Families Book Reviews

Name: Marie Berry
29 November 2017;

Genre: Adventure

The Bad Mood and the Stick is a good book for everyone with a moody toddler or child. Lemony Snicket has written a very amusing book which captures exactly how a bad mood spreads and grows all over the place and what simple things snap us out of our bad moods. The story starts with Curly who...

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Name: Lynnette Voisey
26 November 2017;

Genre: Adventure

These books, which include 10 reasons to love an elephant (or a turtle in the sister title), are the most lovely non-fiction books I have read recently. The pictures are beautifully and carefully drawn. The books give children 10 reasons why each animal is amazing, and five things they can do to...

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Name: Josie Age 11
26 November 2017;

Genre: Friends and family

This book is amazing. Each page is filled with unexpected drama and makes it impossible to put down! I would DEFINITELY recommend it - and I assure everyone who reads it will find it just as thrilling as I did!!!

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Name: Sue Wilsher
25 November 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Du Iz Tak? follows a year in the life of a group of insects. Using a made-up bug language, the story is told in the dialogue between the creatures as their world changes. Because the story follows events shown in the pictures and some phrases are repeated, guessing what the bugs are saying is sa...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
25 November 2017;

Genre: Adventure

With their dog, Goldie, missing, Poppy and Cy are unhappy. To cheer themselves up, they head into the woods to play hide-and-seek. Cy hides and as Poppy looks for him, what else might she find? In Anthony Browne's 50th picture book, the reader is drawn into a game of hide and seek. Each spread c...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
25 November 2017;

Genre: Adventure

Willy (hero of many stories by Anthony Browne) sets off for a stroll to the park om a warm, sunny day. However, his pleasure is spoilt by a persistent cloud which follows him everywhere, steadily growing. The cloud hangs over him, ruining his time in the park and forcing him back indoors whilst...

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Name: Joseph Age 10
24 November 2017;

Genre: Adventure

I liked the plot of the book because the characters (Jones,Ruby and Thomas Gabriel) go to lots of different places. This makes it interesting to read. I recommend this book for age 8 and over.

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Name: Alison Kelly
23 November 2017;

Genre: Adventure

The Rainmaker Danced is another wonderful collaboration between the irrepressible John Agard and illustrator Satoshi Kitamura. As ever, Agard's themes are wide-ranging and thought provoking. The Rainmaker in the title is none other than a shape-shifting duck as we learn in the witty 'The Rainma...

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Name: Marie Aldridge
23 November 2017;

Genre: Adventure

We are a home educating family and we have being using Caroline's books for the last three years at STEM home-ed groups. This book is clear and colourful and has some updated projects from the previous books and also some new ideas such as making and programming a set of traffic lights. For chi...

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Name: Francesca Age 14
22 November 2017;

Genre: Historical Fiction

It's a good book and a quick read

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