Schools & Libraries Book Reviews

Name: Amanda Shipton
14 November 2025;

Genre: Animals

Gill Lewis has a real skill for combining detailed knowledge of the natural world and a griping story which will engage children. This fourth book in the Island Vet series, The Winter Snow Goose is set on the island in winter and follows the challenges...

More

Name: Sue Wilsher
12 November 2025;

Genre: Short reads

Containing six enduring tales, this new edition of Oscar Wilde's Stories for Children is an absolute delight. The collection contains two of his best loved and best known stories, 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Selfish Giant', both tales which I loved as a child. There is...

More

Name: Jane Rew
11 November 2025;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Like its title, The History of We offers an alternative; an alternative to the usual rendering of what we might think is our history, especially if we've only read white-centred textbooks about human origins. Contrary to what we might have learned elsewhere, 'every person on E...

More

Name: Beverley Somerset
10 November 2025;

Genre: Family & Home

Con has been angry ever since his father left home. When a schoolmate taunts him about what's happened, Con's anger boils over and as a result he is suspended from school. With his mum at work, Con accidentally locks himself out of the flat they share. He is rescued by Mr Williams, who takes C...

More

Name: Yosra Age 10
10 November 2025;

Genre: Friends and family

I really love football and love Serena Patel's books !

More

Name: Ruth Cornish
10 November 2025;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Swanfall is a great adventure story that mixes mystery with folklore and ecology with friendship. It starts with the much-anticipated return of the winter flock of Arctic swans, the annual event beloved by the main character, Pip. Then together with best friend Tommo, and scho...

More

Name: Sue Wilsher
10 November 2025;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

When a shoemaker discovers a tiny girl in the toe of a boot, he raises her with love and care. Having named her 'Evangeline' - a name that spoke of possibilities - he shares with her his dreams of exploration and adventure. His wife, on the other hand, feels that there is something unnatural a...

More

Name: Linda Brown
10 November 2025;

Genre: Horror

Something strange is happening in Merryweather-by-the-Sea . . . Kiki returns home from school to discover a strange woman has moved into her family home. Who is the beautiful Fay - and why does everyone seem so enamoured by her? She also finds that the lovely little coastal town she has grown...

More

Name: Maria
10 November 2025;

Genre: Seasonal

Dasher and the Polar Bear is the perfect story to share with young children because it is full of Christmas magic and friendship with the most beautiful pictures that make the reader feel they are in the North Pole. Dasher is one of Santa's special helpers who loves to...

More

Name: Emily Age 12
10 November 2025;

Genre: Funny Stories

The book is funny, sad and angry. I love it

More