Latest Reviews

Name: Amanda Shipton
02 February 2023;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

This simply told, gaming-based story is certain to interest younger readers. It is easy to follow the adventure of Super Rabbit boy as he progresses through the levels of this challenging computer game with wonderfully colourful, blocky illustrations.  Sammy is playing his favourite video game...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
02 February 2023;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Calling all computer-loving pupils, Thomas has written your next must-read book! This wonderful early chapter book is filled with colourful, action packed pictures, illustrating this simply told action adventure. Sammy's favourite video game is Super Rabbit Boy! He loves trying to stop...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
01 February 2023;

Genre: Environment & Nature

The Emerald Forest is a beautiful picture book which can be enjoyed on many levels. It's the story of an orangutang family living an idyllic life in a Sumatran forest. Strange noises of machinery unsettle the family who keep moving further away from the destruction, until ther...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
21 January 2023;

Genre: Poetry

A Ticket to Kalamazoo! is an absolutely delightful collection of poems for the younger reader. It's beautifully designed and illustrated with large, clear text that is sometimes linear and sometimes fitted to the shape of the subject - the Alien poem is a great starting point...

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Name: Joanna Hewish
14 January 2023;

Genre: Adventure

A really interesting and unique way to write a book. The beauty of Pick a Story: A Dinosaur Unicorn Robot Adventure is that after you've read it once, you can read it a completely different story each time which is fun for children to see the plot changing when they make a dif...

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Name: Maple Age 6
13 January 2023;

Genre: Friends and family

We liked the different characters especially the snake. We also liked how duck made his own club so everyone join, how kind is that. The lion roaring was very fun to read. We liked the pictures of the different animals and the colours. It is a funny story.

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Name: Amanda Shipton
13 January 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Sarah and Adam have created not one but three stories with multiple different endings in this playful book, Pick a Story: A Pirate Alien Jungle Adventure. The topics are ones which will draw children's imagination and keep them hooked and the changing endings will keep parents...

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Name: Maria Faithorn
07 January 2023;

Genre: Picture Books

If you want children writing stories and drawing illustrations, then this is the book to have! Even reluctant and defiant children will have a pencil in hand by the end of the book! The author takes the character of Elys the worm and talks the reader through every step of writing a stor...

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Name: Janice Power
07 January 2023;

Genre: Environment & Nature

The Adventures of the Climate Kids is a lovely engaging book which my grandchildren loved, we enjoyed recycling our household rubbish together, the book made this a fun activity for all. My grandchildren are now 'climate kids'. 24 pages

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Name: Maria faithorn
03 January 2023;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

What happens when one story - that calls itself One - decides it is more important than anything else? When One begins dominating by removing other stories? This moving, intriguing story explores just that. The simple, bold illustrations add to the power of this story. As tales disappear and b...

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