Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Julie Broadbent
18 September 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

In The Secret of the Blood-Red Key, we are reunited with the familiar world of Krasnia and its inhabitants. Our heroes Rachel and Robert Klein have saved the country from the wicked dictator Charles Malstain and peace and order has now been restored. They are rightly now recog...

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Name: Lily Age 12
18 September 2023;

Genre: Science Fiction

Amazing book, I read it at school and it is such an exciting adventure. The author describes the setting and the characters really well!

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Name: Maria faithorn
18 September 2023;

Genre: Adventure

On a sweltering evening, when no-one can sleep, Grandad and his grandson head to the roof to cool down. Gazing up at the stars through the telescope, they spot a planet. On closer look, there's astronauts and a space module in trouble! Together they create a spaceship and ZOOM off to help!...

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Name: Maria faithorn
18 September 2023;

Genre: Animals

Oh Bear.. How I feel for you! This amusing tale of Bear will absolutely resonate with everyone, young and old. Some days just don’t go the way you want! But, as we all know (but don’t necessarily believe at the time), sometimes a big problem is really not so big at all. Bear wakes in a...

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Name: Catherine Kus
16 September 2023;

Genre: Baby & Toddler Books

Baby’s First Stories 3-6 months is a follow on from the first one – Baby’s First Stories 0-3 months. The first book is full of simple illustrations in black and white. This book introduces the colour blue to the baby. The illustrations are very similar to the first book with v...

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Name: Emelia Helliwell
15 September 2023;

Genre: Supernatural

A Taste of Darkness is a collection of haunting short stories that any young adult reader who likes a tale of horror will enjoy. The book contains 13 tales containing the supernatural including but not limited to vampires, werewolves, haunted houses, murders and many more....

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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 September 2023;

Genre: Poetry

Once again, Joshua Seigal offers a cornucopia of poetic treats in his new collection, Who Let the Words Out?. With poems about cats putting their rear ends in your face, a mathematical haiku, what NEVER to do and the problems of precipitation, there is plenty to set the reader...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
15 September 2023;

Genre: Environment & Nature

This perfectly timed launch brings us the next in the wonderful Tindims series written by a talented mother and daughter duo.  In The Tindims of Rubbish Island and the Spooky Secret, Halloween has nearly arrived but a young witch is in a pickle. She has cast a spell and shrunk...

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Name: Clair Bossons
15 September 2023;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Katherine Rondell's Impossible Creatures is a stunning book! The endpapers are illustrated with a map of The Archipelago, a secret cluster of islands where all the mythological creatures live side by side with humans. This is followed by The Guardian's Bestiary; a wonderful il...

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Name: Jemma Jeffrey
15 September 2023;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

I'm Going to Be a Princess is a warm and charming story of a young black girl named Maya who dreams of being a princess. However, her mother would prefer she chooses another direction, one that isn't so stereotypically girly. Through the story, she tells Maya about incredible,...

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