Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Lizi Coombs
18 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This is a 'lift the flap' book that tells children many different facts about many different dinosaurs. From the environment they lived in to how dinosaur eggs hatched and how different dinosaurs got their names, this is an engaging book which presents the facts in short, clear sentences. It has...

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Name: Janet Fisher
16 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Bullies in stories need to get their just desserts and in this story Monty, Bertie and Gertie are certainly the recipients of theirs. Adam Stower's fast paced story illustrated by the author, is full of innovative ideas and some very clever drawings of King Coo's inventions. Ben Pole, usually k...

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Name: Alison Kelly
16 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Brian Moses sees this compilation of his work as 'signposts along the road .... travelled' as a poet. Tackling the habitually asked question, 'What's your favourite poem?', he has assembled his own favourites in this rich celebration of his work over the last twenty years. There is so much to...

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Name: Melanie Chadwick
16 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Heart breaking and heart-warming, The Nearest Far Away Place explores the effects of bereavement on young Griff and Dylan who were in the car when their parents were killed in a tragic freak accident. Dylan is the eldest and takes his role as older brother very seriously. He tries to look after...

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Name: Marie Berry
12 June 2017;

Genre: Young fiction

The Bad Bunnies Magic show is a highly amusing tale of two bunnies, Abra and Cadabra. In the tale we hear that how, due to 'unforeseen' circumstances, there needs to be a change to the scheduled Magic Show and Abra and Cadabra step in to take over the show. Both Bunnies then partake in daredevil...

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Name: Alison
06 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Overview: Alex responds to a pop up add on the computer to purchase a lie detector but it turns out that the catch is he is the human lie detector. Whenever he tells a lie or hears someone lie, his ear lets out a very smelly fart and the bigger the lie, the worse it smells! Armed with this new su...

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Name: Ruby Age 9
02 June 2017;

Genre: Information books

It's fun because you learn about history by trying to find things that are wrong in the detailed pictures. It's a bit like spot the difference. For example, in the Emperor's Palace in Ancient China you wouldn't expect to see a calculator or a hot air balloon because these things were invented m...

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Name: Maia Age 9
02 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

I loved the direct style and brightly coloured, eye-catching pictures, the collage design and brilliant layout. I was shocked at the racism described which explained that some people wouldn't let Ella Fitzgerald perform because of her skin colour. Others on the other hand helped her succeed. This...

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Name: Janet Fisher
02 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

After a confused beginning, this story about magic settles down and the last third begins to make sense. Bert lives at a school in a land where magic has been banished as have the mages. On a trip to the museum he goes through a mirror and develops a throbbing pain and light in his hand. Here...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 June 2017;

Genre: Fantasy

The legend of Podkin One Ear is an epic storytelling 'tale within a tale' that has a classic and timeless appeal from its very first line. It is the story set in the world of rabbit communities where evil forces fight against the natural order, kindness and inherent goodness o...

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