Children Book Reviews

Name: Pat
23 May 2024;

Genre: Animals

Mad About Monkeys is a glorious celebration of these intriguing primates accompanied by wonderful illustrations. The book contains a contents page which leads logically through the chapters, which deal with what monkeys are, food and habitats, evolution, social life and identi...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
23 May 2024;

Genre: Poetry

In this collection, Brian Moses offers not only 52 poems (one for any week of the year), but oodles of inspiration and possibility.  On Poetry Street shows just how accessible and enjoyable creating poems can be and is sure to leave readers itching to get started. This...

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Name: Sharon Porter
22 May 2024;

Genre: Animals

Mad about Monkeys by Owen Davey is a brilliant non fiction text, covering our primate cousins, monkeys. It can be used as a source of information to show children how to set out non chronological reports in English or as a source book for science research. The stylised...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
17 May 2024;

Genre: Environment & Nature

The latest in the excellent 'Explodapedia' series, Rewild: Can Nature heal Our World? is a very engaging and accessible read. Guided by cartoons of chatty and cheeky fungi, the book carefully explains the idea behind rewilding as well as why is it so important in a humorous an...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
17 May 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

"Until a monster swallowed her PE kit, Bitsy's evening had been going to plan." A fantastical, imaginative adventure awaits when the reader is swept into a world of magicore beasts, created by emotions held within our memories. A long-ago meteorite named farthingstone left its magical imprint...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
17 May 2024;

Genre: Magical Realism

Ember Spark is an ordinary girl who is always ready for an adventure to start. One day an adventure does start, and Ember is flung into an adventure more wild and wonderful than anything her favourite comic book heroine, Gutsy Wonder, could have imagined. Ember finds out that she is an apprent...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
17 May 2024;

Genre: Science Fiction

Coll is a member of the Wolf crew. His home is a giant mechanical Construct of a wolf, which fights other animal shaped Constructs for territory. There is no friendship between crews, only fierce rivalry. Coll's life changes dramatically when, during a battle with another Construct, he is thro...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
16 May 2024;

Genre: Science Fiction

Epic, sweeping, cinematic action adventure from debut author Patrick Gallagher. Transcendent is a fast-paced , clever and contemporary story that spans cultures, continents and even takes its story out of this world into the mysteries of Space. Kira and Jacob Flynn are...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
13 May 2024;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Bad United: Just For Kicks, Lousie Forshaw's newest creation, is packed full of silliness and fun, making it a page-turner for early readers. The carefully planned illustrations ensure that the story is easy to follow with enough text to ensure that the reader can fully apprec...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
13 May 2024;

Genre: Personal Growth

Sent to live with his uncle in the Lake District, Will is faced with a life far removed from the one he is used to. When he makes friends with Omar, a refugee from Afghanistan, he finds the confidence to explore and the two boys discover an osprey nest. As they watch the birds, naming them, Wi...

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