Schools & Libraries Book Reviews
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Where is the Cat?
Name: Maria
01 April 2024;Genre: Animals
Where is the Cat? is a fun book which involves finding cat! At the beginning we meet cat who has a good life enjoying all the things cats love... mice, fish and lots of sleep, living happily with Suzy's auntie. Then Suzy arrives and wants to find cat. Cat is hiding and what fa...
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Skunk! Skedaddle
Name: Maria
01 April 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Skunk! Skedaddle! will make your nostrils twitch and your tummy laugh as you read this hilarious book. Sally the skunk is lonely living on her own in the woods and decides to travel to the city to make friends... However, her journey and time in the city do not go to plan beca...
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Soft and Sticky
Name: Maria
01 April 2024;Genre: Friends and family
What a fun book about Soft and Sticky who live together but have some problems and difficult situations. When you pick up this book you are immediately drawn in by the characters on the front cover who are in a peculiar pose due to being soft and sticky! These friends live tog...
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Cat Nap
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 April 2024;Genre: Picture Books
Cat Nap is a wonderful, humorous first book of Steve Antony’s character-led stories for young children. The limited language, focusing on nouns, makes this book perfect for the young child who is just learning the pleasure that books bring. The clear, bold illustrations are su...
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Dinosaur Pie
Name: Amanda Shipton
31 March 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Rory is having a weird week. A really weird week. He has been turned into a ridiculous, small, feathered dinosaur. Pretty awkward. Rory can't use a human toilet. He can't hold a video game controller in his little dino claws. His breath smells really bad. And his new carnivore body can't stop...
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The Reluctant Vampire Queen
Name: Jessica Age 11
31 March 2024;Genre: Supernatural
The Reluctant Vampire Queen does a very good job at showing that if you are brave and determined enough then you can truly accomplish anything. However, I believe that the author should've written more detail and emphasised how Mo risking her grades for her 'undercover vampire...
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The Nose, Toes and Tummy Book
Name: Maria
31 March 2024;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
"These are your ears." "I just want to gobble you up!" The Nose, Toes and Tummy Book explores parts of the body with young children and their grown ups through vibrant pictures, questions and responses. This book supports learning about bodies and is explores this in a fun way...
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Destroy The Day
Name: Linda Brown
29 March 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Destroy the Day is the final book from the magnificent Defy the Night series. Believe me when I say that, when you pick up this book, be prepared for heart-rending twists and turns that will keep you totally engaged until the very last page...
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Blood Flowers
Name: Ophelia McCluskey Gahan
29 March 2024;Genre: Dystopian
This fantasy has a poetic, paradoxical plot that subtly addresses the power of social status and the manipulation of rulers who rule by fear, exploring the power of influence and just how much damaged it can do, issues that are prominent today. Blood Flowers, a dark dystopia...
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Astrid and the Space Cadets! Attack of the Snailiens!
Name: Sue Wilsher
29 March 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Every night, Astrid Atomic gets ready for bed like any other small human person, but that's where the similarity ends. When the clock strikes midnight, she leaps into her wardrobe (which is an Intergalactic Transporter Pod) and heads off to join the Space Cadets. In Astrid and t...
