Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
26 September 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Home to thousands, the city of Arborven owes its existence to the Undrentree. A well as the buildings covering the tree, set in rings around it are the city circles where the different layers of society live - the farther away from the tree, the less magic the inhabitants have. As a shapewalke...

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Name: Sharon Porter
26 September 2022;

Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

Darwin and Hooker is no ordinary story book, it reveals the development of a friendship as well as the mind of one of our greatest biologists. With explanations of journeys to far shores to develop theories and giving presentations to the scientific communities in academia, th...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
25 September 2022;

Genre: Science Fiction

As Lucy Sladan continues her investigation into the Pretenders - a race of shapeshifters she and her friend, Milo, discovered which has been living secretly in Stinky Pines for generations - things are about to get weird once more. Her father - Silas - has suddenly decided that the family shou...

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Name: Morgan Harkin
24 September 2022;

Genre: Horror

The chilling young adult novel by J P Rose follows the story of a young boy from Manchester, entrapped by emotions following his father's death, the young boy travels to Jamaica to see his grandmother and family. After the reminder of his father's life in the family home rapidly affects Tyrese...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
23 September 2022;

Genre: Friends and family

The main character of this whimsical book is an American red oak - and Red, as he's called, is many rings old. Over the years he's seen all sorts of people come and go and all sorts of changes in his neighbourhood but he's kept on photosynthesising and kept on providing a safe haven for the lo...

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Name: Lucy Newton
23 September 2022;

Genre: Humour

A book filled with flaps to open and holes to peep through - what's not to love?! Nibbles: The Bedtime Book is another brilliant book from Emily Yarlett following the adventures of Nibbles. This time, Nibbles is making his way through lots of our favourite stories including Ci...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
23 September 2022;

Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

Snatched from Essaka in Africa, Olaudah Equiano was captured and enslaved at the age of 11. Having spent time in Barbados and Virginia, he then spent the next eight years travelling the world as slave to a British Royal Navy officer, who renamed him Gustavus Vassa. His final master allowed him...

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Name: Elen Green
23 September 2022;

Genre: Picture Books

There's no doubting how much children enjoy the Poo in the Zoo adventures (anything that has 'poo' in the sentence is going to get a chuckle from young children, and these books are completely focused on the subject!). In this picture book, the third in the series, our child-friendly zo...

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Name: Sharon Porter
21 September 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

From the end pages to every single double page spread, India, Incredible India by Jasbinder Bilan and illustrated by Nina Chakrabarti, is quite simply one of the most stunning books I have seen in a long time! From the informative map of india to the animals, artists, foods an...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
21 September 2022;

Genre: Adventure

In the reign of Queen Anne II, in an alternate Bristol, a foundling called Mouse lives in the Moth Theatre with the people who took her in. Loving and loyal, Mouse adores her theatre family and so when Walter, the troupe's leading man, is wrongly arrested for murder, she is determined to ident...

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