Families Book Reviews

Name: Beverley Somerset
21 April 2026;

Genre: Science Fiction

Rieka is a technical genius who has spent her whole life aboard Constructs. These giant mechanical creatures have spent years battling each other for territory, but now they must join forces to defeat Dragon, a new enemy created by Queenie, a rogue AI programme. Coll, Fillan and Rieka -...

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Name: Maria
21 April 2026;

Genre: Family & Home

Home is a Hug is a beautiful book with an important message, bright colourful illustrations and clever lift the flap and peek through pages, encouraging the reader to discover hidden surprises and the joy this book brings. Home is a Hug begins with some builders showing...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
21 April 2026;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Perfect for curious minds, Wonder World: The Natural Science of Rain, Rivers and Oceans offers an excellent introduction to the science behind one of the most important resources on earth. Lovely illustrations help to frame the clearly explained text as...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
20 April 2026;

Genre: Adventure

When she receives a mysterious present on her 13th birthday, Valentine Adesanya suddenly remembers her older sister, Vanessa - but she is the only one who seems to realise that Vanessa, or Mango as Valentine calls her, is missing. With the arrival of a text supposedly from Mango to a boba shop...

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Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
20 April 2026;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Eliza and the Flower Fairies is the first title in the Fairy Door Diaries, a beautiful, illustrated chapter-book series for newly emerging readers. The first page invites the reader to imagine a magical tiny fairy door and then to open it. On entering the door (or turni...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
17 April 2026;

Genre: Baby & Toddler Books

Little readers will love a visit to Frog Town: Cafe where they can help Flo pour some coffee, squeeze juice with Fiona and pop a cherry on a pie with Frankie! The bright, colourful illustrations are very appealing and each frog on the café team can be identified by the colour...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
17 April 2026;

Genre: Family & Home

Two is a Crowd is a brilliant, thought-provoking and sensitively written story with Cath Howe's hallmark empathetic understanding of the emotions and experiences her young readers may be facing in today's society. Two is a Crowd is a tale of transitions and uncertainti...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
17 April 2026;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Marinka has a deep bond with the house with chicken legs which has been her home all her life. Recently, however, the house has started to act strangely so in an attempt to heal it, she plans a feast for a 'guiding', a party to celebrate the lives of the dead before they pass through the Gate...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
17 April 2026;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

The house at the end of Holly's road looks wild and overgrown. Some people are scared of it, but Holly thinks it looks like something out of a fairy tale. One day, she decides to explore and sees a lady at the window. Her mother explains that this is the house's owner, Miss Brown, who has been...

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Name: Maria
17 April 2026;

Genre: Environment & Nature

We Are All One is the most beautiful book by the talented Britta Teckentrup. With Britta's familiar, detailed and colourful illustrations the reader is taken on a stunning journey through raindrops, rivers and under stars, exploring the beauty of our world.</p...

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