Families Book Reviews

Name: Jo Thomas
16 February 2024;

Genre: Funny Stories

The veggies are reading their favourite comic books at night in the supermarket when they find an advertisement for a kit to turn them more bad or good. What follows is a funny tale of role reversal for Supatato and evil pea which leads to some crazy supermarket antics! Supertat...

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Name: Erin Quigley
16 February 2024;

Genre: Family & Home

When We become Ours, an unarguably groundbreaking anthology, contains a wide range of poignant and evocative stories in a variety of genres written about adopted characters by adoptee authors for adoptee readers. The editors, Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung, tell us there is n...

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Name: Lucy Hopkins
15 February 2024;

Genre: Animals

Let's Go Home, Baby Chick is a lovely, interactive book for tiny readers! Throughout the book, there are counters to move along a path which is a great alternative to the usual methods of interactivity (e.g. flaps). There are also some great common, simple words for children t...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
15 February 2024;

Genre: Picture Books

The Best Eid Ever is a fantastic resource, and one of very few available in narrative form for children. It is a great way to teach and raise children's awareness and knowledge of the religious festival of Eid. Through detailed pictures with plenty of colour, and the vocabular...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 February 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Stitch Head lives in Castle Grotteskew with his creator, mad scientist Professor Erasmus. As the Professor continues to experiment with increasingly dangerous ingredients, Stitch Head works hard to keep the Professor safe whilst feeling increasingly ignored and abandoned. When a stranger comes...

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Name: Linda Brown
15 February 2024;

Genre: Supernatural

FIVE WOMEN ARE DEAD. The killer leaves no fingerprints, no DNA. Police are utterly stumped. In a world where only women can use magic and the men who know about it seek to eradicate them, three damaged young women - one cursed, one hunted, one out for revenge - will team up to track down and t...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
15 February 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Adventuremice: Mice on the Ice is the third instalment of the Adventuremice series, from Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre, and sees the mice encountering snow and ice. Pedro is new to Fledermaus and is far more used to drinking...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
14 February 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Although she's a penguin, Splash is finding the Antarctic a bit chilly. Her friend, Pablo, believes they live in a blissful utopia and can't understand what she is unhappy about. However, being a really good friend, he agrees to help plan a luxury holiday in the sun. But everywhere is krilly f...

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Name: Jen Bevan
14 February 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Bronte always wanted to be a Knight but knight school did not allow girls in - until this year! The book begins with Bronte writing letters to her best friend hoping her parents the king and queen will let her go to knight school or will she need to go back to the school for princesses.? <...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
14 February 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

In The Case of the Abandoned Boat, join young detective Fayson, on her third visit to the lush and luxurious Caribbean island to re-connect with her richer cousins and friends, reunite the Di Island Crew detective agency they formed, and, hopefully, have fun tackling another i...

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