Children Book Reviews

Name: Jane Rew
25 April 2024;

Genre: Environment

On first appearances, I supposed Explodapedia: Rewild - Can Nature heal Our World? would appeal more to adults and doubted whether primary school children would have the stamina to read it. However, I now think it will not only interest but excite some youngsters - those who a...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
25 April 2024;

Genre: Environment

Containing 50 poems inspired by nature, Outside In: Nature Poems is a wonderfully uplifting collection. Daniel Thompson's love of the outdoors and the healing joy of nature shines through each poem. There are poems about the weather, animals, the season… showing all the variet...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
25 April 2024;

Genre: Myths & Legends

East Asian Folktales, Myths and Legends, the latest title in the Scholastic Folktales, Myths and Legends series, offers a collection of stories from East Asia, thoughtfully retold by Eva Wong Nava. The anthology includes tales from China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan and Mon...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
24 April 2024;

Genre: Personal Growth

Sent to live with his uncle in the Lake District, Will is faced with a life far removed from the one he is used to. When he makes friends with Omar, a refugee from Afghanistan, he finds the confidence to explore and the two boys discover an osprey nest. As they watch the birds, naming them, Wi...

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Name: Donna Burkert
23 April 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Twins Scarlett and Thomas have a secret. When they stay with their grandad, they get to travel to different places to experience life throughout history. Today it's The Stone Age, but they can't make up their minds what part of Stone Age life they want to see. Thomas wants to see a Sabre-tooth...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
23 April 2024;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Heather and her friends Lloyd, Nat and Arlene live at Fablehouse, a home for mixed-race children born after World War 2. Following their adventures in Fae Fields, they each have a magical power which is growing stronger every day. Heather finds that she can conjure fire, and this scares her be...

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Name: Emma Urbonas
22 April 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

The City Beyond the Stars is a phenomenal sequel to The Kingdom Over the Sea and once again I had the privilege of immersing myself in Yara’s world of sorcery and alch...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
22 April 2024;

Genre: Dystopian

Juniper and Bear are now living in Ennerdale with their father, his new partner, Willow, and their baby, Fern. The life they escaped in the city should be in the past, but neither can rest easy knowing they left their grandmother, Annie-Rose, and friend, Etienne, behind. When they learn that d...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
22 April 2024;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Peregrine Quinn has always loved hearing her godfather, Daedalus's stories about being an immortal, but when they visit the Bodleian Library and the portals that connect the Terran Realm with the Cosmic Realm mysteriously shut down and he is kidnapped, she finds herself thrust into a desperate...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
19 April 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Peng and Spanners is a dazzling delight of a graphic novel! A detecting duo made up of Peng, a dry-witted, sarcastic penguin, and Spanners, a toolbelt-wearing, superhero-inspired cat. Peng is forced to Boredin School and somehow, dreaming of life as an Adventure Ninja,...

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