Families Book Reviews

Name: Emma Green
22 May 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Fans will be thrilled to see a new Cat Clarke novel and her latest is set at an isolated girls' boarding school - the perfect setting to capture the intensity and angst of teenaged girl friendships. When Harper joins the school's sixth form, she is still grieving the death of her twin sister to a...

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Name: Nikki Stiles
16 May 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Ella is an up and coming jazz singer who is struggling to hit the right notes with everyone in her career. Ella is refused the opportunity to sing at one of the biggest joints in town because she and her band of fellas are black. Hearing of this new and amazing talent a very special lady gets in...

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Name: Nikki Stiles
15 May 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Build a T-REX is a great non-fiction text. The board book includes 3D model pieces to make your own T-REX. I tackled this book with my 6-year-old daughter and she couldn't wait to get started. The text on each page is short and simple, enough to read alone with just the right amount of key vocabu...

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Name: Nikki Stiles
15 May 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Billy spends a lot of time with Grandad listening to his stories, but this is one, he just does not believe is possible. Grandad tells Billy about the heroic secret giant who lives in town and goes around doing all the good things unnoticed. One early morning Billy finds himself face-to-face with...

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Name: Wesley Age 13
15 May 2017;

Genre: Real life

It's hilarious and very relatable to teenagers and if you like Shane Dawson (who you might know from YouTube) you will definitely like this book.

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Name: Alison Kelly
11 May 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Possibly better known as a translator of poetry, fiction and drama and as a poet for adults, George Szirtes was the worthy 2013 winner of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education's Poetry Prize so the stakes are set high for his new collection. It does not disappoint. The title poem (heralde...

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Name: Marie Berry
08 May 2017;

Genre: Adventure

We use 'One Night, Far From Here' by Julia Wauters as one of our KS1 English reading, writing and topic units - 'Walk This Wild World' would be a superb complement book to use along side this unit of work. Each page within this book encounters a different location across the world. A small poem...

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Name: Marie Berry
08 May 2017;

Genre: Adventure

I'm going to eat this Ant is a rather quirky tale of the Anteater who catches an Ant and spend the book explaining to it how it's going to eat it. And what a lot of graphic options are on offer, from between bread in a sandwich to sliced and diced like salami. I think this book would need to be...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
08 May 2017;

Genre: Adventure

After her mother's death, a distraught Lemonade Liberty Witt is sent to live with her grandfather in the rural backwater of Willow Creek. And after the thriving metropolitan bustle of San Francisco she finds her new, reduced circumstances somewhat difficult to adjust to. Befriended by the annoyi...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
06 May 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This inspiring book introduces the reader to The British Library and to some of the greatest treasures kept there. It's a fabulous celebration of libraries and their importance. Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom are well known for their skill at presenting information and illustration in a way whi...

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