Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Janet Fisher
22 February 2018;

Genre: Adventure

This is the third part of the trilogy following on from Beetle Boy and Beetle Queen and moves the story into a darker and more mature phase. Lucretia Cutters plans to take over the world by infesting areas with beetles doing great damage to crops, involve breeding giant beetles and to this end s...

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Name: Alice Ewell
21 February 2018;

Genre: Adventure

This is a fun story with an edge, and children will (one hopes) pick up instantly that danger lurks in their new visitor, a lion. We are used, in picture books, to seeing fierce animals (such as lions) being unveiled as warm and cuddly and in need of a friend. This isn't that kind of picture book...

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Name: Ellen Green
21 February 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Ten Terrible Dinosaurs is a welcome board book version of Paul Stickland's original paperback - little fingers will have no problems turning the pages and will delight in the colour, mischief and energy of these ten playful dinosaurs. Each time we turn the page, another dinosaur is lost - stuck...

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Name: Gail Lenton
20 February 2018;

Genre: Adventure

This is a lovely picture book about friendship and helping one another, as well as delivering a gentle environmental message. Bear spends his days in solitude on a mountainside, wondering what are the bright lights he can see in the distance. Then a bug bumps into him and pleads with him to take...

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Name: Alice Ewell
20 February 2018;

Genre: Adventure

This picture book is just fabulous across all age ranges! It explores commercialism, exploitation, factory production and of course, chocolate. It is also very, very funny! Mr Bunny's Chocolate Factory begins with a question, 'How do you think chocolate eggs are made?' and goes on to explain how...

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Name: Emily Marcuccilli
18 February 2018;

Genre: Adventure

When you first spot this beautiful book on a bookshop shelf you will know that this is something entirely out of the ordinary. Handling it, you cannot fail to be curious about its ominously monochrome palette, complete with black edges. The story itself is told through the experiences of two...

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Name: Sam Phillips
16 February 2018;

Genre: Adventure

This book is a real deal breaker for any reluctant reader! A real laugh out loud tale of weird and wonderful ghosts, ghouls and goblins. A delightful story told by a young boy called Frankie Bannister whose parents run The Nothing to see Here Hotel. This magical hotel stands in plain sight on th...

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Name: Sam Phillips
16 February 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Meet the Twitches is a lovely story book that would be a pleasure to share with any young story enthusiast. Its delightful plot unfolds revealing a family of four tiny, magical, toy rabbits; The Twitches. The Twitches live inside a Teacup House; a special gift that is given to a young girl call...

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Name: Alison Kelly
15 February 2018;

Genre: Adventure

This is Carole Bromley's first anthology for children (published by a new imprint Small Donkey Books) and a very welcome addition to the world of children's poetry it is too. It has children - their interests, their concerns, their sense of the ridiculous - firmly at its heart. The title poem, Bl...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
12 February 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Stem Starters: Science and Stem Starters: Art - Designed to encourage boys and girls from all backgrounds take an interest in the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), these two books from the series offer a range of activities to engage and inspire. The Science Activity B...

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