Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Lucy Newton
21 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

This is an interesting story about friendship. The story is about a girl named Immi. She lives by herself in a frozen, white land with nobody else to talk to. She spends her time fishing and sometimes catches extra fish in the hope that she will have some visitors, but they never come. One day, I...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
21 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

'Watching Shakespeare's plays is like being invited into a house full of amazing rooms...' In this book, Michael Rosen sets out to answer many questions about the life and times of the amazing William Shakespeare. Perfect for dipping into or for reading cover to cover, this is a lively and acces...

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Name: Aaliyah Age 13
21 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Everything in the book isn't sugar-coated. It's all very straightforward and tells the story in a way that just makes it feel like you're in Rosie's shoes, which I think the author wants. Overall, the book is just amazing. I didn't think I'd like it when I picked it up, but I gave it a chance...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
20 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Set in the 1950s, Annabel - lover of science fiction - is living under an evil spell. Cursed on her first birthday by a spiteful witch to prick her finger on a needle and die, Annabel lives with her two aunts, who have done their best to lessen the spell. Despite their care, she does prick her fi...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
18 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

'On the night it began, a full moon hung over Brick Lane.' Amber is an original. She has different ideas, different inspirations and a different image from those around her. Bullied at school and inspired by Oscar Wilde, she decides to create 'The Moonlight Dreamers'- a secret society for like m...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
18 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

A day out at the beach turns into the most amazing piratical adventure as Jack and his shipmates let their imaginations run wild. Told in rhyme, the story follows the boys as they create their galleon and set off across the ocean to face whatever lies ahead. The language is rich and stimulating;...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
18 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

A mixture of elements of Sleeping Beauty and elements of Snow White, The Sleeper and the Spindle is a very Neil Gaiman twisting of these fairy tales. No reference is made to these tales for 'names are in short supply in this telling'. Princes are very much in the background - hanging in the rose...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
16 June 2016;

Genre: Real life

In this wordless book, a little girl collects flowers as she makes her way home with her father who pays no attention to her or to their surroundings. She gives the flowers as gifts to those she passes, touching their lives in a variety of ways. This is a beautiful book, both in sentiment and il...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
16 June 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Sam and Dave are on a mission to find something spectacular, so they start to dig. The reader shares the joke about how close they come to finding treasure without ever knowing it. My husband is not a huge fan of picture books, but this one had him laughing out loud! The pictures show Sam and Da...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 June 2016;

Genre: Humour

If words make up stories, and letters make up words, then stories are made of letters. In this menagerie, we have stories, made of words, made FOR all the letters. This big, bright book offers twenty-six short stories - one for each letter of the alphabet! Whether read in alphabetical order or as...

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