Children Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
17 September 2021;

Genre: Supernatural

Whilst other towns are celebrating Hallowe'en, the residents of Eerie-on-Sea enjoy Ghastly Night. Legend has it that people must light manglewick candles to prevent the Shadowghast from coming to steal their shadows. Every year, Dr. Thalassi and Mrs. Fossil retell the story behind the legend t...

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Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
17 September 2021;

Genre: Magical Realism

I have to admit that as someone that lacks any artistic bone in their body, I did worry that I wouldn't be able to relate to Peanut Jones in Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City. I needn't have worried though, Rob Biddulph has created a world where everyone belongs and one th...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
17 September 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

Set in Australia following a global disaster, Catch Me If I Fall is the story of twins living a privileged life in a safe community. The story unfolds as they discover the contrasting lives others are forced to live. Their previous egocentricity is challenged and their relatio...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
15 September 2021;

Genre: Non Fiction

The story of the Titanic needs no introduction but Flora Delargy gives it new life by exploring the story of the Carpathia - the ship that rescued the 706 survivors of the disaster. Rescuing Titanic begins by introducing the ship itself and the key crew and passengers....

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
11 September 2021;

Genre: Supernatural

Aveline Jones is on holiday with her mum in the village of Norton Wick. She is thrilled to discover her room overlooks a stone circle, known as The Witch Stones. With her usual enthusiasm for the slightly creepy and supernatural, Aveline cannot wait to find out more about the mysterious stones...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
11 September 2021;

Genre: Adventure

Having joined the Black Sky Wolves, Echo is determined to prove herself as a Sky Pirate. She loves her new life aboard the Scarlet Margaret, digging for treasure, wearing breeches and being part of the crew. However, when her mother, Captain Indigo Lil, is summoned to a meeting of the Seven Sk...

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Name: Jane Rew
10 September 2021;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Each one of the 30 young people featured in We Have a Dream is an activist in one or more environmental spheres - politics, education, inclusivity and diversity, cultural recognition, climate activism, habitat loss, resource depletion. In a word, all are concerned with justice...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
10 September 2021;

Genre: Animals

Bird's Eye View is the story of a little bird who literally 'flies the nest' and goes out into the world to find out more about humans. She observes many people from her vantage point high above them and sees kindness, happiness, anger, sadness, tiredness and many other human...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
10 September 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

The Boys is a very unusual book by the same authors as the prize-winning story The Girls. A group of boys who have known each other since birth and who were always best friends find themselves growing apart as they grow into their teenage years. They realise that the distance...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
08 September 2021;

Genre: Poetry

Joshua Seigal is well known for his humorous and inspiring poems and this new collection, Yapping Away, is every bit as wonderful as his other books. Full of excellent poems, it is perfect for sharing at home or school or for curling up with on your own. The poems are playful,...

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