Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Maria Faithorn
14 May 2022;

Genre: Adventure

The Story Shop - Blast Off! Comes with a warning… 'Contains aliens, black holes and super-stinky cheese!' is always going to grab an emerging reader's attention! This fun and adventurous story contains 3 mini stories which link on from each other. In a very normal High Street...

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Name: Jessica Bunney
14 May 2022;

Genre: Funny Stories

PARP! is written by the very well-travelled author Mike Henson. He's a father of three so it's no surprise that he knows what can get children laughing for hours. The cover is sure to grab your attention with its vibrant colours, interactivity and of course, the giant 'PARP!'...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
14 May 2022;

Genre: Personal Growth

Read Between The Lies is a powerful book by Malcolm Duffy which uses the story of the challenges facing a newly blended family to share with readers the issues raised by young people having dyslexia. The author spelling changes to illustrate the latter very successfully and he...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
13 May 2022;

Genre: Environment

Flooded is the funny and beautifully illustrated tale of animals who live in a city that is ever so slowly flooding. At first, the flood comes gradually which for the majority doesn't prove to be much of a problem. Ignoring the obvious change to the city, and being ignorant to...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
13 May 2022;

Genre: Poetry

A smile is infectious - try it and see! So begins the introduction for this fabulous collection which encourages its readers to perform the poems out loud and spread a little happiness. Each poem is preceded by a note offering suggestions for how it might be performed and plenty of ideas for c...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
12 May 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

In a land where all colour has been stolen by the Emperor, a girl is born. A miracle child, she and everything she touches are filled with colour, bringing life to a world reduced to shades of grey. Constantly in danger from the evil Ripper Dogs and Black Coats who terrorise the land, this chi...

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Name: Lucy Georgeson
12 May 2022;

Genre: Personal Growth

Kai, Orla and Zak grew up together, their days spent on the patch of wilderness in between their homes; a small green space in a sprawling, grey city. Music, laughter and friendship bind them together and they have big plans for their future - until Kai's family suffers a huge loss. Trying to...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
12 May 2022;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

What a delight this book is! Tomorrow is a Brand New Day tells the story of a little girl having the most terrible day because of the mistakes she makes. She does the wrong thing, she reacts the wrong way and things get worse and worse for her until she has to run home to hide...

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Name: Sharon Porter
12 May 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Good Turn by Sharna Jackson; there are strong themes of friendship, 'can do' attitudes, homelessness and poverty which can be uncomfortable bedfellows at times in this story, especially when the children reading it have experienced the precariousness of not having enough t...

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Name: Jessica Bunney
12 May 2022;

Genre: Baby & Toddler Books

People is one of two lift-the-flap books in a series written by Okidokid – the other being Vehicles. In this book, we learn about different kinds of people by exploring opposites all whilst engaging with the fun flaps which are so cleverly create...

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