Families Book Reviews

Name: Jen Bevan
03 May 2024;

Genre: Environment

Benji's Emerald King (The Woodland Explorers) is fully immersed in nature. All the additional details about tree etc would really engage children's imagination. A book for those who are exploring the world around them. I will be using this book with my Year 1 children (...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
03 May 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Marv and his super-suit are back in this, his 6th , adventure, Marv and the Humongous Hamster. Who doesn't need a super-suit and one that is powered by kindness and imagination, no less? This story starts from a very relatable problem for any young reader; the need to p...

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Name: Jessica Bunney
03 May 2024;

Genre: Friends and family

Marianna Coppo's books are extremely creative and quite frankly different from any other author I've ever encountered, so I couldn't wait to get stuck into her newest title, The Best Bad Day Ever. This book is about the power of mindset and perceptions and The Best Bad Day Eve...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
03 May 2024;

Genre: Magical Realism

An eerie and creepily sinister fantasy adventure that roots its story in fairy folklore and tales of magical dark deeds, and their consequences. In a heart-wrenching storyline, a family try to come to terms with devastating grief and loss and take the first steps to construct a new but broken...

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Name: Ayva Age 14
03 May 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Best book ever!!!

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Name: Amanda Shipton
02 May 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Happy Hills - Attack of the Giant Danger Kittens is the first in Sophie Henn's new series. The full-page illustrations, comic-strip sequences and quirky typography ensure that the fast-paced humour runs throughout. The blocky, brightly coloured illustrations will appeal to the...

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Name: Jane Rew
02 May 2024;

Genre: Non Fiction

A quick look at the Contents page of Everything You Know About the Human Body is Wrong! is immediately intriguing: surely identical twins are identical, and don't fingernails continue to grow after we die? Even by page 6, where the first myth is outlined, my misconceptions are...

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Name: Jane Rew
02 May 2024;

Genre: Adventure

If you're familiar with this Time Travel Twins series, you’ll know that Scarlett and Thomas are in for some fun, if hairy, encounters.  In The Stone Age Clash they travel 4,000 years into the past to meet Minnow, a very...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
02 May 2024;

Genre: Dystopian

The much anticipated follow up to Happy Head does not disappoint! I was delighted to review Dead Happy, which continues the story of Sebastian and the other youngsters trapped in a wellbeing facility. We rejoin Manning, the maniacal director of...

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Name: Joanne Thomas
02 May 2024;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Let's All Say Yes! is a fabulous book about diversity and inclusivity, encouraging the reader to be themselves while recognising that we are all different. The graphics are basic but effective as the pastel colours used make the shapes pop and my daughter has found it engaging...

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