Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Linda Brown
27 July 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Rise of the School for Good and Evil is a wonderful book and is the prequel, the beginning of the journey in the amazing series, The School For Good and Evil. It gives the reader an insight as to how the school was created and how our familiar fairytale characters came about.....

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Name: Sue Wilsher
27 July 2022;

Genre: Picture Books

In a tiny Indian village, a boy lives with his grandfather, Dadaji. Together, they fill the house with paintings and joy as they share their lives. Then, Dadaji dies, leaving the boy his best paintbrush, but the boy's grief is too raw for him to even look at it and he puts it away. Months pass...

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Name: Janine
27 July 2022;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Fantastic read! I found Leon to be a compelling character who was written sympathetically and intelligently. The Asparagus Bunch were like friends to me by the end of the book and I have enormous love for Caroline. It was so lovely to read a book from the perspective of neurod...

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Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
27 July 2022;

Genre: Funny Stories

The Shop of Impossible Ice Creams is fantastic! I could leave the review there actually as it really is that good but I feel I should explain why. It is laugh out loud funny and I mean that, I did laugh out loud in public several times to the point that I had to share what I w...

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Name: Maria
27 July 2022;

Genre: Funny Stories

Where Has All The Cake Gone? begins with a question from Dad to his son Albert. "Where has all the cake gone?" He presents an empty plate to his son with evidence of cake all over the kitchen. Then Albert begins to explain what happened to the cake, which is brilliantly illust...

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Name: Maria
27 July 2022;

Genre: Picture Books

WOW! What an amazing book exploring confidence and wellbeing. I Love Me! is perfect to share with preschool or even older children, exploring themes of being brave, kind, strong, smart and happy. The text is spoken through the family characters who show how 'I am brave'...

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Name: Carol Wright
27 July 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Lucy, Max, Joe and Charlie - The After School Detective Club - are back for another thrilling adventure in The Secret of Ragnar's Gold. Ufford Castle, Suffolk, is the setting for a treasure hunt when the gang find a mysterious box containing a gold coin and a secret code. Will...

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Name: Maria
21 July 2022;

Genre: Family & Home

"If you are ever worried that something bad is going to happen, you can ask a Guardian Angel for help." The opening pages to this gorgeous story introduce us to Bill and Destiny. Bill and the Dream Angel tells the story of Bill and his family moving house and...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
19 July 2022;

Genre: Adventure

No, Nancy, No! opens with a lift-the-flap invitation to visit cousin Jack and his parrot Pip… a perfect and enticing start to the story! Nancy and her dog, Roger, are ready to visit her cousin at the seaside. Dressed sensibly and looking ready to go, until… you lift the flap!<...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
17 July 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

I began Cuckoo Summer with limited expectations. The blurb sounded suspiciously like Robert Westall's masterpiece, the Machine Gunners, and I wondered doubtfully whether it would measure up. Within a dozen pages, I'd been won over, and found myself totally engrossed in a rattl...

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