Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Louise Gahan
16 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Oscar is a book of differences; of how a lonely individual seeks friendship and acceptance away from what is familiar. An unlikely friendship is formed between Oscar - a lonely skeleton - and a little girl, beginning when her tooth falls out. The book's striking images could provide ample opp...

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Name: Louise Gahan
16 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Shadow is a book about every child's fantasy - good and bad; about the power of the mind to manifest fears, anxieties and even imaginary friends. In her old house, the girl in the story feels safe but in her family's new house, she finds Shadow under the bed.... In this story, Shadow is not an...

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Name: Kristen Hopwood
14 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

The Race to Space is a non-fiction book about the race between the US and the Soviet Union to send the first human into space. The book contains fantastic illustrations by Paul Daviz that really bring the words to life. It begins with a history of rockets and how the Soviet Union and US came to...

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Name: Judith Greenall
12 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

We all know that dogs look like their owners, right? The dogs we are introduced to at the start of this book all fit the bill. There's Polly, a cute French Poodle, who belongs to Molly, whose curly hair is arranged in a matching style. And Eric the sausage dog, whose jaunty walk resembles that of...

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Name: Judith Greenall
12 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

This story begins when the central character, a peckish little boy, tries to help himself to a biscuit. Unfortunately, he takes a tumble and events take a turn for the worse. He bangs his head, his socks fall down and his pants get in a twist. He's still hungry, too! Suddenly everything is wrong...

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Name: Joanna Hewish
11 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Wonderfully silly and great fun to read, the front cover alone jumped out to my children. This is a Dog is a delightful picture book for sharing with very young children in teaching the names of various animals whilst also having a giggle at the silly naughty Dog who is intent on imitating the...

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Name: Joanna Hewish
11 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Nuts! is a simple, engaging and funny picture book that teaches very young children about sharing. When a young squirrel finds a big pile of nuts, he is very excited, but little does he know that another young squirrel has also found the big pile of nuts. Both squirrels think the pile of nuts bel...

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Name: Rhiannon Cook
11 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

In wartime England, 1939, an insular family live and work in a lighthouse, watching over Dragon Bay in the village of Stonegate. Youngest daughter Pet is mesmerised by the Daughters of Stone and terrified of the Wyrm, the perilous sandbank/sea monster from the legends told by her father. Pet know...

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Name: James Hewish
08 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

John Farndon has given us another brilliant non-fiction book. This time it is all about the natural world from a unique perspective. Bird's Eye View: The Natural World is a picture book with beautiful illustrations from Paul Boston. The illustrations involve lots of intricate...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
08 August 2019;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Greer MacDonald is back at S.T.A.G.S for her final year and trying to accept that the events of the previous year really happened. With a new temporary Abbot in charge of the school and a play to direct to ensure her place at Oxford, she is floundering to find a suitable script until the first...

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