Latest Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
26 October 2023;

Genre: Magical Realism

As her grandfather's health is failing, Tasha and her parents have moved in with him to help on the farm. Tasha loves the farm, but things have changed as grandfather is too weak for the long walks they used to take - and since the events of the previous year, she feels an aching emptiness, to...

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Name: Maria faithorn
26 October 2023;

Genre: Funny Stories

We LOVE this book! The word 'NOT' immediately tells you this is going to involve audience participation, and lots of expressive storytelling! It's NOT a polar bear (although the wonderful illustrations suggest otherwise!); it is about a bear that can do pretty much anything......

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Name: Sue Wilsher
24 October 2023;

Genre: Spy stories

With exams and skateboarding the main things on his mind, Alex Rider hopes he has left the world of MI6 behind him, apart from visits to Freddy Grey, 'Number Nine' of the organisation, Nightshade, whose activities Alex helped put an end to. However, when his best friend, Tom, is kidnapped whil...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
23 October 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

Little Brown Nut is the newest addition to the series, 'Start Small, Think Big', by Mary Auld. This non-fiction book takes on the story of a nut falling from a brazil nut tree and follows the journey it takes, from meeting a wide variety of animals on the forest floor and the...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
23 October 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

Small, Speckled Egg is the first book in the Start Small, Think Big series, a collection of books which take an object and follow its journey through life. This book follows the life-cycle of the egg and what is inside - an Arctic tern. We then follow the tern...

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Name: Erin Quigley
23 October 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Sweet Skies is a very human tale; an evocative, edge-of-your-seat, gritty adventure story, chock-full of innocence and courage, struggle and doubt. It tells the tale of Otto Hartmann, a young German boy utterly enthralled by the American pilots who fly...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
21 October 2023;

Genre: Animals

What is not to love about this lovely book? D is for Dog uses dog antics to tell the alphabet in a rhyming and humorous way. From A is for action, I is for itch right through to Z is for zonked, children will love this book, especially as P is for... Yes! Poo!! One of my favou...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
20 October 2023;

Genre: Traditional Tales

From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated children's book debut, Animal Tales from India - a stunning picture book reimagining of the wild and wonderful fables of the Panchatantra. First written in Sanskrit, the stories of the Panchatantra ha...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
20 October 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica is a fascinating and accessible book which readers can dip into for the odd five minutes or for an afternoon, immersed in information with sufficient detail to explain the subject without being overwhelming. The book is divided int...

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Name: Liv Age 13
20 October 2023;

Genre: Supernatural

I love this book.

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