Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Amanda Shipton
19 February 2024;

Genre: Environment

Who Rules the Rockpool? is a wonderfully colourful picture book with cartoon style illustrations. The speech bubbles throughout add humour and allow the character's comical personalities as well as their relationship to shine. This story carefully plots the crab's disco...

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Name: Clair Bossons
19 February 2024;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Hide and Seek follows on from Rhian Tracey's I Spy: A Bletchley Park Mystery but is a separate historical adventure that can be read and enjoyed as a stand-alone novel. This time, Ned and his mother travel to Manod in...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
19 February 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Twitchers are back! When Ava goes on a school trip to a museum, she finds herself in the middle of a robbery. Hundreds of valuable birds of paradise exhibits have been stolen, and it is vital that they are found before they are destroyed and their beautiful fea...

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Name: Donna Burkert
19 February 2024;

Genre: Magical Realism

Twins Edward and Elodie Crane are part of a magical family. Their dads are Artezans - 'ones who can wield magic that flows through them'.  Every summer they host a special camp where Artezans from all over, unite, and where those transitioning from primary school to secondary school can find t...

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Name: Abbie
18 February 2024;

Genre: Funny Stories

I Really, Really Need a Poo is a really funny book, full of lots of laughs. Its all about a bush baby who really, really needs a poo, but he can't find anywhere to go. Me and my toddler really enjoyed this book, it's a fun read.  I love a book that rhymes and flows nicely whil...

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Name: Linda Brown
17 February 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

I have been waiting a while for the conclusion of the magical and thrilling Legends of the Sky series and wow, it's been worth the wait... In The Pirate's Dragon, we meet Serena and Raff who live on separate isl...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
16 February 2024;

Genre: Non Fiction

This is a lovely book! This Book Will Make You an Artist presents 25 artists from around the world and gives you a step by step guide on how to create art like them. Starting with the earliest artists - the prehistoric cave dwellers - and moving right up to modern day, we have...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
16 February 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Press Start! Super Rabbit Boy Blasts Off! is the fifth book in Thomas Flintham's series cleverly based on children's love of computer games, which is likely to have the young chapter book reader hooked from the start. The scenario of being on a long car journey, eight hours in...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
16 February 2024;

Genre: Picture Books

Vile Virginia and the Curse that Got Worse is an absolute block buster of a picture book. The rhythmical rhyming text guides you through this wonderful tale of what happens when Vile Virginia meets her match in Angelic Julian. Children and adults alike will love the poetic jus...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
16 February 2024;

Genre: Historical Fiction

For Ned, the outbreak of the Second World War and the expansion of undercover operations at Bletchley Park have offered an unexpected escape from a dismal future working in his father's funeral parlour. Suddenly, he and his mother are being sent off to Wales as part of the covert mission to ke...

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