Schools & Libraries Book Reviews
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Once Upon a Raindrop
Name: Kyle Matravers
09 March 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Once Upon A Raindrop: The Story of Water is a poetic journey through an area of science, and is part of James Carter's series of books - Once Upon a Star, Once Upon a Raindrop, and now Once Upon an Atom.This time, we learn about the origins of water and how our water cycle works. J...
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Professor Astro Cat's Deep-Sea Voyage
Name: Bryony Davies
08 March 2020;Genre: Non Fiction
Professor Astro Cat's Deep-Sea Voyage is a journey through all levels of the ocean from the surface to the deepest trenches. Clearly organised into interesting double page spreads that follow on from each other, this is a highly factual and informative book with superb graphics. Each spread, fr...
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I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast
Name: Bryony Davies
08 March 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
I Ate Sunshine For Breakfast: A Celebration of Plants Around the World certainly lives up to its name. This entire book feels like sunshine and full of pure joy from page one.Visually, this book is stunning and joyous. It is a true celebration of plants and nature....
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Bloom
Name: June Hughes
05 March 2020;Genre: Environment & Nature
Sorrel tries really, really hard to be 'good'. She desperately wants to win the holiday promised by the headmaster, Mr Grittysnit, to the pupil who gains the most 'Obedience Points', but her life and eventually the lives of everyone around her are thrown up in the air by Sorrell's discovery of...
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The One-stop Story Shop
Name: Nikki Stiles
05 March 2020;Genre: Adventure
The One-Stop Story Shop is the tale of a fearless knight who goes hunting for a dragon to slay, although, it seems this particular time his story becomes 'stuck'; his predictable nemesis,'The Terrible Dragon' is not there to fight! He's gone on holiday! When this happens there...
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Name: Lucy Georgeson
05 March 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I read the prologue of this beautifully written verse novel, Run, Rebel, and was instantly hooked. Amber Rai wants to be an athlete, she feels truly at home on the track, completely free and totally at peace with everything around her when she's running.Running is...
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Anisha, Accidental Detective
Name: Donna Ritchie
05 March 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Follow Anisha and her best friend Milo as they try to unravel the mystery of the disappearance of Uncle Tony. The 'wedding of the year' seems to be in serious doubt when Anisha reads a ransom note that has been pushed through the letter box. Who has kidnapped Uncle Tony? And why?Th...
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Anisha, Accidental Detective
Name: Donna Burkert
05 March 2020;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Anisha Mistry is not your usual detective. In fact she isn't a detective at all. But when she picks up a ransom note on the eve of her Auntie Bindi's wedding, about the groom-to-be, she knows that she is the only one who can unravel the mystery. While all around her are losing their heads over...
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Talking to the Moon
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 March 2020;Genre: Family & Home
Iris is living with her grandmother, Mimi, to escape the chaos of life at home, the damp and black mould creeping across her bedroom walls and the antics of the two-year-old twins. Mimi's house is not far from her own home, but life there is completely different from home.Mimi used...
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The Crossover: Graphic Novel
Name: Dan Katz
05 March 2020;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Josh and his twin brother Jordan are the school's star basketball players. They are close, but other than their love of basketball, they don't have a lot in common - as Josh says, 'If we didn't love each other, we'd hate each other'. As the biggest game of the year approaches, tension between...
