Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 December 2023;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Strange things are happening. Children are being found like frozen statues in the park, more each day. Bianca's little brother, Finn, is one of the ice statues and she decides to try and solve the mystery and rescue him and the other ice children. But what she finds out is so amazing that the...

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Name: Jemma Jeffrey
30 November 2023;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Oscar's Lion is a moving, magical story about a boy who spends the weekend being looked after by a kind and enormous lion. The lion says 'yes' when his parents would have normally said 'no', and so, even although his life has been turned upside down, Oscar accepts his new baby...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
27 November 2023;

Genre: Family & Home

Stitch is a boy who was made, literally stitched together as his name suggests. Along with his friend Henry, he lives with the Professor in a castle and counts the days since he 'woke up'. One day, when everything changes, the Professor's nephew comes calling and Stitch finds that sometimes di...

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Name: Clair Bossons
20 November 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Finding Wonder is a beautifully written, truly gripping mystery story which draws on Lauren St John's love of horses. The front cover and chapter illustrations are stunning and will really add appeal to those that enjoy reading horse stories. The main character Roo is left orp...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
07 November 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

What a delight the first book in this mesmerizing, magical new fantasy series is! In Casander Darkbloom and the Threads of Power, the reader steps into a whole new world that unfolds impressively around them and into an adventure that celebrates how marvellous and unique every...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
03 November 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans is a fantastic, vivid and energetic fantasy quest with its roots and landscape planted in Nigerian history, folklore and culture. The main character is a wonderfully endearing 12 year old orphan, Adia. Adia lives in the poor Swampl...

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Name: Linda Brown
02 November 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

What is there not to like about this delightful story? It's got a map of the fictional island at the beginning of the book (I still love a map in a children's book, even though I'm an adult!) and dragons... not just one, but four beautifully describe mythical creatures.On the beaut...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 November 2023;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City on Earth is a graphic book-style nonfiction text. Filled with drawings and tiny writing, this is a book to study closely and pore over each page. It is presented as a series of ideas to combat climate change. While it is presented as a sort of...

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 November 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Eoin Colfer's new book Juniper's Christmas is a heartwarming modern twist on a story about saving Santa Claus. This story brings attention to the real people who try to help restore Christmas spirit and Christmas magic but also highlights our struggles with modern day corporat...

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Name: Nathan Cox
30 October 2023;

Genre: Adventure

The Deadlands: Trapped is the second book in the Deadlands series from Skye Melki-Wegner and the action-packed thrill ride immediately leaps back into full force where the first book ended. After reading the first book, <a href="/books/the-deadlands-hunted-the-dinosaurs-are-at...

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