Latest Book Reviews
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Bedtime, Little Bear is one in a collection of books by Happy Yak that address everyday routines and conversational topics to deepen our...
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Bathtime, Little Piglet is another great interactive book from Happy Yak. This time, we go down to the farm where bathtime is approaching...
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My World in 100 Words: My Garden has introduced me to a series of books from Happy Yak which focus on teaching children their first words...
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A lovely board book for babies and toddlers to delight in. Sing Along With Me! Baa Baa Black Sheep is a perfect board book for babies to...
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Books for babies are becoming so much more interactive, with flaps to lift, different textures to feel, and in this case, inbuilt sound buttons that corre...
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The Funny Farm books by Mama Makes Books is a gorgeous series for helping little ones develop early skills - in this book, Tractor Tractor, the focus is o...
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The class decides on a school poetry performance, but one little girl is so shy that she can't speak in class. However, her teacher, Miss Flotsam, gently...
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White and black. Day and night. Badger doesn't feel quite right. In this simply but beautifully illustrated story, Badger is desperate to know if he is bl...
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I always love a book that rhymes and this one was a delight! The children laughed out loud at some of the monkey's hilarious antics and they could also re...
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This is Not A Dinosaur is another great story written by Barry Timms. Barry likes the way that stories bring people together and this boo...
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I have already enjoyed other books in the 'Follow My Food' series - see also Milly Cow Gives Milk, <a href="/bo...
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Be warned! If you read Not a Cat in Sight to a class of children, be prepared for much audience participation, squeals and laughter! This...
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Flooded is the funny and beautifully illustrated tale of animals who live in a city that is ever so slowly flooding. At first, the flood...
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What a delight this book is! Tomorrow is a Brand New Day tells the story of a little girl having the most terrible day because of the mis...
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Princess Minna and The Unicorn Mix-Up is another story in The Princess Minna series. It tell the story of Princess Minna, who loves to do...
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Be Wild, Little One! What a glorious book this is! The text advises a small child to go outside and 'be wild'. It suggests making the wor...
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Princess Minna and The Enchanted Forest is another story in The Princess Minna series. Princess Minna loves to save the day and when she...
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This is a beautifully illustrated, non-fiction book from Neon Squid, who are dedicated to publishing information books that make a wide range of topics ac...
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Keep dancing, Lizzie Chu is the wonderfully uplifting, charming and tender story of 12-year-old Lizzie Chu, who as the only relative (and...
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I'll start with Kate Wakeling's final poem in Cloud Soup: 'Free' (p. 94). Spread horizontally across two pages, simply structured with the repetition of '...
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A smile is infectious - try it and see! So begins the introduction for this fabulous collection which encourages its readers to perform the poems out loud...
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Interview with Cleopatra & Other Famous Rulers is a really funny and engaging book for children. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading th...
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Ray lives high in the sky surrounded by magical Weatherlings, but has no powers herself! However, after a trip to Earth, her whole world changes as she tr...
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A Robot Squashed My Teacher is the highly anticipated sequel to the Marcus Rashford Book Club Selection, <a href="/books/a-dinosaur-ate-m...
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Inspired by Eva Ibbotson’s classic, Escape to the River Sea opens with the story of Rosa Sweetman, a young girl who arrived in England as...
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David is a Kindertransport evacuee during the Second World War and runs away from his cruel, farming foster family because they just want him to work on t...
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This book was absolutely amazing! I read this in just two sittings as I quite literally couldn't put it down. The Light Hunters by Dan Wa...
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A fabulous title for a book that really does deliver what it says it will, encouraging children and young people to 'Radiate confidence, celebrate differe...
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She's back! The rather magical, hijab wearing heroine Rumaysa returns in this hotly anticipated sequel. Still looking for her parents (she was taken away...
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Since the day of the Almost Drowning, Tempest has lived with her two fathers, the kind men who saved her. She can remember nothing of her life before this...
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Constantly compelled to do things in certain ways, like using multiples of four to prevent bad things from happening, even the smallest tasks seem almost...
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Isla and her family live on the small island of Eilean Dearg in the Outer Hebrides. Grieving the loss of her older sister, Flora, the family is struggling...
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This is a wonderful book with an intriguing plot. With this book, I found myself speechless (for the first time ever!) One of my favourite things about th...
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Coco, a bubbly 15-year-old, is an aspiring film maker who feels like she belongs under water. Her mother Min has lost her job as a producer for a large So...
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From award winning Rudimental band founder member Leon Rolle (Locksmith) come a reflective book of personal stories and advice for teens everywhere to hel...
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Imagine having to go live with your dad and his new girlfriend, miles away from the rest of your family, and then her son is released from the Young Offen...
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Set in the near future on an island off Australia after catastrophic flooding, a community thinks it is ruled by the Blue Whale through its human interpre...
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Freshly landed in stifling summer bustle of 1980's New York, Beth is one of four students on a prestigious journalism internship. Along with the others -...
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Kai, Orla and Zak grew up together, their days spent on the patch of wilderness in between their homes; a small green space in a sprawling, grey city. Mus...
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This book will appeal to the older teen that enjoys science fiction, maths, physics or London street fiction. The Upper World follows two...
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Studious Josh likes to fly under the radar - that way he avoids awkward questions about his father's death. Still coming to terms with his loss and the vi...
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I thoroughly enjoyed meeting Ellie Pillai! She is such a likeable mid teen with the usual hang ups about herself, learning how she fits in at school, with...
This Month's Picks
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Imagine a world without colour...
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Reading & Drawing from Not a Cat in Sight
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Hannah Gold introduces The Lost Whale
Growing Readers See all
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Growing readers with fiction series
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Starting School - Early Skills
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Starting School - Early Reading and Writing Skills
Magicborn 
BeYOUtiful: Radiate confidence, celebrate difference and express yourself 
Seed 
Princess Minna: The Enchanted Forest 
This is NOT a Dinosaur! 
Legendarium 
Neon's Secret Universe 
Zeina Starborn and the Sky Whale 
The Colour of Hope 
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief 
Blood to Poison 
S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Access Denied: Book 1 
The Great Fox Illusion 
The Girl Who Lost a Leopard 
Dino Knights: Invasion 
Swift and Hawk: Cyberspies 
The Light in Everything 
Bathtime, Little Piglet 
Max Counts to a Million: A funny, heart-warming story about one boy's experience of lockdown 
We Are Family 
The Blue Book of Nebo 
Snow Ghost: The Most Heartwarming Picture Book of the Year 