Children Book Reviews

Name: Amanda Shipton
03 September 2025;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Steve Webb is hugely skilled in writing graphic novels and this latest in the Peng and Spanners series is no different. Just like Peng and Spanners' earlier adventures, Who Stole All The Pizzas and <a href="/books/peng-and-spanners-when-...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
02 September 2025;

Genre: Poetry

Perfect for exploring and enjoying at home or at school, Dragon Cat is a simply brilliant poetry collection. There are so many poems here which could be used as models to inspire children - or adults. 'The Bag of Secrets', for example, uses a similar structure to 'The M...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
02 September 2025;

Genre: Science Fiction

We have all been in those situations where we have been paired with people that we do not feel that we can work with. Well, that is exactly what happens to Gloria, the only human at the cosmic cadet academy, in Cosmic Cadets and the Universal Uni-korn. This hilarious ea...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 September 2025;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Phoebe loves art and drawing and wants to be an artist like her beloved grandmother. But her grandmother is getting more and more forgetful and Phoebe can't help wondering if it is somehow her fault that things are deteriorating so quickly. In a fit of anger, she lashes out at one of her grand...

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Name: Jane Rew
01 September 2025;

Genre: Non Fiction

Illustrator Wenjia Tang has certainly done a brilliant job, making an abstract concept - the theory of relativity - come alive on each page. The illustrations in Think Big: The Speed of Light - from eye-catching endpapers to portraits of Einstein to pictures of warp drives and...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
01 September 2025;

Genre: Magical Realism

Tom McLaughlin’s immense skill as a children’s author is clearly on show again throughout this third book in the Jack the Fairy series - The Week the Bad Fairies Escaped. Jack is not your typical fairy, he is a boy for a start! The clear monochrome illustrations depict...

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Name: Jo Clarke
28 August 2025;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Huw Aaron's Unfairies is a bright and beautifully illustrated graphic novel that had me hooked from the first page. This is definitely not a typical fairy tale; it's an epic adventure packed with humour and crammed with chaos. Our hero, Pip, is a feisty fairy on a mission - or...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
25 August 2025;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Based on the true story of Indian WWI gunner and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Khudadad Khan, My Soul, A Shining Tree is told from different perspectives. Lotte is a Belgian farmgirl whose home is a small farm in the village of Gheluvet, near Ypres in Flanders. Her l...

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Name: Jo Clarke
25 August 2025;

Genre: Adventure

Maisie Vs the Himalayas is a lively, adventurous tale that mixes wild escapades with thoughtful reflections on family, trust, and growing up. Maisie is a feisty character - cheeky, impulsive, and at times downright reckless. In complete contrast, her father is serious,...

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Name: Jane Rew
25 August 2025;

Genre: Adventure

As with other books in The Time Machine series, readers get to learn some fascinating historical facts almost without realising, if they choose to read the footnotes. The ratio of fantasy to fact is weighted towards the former, but, given the choice, many lower KS2 children mi...

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