Schools & Libraries Book Reviews
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Blackbeard's Treasure
Name: Jacqueline Harris
12 January 2023;Genre: Adventure
The year is 1718 and Abigail lives the life of luxury on a plantation in the Caribbean. Her only friend is Boubacar, a slave of a similar age from the plantation. Then one day there is a pirate attack and everything changes. Abigail finds herself running and fighting for her life and in a twis...
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Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Spoonful of Spying
Name: Erin M. Watson
12 January 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
13-year-old Alice Éclair, cake maker supreme by day and spy for the French government by night, is off on a mission. And it's not to buy fresh eggs for her mother's famed pâtisserie, Vive Comme L'Éclair. In A Spoonful of Spying, we join her in an action-packed scene aboard Le...
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Pick a Story: A Dinosaur Unicorn Robot Adventure
Name: Amanda Shipton
12 January 2023;Genre: Adventure
Look out for delicious characters plus tasty twists and turns in this unique picture book, Pick a Story: A Dinosaur Unicorn Robot Adventure. There are decisions to make on every page which will change the path of the narrative that you read as you help Gwen to find her birthda...
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Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert Learns to Ride a Bike
Name: Joanna Hewish
12 January 2023;Genre: Friends and family
If you have a child who is at the stage of learning to ride a bike, then this book is perfect for you. It helps children understand that learning to ride a bike takes time, that they will wobble and it is normal and okay to occasionally fall off. It also teaches them that, even though it might...
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Everest: Reaching the Roof of the World
Name: Joanna Hewish
11 January 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
I found this book absolutely fascinating; I was completely absorbed by it and couldn't put it down. To find out about the many attempts to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the many failures, deaths and finally success, was so interesting to read. Prior to reading this book, I had very little...
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The First Thing About You
Name: Stephen Leitch
10 January 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
A move to New Jersey for 15 year old Harris and his family means a new school and a new start. Harris wants to reinvent himself as a typical teenager and not just be seen as the boy in a powered wheelchair. On his first day at his new high school with his mum as carer, Nory bumps into his whee...
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The Night Animals
Name: Jane Rew
10 January 2023;Genre: Family & Home
The Night Animals has a sumptuous cover by Sharon King-Chai (who also did the illustrations inside) to attract new readers. However, Sarah Ann Juckes's existing fans will take equal delight in this new story which is set in the modern day and features Nora as the main characte...
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Frank and Bert - The One Where Bert Learns To Ride A Bike
Name: Lauren Maidman
09 January 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Frank and Bert, The One Where Bert Learns to Ride a Bike is the second book in the Frank and Bert series. The stories are tales of friendship between Frank the Fox and Bert the Bear and in this book, the tale of perseverance when learning t...
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The Elemental Detectives
Name: Beverley Somerset
08 January 2023;Genre: Fantasy
The Elemental Detectives is an exciting read, set in an historic alternative London governed by groups of Elemental spirits who look after the air, rivers, wealth and foundations of the city. Marisee Blackwell lives with her grandmother, who is the Keeper of the Wells of Londo...
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How to Make a Picture Book
Name: Maria Faithorn
07 January 2023;Genre: Picture Books
If you want children writing stories and drawing illustrations, then this is the book to have! Even reluctant and defiant children will have a pencil in hand by the end of the book! The author takes the character of Elys the worm and talks the reader through every step of writing a stor...
