Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 February 2022;

Genre: Animals

Amazing Animals lives up to its title with some extraordinary animals featured alongside some truly mind-boggling facts. Children love facts like this and so finding out that the Froghopper bug can jump over a hundred times its own length or that some octopuses use tools is li...

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Name: Jane Rew
01 February 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

We're used to the idea that all stories should have a beginning, a middle and an end (as well as a problem to solve). But Solve Your Own Mystery - The Time Thief has three possible endings and any number of middles, depending on which options you take at the conclusion of each...

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Name: Sharon Porter
01 February 2022;

Genre: Baby & Toddler Books

Where’s Mr Puffin? is a super little book for our little ones in Nursery, especially with the link to our RSPB birdwatch week. So many of the children laughed and laughed at the mirror image at the end of the book. Our children learning English could join in with the repeating...

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Name: Nathan Cox
01 February 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

I am thrilled to have found the perfect accompaniment for our World War 2 unit! Nisha's War by Dan Smith gives a unique perspective of how World War 2 affected so many people in a plethora of ways, wrapped up in a pacey and absorbing adventure, and ghost story. Nisha's...

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Name: Maria Aldred
01 February 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Above and Below: Dusk to Dawn is an exploration of habitats and the living things that inhabit and live here and is stunning with beautiful illustrations and information about the habitats and the animals, too. From the hot Savannah with giraffes, leopards and bush babies, we...

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Name: Maria Age 7
01 February 2022;

Genre: Animals

Harper and her sister Ava live with their mum in a flat and are delighted to welcome a new addition to their family, Sammy the kitten. Sammy settles into his new home and is loved and cared for by the girls. Gran comes to visit and Sammy loves the affection shown by her too. The following day,...

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Name: Samantha Hughes
01 February 2022;

Genre: Illness

Doctosaurus explores the different injuries and sickness that often lead to a trip to the doctor. It's is filled with different dinosaurs with medical issues, such as Triceratops breaking his horn in three and T-Rex having a thumping head, sneezing, and sniffing. They all get...

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Name: Samantha Hughes
01 February 2022;

Genre: Animals

Little wolf was wide awake! He decides sleep must be hiding somewhere so he sets off (rather nosily) to find it. On the way he disturbs Badger, Hedgehog and Rabbit, who all join the escapade to hunt for sleep. Owl peers down from her wise old perch and declares that they might not ever find sl...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
01 February 2022;

Genre: Science Fiction

The quest to prove a mysterious creature exists takes Willa and her friend, Manny, into a cave one moonlit night. As the tide rises, they find themselves swept into an alternative world - a 'perfect' one where war and pollution are things of the past and everyone, including Willa's family, see...

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Name: Samantha Hughes
01 February 2022;

Genre: Friendship

Ruffles is a playful puppy, who just like every young child, experiences all of the ups and downs of daily life as he learns about the world around him. There seem to be lots of things that he likes and lots that he does not and at first the kittens are something he does not like! They pounce...

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