Families Book Reviews

Name: Maria
04 August 2025;

Genre: Personal Growth

Mark the shark loves to play and have fun in the sea but if he does not win, he goes SNAP and upsets his friends and spoils the games and fun. In The Snappy Shark, we are taken on a journey of Mark the shark's games and activities and his bad temper when he does not win. Mark'...

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Name: Jen Bevan
04 August 2025;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Over the past year my daughter and I have read many graphic novels (comic books); we love them. This is another one to add to our collection. As soon as my daughter, age nine, saw the book, she was reading. She then recounted the origin story and first adventure to the whole family. <st...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
04 August 2025;

Genre: Friendship

Best friends Doodle and Dot both love drawing, but they don't always agree on things. Dot loves nice, neat lines whilst Doodle much prefers random squiggles - squiggles which get out of control! They must work together to contain them and restore order. Squiggles on the Loose is...

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Name: Linda Brown
01 August 2025;

Genre: Science Fiction

Augmented is a gripping dystopian novel, where readers are transported to a near-future world scorched by climate collapse and survival hinges on technology and a strict social control. The human race now live in 'biodorms', as it's too hot to survive outside. By the age of 16...

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Name: Jen Bevan
01 August 2025;

Genre: Funny Stories

How To Train Your Teacher is a very funny book to help parents and children get rid of first day worries when starting school. The book is a guide for young children on how a school day works and what they have to do to look after their teacher throughout the day. It is writte...

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Name: Kimberley Lawson
01 August 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

It’s been a year since Nan's best friends disappeared without trace in Saltcedar Canyon. Everyone knows they must be dead and the intervening year has taken its toll on the girls' parents, on the small, resort community of Saltcedar, and on Nan herself. The community gathers by the lake for a...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
01 August 2025;

Genre: Funny Stories

Grimwood lovers, the wait is over! Rock the Vote is the amazingly funny fifth book in Nadia Shireen's bestselling and brilliantly illustrated comedy-adventure series.  Grimwood is on the hunt for a new mayor in the fifth wild and wacky part of Nadia Shireen's bestselling woodl...

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Name: Louise Gahan
01 August 2025;

Genre: Animals

Fox's Hiccups is a humorous and gently surprising tale from Nick Butterworth’s beloved Percy the Park Keeper series. In this charming adventure, Fox is suffering from a terrible case of the hiccups. Desperate for help, he sets off to find Percy, who always seems to have...

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Name: Louise Gahan
31 July 2025;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Time Runs Like a River is a stunning picture book that captures the flow, grace, beauty of nature and encourages thoughtful reflection. Emma Carlisle's lyrical storytelling and evocative illustrations invite young readers to slow down and observe the ever-changing natural worl...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
31 July 2025;

Genre: Animals

Georgia, known as George, has a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school where equestrian teaching is the order of the day. Her parents however, give her a horse she definitely was not dreaming of owning and Bear seems like he will be more of a problem than an asset. Slowly George has to a...

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