Families Book Reviews

Name: Maria Aldred
01 December 2025;

Genre: Funny Stories

If you love Supertato and his friends, you are going to adore this new Christmas story - but watch out because Evil Pea is back and he is trying to ruin Christmas with his Size-o-riser and his evil plans! Evil Pea is angry because he does not like Christmas and all its...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
01 December 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Author, Tanya Landman has managed to fit a highly emotional story within only 22 pages about Jack fighting against, and then finally coming to terms with, his Mum's death. The Day Death Died could be a useful resource for older, adult-supported primary school age children, but...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
01 December 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Tanya Landman, a welcome, reliable and regular author with Barrington Stoke, has written an excellent and moralistic short story about jumping to conclusions and paying the price. In the style of a fable, Killer fills the brief tale of a Prince and his faithful dog, Gelert, with drama,...

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Name: Tanja Jennings
01 December 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Boulley revisits key characters from her New York Times Bestseller Firekeeper's Daughter five years into the future in this explosive thriller which fizzes with action, danger and intrigue from the start. Influenced by Nancy Drew and...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
01 December 2025;

Genre: Seasonal

When Tiddles the cat awakes from a sleep, he is horrified to discover that he has managed to nap through the appearance of a tree in his living room. Puzzled by the fact that his humans seem to like this tree, Tiddles decides to investigate . . . Anyone who has had a cat will be familia...

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Name: Linda Brown
28 November 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

Witchlore, a debut YA novel, is full of magic, folklore creatures, spells and witches . . . The story follows Orlando or 'Lando' ( as they liked to be called), a shapeshifter attending Demdike College of Witchcraft in the UK. Lando is an outcast in their own community, they sw...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
28 November 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

War has come to Callipolis and enemies are closing in. Griff is on death row in Norcia and it seems that no one is in a position to save him. Lee is unwittingly caught up in revolution and Annie struggles to become the leader everyone needs. Things are very dire and dark indeed and it i...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
25 November 2025;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Pip lives with his family at Keeper’s Cottage on the wetlands where his mum works on environmental conservation. He particularly enjoys the swanfall every autumn, when Arctic swans return home, and watches out for his three favourites who he has named Midnight, Silver and Moonshadow. This year...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
24 November 2025;

Genre: Family & Home

Eddie's little sister, Scarlet, is very ill. Having been born with a heart condition, she often needs medical care, taking all his parents' time and attention. Eddy loves Scarlet very much - but sometimes he feels invisible to others and focuses all his attention on being a 'good' boy, bottlin...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
21 November 2025;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Meet Mat o'Shanter. Rascal. Hooligan. Kid. It is always a pleasure to read - and then review - a book that is a little bit different, that draws you in by being unique and surprising. Mat o' Shanter: A Cautionary Tale is a narrative poem combined with a very relevant autobiogr...

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