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 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 window....
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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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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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The Perfect Fit is the creation of husband-and-wife team Naomi and James Jones. Together they have created their debut picture book themed around acceptin...
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When Omar, the new boy at school, brings in honey cake that reminds him of his beekeeping grandpa back in Syria, the class get talking about the importance o...
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Swim, Shark, Swim! is an absolute delight. It is the second book in the Wild Wanderers series (Leap, Hare, Leap! is the first book) and it introduces childre...
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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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Do you remember the story of the bear who found the piano in the woods? Years later, the dream is over and Bear has returned to the forest. The piano stand...
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When Omar, the new boy at school, brings in honey cake that reminds him of his beekeeping grandpa back in Syria, the class get talking about the importanc...
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By Ash, Oak and Thorn is full of the wonder of nature and the environment. Explore the world from a different perspective and join three funny and caring bei...
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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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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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Truth is stranger than fiction, so the saying goes, and in The Dog that Saved the World (Cup) Phil Earle cleverly draws on not just one but two of the real w...
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Murderously good! Fleur Hitchcock always manages to immerse the reader within her settings and Waiting for Murder is no exception. <p...
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When disaster strikes the Forest at the start of Skin Taker, it seems as if the sun will never wake and the Clans are left in chaos. Tora...
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This book is brilliant! Gripping, full of threat, peril and totally absorbing, this debut novel has been written by new author, Namina Forna, to represent he...
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Tom Palmer's After the War; Michael Rosen's The Missing; Karen Levine's Hana's Suitcase; Morris Gleitzman's Once; Judith Kerr's When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit...
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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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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 an amazing debut novel by Namina Forna. I was fortunate to receive a limited-edition book proof from Usborne and it had a stunning gold...
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Everyone has met a Lexi, 15 years old and angry at seemingly everything and everybody. Lexi lives with her mum, her mum's new boyfriend John and her 6 yea...
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A funny and life-affirming take on all the big stuff you experience through puberty: love, sex, death, family, intergenerational friendships, heartbreak,...
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16-year- old Niamh Hughes has come to London from Ireland to attend a drama course. She is looking forward to a fun filled summer of freedom, but things t...
The Incredible Record Smashers 
The Supreme Lie 
Waiting For Murder 
Just Like Me 
Old Macdonald Had a Phone 
Starfell: Willow Moss and the Vanished Kingdom (Starfell, Book 3) 
Monster Doughnuts (Monster Doughnuts 1) 
Featherlight 
Storm 
The Shark Caller 
When We Got Lost in Dreamland 
Skin Taker 
The Girl with her Head in the Clouds: The Amazing Life of Dolly Shepherd 
The Short Knife 
Circus Maximus: Race to the Death 
We Played With Fire 
When The World Was Ours: A book about finding hope in the darkest of times 
By Ash, Oak and Thorn 
Burning Sunlight 
Busy Spring: Nature Wakes Up 
Dear Earth 
Melt 
When We Went Wild 