Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Samantha Pett
23 December 2016;

Genre: Fantasy

Merry is a 16-year-old with the usual family and school struggles except she's also an untrained witch, youngest in a bloodline of witches stretching back centuries. Unexplained dreams soon materialise into a 1,500-year-old family curse and love story linked with a powerful wizard who, with the...

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Name: Emily Beale
20 December 2016;

Genre: Adventure

The sequel to the wonderful 'A Dollop of Ghee and a Pot of Wisdom' where we again join Prince Veera and his best friend, Suku, as they work together to solve the problems of their small kingdom in India exerting both fairness and justice. This fabulous book, based on traditional Indian folk tales...

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Name: Joanna Hewish
18 December 2016;

Genre: Adventure

From the very first page, my son was spell bound with this story. The storyline follows the tale of woodland creatures in Holly Tree Forest receiving a letter from Santa who asks them to assist him in saving Christmas for the Bear family in Mistletoe Mountain, who have been trapped in the snow....

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Name: Sue Wilsher
17 December 2016;

Genre: Funny Stories

After an accident involving her younger sister, Minerva (known as Minnie), Iphigenia (also known as Fidge) finds herself plunged into the land of the Wimbley Woos accompanied by her annoying cousin, Graham, Dr Carrot (a human-sized plastic carrot mounted on small orange wheels) and Eleanor, a...

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Name: Alice Hall
14 December 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Raven Child and the Snow Witch is a sparklng, wintery-themed story about love that is aimed at slightly older children aged 5/6+. The wintery wastes and brooding danger of the early pages takes us straight to the land of the Snow Witch. Anya is the Raven Child of the title -Raven has grown up wit...

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Name: Carol Lloyd
14 December 2016;

Genre: Adventure

What a brilliant way to introduce children to the science of forces - and to have a lot of fun along the way. This boxed set includes all the parts you need to make your own pinball machine, together with a 32-page booklet explaining the science behind making it work. The text, supported by clear...

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Name: Marie Berry
13 December 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Oi Dog is a lively and fun sequel to Oi Frog. In this story we see the Frog asserting his authority and deciding how the animals should be! In Gray's usual fashion, humourous rhyming words are used to explain what all the different animals should sit on and hats off to them they've gone to great...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
12 December 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Ella is a future Olympic hopeful nicknamed 'Volcano Girl' for her speed out of the starting blocks. Training at every opportunity and sponsored by her childhood boyfriend's wealthy parents, life should be perfect. But things are never as they seem and nothing has been the same since the Fearless...

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Name: Fiona Collins
10 December 2016;

Genre: Adventure

It starts with a seed is simple information book which outlines the life cycle of a sycamore tree. It begins with a clear illustration of the distinctive helicopter seeds. These are a pair of wings which spin like helicopter blades as they float down from the tree. The Jennie Webber illustrations...

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Name: Fiona Collins
10 December 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Pandora is a touchingly beautiful story which focuses on a fox type creature named Pandora who lives alone in a land of broken objects. It is a land of desolation. Her small house sits balanced on tall silts within the sombre landscape which is devoid of any bright colour. Within this setting Pan...

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