Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Louise Gahan
14 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

A Bottle of Happiness is a book about two villages; one rich and wealthy, where the people work hard to get richer, the other where the people had just enough to get by and loved to share the same stories over and over again. Their villages are separated by a huge mountain, but one day a child ca...

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Name: Jane Rew
13 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

I wanted to like this book, to heap praises upon its talented creators. However, it did fall short of my expectations, not so much for the illustrations which are varied and contemporary but on account of rhymes which didn't quite scan and because the answers to a profound question didn't quite h...

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Name: Emma Long
13 April 2018;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Boy 87 is an accessible if often difficult story that reminds us that, behind every refugee statistic, is a real person with an often desperate story.The Boy 87 in this story is Shif, a 14 -year-old boy who is numbered the day he and his friend, Bini, are arrested...

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Name: Louise Gahan
11 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

An alphabet story book with a difference. Each letter is simply and creatively illustrated to capture any young reader's attention and with each letter, the reader will find simple statements, captions or questions around sleep. Whether it is learning about hibernation, or how many days leopards...

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Name: Louise Gahan
11 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

This story is retold from the 13th-century Persian mystic and poet, Rumi. It is about a jackal who thinks his brown and grey fur is boring and wants to be a peacock. So in his quest to transform himself he begins to collect colourful things to stick to his fur so he, too, could be as beautiful an...

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Name: Josie Age 11
11 April 2018;

Genre: Friends and family

I loved this book, with heartbreak and friendship and adventure and so much else.. It was exciting but scary, everything I hoped it would be! I would give it 10/10

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Name: Matt Davies
11 April 2018;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Jerome is a 12-year-old boy. He does what he is told and gets on with life. Every day he goes to school where he is confronted by bullies. He has his troubles, yet he is never in trouble. That is until he is killed by a policeman. A white policeman. Jerome was black.Just typing tho...

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Name: Louise Gahan
10 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Young and old will be captivated by this book through its sheer brilliance and originality. A book about two damselflies, a plant, some other mini beasts and an intriguing 'bug language'. A tiny shoot unfolds and begins to grow, as ants, beetles and damselflies look on in wonder and imagine wh...

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Name: Louise Gahan
10 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

The Parrot and the Merchant is a story based on a thirteenth century fable about a merchant who trades goods between Persia and India. However, the merchant this time takes shape as a woman Mah Jahan, who is depicted as a strong, self determined figure adorned with beautiful and exquisitely desig...

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Name: Joanna Hewish
08 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

All children have a fear of the dark, of monsters, of shadows at night. Thomson (Author) turns those fears into a wonderfully crafted story which will have your children laughing and all fears forgotten. The Wardrobe Monster is a story that focuses on the classic fear of the monster in the wardr...

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