Children Book Reviews

Name: Jane Rew
01 September 2025;

Genre: Non Fiction

Illustrator Wenjia Tang has certainly done a brilliant job, making an abstract concept - the theory of relativity - come alive on each page. The illustrations in Think Big: The Speed of Light - from eye-catching endpapers to portraits of Einstein to pictures of warp drives and...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
25 August 2025;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Based on the true story of Indian WWI gunner and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Khudadad Khan, My Soul, A Shining Tree is told from different perspectives. Lotte is a Belgian farmgirl whose home is a small farm in the village of Gheluvet, near Ypres in Flanders. Her l...

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Name: Jo Clarke
25 August 2025;

Genre: Adventure

Maisie Vs the Himalayas is a lively, adventurous tale that mixes wild escapades with thoughtful reflections on family, trust, and growing up. Maisie is a feisty character - cheeky, impulsive, and at times downright reckless. In complete contrast, her father is serious,...

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Name: Rachel Bolton
25 August 2025;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

I learnt so much about India during WW2 from this new story by Sufiya Ahmed. It would be an excellent addition to a school library who wanted to add to their collection of wartime stories. It's 1943 and 12-year-old Hasan is sent to Calcutta to stay with his grandfather as his parents ca...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
22 August 2025;

Genre: Adventure

Tick lives in a secluded cabin at the edge of Ellia with his little brother, Leaf, and their horse, Pebble. Since their Grandfather died, Tick has taken on the responsibility for looking after them all and is trying to prepare for the approaching winter, when they see thousands of warships com...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
20 August 2025;

Genre: Adventure

Tick is ten years old and lives in a remote cabin on the coast of Ellia. Following the death of his beloved grandfather, Tick is looking after his younger brother, Leaf, aged four. When Ellia is invaded by the Drenian army, a Hunter comes to the cabin and seems to be searching for something. T...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 August 2025;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Medusa Gorgon works for the goddess, Athena, as a guardian in her temple. To help with her fiery temper, Medusa's best friend, Arachne, has suggested she keeps a diary as an outlet to process her feelings. But when Medusa angers Athena and is banished to the 21st century to retrieve Athena's s...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
15 August 2025;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Max & Chaffy is the new series from Jamie Smart, creator of Bunny vs. Monkey. What a Delicious Discovery follows Max and Chaffy on a new adventure to Food Island to help their baker friend, Crumbles. However, when they reach the island chaos ensues, as today is the...

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Name: Dylan Age 8
15 August 2025;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Amazing book, it's so inspiring you should read it. It is a message to stop climate change.

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Name: Louisa Farrow
15 August 2025;

Genre: Non Fiction

This lusciously illustrated book about Einstein and his theory of relativity gives an absorbing introduction to some of the most mind-bending - and influential - ideas in physics. Each spread begins with a big, challenging question like, 'How can speed change the sounds we hea...

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