Children Book Reviews

Name: Louise Gahan
07 September 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Quill soup is a myriad of colour and imagination. It is a story of Noko the porcupine's search for food. Tired and hungry after his long journey, he finds himself in a village where no animal is willing to share their food. A plan is struck; a plan that will encourage others to join in and share...

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Name: Bryony Davies
06 September 2019;

Genre: Adventure

A fascinating tour of land, sea and space in this excellent offering from DK. Covering a range of explorers from ancient history to present day, this text gives each person a double page spread explaining key facts into their lives and their expeditions. Author Nellie Huang clearly explains the i...

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Name: Nikki Stiles
06 September 2019;

Genre: Young fiction

So exciting to see new additions to the Reading Gems first readers series! The new additions include two phoneme-specific books including Pem's Little Brother and Mr Wimple's Potion. These are something new that we did not see in the first collection of books released. These are decodable books w...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
06 September 2019;

Genre: Fantasy

Patch Bridgewater has fled Tiviscan Castle, the home of the Pipers' Council. After absconding in disgrace and failing to complete his training as a piper, he has to eke out a living with travelling musicians, never staying too long in one place. Patch is ashamed; Pipers are revered for their a...

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Name: James Hewish
04 September 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Every school would benefit from having a range of these books! We have just read QED's three new non-fiction children's books. It is not often you come across an accessible non-fiction book that a 4-5-year-old can read independently without losing interest. Thank you, QED! QED, the publisher, w...

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Name: Nicola Cleveland
31 August 2019;

Genre: Fantasy

First off, if you haven't read Storm Witch, stop now and go and read that. If you have, then read on...  In Under Earth, we catch up with Weather Witch Storm on the Wayfairer, having left Yanlin with the fleet following the attack on her home land by The Drowned Ones, and are...

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Name: Nikki Stiles
27 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

We love this book! This has been an instant hit in this household, bedtimes seem to have got later each evening as my girls have pleaded with me to keep on reading. They are definitely motivated and inspired to read more. As the title suggests, each of the chapters in this book is a different f...

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Name: Sam Phillips
20 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

I've never been a great 'eco-warrior' although I'd like to think that I do my bit. I don't litter and I try hard to recycle where possible around the home, but there always seems to be more, or a need to do more. This great book, written by the original #2minutesuperhero, Martin Dorey, is jam pac...

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Name: James Hewish
20 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

After reading this we ended up doing a beach clean-up! A fantastic book, one of my favourite non-fictions so far. My son (5 years old) was fascinated by every word, picture, and fact in this book. This informative text, coupled with the Neal Layton's trademark mixed-media collages, are...

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Name: Donna Burkert
19 August 2019;

Genre: Adventure

Oleg and Emma are friends. Their home lives are less than perfect (Emma's mum works all hours just to keep her family fed and Oleg's dad is unemployed and suffering with depression, leaving Oleg to care for his grandmother) but they are held together by their joint need to escape reality and find...

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