Families Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
15 June 2026;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Daughter of Giant Hunters, Jacq is about to, somewhat reluctantly, follow in their footsteps. Corman, a young giant, is on his first trip above ground with his father to forage for 'jurtear', much-needed medicine for his sister. Separated from his father in an attack by hunters, Corman is desp...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
12 June 2026;

Genre: Friends and family

That Bird Can Draw is a lovely new picture book from Ged Adamson. The story starts with a granddaughter painting her grandad's new bird, Vera. Grandad always says that his granddaughter is the best artist, until one day Vera, his bird, shows her talents of . . . ART! That bird...

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Name: Jane Rew
10 June 2026;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Many will value the novel and appealing ADHD-friendly presentation of the material in Your Wild and Wonderful Brain; representing a series of ADHD traits as different animals, for example, and interspersing main topic information with interesting asides, including creative ide...

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Name: Jane Rew
10 June 2026;

Genre: Non Fiction

What child, seeing Think Big: The Power of Volcanoes on the library display, would not want to pick it up and explore beyond the front cover peep-hole to the fiery depths of this hot topic? Certainly, they'll be attracted by the eye-catching cover, which immediately conveys th...

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Name: Jessica WELTON
09 June 2026;

Genre: Non Fiction

England's Heroes is a well-crafted timeline of England's football history, from 1872 (the first football match ever for the whole world where England and Scotland played) to now - the current England team going to play in the 2026 World Cup. Tom Palmer has pulle...

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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: 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: Jen Bevan
05 June 2026;

Genre: Personal Growth

What you see is not all there is about a person and The World Within Me explorers the inner world of a person from a child's perspective. The little girl in this picture book talks about all the different aspects of her personality. She shows children it's OK to like many diff...

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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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