Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Maria
15 August 2025;

Genre: Family & Home

How to tame a Mummy Monster is a funny story with an important message about family life and siblings. The front cover depicts two angry children and a huge, blue monster and definitely makes the reader inquisitive about what is going on and why there is a blue monster. <p...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
15 August 2025;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Max &amp; Chaffy is the new series from Jamie Smart, creator of Bunny vs. Monkey. What a Delicious Discovery follows Max and Chaffy on a new adventure to Food Island to help their baker friend, Crumbles. However, when they reach the island chaos ensues, as today is the...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 August 2025;

Genre: Non Fiction

Following Secrets of Bees, this is the second book in this series which explores big ideas, inspiring curiosity and encouraging enquiring minds. Written...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 August 2025;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

When the rain spoils Talulah's dress and makes her favourite biscuits go all soggy, it ruins everything. So she decides to protect herself against it. Armed with an umbrella, she feels better for a little while, even though she is not able to join in with some of the things her friends are doi...

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Name: Dylan Age 8
15 August 2025;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Amazing book, it's so inspiring you should read it. It is a message to stop climate change.

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Name: Amanda Shipton
15 August 2025;

Genre: Funny Stories

Fast as Lightening is the latest instalment in the Bad United Series. Louise Forshaw continues the series with this brilliantly written graphic novel. The page designs with different layouts and illustration sizes add interest and the limited language and well...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
14 August 2025;

Genre: Horror

Since the death of their mother, Gwen and her younger brother and twin sisters have been left with their step-father, Henry. Instead of thinking about how things have changed, she focuses on looking after her family until they move to The House, the former home of their late grandmother. When...

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Name: Lizi Backhouse
14 August 2025;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

What a gorgeous book! This beautifully illustrated book features lots of scary creatures - bears, porcupines, dragons and scorpions included - who surely aren't scared of anything...are they? Brave Bears Don't Get Scared provides a gentle introduction for talking to chi...

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Name: Jane Rew
14 August 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

For those unfamiliar with Dungeon Runners, there are some initial, helpful introductions at the start of the third book in the series, Dungeon Runners Level 3: Ocean Chase; to the commentators, to our regular heroes Kit, Thorn and Sandy,...

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Name: Margaret
11 August 2025;

Genre: School Stories

My Teacher is a Diamond Thief!, the 15th adventure for Izzy and her friends, sees them coping with a new teacher at their primary school. But very soon they see signs of some very strange behaviour; after all who gets their own name wrong, or gives out work sheets that are not...

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