Children Book Reviews

Name: Emily Marcuccilli
21 May 2018;

Genre: Adventure

This book is part of a series published in association with the Natural History. Already familiar with the tremendous Wallbooks from What On Earth Publishing, I was eager to dive into this new series to find out more about this new offering. The style is delightfully retro; the reader is swiftly...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
18 May 2018;

Genre: Adventure

As soon as you see the jazzy and humorous front cover, this is a book you want to pick up and look at. It is a cross between a non-fiction, newspaper and activity book, with the headline 'All the news from under the sea'. Using only one colour, blue of course, it covers a large assortment of int...

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Name: Emily Age 10
16 May 2018;

Genre: Adventure

I love this book because Elizabeth is timid and Zenobia is outgoing. When the girls arrive at Witheringe House something is in need of their help.

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Name: Emily Age 10
16 May 2018;

Genre: Adventure

I liked this book because it's a mystery and mysteries are one of my favourite type of book. When Archie arrives at his new home, Honeystone Hall, things are not as they seem.

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Name: Emily Age 10
16 May 2018;

Genre: Adventure

When Alice, Jesse and Fergus go on the Great Orienteering Challenge, Alice sees her chance to venture onto the island of Nish.

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Name: Donna Burket
03 May 2018;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

In a community centre in a run down area of Manchester where 'Manchester welcomes refugees', 11-year-old Aya sits day after day, hour after hour, to see the case worker who can hopefully help them to claim asylum. Her mother speaks little English and is withdrawn and poorly. Around her is a ho...

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Name: Aidan Severs
03 May 2018;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Children's publishing seems to be experiencing a time of growth; the shelves of book shops are bursting with newly-published books for kids - so much so that it can be hard to choose which books to read. Some seem to garner much attention whilst others arrive quietly, waiting to be picked up a...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
01 May 2018;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

In No Ballet Shoes in Syria, eleven-year-old Aya is a dancer. Her head full of dreams of ballet, music and her wonderful teacher, Madame Belova. She is also an asylum seeker. Recently arrived in Britain from Syria, she and her mother and baby brother find themselves entangled...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
29 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Starting with a timeline of space exploration which runs alongside Libby Jackson's introduction to the book, A Galaxy of her Own then introduces the reader to a wealth of wonderful women who reached for the stars! The books is organised chronologically into sections from the origins to the future...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
27 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

This lovely book, with great illustrations by Paul Boston, is packed full of the sort of facts children love. The large pages are stuffed with extraordinary details, comparing everything from animals, to space to machines. Aimed at 7+, this seems like a book that could last for years, as it is so...

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