Children Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
25 November 2025;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Pip lives with his family at Keeper’s Cottage on the wetlands where his mum works on environmental conservation. He particularly enjoys the swanfall every autumn, when Arctic swans return home, and watches out for his three favourites who he has named Midnight, Silver and Moonshadow. This year...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
24 November 2025;

Genre: Family & Home

Eddie's little sister, Scarlet, is very ill. Having been born with a heart condition, she often needs medical care, taking all his parents' time and attention. Eddy loves Scarlet very much - but sometimes he feels invisible to others and focuses all his attention on being a 'good' boy, bottlin...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
14 November 2025;

Genre: Animals

Gill Lewis has a real skill for combining detailed knowledge of the natural world and a griping story which will engage children. This fourth book in the Island Vet series, The Winter Snow Goose is set on the island in winter and follows the challenges...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
12 November 2025;

Genre: Short reads

Containing six enduring tales, this new edition of Oscar Wilde's Stories for Children is an absolute delight. The collection contains two of his best loved and best known stories, 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Selfish Giant', both tales which I loved as a child. There is...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
11 November 2025;

Genre: Animals

Katie Ellis is in her second year at Paddock Grove; a boarding school with fantastic facilities for future equestrian stars. Katie has her beloved horse, Sheriff, with her, and has a great group of friends who love riding just as much as she does. When Katie is selected as captain of the Paddo...

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Name: Jane Rew
11 November 2025;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Like its title, The History of We offers an alternative; an alternative to the usual rendering of what we might think is our history, especially if we've only read white-centred textbooks about human origins. Contrary to what we might have learned elsewhere, 'every person on E...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
10 November 2025;

Genre: Family & Home

Con has been angry ever since his father left home. When a schoolmate taunts him about what's happened, Con's anger boils over and as a result he is suspended from school. With his mum at work, Con accidentally locks himself out of the flat they share. He is rescued by Mr Williams, who takes C...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
10 November 2025;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Swanfall is a great adventure story that mixes mystery with folklore and ecology with friendship. It starts with the much-anticipated return of the winter flock of Arctic swans, the annual event beloved by the main character, Pip. Then together with best friend Tommo, and scho...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
10 November 2025;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

When a shoemaker discovers a tiny girl in the toe of a boot, he raises her with love and care. Having named her 'Evangeline' - a name that spoke of possibilities - he shares with her his dreams of exploration and adventure. His wife, on the other hand, feels that there is something unnatural a...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
07 November 2025;

Genre: Bereavement

Merryn lives in the Outer Hebrides and her family is falling apart. Since the death of her father, her mother suffers from depression and the oldest sister, 14-year-old Lowen, is caring for the family. After a storm, Merryn meets a horse, wild and dreamlike, made from wood and sea. She calls h...

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