Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Maria
02 May 2023;

Genre: Friends and family

If you love rhyming books, The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat is another clever, funny book by Em Lynas and Matt Hunt. The main characters goat and stoat are not keen on sharing a boat. The amazing illustrations detail the antics of the characters, with pages turning from hor...

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Name: Elen Green
02 May 2023;

Genre: Funny Stories

Lenny Lemmon and the Invincible Rat is a fast-paced, fun story for readers developing in confidence. The story centres around Lenny trying to do the right thing, and invariably bringing chaos to any given situation! When the school announces it will be having a Victorian day, and childr...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
02 May 2023;

Genre: School Stories

It's a new term at River School and Jummy is happy to be reunited with her friends in Nile House, but they are horrified by the smell coming from the Shine Shine River. They are excited to be told that there will be a corn growing competition with a trophy for the best produce, but worried tha...

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Name: Sharon Porter
01 May 2023;

Genre: Family & Home

Use your imagination and meet a witchy parent and child whose closeness is obvious. Such a gentle bedtime story for the youngest of children with a more subtle level for those older children who can spot the etymological meaning of witch and being wise. A charming tale for all ages - possibly...

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Name: Jen Bevan
01 May 2023;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

A highly illustrated chapter book combining some of our well know fairy tale heroes in a new way. Goldie, Red and Snow live in Hobbleton - a most unmagical place. All Red longs for is adventure but the signs around the town tell them never to leave. All the girls have for entertainment is thei...

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Name: Ashley Clayton
01 May 2023;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Amazing Me, Amazing You is a lovely picture book, beautifully illustrated, that is great to share with children in primary school. I shared this with some Y3 children, and it opened up great discussions about how everyone is different and how that doesn't matter. It opened up...

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Name: Louise Baker
01 May 2023;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

I'll be honest... I am no gamer. In fact, my experiences of online gaming are limited to watching others interact with those brightly coloured pixels that are becoming ever-more sophisticated. I was concerned that my lack of knowledge would impede my understanding and enjoyment of A Ga...

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Name: Emma Nelson
01 May 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

We begin the tale of Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup with Yesterday Crumb, an orphaned and abandoned young girl living inside a cage - she's part of a circus and her fox-like ears are what makes her an attraction. Yesterday escapes the cage and comes across a strange...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
01 May 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Having achieved his dream to become a unicorn rider, Skandar Smith is now in his second year at the Eyrie. However, tensions mount as wild unicorns - immortal creatures - are being killed and the words of a truesong, sung at the Saddle Ceremony, seems to cast suspicious eyes in Skandar's direc...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
01 May 2023;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Working for the Butterfly Club, time-travelling thieves Aidan, Luna and Konstantin have already been on two missions into the future and now it is time for their third. In The Mona Lisa Mystery, they are asked to steal a little-known painting called the Mona Lisa from the Louv...

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