Children Book Reviews

Name: Sian S
14 October 2018;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Well where do I start with this book? What an empowering and beautiful depiction of an array of timeless classics such as Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and many more. All with a feminine twist but not singling out male readers. I love the sense of fulfilment and belonging each story...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
05 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Ever wanted to win a big, sparkly, Mellow Yellow Unicorn? Chloe Crocodile does, desperately! The only way she can do this is to win Miss Twinkletoes' talent competition. All Chloe has to do is bake a rainbow cake, make a magic castle, design a unicorn fairy costume and give her best performance!...

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Name: Tanja Jennings
03 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Susin Nielsen is adept at blending light and dark to create believable, quirky and multi-faceted characters who just need friendship, kindness and understanding to make their lives brighter. No Fixed Address is set in Vancouver and reflects the sad fact that rental units are expensive and scarc...

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Name: Leia Sands
03 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

The second installment in the Iguana Boy series, doesn't disappoint. Dylan, a boy whose superpower is the ability to talk to iguanas, has now joined the Superhero Collective and is starting his first day at HQ. Dylan, along with his team of trusty iguanas, Paul, Pauline, Smelly Paul and Red ey...

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Name: M. Hardy
02 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

A pupil in my class, who is an animal nut, absolutely ADORED this book! The presentation and organisation of the book engages readers well making it easy to navigate, with short paragraphs of information. Character illustrations are representative and inclusive making them relatable to readers...

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Name: M. Hardy
02 October 2018;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

These are fairytales with a really positive twist! The princesses are not the traditional passive characters, where adventure happens around them. In this book, they are adventurous, practical and independent. They give readers a really great message and I would heavily recommend reading these w...

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Name: Ellie Age 10
02 October 2018;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

The physical book has a really nice feel to it and the pages are easy to flip. The front cover has a lot of textures which I really love, Vita makes me happy with the way she magpies from traditional stories and makes them her own. I would recommend this book to adventurous people who want to...

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Name: Janet Fisher
02 October 2018;

Genre: Historical Fiction

I was lucky enough to review Emma Carroll's first book, Frost Hollow Hall, in 2013, which was a very good debut and was delighted to find that this, her seventh book, does not disappoint. The story of the boy King Tutankhamun, whose tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922, has always fasc...

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Name: Catherine Purcell
01 October 2018;

Genre: Adventure

How to help a hedgehog AND protect a polar bear? I'm all ears, tell me more! Published by Nosy Crow in collaboration with the National Trust, Jess French's book is perfect for KS1 and KS2 children describing as it does 12 of the major habitats in the world. Each habitat, for example heathland...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
29 September 2018;

Genre: Adventure

The People Awards is a visually stunning collection of the biographies of 50 important and influential figures in history and modern times, ranging from Mozart and Hans Christian Andersen to Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousefsai. Ana Albero's illustrations are modern and stylish and extremely appea...

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