Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Linda brown
05 July 2017;

Genre: Fantasy

Wow, what a debut novel. This book is a rollercoaster of a story. It had me gripped right from the start. Caraval tells the story of a young girl called Scarlett who dreams of witnessing a week-long magical performance called Caraval. However, Scarlett has never left the tiny...

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Name: Marie Berry
03 July 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Big Brown Bear's Cave is a lovely picture book. It tells the story of Brown bear who finds a new cave and can't make it feel like home. So he goes out to find 'stuff' to put in his cave. He stumbles across a human street and notices their caves (also known as sheds) are full of stuff so he dec...

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Name: Tanjina Age 9
03 July 2017;

Genre: Humour

I liked the bit when Bobby used his hyena hand and feet to jump the highest for the Sport's Day competition and the boy Kyle, who was a show-off, got embarrassed. Well done to Julian Clary for putting a lot of description in to paint a picture in the reader's head. My favourite character is Mrs...

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Name: Alison Ustun
03 July 2017;

Genre: Adventure

This is a moving story about a boy and his family; each alone in their own world. Adam is a gifted artist who finds it hard to express his feelings and talk to others at school, so he keeps a diary full of sketches and poems and sprays graffiti under the protection of the local gang. Following...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
29 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

The Thing is a book that constantly leaves you asking questions. Throughout the book, we never find out just what is The Thing that just suddenly appears one day. We are left to use our imaginations. My Y1 children decided that it was an alien spaceship, an egg, a cocoon, a butterfly and most i...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
29 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

The Night Box is a truly wonderful tale of how day becomes night and night becomes day. Centred around the main character of Max, we see how day slowly begins to get ready to 'sleep' and how the environment around him begins to show these signs, too. What I really enjoyed was how the author mad...

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Name: Marie Berry
26 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

There is a tribe of kids is one of the most beautiful books I've seen in a long time! No doubt why this is a Kate Greenaway winner! Lane Smith has produced a stunning book that has endless possibilities for use with children. Firstly as a read aloud story - the gorgeous illustrations will create...

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Name: Daniel Katz
25 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Three years after we thought we'd seen that last of them, Skulduggery and Valkyrie have returned for a new series of adventures! A secret order of dissident sorcerers is attempting to resurrect an ancient being to wage war on mortals. Skulduggery Pleasant, skeleton detective and sorcerer, is go...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
24 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Diggersaurs is a bright and colourful debut picture book by Michael Whaite. This text is instantly appealing to boys through the mixture of diggers and dinosaurs and would be a great hook to lure in reluctant readers. The pictures are wonderfully created and the text layout compliments them wel...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
24 June 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Aubrey's back, trying to solve problems caused by man's destructive impact on nature. The arrival of some foreign ladybirds in Rushing Woods causes problems with the locals. Soon, harsh words are flying around, questioning where different creatures come from and who 'belongs'. In the meantime, A...

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