Schools & Libraries Book Reviews
Filter:
-
Championing Your School Library: A Practical Guide to Advocacy, Marketing and Promotion
Name: Eileen Armstrong
26 January 2026;Genre: Non Fiction
There has never been a more exciting time to be working in school libraries in the UK. The government has committed to ensuring that every primary school in England has a dedicated reading space and has launched a cross-party inquiry into the benefits of reading for pleasure as well as the rol...
-
Welcoming the Lunar New Year
Name: Lucy Hopkins
22 January 2026;Genre: Seasonal
An interesting book to help many to celebrate Lunar New Year. Welcoming the Lunar New Year: Celebrate & Make would be a great addition to any family home to help to raise awareness and build experiences of different celebrations and cultures around the world. It would also...
-
Finn's Epic Fails
Name: Beverley Somerset
22 January 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
Finn lives with his dad, younger sister Maisie (who is obsessed with unicorns) and his older brother Jonah, whose hobby is bullying and embarrassing Finn. As Finn puts it, he is "the filling in a sibling sandwich" and his life is one huge fail after another. In the very first chapter, he loses...
-
The Home that Love Built
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 January 2026;Genre: Family & Home
When a terrible storm blasts through the forest, it causes chaos, destroying homes and toppling trees. Left with ruins, the animals realise that by working together they can create a new home, built with kindness and love. Using a cumulative style similar to that of 'This is the house...
-
Bedtime for Little Digger: Volume 1
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 January 2026;Genre: Adventure
Although it’s bedtime, Little Digger is too busy with things to do to go to sleep just yet . . . The soothing rhythmic, rhyming text of Bedtime for Little Digger is just perfect for calming little ones down and snuggling up ready to sleep. Little Digger is really excite...
-
The Map of Me
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 January 2026;Genre: Family & Home
When a little girl moves home, everything feels strange and unfamiliar. With her mother's help, she creates a map of the new area, but some important things are still missing so she makes the map bigger. Soon, her new friends get involved, making everyone feel closer and more connected and, ev...
-
The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar
Name: Clare Wilkins
19 January 2026;Genre: LBGTQ+
Riven with self-doubt, anger and Catholic guilt, Cesar finds it impossible to deal with his feelings for ex-boyfriend Jamal whilst still holding close to his family's ideals. Throw in being bipolar and bisexual, and life seems impossibly complicated. In an effort to get a hold on his fr...
-
Gaslit
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 January 2026;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
When a migraine cancels Ella's New Year's Eve plans, she agrees to babysit for her younger cousin, Joey. Arriving at her aunt's house, she is horrified to find the family unconscious and strives to save them. An investigation discovers that there had been a gas leak, leading to the death of he...
-
Hello, Sleep!: Turn the wheel and become a bedtime superstar!
Name: Sue Wilsher
16 January 2026;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
Hello, Sleep! is an interactive story which is perfect for setting up a bedtime routine. From tidying away toys to turning the lights out, the book shows reassuring, familiar activities with the added fun of wheels to turn. Toys move into the toy box, water squirts in the bath...
-
Clem Fatale Has Been Upstaged
Name: Jane
16 January 2026;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Much like the previous book featuring young female sleuth Clem Fatale, this one is a helter-skelter, sometimes farcical, always entertaining, page-turner set in 1950s London. Apart from the famous London Palladium where the Wade sisters are due to perform, and the Ritz frequen...
