Children Book Reviews
Filter:
-
Camille and the Sunflowers
Name: Lizi Coombs
31 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
Anholt has written a whole series of books that focus on different artists - through the children that knew them. This is a great way of engaging children and getting them to think beyond the classic pieces of art that they often encounter in schools or museums in a passive way. This particular...
-
Binny in Secret
Name: Hayley Nicholson
30 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
There is an innocence to this book, much like the feeling with any Famours Five or Secret Seven adventures, although this one has mobile phones. Binny is not your normal lead character. She's clumsy and stroppy, and sometimes gets herself into trouble just by acting without thinking, but she has...
-
Adventures of the Steampunk Pirates: Clash of the Rival Robots
Name: Hayley Nicholson
30 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
Hoist the mainsail! Gareth P. Jones really is on a roll with his Steampunk Pirates. This series just keeps getting better. The pirates are now well and truly settled into their sea-dog profession and are once again being challenged by the dastardly British Empire - this time with the King taking...
-
Knight in Training - A Very Bothersome Bear
Name: June Hughes
29 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
Sam J. Butterbiggins is a Knight-in-Training. In the first book of the series he acquired a True Companion, in the second, a Noble Steed and now, in the third book, the magic scroll has given instructions on how he may go about obtaining a Goodly Sword. Readers of the previous books will already...
-
The Cake, the Wolf and the Witch
Name: Rachel Esling
27 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
I loved this book as soon as I started reading it and it only got better as I followed Max on his quest to rescue Wild. I read its 234 pages in only three sittings (it would have been less if real life hadnt got in the way!) so gripped was I by the confident and funny writing. The plot isnt new,...
-
Wilf the Mighty Worrier Saves the World
Name: Rachel Esling
27 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
Wilf is not the bravest boy in the class but he has many strategies for dealing with his worries. It's handy that he is getting to grips with these worries as his new next door neighbour, Alan, is definitely a cause for worry! Helped by his stinky sister and his pet woodlouse, Wilf attempts to s...
-
Pablo &Jane and the Hot air Contraption
Name: Lizi Coombs
25 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
I'm not sure how I feel about this book; initially I felt that it would be great for reluctant readers; every page is fast paced with dynamic pictures and the story has an exciting plot that follows Pablo and Jane as they go off to explore 'The Old House on the Hill', stumbling upon a 'hot air c...
-
Urban Outlaws: Lockdown
Name: ReadingZone
22 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
Fans of series including Alex Rider and TimeRiders will thoroughly enjoy these fast-paced, gadget-laden stories in which a group of highly talented and motivated teenagers - the 'Urban Outlaws' of the piece - grapple with computer viruses, shadowy mentors and some very bad guys. Lockdown is the t...
-
Pugs of the Frozen North
Name: June Hughes
11 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
Pugs of the Frozen North is the third 'Reeve and McIntyre Production' and continues the pairing of illustration and text, where you really cannot imagine one without the other. Every page has something to look at, all in various shades of green and grey, making it very readabl...
-
The Misadventures of Charles Darwin
Name: Dawn Woods
05 October 2015;Genre: Adventure
An accessible biography of Charles Darwin with chapter headings to entice and interest children. From stinky schoolboy to seasick sailor, Darwin's life is told and the importance of his discoveries in the context of the time explained. This latter is important as children will not necessarily be...
