Families Book Reviews
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Come Back, Gosling
Name: Jen Bevan
01 July 2025;Genre: Friends and family
Have you ever loved something so much you never want that time to end? Well that's how the girl in the story feels. She loved her Gosling so much, but when she discovers in her library book how quickly geese grow up and that they fly away for the winter, she refuses to share the information wi...
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Bessie's Bees: A story about new experiences with a neurodiverse child at its heart
Name: Louise Gahan
01 July 2025;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Bessie's Bees is a tender, uplifting picture book that captures the whirlwind world inside the mind of a neurodiverse child starting nursery for the first time. Kirk uses the brilliant metaphor of buzzing bees to show what it's like to live with ADHD. Little Bessie's he...
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Unity Street School Saves the Planet
Name: Louise Gahan
01 July 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
When the Green Team visits Unity Street School, a seed of an idea is planted, quite literally. What follows is a heartwarming and empowering tale of children taking climate change into their own hands. With guidance from their caretaker, Mr Moss, and support from the local Gre...
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Augmented: A thrilling YA sci-fi packed with romance and rebellion
Name: Clair Bossons
30 June 2025;Genre: Science Fiction
Augmented is set in a future where the climate crisis has meant that plant life is depleted and there is a fight for survival. The decision has been taken to enhance abilities so that people can make a real difference. On an Earth where people can no longer go outside without...
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So Devin Wore a Skirt
Name: Tina DERRY
30 June 2025;Genre: Personal Growth
This joyous book is described as "a big- hearted story about being your best, most sparkling self" and delivers just as promised. Set against the background of preparing for an important family party we meet Devin, a young boy who wants to wear an outfit that expresses...
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There Is No Giant In This Story
Name: Jen Bevan
30 June 2025;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
What happens in Jack and the beanstalk? Oh yes, the giant is in the castle and Jack steal stuff. Well the giant in this story will not stay put. He wants to play and climbs down before Jack can climb up. The giant then scares everyone in fairytale land so much that they climb the beanstalk to...
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Pandora in Puzzlevale: The Secret Town (a Phoenix Comic Book)
Name: Sara Sumner
27 June 2025;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
It is wonderful to see Pandora in Puzzlevale making the leap from The Phoenix Magazine to book format. This book is engaging from start to finish, immersing readers into the story with puzzles and clues. It is definitely not one that cannot be finished quickly...
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Circle of Liars
Name: Sue Wilsher
26 June 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
When seven teenagers arrive for a school retreat, they find themselves at the Motel Loba, abandoned and rundown; not the top location they were expecting. But things only get worse when they find they are trapped and forced to play a game where every hour they must vote one person out, decidin...
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The Woodland Badger
Name: Stephanie
26 June 2025;Genre: Animals
The Woodland Badger is a really gorgeous story for young readers which will inspire them not only to appreciate nature, but to fight to protect it, too. The book follows Poppy who loves spending time at her mum's allotment and spotting wildlife in the woodland behind it, inclu...
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The Blind Bowman: Wildwood Rising
Name: Lorraine Ansell
26 June 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
Many years have passed since Robin Hood and the forest were beaten, destroyed, and left for dead. Marion has suffered a lonely existence as the Sheriff of Nottingham's wife, raising their son Rex whilst keeping the biggest secret of all. The remaining outlaws guard the one remaining piece of f...
