Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
01 January 2025;

Genre: Animals

Now in paperback, WildLives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History is a wonderful book which celebrates 50 remarkable animals from around the world, telling their exceptional stories. Each is a powerful tale, many full of courage and love, and each a joy...

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
30 December 2024;

Genre: Adventure

M.G Leonard’s new epic series Time Keys starts with Hunt for the Golden Scarab.  This time-travelling adventure is full to the brim with mystery, sinister characters and a gripping storyline that will captivate the readers imagination. ...

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Name: Jessica Bunney
20 December 2024;

Genre: Early Skills

RUUMBLE! is our first Usborne Slider Sound Book in this house and the other books in this series are now firm favourites of mine to gift to friends and family with little ones! There is a tab to slide on each page that will activate two different sounds to acc...

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Name: Daniel Age 10
18 December 2024;

Genre: Adventure

I love the book and it has a lot of detail. I would love it if you could do another book that is like the same.

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
12 December 2024;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Chianti's world is torn apart when a shocking secret is revealed by her mother. Feeling abandoned by her parents she runs away to her grandmothers for sanctuary. But grandmother and her friends are not ordinary women, having lived through and fought a war for their independence. As more shocki...

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Name: Donna Ritchie
12 December 2024;

Genre: Myths & Legends

The Boy to Beat the Gods is a brilliant first book from Ashley Thorpe. It follows Kayode on his quest to get his sister, Temi, back from the Orishas. It begins with Kayode living in his village awaiting the return of the Orishas - the gods - when they come to take the fruit of...

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Name: Jen Bevan
10 December 2024;

Genre: Family & Home

'There's a bear on my chair' say a little grey mouse. The mouse is not happy with this. The mouse tries pushing the bear off, he tries sharing with the bear, glaring at the bear... It's no use the bear does not move. The mouse gives up and the bear goes looking for him. What will the bear find...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
02 December 2024;

Genre: Science Fiction

Reuben lives in the observatory with his astronomer grandmother. He has never left the observatory grounds and watches others from the village as they go about their daily lives. Then one night, a spaceship crash lands near by and grandmother goes out to investigate but doesn’t return. Rueben...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
22 November 2024;

Genre: Friends and family

Pete lives with his dad, who runs a pizza shop, which is losing business due to competition from a new pizza chain opening nearby. Pete loves his home more than anything; after a traumatic event he refuses to go to school and his home is his haven. Then dad tells him that they may lose everyth...

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Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
21 November 2024;

Genre: Funny Stories

Oliver's Great Big Universe: Volcanoes are Hot! is the second title in Oliver’s Great Big Universe series. As with the first title, this cartoon-style illustrated diary of 11-year-old Oliver is not only very funny but also extr...

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