Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Maria Faithorn
03 January 2024;

Genre: Personal Growth

Delilah the Dodo dreams of flying. Initially, scared of what others might think and say, she keeps her dream to herself until one day she decides to try. As predicted, another bird and his friends see her attempt and begin laughing. Holding her head high, she preserves and sticks to her plan e...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
02 January 2024;

Genre: Science Fiction

Al Chaudhury has successfully travelled back in time and saved his father's life. So, everything is back to the way Al thinks it should be…only somehow it isn't. And then an accident leaves Grandpa Byron struggling to remember things, forcing Al to travel in time once more, leaving someone tra...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
02 January 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

The new dyslexia-friendly Barrington Stoke publication from author, Sophie McKenzie is descibed by them in three words as being filled with 'peril', 'judgement', and 'understanding'. Trapped is an exciting contemporary novel about a group of young people in a singing club....

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Name: Louisa Farrow
01 January 2024;

Genre: Science Fiction

If you've read the wonderful Time Travelling with a Hamster, you'll be excited to hear about this inventive and light-hearted sequel in which Al(Bert Einstein) Chaudhury returns for more adventures with parallel worlds. In Tim...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
01 January 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

The successful team behind the Unicorn Academy series have done it again! Amber and Flash is the newest, exciting, addition to the Mermaid Academy series. In this story set in Mermaid Academy, a magical school where mermaids are paired with their very o...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
01 January 2024;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

Northern Soul by Phil Earle is a fantastic addition to the range of dyslexia-friendly books published by Barrington Stoke. This novel perfectly describes those heady, confusing, all-encompassing feelings of first love so well. It is both poignant and an authentic story. <p...

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Name: Stephanie Ekechukwu
21 December 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

An excellent read.

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Name: Kayla Age 15
20 December 2023;

Genre: Horror

I love this book so much, especially because it doesn't drag out the story.

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Name: Amanda Shipton
19 December 2023;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Not-So-Little Red Riding Hood is a fabulously funny take on a classic story from two giants of children's books!   Little Red Riding Hood and her brush with the Big Bad Wolf is shown here with a modern twist. Little Red Riding Hood - who is not-so-little anymore! - is riding h...

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Name: aanya Age 13
18 December 2023;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

BEST BOOK EVER!!! this book is sooooooooooooo goood!!😍😍😍

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