Families Book Reviews

Name: Carol Williams
19 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This book tells the interwoven stories of 8 women in the palace of Ohaddin, in the fantasy world of Karenokoi. They are all connected to, and abused by, Iskan, the evil and cruel Grand Vizier, who has taken control of the realm. They are wives, concubines, servants, slaves, and we have the back s...

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Name: Catherine Purcell
19 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Naondel (the prequel to Maresi, the first of the Red Abbey Chronicles) is the story of how the Red Abbey came to be founded by the First Sisters. They are briefly mentioned in Maresi but in Naondel their stories are explored. Weaving together the Sister's stories, it is the history of the Abbey's...

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Name: Emma Castle
19 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Britta Teckentrup's beautiful painterly imagery, clever peep-throughs and simple rhyming text make this picture book a real treat to share with younger children. It's also a wonderful reminder about the oneness of our Earth - wherever we come from, we all live 'Under the Same Sky'; we sing the sa...

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Name: Lizi Coombs
18 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This is a charming 'lift the flap' book that tells children all about different aspects of a farmyard. From the buildings to the animals, each page is bright and interesting, with short sentences that introduce children to subject specific terminology and jobs that children might not be familiar...

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Name: Lizi Coombs
18 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This is a 'lift the flap' book that tells children many different facts about many different dinosaurs. From the environment they lived in to how dinosaur eggs hatched and how different dinosaurs got their names, this is an engaging book which presents the facts in short, clear sentences. It has...

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Name: Janet Fisher
16 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Bullies in stories need to get their just desserts and in this story Monty, Bertie and Gertie are certainly the recipients of theirs. Adam Stower's fast paced story illustrated by the author, is full of innovative ideas and some very clever drawings of King Coo's inventions. Ben Pole, usually k...

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Name: Alison Kelly
16 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Brian Moses sees this compilation of his work as 'signposts along the road .... travelled' as a poet. Tackling the habitually asked question, 'What's your favourite poem?', he has assembled his own favourites in this rich celebration of his work over the last twenty years. There is so much to...

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Name: Melanie Chadwick
16 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Heart breaking and heart-warming, The Nearest Far Away Place explores the effects of bereavement on young Griff and Dylan who were in the car when their parents were killed in a tragic freak accident. Dylan is the eldest and takes his role as older brother very seriously. He tries to look after...

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Name: Marie Berry
12 June 2017;

Genre: Young fiction

The Bad Bunnies Magic show is a highly amusing tale of two bunnies, Abra and Cadabra. In the tale we hear that how, due to 'unforeseen' circumstances, there needs to be a change to the scheduled Magic Show and Abra and Cadabra step in to take over the show. Both Bunnies then partake in daredevil...

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Name: Alison
06 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Overview: Alex responds to a pop up add on the computer to purchase a lie detector but it turns out that the catch is he is the human lie detector. Whenever he tells a lie or hears someone lie, his ear lets out a very smelly fart and the bigger the lie, the worse it smells! Armed with this new su...

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