Families Book Reviews

Name: Columbia Age 9
19 March 2017;

Genre: Information books

Nabila, Eva and Ava: we loved searching for the magic objects on the beautifully illustrated pages. We especially enjoyed the Hidden Lagoon challenge, looking for the glow-worm that didn't shine as brightly as the rest. We liked going round the path and doing the challenges.

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Name: Eva Age 10
19 March 2017;

Genre: Humour

I liked it when Bobby became a dog named Trumpy. My favourite character was Miranda because she's really exciting and always happy. I also liked the cartoon-style illustrations by David Roberts with speech bubbles. You know the book is going to be fun from the zany front cover.

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Name: Emma Roberts
19 March 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Sunk! is a real treat - especially for fans of Blown Away, the picture book that preceded it. As in the first book, Penguin Blue is on his travels, this time on the look out for a pirate adventure! You'll recognise some of his old friends from Blown Away - the...

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Name: Alison Gray
19 March 2017;

Genre: Adventure

The New Adventures of Mr Toad bring Kenneth Grahame's irrepressible Mr Toad from The Wind in the Willows back to life in an adventure that has bags of charm and car-fulls of adventure.... Whether or not children have read the original stories on which this new series is based, this story about fr...

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Name: Zaina Age 13
18 March 2017;

Genre: Adventure

It was amazing

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Name: Janet McCarthy
16 March 2017;

Genre: Friends and family

Elektra Jones, 15, lands a starring role in a film but it doesn't go to plan. This is a heart warming story about teen romance, family and friendship. It'll make you laugh, feel angst but ultimately leave you happy and glad that you read the book. I really enjoyed it. Elektra finally gets toget...

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Name: Beth Grant
16 March 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This is a fantastic little story. I love the way that the story weaves in different fairytale characters and introduces them to the reader in a way that they may have not seen them before. Children will also love the whole idea of a Story Tree. It is a magical story which makes you want to read...

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Name: Linda Winter
13 March 2017;

Genre: Friends and family

A grizzly, called Fred, 'is the star of the show' in Grrrr by Rob Biddulph - you might have seen his earlier picture books including Blown Away and Odd Dog Out. This grizzly is obsessed with winning prizes - something he's good at, and especially given his talent for gr...

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Name: Jane Welby
13 March 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This is a hauntingly beautiful book. Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan have collaborated to write the stories of Jess and Nicu respectively. Both teenagers live on the edges of their communities, friendless and unsupported. Both are trying to escape: Jess from a violent and abusive stepfather and...

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Name: Catherine Purcell
13 March 2017;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

I went into this book blind, so to speak. I hadn't read a single review of it - though there were plenty, and all of them congratulatory and effusive in their praise. I didn't know the film rights had already been sold and the main character as good as confirmed. I was unaware that the book wa...

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