Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Kyle Matravers
03 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

The Squirrels Who Squabbled is a wonderful story from the team behind The Lion Inside and The Koala Who Could. It follows two squirrels, Cyril and Bruce, who are battling out for the last pine cone of the season. Cyril and Bruce are like chalk and cheese with their personalities. Cryil is a sq...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
03 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

One day a gigantic egg appeared in our backyard.... Straight away questions begin to form in your head as you read Dino: A Pet Unlike Any Other. I could instantly see this text being used in a school setting as an example of 'Book Talk' - using the text only to allow children to explore and infe...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
03 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Any preschool or EYFS setting with a buildings or construction themed topic should certainly use Dino Diggers as part of it. The story is simple to follow and uses a typical story journey where there is a problem to be resolved. This allows it to be easily innovated by children and I could see...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
03 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Stomp School is the daycare for raucous kids (dinosaurs in this case) who are ready to start stomping. Rikki is the main character in this book written by Jeff Norton. Rikki is described as being sensitive, intrepid and wide eyed - all of which are perfectly displayed throughout the book. Wh...

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Name: Catherine Purcell
02 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

The perfect summer romance, there was no need to think it through, it took you by the hand and led you through to the happy conclusion. Don't get me wrong there were some surprises but if you've to spend your days analysing Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies or A Christmas Carol then this is perfect...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
02 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

These books, written for around seven years, are such fun even adults will find themselves chuckling at the jokes and the word play. Written in the form of a diary, these books chart the adventures and misadventures of Pirate Blunderbeard and his pirate family. Blunderbeard is the youngest of tw...

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Name: Emily Beale
02 September 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Ooh la la! The aliens from planet Zabalooloo are visiting planet earth. Three intergalactic travellers, Zoron is the clever one, Bazoo the strong one and Zob, who has a tendency to get overexcited. The little blue men are on a mission to bring back something amazing from their travels, to impress...

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Name: Melanie Chadwick
01 September 2017;

Genre: Friends and family

Pax is the story of how a boy and his abandoned fox reunite against all the odds. Despite his father, a 300 mile trek, a broken leg and a war zone, Peter proceeds with unwavering determination to find his fox, Pax. He is reluctantly helped by Vola, who has been damaged by her...

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Name: Beccy Judge
31 August 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Simply the Quest is Maz Evans's second book in her marvellous middle grade series and follows the success of last year's Who Let the Gods Out. As before, Maz Evans writes with bags of charisma and knows how to engage her readers. 12-year-old Elliott is back at home living with several Greek Go...

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Name: Mikayla
31 August 2017;

Genre: Adventure

A very interesting plot with a lot of twists. Sol was very nice and a great friend because of the amount of times he saved Celia. Finding out what happened in the end with her disorder and mum was very interesting and had my class talking about it all day. A very good book recommended for kids...

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