Children Book Reviews

Name: Jemma Jeffrey
28 February 2022;

Genre: Young fiction

I read The Marvellous Granny Jinks and Me to my daughter at bedtime over the course of two weeks and we both loved it. Based on a true story, we get to know and love Jada and her fun, fabulous Granny. When Jada finds a magical box of tricks, we learn how Granny’s late h...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
28 February 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Part of the incredibly popular Little People, Big Dreams series, this short biography of American poet Amanda Gorman is a gorgeously illustrated tome. It recounts her life from childhood to the present day, including her struggles with speech and visits to a speech therapist....

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Name: Donna Ritchie
28 February 2022;

Genre: Adventure

I highly recommend this series, Adventures on Trains - each book contains so much excitement! If you enjoy books full of mystery, suspense, twists and turns, these books are ideal for you! I love that every book has a different setting. Each one extremely difficult to put down...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
28 February 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Uki and the Ghostburrow, the last in the series of the Five Realms books, starts as dramatically as ever with a desperate, life-threatening, dangerous journey through forbidden and foreboding territory. The tension is so high in both the tales that weave through the book; the...

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Name: Linda Canning
25 February 2022;

Genre: Friends and family

Grandpa Frank’s Great Big Bucket List is the latest heart-warmingly hilarious book from Jenny Pearson. Telling the story of Frank Davenport, an eleven-year-old boy who unexpectedly inherits a huge sum of money, the book follows the young boy as he gets to know his grandpa, spe...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
25 February 2022;

Genre: School Stories

Although Jummy is excited because she has earned a place at River School, the best girls' boarding school in Nigeria, she is upset that her best friend, Caro, won't be joining her. River School is everything she dreamed of and she quickly settles into her new school house. Every year, the scho...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
25 February 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Uki and the Swamp Spirit is another epic rabbit fantasy story, as superbly told as the four books before it in the Five Reams series. Larwood excels at storytelling in such a way that the reader can follow the journey of the various characters from book one or pick up any of t...

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Name: Kelly Buxton
22 February 2022;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

The Secret of Haven Point is the perfect addition to the well-being section of any bookshelf. I could not put it down. Unveiling disability; putting it in the spotlight, where it belongs, out in the open for all to admire its hidden beauty. It reminds me of Wonder and a quote...

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Name: Clair Bossons
21 February 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Orphaned eight-year-old Sheba is purchased by Plumpscuttle and brought to London to join his Carnival Troupe. Here she meets Pyewacket, a so-called witch's imp; Gigantus the Giant, Mama Rat and Sister Moon, a knife thrower. In exchange for bed and board, she is expected to perform by terrifyin...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
20 February 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Uki and the Outcasts is the fourth book in the absolutely amazing series of books set in the Five Realms - a fantasy world formed and inhabited by tribes of rabbits. After the first three books focusing on the adventures of young rabbit Podkin, the author has moved forward in...

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