Children Book Reviews

Name: Beverley Somerset
29 May 2025;

Genre: Adventure

Felix Green doesn't fit in at school. He can predict the future, and this skill is constantly getting him into trouble. Everything changes when he is whisked off to join a top secret, magical government agency, where he finds he's not alone in having special powers. Here, for the first time, F...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
27 May 2025;

Genre: Magical Realism

Callen moves with his parents to his father's childhood home, an old ramshackle house that is literally falling down. On his first night there, one of the gargoyles adorning the house wakes up and it quickly becomes clear a malevolent force is also waking. The gargoyles might look scary, but t...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
23 May 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

Aria Loveridge lives at the Resthaven Home for Dreamslingers, a refuge for children born with genetic mutations that transport them to a powerfully magical realm while they sleep. Since the Great Outburst, a tragedy which killed her mother, she believes that her powers - and those of others li...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
22 May 2025;

Genre: Magical Realism

When Thor and Neptune are fighting a mighty battle, a chasm opens which swallows a Viking ship and its crew, taking them to the depths of the sea. Year later, semi-mer Emily Windsnap is swimming with her friend Shona when she finds a bangle set with a glowing blue crystal. They learn that the...

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Name: Jane Rew
20 May 2025;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Children who have enjoyed the previous two titles in this series will already know Ajay as Shyla's cousin, the small, fast, funny one who wants to be an archaeologist. We also meet Leon again (he's usually up to no good) and Fujiko (who is good at tree-climbing) for the first time. Thes...

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Name: Jenny CADDICK
16 May 2025;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

A gently charming and warm-hearted family-focused debut story which features the summer holiday of 12-year-old Quinn, her two mothers and half-sibling, Olly. The Doughnut Club centres around Quinn's exploration of what to means to be a donor-conceived child bu...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
16 May 2025;

Genre: Adventure

Felix has a special ability - but one which often gets him into trouble and makes others think he's weird. Being able to foresee the future, he tries to warn others to keep them safe, often resulting in him getting the blame for what happens. However, when offered a place at Sparkleton High Sc...

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Name: Tina DERRY
16 May 2025;

Genre: Animals

OUR PLANET IS AMAZING! This beautifully illustrated book is a delight, providing information and opportunities for discussion and discovery on every page. Written by award-winning travel writer, Ben Lerwill, the latest title in his One World Series focuses on the anima...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 May 2025;

Genre: Magical Realism

Max is determined to find the old time capsule, buried years ago by his grandmother, before she moves out of Pickwick Cottage and goes to live with Max and his mother. However, he never expected his search would lead him to meet Tuftorious Snook, collector of lost objects, and one of the Finde...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
12 May 2025;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Ajay and the Red-Wing Prince is the latest book in the brilliant Woodland Explorers Club series by the hugely talented Ewa Jozefkowicz. This newest creation continue the theme of caring for nature and protecting the woodland environment. It wi...

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