Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Amanda Shipton
23 May 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Reeve and McIntyre have done it again! Adventuremice: Mermouse Mystery is another thrilling adventure with plenty of peril, excitement and wonder, pitched perfectly for young readers. Every early chapter book reader likes nothing more than drama and the idea of the rescue miss...

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Name: Pat
23 May 2024;

Genre: Animals

Mad About Monkeys is a glorious celebration of these intriguing primates accompanied by wonderful illustrations. The book contains a contents page which leads logically through the chapters, which deal with what monkeys are, food and habitats, evolution, social life and identi...

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Name: Samantha Hughes
23 May 2024;

Genre: Funny Stories

Kes Gray is a popular author with the children at school and this book did not disappoint. The vibrant illustrations bring the book to life, with the parrot and its expressions being a firm favourite with the children. They were pleased that he became a 'proper pirate's parrot' by the end of t...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
23 May 2024;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Wherever You Go revisits the same class of children readers were introduced to in All Are Welcome, but is written as if from the eyes of an adult as they watch their child grow from baby through to a school graduation. This is somew...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
23 May 2024;

Genre: Poetry

In this collection, Brian Moses offers not only 52 poems (one for any week of the year), but oodles of inspiration and possibility.  On Poetry Street shows just how accessible and enjoyable creating poems can be and is sure to leave readers itching to get started. This...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
22 May 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

All the Hidden Monsters is a perfect, twisty, supernatural thriller that you simply won't be able to put down. Oren works for the Arcanum, a warlock institution that upholds law and order in the supernatural world. Werewolf Sage is an aspiring detective, perpetually rejected b...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
22 May 2024;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Dora finds a party invitation in her school book bag. It's for her friend, Rashid's, birthday party. Dora has been to a party before and hated it; too loud and too busy. Mum keeps telling her it will be fun but Dora thinks up more and more outlandish excuses as to why she isn't able to attend....

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Name: Sharon Porter
22 May 2024;

Genre: Animals

Mad about Monkeys by Owen Davey is a brilliant non fiction text, covering our primate cousins, monkeys. It can be used as a source of information to show children how to set out non chronological reports in English or as a source book for science research. The stylised...

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Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
21 May 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Luna Loves Gardening is the sixth title in the picture book series about the little girl discovering her enjoyment of things like art, dancing, and books. Written by the current Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, this is a sweet, cheerful story about Luna's visit to the commun...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
21 May 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Mum and Dad are proud of their neat garden and work hard to keep it tidy and weed free. However, when Poppy and Ali find out about rewilding at school, they dream of a very different garden, full of real wild creatures and lots of plants. With their parents' help, they set about transforming t...

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