Latest Reviews

Name: Jemma Jeffrey
02 June 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Minibeasts… they are all small, quiet, fragile insects that as humans, only annoy us and are of no other use...right? Wrong! There are stick insects as big as cats, beetles that hiss like snakes and caterpillars with venomous spines! These fascinating creatures are vital to our way of life, wi...

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Name: Elen Green
02 June 2022;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

The Marvellous Doctors for Magical Creatures - Ava's two dads - help all sorts of magical creatures to feel better, but they don't know what to do about Glitterbug the unicorn when she arrives with a sore tummy, so Ava decides to investigate. As everyone gets ready for...

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Name: Maria Age 6
02 June 2022;

Genre: Animals

Slime? It's Not Mine! is both entertaining and informative. Lenny is a lively lemur on holiday in sunny California when unfortunately he gets covered in sticky, green slime! Lenny goes on a mission to find out about the slime. He meets lots of different animals who produce sli...

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Name: Lucy Newton
01 June 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Special Delivery: A Book's Journey Around the World is an interesting story that follows a book's journey all around the world! The story starts with a little boy who is patiently counting down the days until his birthday. It shows a factory, many miles away, which is producin...

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Name: Jemma Jeffrey
01 June 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Special Delivery: A Book's Journey Around the World describes the different stages a book goes through from being printed cut and pressed to landing in the readers' hands. We meet the factory workers and train drivers, the container ship captains, post office staff and finally...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
31 May 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

I am already a fan of these two particular authors and their fresh and appealing style of non-fiction, after reading Science School. Kitchen Science is another bright, bold and exciting book packed...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
20 May 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

This wonderful book is sure to open both adults' and children's eyes to the amazing differences in all aspects around the world. This book instigated interesting discussions that what we think is normal or the right way to do things might not be somewhere else in the world. Chil...

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Name: Kyle Matravers
13 May 2022;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Flooded is the funny and beautifully illustrated tale of animals who live in a city that is ever so slowly flooding. At first, the flood comes gradually which for the majority doesn't prove to be much of a problem. Ignoring the obvious change to the city, and being ignorant to...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
12 May 2022;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

What a delight this book is! Tomorrow is a Brand New Day tells the story of a little girl having the most terrible day because of the mistakes she makes. She does the wrong thing, she reacts the wrong way and things get worse and worse for her until she has to run home to hide...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
05 May 2022;

Genre: Picture Books

Be Wild, Little One! What a glorious book this is! The text advises a small child to go outside and 'be wild'. It suggests making the world your playground; climbing trees, swimming in the ocean, chasing storms, digging for treasure... All accompanied by the most gorgeous, ric...

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