Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Jacqueline Harris
05 March 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Twitchers are back in the final part of their adventures. This time, Ava takes centre stage as she is present during the robbery of rare bird feathers at a museum. The Twitchers join forces to try and get back the feathers before the skins are broken up and sold. At the scene of the crime,...

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Name: Jemma Jeffrey
04 March 2024;

Genre: Poetry

Once Upon a Big Idea: The Story of Inventions is a bold and beautiful book! The reader is taken on a journey through time and inventions are introduced, from the pyramids and plastic, to wool and the wheel. More modern inventions are highlighted including medicine and mobile p...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
04 March 2024;

Genre: Poetry

Once Upon a Big Idea is a brightly coloured and fun guide to the wonderful inventions humans have made since the Stone Age, right up to the present day. The text rhymes and is a large, easy to read font; the illustrations are inclusive and eye catching. This book is not...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
04 March 2024;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Just read the first chapter of Diary of a Big Bad Wolf and you will be HOOKED! Join Wolf as he prepares for the start of Spring - a time where he plans to eat as much meat and fairytale characters as he can imagine. There’s just one thing.. It doesn’t go quite to plan and time...

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Name: Jemma Jeffrey
04 March 2024;

Genre: Fairies

Lola and Larch Fix A Fairy Forest is absolutely magical! My daughter and I both loved it. The story follows Lola, a young girl, who rescues a rabbit during a storm. But this is no ordinary rabbit, it is a fairy in disguise, called Larch. Larch is feisty and rebellious, a refre...

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Name: Morgan Harkin
04 March 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Two teenage girls. A new town. And a pair of 20-year-old cold case murders. Tru, an 18 year old high school graduate, plans on spending her summer with her boyfriend, East. Yet the arrival of the new girl in town, Rio, who shares a diving passion with Tru, causes immediate spark between the tw...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
04 March 2024;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Robin is seven years old, alone and frightened, abandoned by his father one night in the feared Sherwood Forest. Angry, lonely, and surviving on his wits, one day a young girl rushes across his path and their lives are entwined forever. Largely left to live as they please, they fill their days...

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Name: Elen Green
04 March 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Having read the first Rex Dinosaur in Disguise, it was lovely to see there's a follow-up - Rex Dinosaur in Disguise: Undercover Alien. These books are perfect for early chapter book readers, especially those who like their adventures a little bit bonkers and in full colour! In Undercove...

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Name: Grace Horn
01 March 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

The author Laura Steven paints the picture of an old drama school in America filled to the brim with students who have academic validation and who crave fame. The story is told from the perspective of Penny Paxton, daughter of a beloved Icon. The pressure she gets from her mother's fame gives...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 March 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Story Shop: Detective Dash! is an absolutely charming and joyful book for newly independent readers of shorter chapter books. Puddletown High Street is home to the most unusual, curious shop; a shop that sells STORIES! Shopkeeper Wilbur and his assistant , Fred the Ferret...

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