Children Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
08 June 2026;

Genre: Adventure

Minna, Kass and Tom are all students at Stormy Loch Academy, a school hidden in the mountains of western Scotland. Its headmaster, Major Fortescue, encourages his pupils to be independent, allowing them to roam the countryside. Each of these children is at the school for very different reasons...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
05 June 2026;

Genre: Animals

The Littlest Puffling is the wonderful new novel for young chapter book readers by Holly Webb. Holly has used all of her writing talent to create this stunning story which will captivate readers both young and old. The subject matter of younger siblings and blended fam...

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Name: Alice Drury
05 June 2026;

Genre: Science Fiction

Set in a world not so different from our own, TrooFriend by Kirsty Applebaum introduces the idea of android robots becoming our one true friend. Written from the point of view of Ivy, the AI TrooFriend 560 Mark IV robot that Sarah's mum buys for her, she is introduced as a chi...

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Name: Linda Brown
04 June 2026;

Genre: Adventure

Maisie vs the Pyramids is the third adventure for Maisie and her dad. This globe-trotting adventure takes the reader across the Sahara Desert, into the depths of the Great Pyramids, and even provides a crash course in reading hieroglyphics. The action begins immediately...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
04 June 2026;

Genre: Bereavement

Tadpole Summer is a fantastic and compelling story that sensitively and powerfully explores the emotional issues, not only of loss and bereavement, but of the journey of a family moving through the stages of a life-limiting illness. The story centres around older sister...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
04 June 2026;

Genre: Magical Realism

Taken from her parents, Leonie, like other children with magic, lives at the Wishmaker Institute and when she is 12, she will be Matched with another child and become their Wishmaker. Leonie is determined to escape this fate and when it is decided that she will make an experimental early match...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 June 2026;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

When Fabio Fangtooth is the first victim in a series of mysterious disappearances, it is fortunate that the incredible Monsieur Mustard is on hand to investigate. With the help - or hindrance - of a highly-excitable side kick and the local police, the very dapper, diminutive detective sets abo...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 June 2026;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Buck and his loyal companion, Ears, might be the worst pirates ever to have sailed the Seventy Seas, but they are about to embark on a new career as Pirate Detectives. An encounter with the terrifying Captain Bloodfang leaves them with a stark choice - find her missing friend, the famous merma...

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Name: Louise Gahan
03 June 2026;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Satoshi Kitamura's Pyramid Boy is a captivating picture book that combines adventure, history, and learning in a way that will appeal to young readers and educators alike. Beautifully illustrated and packed with fascinating facts, this engaging story provides an excellent intr...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
02 June 2026;

Genre: Non Fiction

This non-fiction text has the added attraction of powerful illustrations and is part of the Nosy Crow/University of Cambridge collaboration called 'Think Big - Surprising Science for Curious Minds'. Each double page spread in the book answers a specific question about volcanoe...

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