Families Book Reviews

Name: Jen Bevan
16 November 2023;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

What a delightful tale! The book begins as all Cinderella stories do, with Cinderella being left with all the housework while her sisters swan off to a ball with the Prince. But then it changes. It's not a Fairy Godmother who rescues her but Santa himself. Cinderella sets of on a journey aroun...

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Name: Jemma Jeffrey
14 November 2023;

Genre: Personal Growth

A book which celebrates individual identity and self-expression, the story of Heavy Metal Badger has a lovely, warm moral within the lively, colouful illustrations and wonderfully fun rhymes. Our main character, Badger, loves music and wants to find the perfect place to...

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Name: Ashley Clayton
10 November 2023;

Genre: Funny Stories

I read The Quickest Bedtime Story Ever with a class of Y5 children and asked them to review it for KS1. All the class loved it! They said in their reviews that they would recommend it to all KS1 children too, but also said it is a book for older children as it made them laugh...

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Name: Maria faithorn
10 November 2023;

Genre: Friends and family

Beautifully illustrated and cleverly told, Percy the Post-Penguin oozes examples of resilience, creativity and determination and is a great text to use with children to teach these skills. Percy the Post-Penguin works in a post office, but his days are quiet and lonely...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
10 November 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

Perfect for introducing young readers to the world of boats, Boats! (and other things that float) is an engaging and informative book. Each spread focuses on a different type of watercraft, fully illustrated and with plenty of details to spot on every page. The range of...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
10 November 2023;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Skulduggery Pleasant is back in this new adventure of mystery, murder, mayhem and a little magic - all in graphic novel format for the first time. From the moment bare boned detective Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain drive into the small Irish town of Termoncara, they realise that people...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
10 November 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

Combining poetic language, storytelling and factual information, Honeybee is a delightful read, following the life of a bee from emerging from her waxed cell to the end of her life. With the scientific name Apis mellifera, the author names this new bee Apis as she emerges into...

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Name: Joanne Thomas
10 November 2023;

Genre: Funny Stories

The Quickest Bedtime Story Ever! is a fun, interactive, silly bedtime book with an original concept. The illustrations are really lovely with an array of cute characters getting ready for bed. The book goes through things you need to do before your bedtime story and my daughte...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
10 November 2023;

Genre: Magical Realism

Izzy the Inventor and the Curse of Doom is the second in Zanna Davidson's amazing, laugh-out-loud Izzy the Inventor series. Packed full of illustrations with easy-to-read text, it provides the perfect transition from picture books to chapter books. Izzy believes in scie...

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Name: Donna Burkert
10 November 2023;

Genre: Friends and family

Sunshine Simpson is back again, it’s a new year and a scary year as she and her friends plan for their transition to secondary school, away from the safety of what they know and potentially away from each other. It's all about to change and Sunshine doesn't like it. To make things worse, thing...

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