Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Emily Beale
30 August 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This is a simple story with a poignant message. It features a lonely giant who lives on a craggy mountain, surrounded by a huge forest. His days are spent doing the same activities, uprooting trees, throwing and smashing things. Over the years the forest diminishes and the animals are scared away...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
30 August 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Most kids and many adults find optical illusions fascinating. There are many books available on the subject but this one is a bit special. Firstly, there is the amazing front cover, complete with moving images and striking effects. Secondly this book really explains how the illusions work and wh...

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Name: Janet Fisher
29 August 2017;

Genre: Adventure

What would you do if you found an elephant on your doorstep together with a piece of paper giving you the legal right to keep it? This is the situation facing Erica in this gem of a book written for the 8+ age group, one which it is so difficult to find a variety of reading material for. This i...

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Name: Joanna Hewish
29 August 2017;

Genre: Adventure

A beautiful story of the friendship between a baby and her companion. All parents will delight in this tale of a baby who plays a game of hide and seek with her dog - Buster. The rhythmical narrative allows this tale be read with excitement as the baby chases the dog around house - 'Go Buster,...

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Name: Lucy Newton
28 August 2017;

Genre: Adventure

A book filled with very detailed and busy illustrations of adventures with Wilfred and Olbert. They are wildlife explorers who are looking for new and exciting species. Every page is filled with a different environment to explore with fascinating animals, mind-boggling puzzles and activities to h...

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Name: Lucy Newton
28 August 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This story is filled with pictures of beautiful landscapes and lovely cartoon animals. It has relatively simple text while giving interesting information about a range of animals, climates and landscapes from different environments across the world. It is a lovely book for children to begin to ex...

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Name: Lucy Newton
28 August 2017;

Genre: Humour

A fantastically colourful book! Nibbles: The Dinosaur Guide follows Nibbles, a book eating 'monster', as he comes across a range of other similar creatures on his travels. Nibbles is responsible for lots of different holes that begin to appear throughout the book - he just can...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
26 August 2017;

Genre: Adventure

'Change the Shape' is a book that certainly makes you think. I found myself lost within its instructions, determined to complete each challenge set for me. I could certainly see this book being enjoyed by individuals buy also by a whole class. In school, this book can be used for many reason...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
26 August 2017;

Genre: Adventure

'Find the Wolf' is another great 'peek through' book by Agnese Baruzzi. Being a board book, it easily withstood the initial browsing by my one year son and I can see this book being revisited when he is slightly older as there are many levels to it. The book follows the pattern of looking for...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
26 August 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Hidden Animals is a lovely board book that would be perfect for any first book collection. The combination of colours, shapes and animals make this book both an enjoyable read but also an educational one. As the reader, it was easy to follow the pattern of 'Now you see / Then you see ...' and...

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