Schools & Libraries Book Reviews
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Running Girl
Name: Jess Locke
25 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
Wow! Garvie Smith is an unusual teen protaganist; lazy, sarcastic, into smoking and hanging about with his mates at his local park. He is also ferociously intelligent with a high IQ, which comes in handy when he is compelled to solve the mystery of a murdered local school girl. This story will...
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Baby's First Jailbreak
Name: James Hewish
24 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
Laugh-out-loud funny, original and highly entertaining. Baby's First Jailbreak appeals to a range of ages with its delightful and detailed illustrations accompanying a very humorous narrative that children will delight in returning to again and again. The story, by Jim Whaley, tells the tale of...
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Midnight Ninja
Name: James Hewish
24 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
A boy and his cat, Ginger, have a bedtime secret: when baddies are out the boy becomes Midnight Ninja! Go, midnight ninja, go! An action-packed picture book written and illustrated by Sam Lloyd that is told in an engaging, comic-book style. It kept my five-year-old entertained throughout and ins...
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The Bookworm
Name: Kyle Matravers
22 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
Max desperately wants a new pet but his parents are far from sure that its a good idea. Puppy? They chew too much. Parrot? They talk too much. Shark? They bite too much! How about a Dragon? Well obviously Max's parents are right when they say that they do't exist .... aren't they? Running...
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The Misadventures of Frederick
Name: Kyle Matravers
22 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
Ben Manley has created a wonderfully structured story in the form of The Misadventures of Frederick. From the title alone, readers are lured into a realm of thinking around what these misadventures could be. The story opens on an illustration of a boy sat alone on a bed, gazing towards an open...
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Once Upon a Dragon's Fire
Name: James Hewish
22 October 2019;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
The illustrations are beautiful! This book has so many meanings, hidden messages, and themes: friendship, love of reading, love, loneliness, being misjudged and facing your fears all feature within this picture book. However, the overriding message is that of not judging a book by its cover. T...
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The Bookworm
Name: Ellen Green
21 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
What a treat to find a new picture book by Debi Gliori, and The Bookworm really is a treat, bringing as it does Gliori's masterful touch with relationships, childhood desires and the unexpected - and not forgetting her gorgeous illustrations with lots of humorous touches! In the story, Max wan...
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The Somerset Tsunami
Name: Janet Fisher
21 October 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
Set in the Somerset Levels in 1616, and based on the actual event of a tsunami in January 1607, Emma Carroll's The Somerset Tsunami tells of a girl, named Fortune, living in a village of women but for one male, her brother Jem. But these are difficult times and the Protestants...
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Beast Feast
Name: Ellen Green
21 October 2019;Genre: Adventure
What a feast of a delight this book is! Gorgeous, funny and just enough scary for 5-8 year olds. It is also packed with letters so a great way to introduce letter-writing in class. Meet Beast, a bright pink, sharp-toothed hairy monster who is dangling a small boy by the foot. "You are DINNER", sa...
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Ravi's Roar
Name: Judith Greenall
20 October 2019;Genre: Personal Growth
When we meet Ravi in Ravi's Roar, he appears to be a happy-go-lucky boy, running through the pages with his toy aeroplane, his brothers and sister close by. As the siblings are measured in height, we see that he is the smallest in the family. Even the dog, Biscuits, is larger...
