Latest Reviews

Name: Jennifer Caddick
28 February 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Uki and the Ghostburrow, the last in the series of the Five Realms books, starts as dramatically as ever with a desperate, life-threatening, dangerous journey through forbidden and foreboding territory. The tension is so high in both the tales that weave through the book; the...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
25 February 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Uki and the Swamp Spirit is another epic rabbit fantasy story, as superbly told as the four books before it in the Five Reams series. Larwood excels at storytelling in such a way that the reader can follow the journey of the various characters from book one or pick up any of t...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
20 February 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Uki and the Outcasts is the fourth book in the absolutely amazing series of books set in the Five Realms - a fantasy world formed and inhabited by tribes of rabbits. After the first three books focusing on the adventures of young rabbit Podkin, the author has moved forward in...

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Name: Lauren Maidman
18 February 2022;

Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

Fantastically Great Women Artists and their Stories is another brilliant book from Kate Pankhurst. I am big fan of these books and have ALL the previous Fantastically Great Women books in my collection. This version, however, is slightly different. It has been written and publ...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
14 February 2022;

Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction

Mike Falls Up is part of the new Little Tiger readers, designed to support children moving from picture books to their first chapter books. The book itself is sumptuous- a lovely, thick cardboard cover, small enough to fit comfortably in little hands with an engaging picture f...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
14 February 2022;

Genre: Adventure

The Boy in the Post is an energetic, lively and charming, children- and animal-packed adventure story, with a warm, gentle and old fashioned feel to the characters, setting and tone. The story follows a summer holiday like no other for three siblings: Orinthia, Seafra a...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
14 February 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

This was a fabulous, funny, intriguing and puzzling interactive mystery story where you, the reader, becomes one of the main characters and detectives of the crime that has been committed. You find yourself in the town of Haventry. It may look normal but it also has a 'Shady Side', inhabited b...

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Name: Sam Phillips
10 February 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

From a young age children are taught that stories have a beginning, a middle - usually the problem, and an end. Well this great mystery adventure story by Gareth P. Jones, breaks the traditional story book mould. Solve Your Own Mystery - The Time Thief is the second book in th...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
10 February 2022;

Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction

This small hardback book is part of the new Little Tiger readers, designed to support children moving from picture books to their first chapter books. The book itself is sumptuous - a lovely textured cover, small enough to fit comfortably in little hands with an engaging picture front and back...

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Name: Sharon Porter
08 February 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Class 11 started our exploration of A World full of Journeys and Migrations by looking at the section labelled Europe where a "small tribe of Italians", otherwise known as the Romans, were described. This double page spread discusses the extent of the empire across Europe, as...

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