Children Book Reviews

Name: Donna Burkert
31 December 2019;

Genre: Adventure

It was on a late night forage into the greenhouse that Demelza first discovered that her beloved Grandma Maeve was a Spectre Detector - summoning up the spectres of the deceased for grieving families to get those last precious moments to say goodbye. Demelza's previous life of inventing the wi...

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Name: Carol Carter
30 December 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Chaya is the village headman's daughter - and a thief. Yes, she loves the excitement and thrill of the chase, but she justifies her crimes because she always uses her spoils for good, stealing from the rich to give to the poor to pay for medical treatment, new clothes, food. However, while it'...

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Name: Lucy Newton
29 December 2019;

Genre: Adventure

This book contains three short stories including Magnificent Mabel and the Rabbit Riot, Magnificent Mabel and the Burglar Tooth Fairy and the Pixie Playdate. All three stories are about Mabel Chase, who is quite a character! She is growing up quickly and has quite an interesting outlook on the w...

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Name: Lucy Newton
29 December 2019;

Genre: Adventure

A lovely chapter book, suitable for early readers who are gaining confidence and beginning to build their stamina. The story starts with Marnie Blue who is about to embark on her first day of mermaid school. Marnie is nervous in case she doesn't make any friends and in case she has to learn new...

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Name: Rhiannon Cook
24 December 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Oda Lise Louise Ingrid Sonja (or Ollis for short) is a ten-year-old inventor who is a touch on the timid side and greatly admires her courageous best friend (and next door neighbour), Gro. She also envies Gro her idyllic family life since Ollis knows nothing about her father and her mother seems...

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Name: Joanna Hewish
24 December 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Laugh-out-loud funny, fantastically illustrated and an absolute must in an Early Years classroom. One of my favourite picture books of this year, this book was a delight to share with my young children and also with their class mates in Reception and Year 1. Beast Feast tells the story of a bri...

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Name: Lizi Backhouse
17 December 2019;

Genre: Picture Books

This book is similar to the nursery rhyme of the same name, and uses the same structure to wake up different animals - bunnies, lambs, chicks, kittens and ducklings. It is easy to follow, the illustrations charming and the lift-up flaps on each page are great for engaging younger readers. One...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
17 December 2019;

Genre: Historical Fiction

It is Russia in 1725 and Tzar Peter is dead. Three children from his Circus of Curiosities are forced to flee the palace and run for their lives. The three children, Katinka the ballet dancer, Alexei the giant and Nikolai the dwarf have to leave everything they know behind them and race across...

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Name: Lucy Newton
08 December 2019;

Genre: Adventure

This story contains 15 jam packed chapters of exciting adventures! It is a fairytale all about Princess Persephone Stephanie Tiffany Jane who likes to be called Pom for short. She absolutely hates being a princess! She thinks her mother hates her because she isn't a boy and her father barely reme...

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Name: Bryony Davies
01 December 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Are you looking for a wintry adventure to curl up with? Nevertell by Katherine Orion takes place in Russia and takes the reader on a journey with our protagonist Lina and her friend Bogdan. Escaped from the prison camp she has lived in her whole life, Lina plans on achieving freedom. Whilst jour...

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