;

Genre: Adventure

Mia's Tiger is the first in the amazing Animalgicals series by Paula Harrison. This is the perfect choice for any child who loves, animals, nature and adventure. Most would dream of the opportunity to change into an animal but the one of the p...

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