Schools & Libraries Book Reviews
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Keisha Jones is a Force of Nature!
Name: Dylan Age 8
15 August 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
Amazing book, it's so inspiring you should read it. It is a message to stop climate change.
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Bad United: Fast as Lightning
Name: Amanda Shipton
15 August 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Fast as Lightening is the latest instalment in the Bad United Series. Louise Forshaw continues the series with this brilliantly written graphic novel. The page designs with different layouts and illustration sizes add interest and the limited language and well...
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Gloam
Name: Sue Wilsher
14 August 2025;Genre: Horror
Since the death of their mother, Gwen and her younger brother and twin sisters have been left with their step-father, Henry. Instead of thinking about how things have changed, she focuses on looking after her family until they move to The House, the former home of their late grandmother. When...
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Brave Bears Don't Get Scared
Name: Lizi Backhouse
14 August 2025;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
What a gorgeous book! This beautifully illustrated book features lots of scary creatures - bears, porcupines, dragons and scorpions included - who surely aren't scared of anything...are they? Brave Bears Don't Get Scared provides a gentle introduction for talking to chi...
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Dungeon Runners: Ocean Chase
Name: Jane Rew
14 August 2025;Genre: Fantasy
For those unfamiliar with Dungeon Runners, there are some initial, helpful introductions at the start of the third book in the series, Dungeon Runners Level 3: Ocean Chase; to the commentators, to our regular heroes Kit, Thorn and Sandy,...
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My Teacher is a Diamond Thief!
Name: Margaret
11 August 2025;Genre: School Stories
My Teacher is a Diamond Thief!, the 15th adventure for Izzy and her friends, sees them coping with a new teacher at their primary school. But very soon they see signs of some very strange behaviour; after all who gets their own name wrong, or gives out work sheets that are not...
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The Museum of Lost Umbrellas
Name: Sue Wilsher
08 August 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Since her mum passed away, Dilly Kyteler has been living with a foster family. However, a relative has been located and Dilly now finds herself on her way to live with her great aunt Florence in Ollipest. Although her aunt is somewhat formidable, Dilly is delighted to find that her aunt's best...
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One Cat, Two Cats: A lift-the-flap, pop-up book with 20 cats to count!
Name: Sue Wilsher
08 August 2025;Genre: Early Skills
Bright and beautiful, One Cat, Two Cats is quite simply brilliant! Bursting with gentle humour, children will love the simple rhyming text and the feline antics on every page. The book is wonderfully interactive with lift-the-flaps and pop-ups galore en...
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The Great Nut Hunt
Name: Maria
08 August 2025;Genre: Friends and family
The Great Nut Hunt is the wonderful new rhyming book by the talented author Karl Newson and illustrator Nia Havilliard and it does not disappoint. It's Autumn and Squirrel is busy collecting nuts until his home is filled up so he has an idea to hide them away. The beautiful il...
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Minna's Masks
Name: Jen Bevan
08 August 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Minna uses masks to help her navigate life. But when Minna starts at a new school, and forgets to bring her masks, she has a tricky day. Everything is just too much and in the end she becomes dysregulated. Minna doesn't know what to do until a boy from the class shows her his mask and Minna re...
