Latest Book Reviews
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Have you children ever said, 'Just one more hug, just one more kiss...' This beautiful picture book tell the story of two animals looking for a goodnight...
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Is your little animal lover ready to discover the big outdoors as they explore their first woodland? Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: Woods</str...
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As parents, we absolutely adore this book - just as much as our one year old! As soon as we read the title, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush</st...
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I blame this book for the Christmas excitement in my house! We now already have a Christmas book out that can't possibly be put away! Award-winning illust...
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Ruffles is back! Our Nursery children love to listen to the adventures of Ruffles, the playful puppy who faces all the tricky troubles of pre-school life....
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I remember when my child was very young feeling slightly overwhelmed by how much they had to learn, and how to go about imparting all that knowledge - so...
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Little Owl's Bedtime is a charming tale about a small owls who is busy while other animals are fast asleep. This book will be a loved at...
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A book for children who love exploring and enjoy the outside. There is so much to see on each page; National Trust: Look What I Found on the Farm is packe...
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Sarah has written a beautiful book to help children understand their sad and worried feelings. In Blue, the worry feeling is a monster ca...
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Look out for delicious characters plus tasty twists and turns in this unique picture book, Pick a Story: A Dinosaur Unicorn Robot Adventure</stron...
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If you have a child who is at the stage of learning to ride a bike, then this book is perfect for you. It helps children understand that learning to ride...
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Frank and Bert, The One Where Bert Learns to Ride a Bike is the second book in the Frank and Bert se...
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The Emerald Forest is a beautiful picture book which can be enjoyed on many levels. It's the story of an orangutang family living an idyl...
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A Ticket to Kalamazoo! is an absolutely delightful collection of poems for the younger reader. It's beautifully designed and illustrated...
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A really interesting and unique way to write a book. The beauty of Pick a Story: A Dinosaur Unicorn Robot Adventure is that after you've...
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We liked the different characters especially the snake. We also liked how duck made his own club so everyone join, how kind is that. The lion roaring was...
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Sarah and Adam have created not one but three stories with multiple different endings in this playful book, Pick a Story: A Pirate Alien Jungle Ad...
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If you want children writing stories and drawing illustrations, then this is the book to have! Even reluctant and defiant children will have a pencil in h...
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Selfies With Komodos is a fab little book of new poems from the well-known poet Brian Moses. There are poems about dogs and cats, mythica...
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Keva usually spends every Saturday helping her grandpa at his animal adoption centre. But when he has to go to the hospital one week and Keva goes to visi...
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There's a Beast in the Basement is another fab laugh-out-loud book by Pamela Butchart. Once again Izzy and her friends are on the road to...
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There are huge laughs once again in There's a Beast in the Basement!, the latest adventure with Izzy and the gang. When the school day st...
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13-year-old Alice Éclair, cake maker supreme by day and spy for the French government by night, is off on a mission. And it's not to buy fresh eggs for he...
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Robert Trebor, known as Bob, is 12 years old and has recently discovered that he can time travel. One moment he was wallowing in hot bubbly water, and the...
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Welcome to a world of Marvellers at the Arcanium Training Institute where young Marvellers and their unique powers across the globe attend school to learn...
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Rida and Madiya are sisters but don't really see eye to eye. However, when the future of the local library is threatened, can the girls w...
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Here is my first 'must buy, must read' title for 2023! There are so many books about the Holocaust but for me, Fritz and Kurt was instant...
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Ginika has so much to look forward to. It's her last summer holiday before she goes to secondary school and, along with her best friend Alisha, she's prep...
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A story based on real-life. A narrative on harrowing events: The Holocaust. Fritz and Kurt is a story about a...
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I knew from the first few pages this was going to be a brilliant, captivating read. Stand and Deliver! by Philip Caveney is a thrilling a...
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Snot, Sneezes and Super-spreaders has everything a young person might want to know about viruses including how they replicate, spread and...
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I found this book absolutely fascinating; I was completely absorbed by it and couldn't put it down. To find out about the many attempts to reach the summi...
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This is a very good book to show that other people have feelings and just doing or wearing something does not mean you are different and that everyone sho...
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A story perfect for mystery fans set in Victorian Britain with a ghostly twist. The Whisperling is the story of Peggy who hides a secret...
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Evacuated away from London and his indifferent mother, Alfie Wright thrives in his new life with 'Auntie' Bell and her son, Ted, at Coombe Farm in Devon....
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The Notorious Scarlett and Browne, the second instalment of the exploits of Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne, finds them in a more refle...
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Tasting Light is a collection of ten science fiction short stories. It's a gripping, exciting and thought-provoking collection of stories...
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A move to New Jersey for 15 year old Harris and his family means a new school and a new start. Harris wants to reinvent himself as a typical teenager and...
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Warning... what you don't want to do is read this new release just before you go to sleep! You do not want to turn into your worst nightmare... From the v...
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I had high expectations for this book and I was not let down. I enjoyed reading this book so much that I could not stop thinking about the ending for hour...
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The events in This Can Never Not Be Real take place over the space of a few hours, creating a very intense experience for the reader. The...
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Molly Bell hates Christmas. When she was very young, her parents (aka The Brussel Shouts) wrote and released the world's cheesiest Christmas record, Love...
This Month's Picks
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Catherine Jacob's Puppy Club
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Singalong with Rob Biddulph and The Blue-Footed Booby
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Choose your own story picture books
Growing Readers See all
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Why do I need to read to my child at home?
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Growing readers with fiction series
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Starting School - Early Skills
There's a Beast in the Basement! 
Hedgewitch: An enchanting fantasy adventure brimming with mystery and magic (Book 1) 
The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond 
The Stolen Heir: A Novel of Elfhame 
Five Survive 
Murder At Snowfall 
Skandar and the Phantom Rider: the spectacular sequel to Skandar and the Unicorn Thief 
Woodwitch: The magical adventure continues! (Hedgewitch Book 2) 
The Circle Breakers 
Dragon Storm: Erin and Rockhammer 
The Marvellers: the bestselling magical fantasy adventure 
The Wildstorm Curse 
Pick a Story: A Dinosaur Unicorn Robot Adventure 
Blackbeard's Treasure 
SuperQuesters: The Case of the Missing Memory 
The Arctic Railway Assassin 
Humbug: the Elf who Saved Christmas 
Swimming on the Moon 
The Light in Everything: from the winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022 
The Night Animals 
The Winter Wish 
The Repair Shop Stories: The Christmas Doll 
The Christmas Department Store 