Schools & Libraries Book Reviews
Filter:
-
Song of the Dolphin Boy
Name: Sue Wilsher
31 March 2018;Genre: Adventure
Finn lives in the little Scottish fishing village of Stromhead. His life is not an easy one. His mother is dead and his father is consumed by grief, allowing the family home to fall into disarray and Finn to be neglected, often adopting the role of carer himself. He is no happier in school: the o...
-
10 Reasons to Love a....Whale.
Name: Lizi Backhouse
30 March 2018;Genre: Animals
This is a charming book that informs children about whales, through 10 reasons as to why they should love them. Each fact has its own double-page spread and is accompanied by charming illustrations. These illustrations are labelled clearly with the breeds of whales and make this book more accessi...
-
Life on Earth: Ocean
Name: Lizi Backhouse
30 March 2018;Genre: Adventure
This non-fiction book answers 100 questions about Oceans. through a series of lift-flaps, illustrations and text boxes that are designed to look bright and engaging. The sentences are simple and use subject specific terminology. One in a series of books, this is easier to digest as each page i...
-
Life on Earth: Space
Name: Lizi Backhouse
30 March 2018;Genre: Adventure
This non-fiction book answers 100 questions about Space. Each page has a combination of lift-flaps, illustrations and text boxes that are designed to look bright and engaging. The sentences are simple and use subject specific terminology. This book would be good for children who have expressed an...
-
Mary's Monster
Name: Lorraine ansell
30 March 2018;Genre: Adventure
Mary's Monster is a beautifully written and illustrated biography by Lisa Judge. Taking four years to create, it immerses us in the life and struggles of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Using ethereal images and verse, Judge creates the mood and atmosphere of Mary Shelley's tumultuous e...
-
Anassa
Name: Linda Brown
29 March 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is Book 2 to Ariadnis. Due to the unexpected twist at the end of Book 1, Etain is now the leader of the only remaining island on Erthe ( not a spelling mistake) and it's not going well since the people are against her. Metisians and Athenasians still hate each other and Etain is at a loss as...
-
Ariadnis
Name: Linda Brown
29 March 2018;Genre: Adventure
Earth as we know it has been destroyed by mankind and a great wave. The only inhabitants now live on an island which it seems they cannot leave. Aula and Joomia are two 17-year-old girls who have been chosen by the Wise One and on their 18th birthday will enter Ariadnis to receive the book of Kno...
-
The Night Gardener
Name: Marie Berry
28 March 2018;Genre: Adventure
Normally when you open a book, you pass the first couple of pages where the publishing details are etc... But before you open the Night Gardener it is really important to read the pictures from page 1 (where all the boring info is printed on the road). Look at this page carefully and study what...
-
Under the Same Sky
Name: Marie Berry
28 March 2018;Genre: Adventure
Under the Same Sky is the most beautiful of books which has so many reasons it would be good to use. Britta Teckentrup has created a simple story which at first glance combines beautiful animal illustrations with a lovely poem about what we share living under the same sky. However, when you tak...
-
The Astonishing Colour of After
Name: Jane Welby
28 March 2018;Genre: Adventure
On the evening that 16-year-old Leigh kissed her best friend Axel for the first time, she fled in panic because she was scared she'd lose her best friend - the boy she'd known for five years and the friend she valued most - only to find, when she arrived home to her distressed father, that they h...
