Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Lucy Hopkins
02 October 2025;

Genre: Early Skills

Five Little Ghosts is an enticing Halloween read for the youngest readers! This board book mimics the traditional tale of Five Little Ducks but with a halloween twist. Mummy Ghost keeps losing her little ghosts but, thankfully, they all return at the end of the story. E...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
02 October 2025;

Genre: Personal Growth

Rita longs to become a ballerina. Fuelled by her passion for dance, she practises every day, striving to become the best she can be. However, as she looks at ballet magazines and compares herself to her friends, Rita is filled with self-doubt, feeling that she is the wrong shape to be able to...

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Name: Stephanie Gladdish
02 October 2025;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Squirrel and Bird is a beautifully illustrated story about identity and our perceptions of others. We're told repeatedly in the book that Squirrel is loud and Bird is quiet, Squirrel is busy, Bird is not… but look closer on the page, and you'll find things are...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
01 October 2025;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

You are immersed in the world of Wiskling Wood from the very moment that you open this memorising book. It is clear that Harriet's childhood hobbies of drawing and creating miniature worlds for tiny characters were not wasted. In The Diary of Wiska Wildflower: T...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
01 October 2025;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Karen Dolby's amazing talent of writing interactive adventures is clearly on show throughout The Ghost in the Mirror (Puzzle Adventures). The relationship between the illustrations and text is carefully thought through and detailed as they link together seamlessly. The additio...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
01 October 2025;

Genre: Supernatural

Posing the question, 'Do ghosts really exist?', Tales of Ghosts and Hauntings contains six gripping mysteries to investigate. Challenging the reader to consider the evidence and come to their own conclusions, this book is every bit as engaging as Tales of Scary Beasts by the s...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
01 October 2025;

Genre: Environment & Nature

The Fantastical Safari is a stunning book which takes readers on an incredible journey to five of the most remote habitats in the world. The illustrations are incredible, making this a book to treasure for adults and children alike. The safari travels to the depths of t...

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Name: Margaret Pemberton
01 October 2025;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The arrival of a Christmas murder mystery has become something of an early Christmas present from this author. This time, the two main characters are staying with their mother at their aunt's hotel in Bath. However, when the hotel manager is killed and their mother disappears, the siblings are...

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Name: Lucy Hopkins
01 October 2025;

Genre: Seasonal

A treasure hunt challenge to keep young readers intrigued! The Great Big Halloween Hunt is an interactive book where children can go on their very own treasure hunt. Each page asks them to find a different halloween themed object. Children then have to lift the different flaps...

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Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
01 October 2025;

Genre: Adventure

Nora Nightsky is the first title in an illustrated chapter book series for newly confident readers about a young girl who belongs to a family of wish-granting stars. All of her family, including her mother who just happens to be the North Star, are very excited when Nora recei...

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