Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Elen Green
15 July 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Don't Disturb the Dragon is a fun picture book with lots to explore, great characters - and a map! The Princess's little brother has gone missing, and she must find him - without disturbing the dragon! But each time she starts to look, she gets a fright. Are those white pointy things dr...

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Name: Linda Brown
14 July 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Belladonna follows 19-year-old Signa who was orphaned as a baby and who has been raised by a string of guardians, each of whom has met an untimely end. Her remaining relatives are the Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at the gloomy Thorn Grove estate, whose father mourns...

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Name: Sharon Porter
14 July 2023;

Genre: Environment

I had never heard of the Panna Reserve in India before reading The Tiger's Tale. It tells us about the tigers who live and are protected (mostly) by the rangers. Sadly, poaches are still killing tigers but the message of protecting the tigers comes roaring through the text lou...

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Name: Jo Thomas
14 July 2023;

Genre: Funny Stories

Never Ever Ever ask a Pirate to a Party is a fun, colourful book about ever-increasingly silly guests turning up for a little girl's party. The guests, including a pirate, a dragon, a unicorn and aliens, knock at the door and cause mischief and chaos, disrupting the perfect pa...

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Name: Lisa watkins
14 July 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Call of the Titanic is one of the best books I have read about the infamous Titanic. It is a gripping adventure story of stowaway Clara who befriends an enormous dog - Rigel. The story tells the tale of the special friendship formed between the two when the Titanic collides wi...

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Name: Lisa watkins
14 July 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Wall Between Us would make a fantastic addition to any classroom learning about wars. Set in Berlin in 1961, best friends Anja and Monika are suddenly divided when a huge barbed wire fence is built between their homes. Life dramatically changes for Monika as people around...

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Name: Ashley Clayton
14 July 2023;

Genre: Funny Stories

The Yawnicorn is a beautiful story for bedtime, with lovely illustrations. The children in reception loved it. I always like a lovely rhyming book too and this one did not disappoint. The children loved the colourful pictures in the book and the the unicorn in the story, too,...

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Name: Maariyah Patel
14 July 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

It was very good and has most probably become one of my favourites along with Goodnight Mister Tom, again by Michelle Magorian. She is a great author

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Name: Amanda Shipton
14 July 2023;

Genre: Funny Stories

Award-winning writer Jeanne Willis is on top form in this tale of Albie the bear. Her charming use of rhyme makes The Bear Who Had Nothing To Wear a wonderful book to share and read aloud, whilst Brian Fitzgerald's colourful illustrations capture Albie's changeable personality...

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Name: Elen Green
14 July 2023;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Agent 9: Flood-a-geddon is the start of a new graphic novel series about Agent 9, a cat-like character who has incredible super-spy skills but who dives into missions without thinking things through, resulting in hilarious mishaps and inevitable 'I-told-you-so's' from Agent 9'...

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