Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Donna Burkert
17 October 2025;

Genre: Horror

Fear Files: Hide and Seek is a freakishly fiendish book for younger readers who like to indulge in age-appropriate horror.  Adam is bored, the camping trip with his friend Sol is not what he promised it would be, and now a romp over the fields is proving equally boring...until...

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Name: Sara Sumner
16 October 2025;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

The Tooth and Claw games championship is well underway, with rising star Ruby finding herself facing Alarick - AKA The Big Bad Wolf! With the end in sight, Ruby is horrified when Alarick falls down dead at her feet! On the run, accused of murder, Ruby turns detective to try and prove her innoc...

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Name: Kimberley Lawson
15 October 2025;

Genre: Horror

Wyrdwood. "One step, two step, branches black; three step, four step, branches crack . . ." Coming home from boarding school to Merryweather-by-the-sea for Christmas, Kiki Harper notices some alarming differences in her quaint home town. Her best friend, Stefan, has for...

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Name: Jo Thomas
15 October 2025;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Another wonderful Peek-through Nature book by Patricia Hegarty and Britta Teckentrup! Family is cleverly written and provides snippets of education about different animals and their ways to keep their babies safe. This is a beautifully illustrated rhyming book showing differen...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
14 October 2025;

Genre: Friends and family

Dina and her brothers are leaving the hills of Wales behind and are heading to Sheffield to stay with their aunt, JJ. However, hurt and frustrated by the frosty reception JJ gives them, Dina takes her great-grandmother's skates and heads for the local rink. Although she is passionate about ska...

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Name: Linda Brown
14 October 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

Author David Farr once again delivers a thrilling and unforgettable story in this finale to The Book of Stolen Dreams series. It is the wonderful blend of fantasy, political intrigue, and emotional depth that makes this trilogy standout in middle-grade literat...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
13 October 2025;

Genre: Early Skills

In a busy town, when it's quiet after dark, there is a house full of ghosts who are ready to scare! Sneaking and spinning, gliding and booooing are all great fun, but their favourite thing to do is giggle. Perfect for sharing, Giggling Ghosts offers a fun, interactive story time...

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Name: Linda Canning
13 October 2025;

Genre: Adventure

I read How to Find a Yeti to my three year old daughter, plus a class of Reception children. My three-year-old loved joining in and found it interesting; she enjoyed looking for the yeti and demanded that I read it again. The simple narrative makes it an enjoyable bedtime stor...

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Name: Lucy Hopkins
13 October 2025;

Genre: Early Skills

Bizzy Bear Whizzy Wheels: Train is a lovely story filled with lots of different animals. The front cover has moveable train wheels - moveable parts are always a winner with young children. It's also a good opportunity to help them to develop their fine motor skills as they spi...

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Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
13 October 2025;

Genre: Animals

Saving Snowflake is the fourth title in the series about Ava's life on Whistledown Farm with her parents, aunt, uncle, cousin, and their friends The Whistlers. It is now a few months after the end of Meeting Meg and December is just beginning. The new season brings with...

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