Latest Book Reviews
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Prepare to fall head over heels in love with Ruffles and his little puppy friends in David Melling's latest picture book series for young readers. Beautif...
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Percy the Park Keeper has been a common addition to libraries and book collections for over 30 years and this latest release is aimed at the youngest of P...
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What a joyful approach to counting, I can see fun-loving youngsters really enjoying this journey on the 'Numbers Train'! In this space-themed counting boo...
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A great introduction to non-fiction books, this lovely pop-up book tells children about a variety of different animal homes. From mice to arctic foxes, each...
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This book is similar to the nursery rhyme of the same name, and uses the same structure to wake up different animals - bunnies, lambs, chicks, kittens and du...
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A lovely new picture book aimed at really little ones. 'Moon and Me' has already hit CBeebies with its new show reminiscent of 'In the Night Garden'. This...
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When a little child finds a worry, they decide to keep it as a pet and take it everywhere with them. Soon, the worry starts to take over their life, making i...
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Luna is bursting with excitement. Today, her class are going on a school trip to an art gallery and mum is coming as a parent helper. Everyone is looking for...
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Do you know how mermaids got their tails? It all began once upon a magic ocean, with a little boy called Theodore who loved to collect fish. One day, he f...
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This is a great book that follows six friends who go on a train journey through a land of dinosaurs, where they see lots of opposites which are clearly sh...
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Busy Spring is a fine example of both a fiction and non fiction book rolled into one.Centred around a young girl, her dad and younger sister,...
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When Mum turns off the TV, Tilly does not know what to do! Despite the huge amounts of toys in her toybox, she is fed up and goes to stare out of the wind...
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Old Macdonald loves his phone. It helps him to organise things on the farm and keep it running smoothly. However, when he needs to order a new one, he ends u...
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With "The Invisible", Tom Percival has created one of the most beautiful books I have read in recent years. Centered around Isabel, a young girl who lives w...
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Follow Buzzwing the honey bee on an unforgettable journey as you discover the secrets of the busy, buzzing world of bees. This is a beautifully written an...
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A cast of three contemplate and deliberate the significance of a large rock in this zen-like conversation-based tale. An unexpected other worldly c...
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Dinosaur books are usually always a winner so I had high hopes for this, and wasn't disappointed. Written by Matt Robinson, author of the award winning Do...
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What Did the Tree See? is an eye catching and clever tale of how the world and landscape has changed through the eyes of a growing oak tr...
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A completely wacky and hilarious story about a 10-year-old girl who is a monster hunter! But Grace isn’t any normal monster hunter, she has discovered tha...
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The amazing new sequel - Pizazz vs The New Kid by Sophy Henn - is a witty reminder that superheroes are human too. This humorous story mixes the reality of b...
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The Incredible Record Smashers is the tale of a girl whose mum suffers with depression, and her attempts to help, which don't exactly go...
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The Incredible Record Smashers begins when Lucy, who is usually more interested in fixing things, punches Billy on the nose in class and...
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The Day the Screens Went Blank is a laugh out loud adventure about the world changing overnight that is utterly fitting for our current t...
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The story is adventurous because the boys are going to Scotland and the younger boy is feeding the men bread. The girl is wandering around the table and t...
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Written by Professor Steve Peters, the author of The Chimp Paradox, this fab book is aimed at helping children to understand and manage their thoughts emotio...
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The Lightning Catcher is Clare Weze's debut novel for children and what a fantastic debut it is! The story centres around Alfie Bradley a...
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How To Be Me is an honest and tender look at what it feels like to be an outsider and to experience the pain of not being understood. How...
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When seven-year-old Kirsten Bramble made a film to find her Dad a new girlfriend, it went viral and the Brambles are now reality TV stars. They live in a...
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Starboard follows Kirsten Brambles, a child reality TV star who is apparently happy and successful with everything she could have dreamt...
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This book is a must read for sci-fi fans, perfect for anybody who loves star wars, The Danger Gang or other out of this world adventures. Railey and her ro...
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When I first read the blurb, I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy The Outlaws Scarlett & Brown because of the setting, but when I st...
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A new series from Jonathan Stroud is always an event and this explosive new book is no exception. The Outlaws Scarlett & Browne is se...
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First page - double page spread of Wormwood. A map is essential if you're to introduce me to the new world you've built and expect me to embrace it, so I...
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The Outlaws Scarlett & Browne is the latest romp of an adventure from Jonathan Stroud, author of Lockwood & Co and the Bartimaeus...
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This book is about a boy who can control his dreams. Malcolm and his little brother find a way to share dreams and control them. But things go very...
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I would rate this book five stars because I like how it is full of magic, danger and mystery; I also like that the genre is fantasy adventure. The thing I...
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Kid is a debut novel, the first in a trilogy and 614 pages long however, it didn't take me too long to get to the end as it's an engaging, well planned ou...
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This is not a book for the faint-hearted in an extremely positive way. Ananda Devi does not shy away from the bleak life outcomes of four young Mauritians...
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Wilbur writes an embarrassing letter to his future self and Tyler (a school bully) finds it and puts it on Social Media. Wilbur becomes a laughing stock a...
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In We Were Wolves, Boy lives in a caravan on his own in the woods. His dad, John, is in prison and promises to get out soon. All the boy...
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The Gilded Ones is brilliant! Gripping, full of threat, peril and totally absorbing, this debut novel has been written by new author, Nam...
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The Gilded Ones is an amazing debut novel by Namina Forna. I was fortunate to receive a limited-edition book proof from Usborne and it ha...
The Incredible Record Smashers 
The Supreme Lie 
Once Upon a Mermaid's Tail 
The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne 
Waiting For Murder 
This is NOT a Unicorn! 
Featherlight 
Storm 
The Shark Caller 
When We Got Lost in Dreamland 
The Boy Who Met a Whale 
Skin Taker 
The Girl with her Head in the Clouds: The Amazing Life of Dolly Shepherd 
The Flag Never Touched The Ground: America's Brave Black Regiment in Battle 
The Short Knife 
Circus Maximus: Race to the Death 
We Played With Fire 
By Ash, Oak and Thorn 
The Tindims and the Ten Green Bottles 
Burning Sunlight 
Busy Spring: Nature Wakes Up 
Dear Earth 