Children Book Reviews

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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Name: Nikki Stiles
22 November 2019;

Genre: Adventure

A beautiful retelling of the sweetest classic tale. Jeanne Willis has so fantastically retold the tale of a young orphan named Heidi, who is taken to live with her grumpy grandpa in the Swiss Alps. Heidi's grandpa was used to living alone and quite stubborn in his ways, he doesn't much like peopl...

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Name: Emily Marcuccilli
18 November 2019;

Genre: Adventure

I needed no encouragement to return to the world of Eva Ibbotson's classic story, The Secret of Platform 13. Nine years have passed and the Island of Mist, home to magical creatures like hags and harpies, finds itself beseiged. Odge Gribble has fled into hiding and decides to journey to Vienna,...

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Name: Lizi Backhouse
15 November 2019;

Genre: Adventure

A fantastic non-fiction book! Gut Garden is a journey into your microbiome, it explains the digestive process and explores the ecosystem that lives within us. Written and illustrated by Katie Brosnan, the book introduces proper terminology in child-friendly ways. It's visually stunning and ex...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
11 November 2019;

Genre: Adventure

This is the touchingly moving story of young Ben and his butterfly-loving Grandpa. At the start of the story , we find Grandpa's love of life, nature and his beloved butterflies is dulled by his grief at the loss of his wife. This gentle and emotional story follows Ben's earnest, loving attempts...

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