Families Book Reviews
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Fifty Things to do with a Stick
Name: Sue Wilsher
11 November 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
Bursting with ideas for engaging activities, this is a book designed to build confidence and skill in using a range of tools. With plenty of practical advice and words of caution about safe and responsible usage and storage of tools, it is obviously written by someone with a great passion for...
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The Bedtime book of Impossible Questions
Name: Carol Wright
11 November 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
Our school Reading ambassadors really enjoyed this fascinating book. The Bedtime book of Impossible Questions answers those questions that you didn't know you had. Perfect for bedtime reading for those who ask 'why what when where and how', it will quench your child's thirst f...
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Where Bjorn Belongs
Name: Sharon Porter
11 November 2022;Genre: Friends and family
Where Bjorn Belongs is such a lovely tale of friendship, and how having a dream and following it can make the world a better place. My colleagues and I think this book will become a classic of the future for every Christmas. "Do you think if I lost my Tigger and asked Santa to...
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The Winter Wish
Name: Jennifer Bevan
10 November 2022;Genre: Family & Home
I can't wait to snuggle up this December and read The Winter Wish to my daughter. This is a charming tale of how one child's wish can change everything. The illustrations are beautiful and you can imagine walking into the book shop and browsing the shelf finding you next perfe...
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The Other Ones
Name: Morgan Harkin
10 November 2022;Genre: Supernatural
Everybody knows the haunted house in the neighbourhood. Unfortunately this means that young Sal, who prefers to stay hidden, is thrown into the spot light. He envies an ordinary life with ordinary experiences but a strange boy, Pax, winds up on his door step, and his life grows even more compl...
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Wolfbane
Name: Kelly Buxton
10 November 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
A book that leaves you breathless. If I could give this more than 5*, I would! The ancient clans seek peace, but at what cost? A choked howl gives way to a deafening silence that echoes around the forest. Pack brother Torak and his mage mate Renn answer the call, but will they be too late? An...
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We Disagree About This Tree
Name: Sharon Porter
10 November 2022;Genre: Picture Books
Bear and Mouse are the two main characters in this lovely story, We Disagree about this Tree - both of them disagree on absolutely everything to do with decorating their Christmas tree. But what's this, a sense of Christmas spirit breaking out and the two characters finding so...
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If You Read This
Name: Jan Blagden
09 November 2022;Genre: Bereavement
If You Read This is the second middle grade novel by Kereen Getten, as she skilfully whisks the reader off to the Caribbean. The warmth of the interfering family and friends, the light touch of local dialect and description of place bring to the reader the experience of an aut...
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The Spell Tailors
Name: Jenny Caddick
07 November 2022;Genre: Fantasy
The Spell Tailors is a charming, magical and colourfully imaginative adventure fantasy. Family tailors Danelli and Co are the finest spell tailors around. They have a reputation for style, intricate stitches and perfectly sewn spells. They can sew protection spells to keep yo...
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The House of Shells
Name: Jenny Caddick
07 November 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
There is a beautifully crafted sense of the supernatural in this intriguing MG adventure set in Nigeria. The story draws on fascinating Yoruba mythology and superstitions and tells the story of 12 year old Kuki, whose aunt's belief in the Yoruba spirits Abiku, risks her feeling cursed and doom...
