Latest Reviews
Filter:
-
Harklights
Name: Jennifer Caddick
28 May 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Harklights is a beautifully, classic feeling folklore / fairytale style adventure. In a grim, grey orphanage (surrounded by a forest full of unseen life and tiny magical creatures ) lives mistreated orphan Wick, who seeks an escape from the cruelty of his life. The story is a...
-
Rainbow Grey
Name: Jennifer caddick
27 May 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Rainbow Grey is the first book in a delightful, charming series by Amelia Fang author, Laura Ellen Anderson. City in the sky, Celestia, is inhabited by Weatherlings (folk who all possess different kinds of weather magic to help control Earth's weather and protect it from villa...
-
Name: Sue Wilsher
22 May 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
When a new girl starts a new school in a new town, she is faced with hostility and suspicion. Focusing on her differences, the other children in her class taunt and mock her. However, the appearance of a beautiful origami flower left on the teacher's desk ignites their curiosity, which leads t...
-
Noah's Gold
Name: Jennifer Caddick
13 May 2021;Genre: Adventure
This brilliantly humorous adventure features a lively cast of schoolkids, marooned on an island and cut off from the rest of the world. Tiny 11 year old Noah stows away on his older sister's geography trip to the Orinoco Warehouse (a nearby online shopping warehouse) but, proving that technolo...
-
The Deep Blue
Name: Jane Rew
07 May 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Quite how Lou Baker Smith manages to capture the beauty of bioluminescent creatures in The Deep Blue as they move through the twilight zone, the fluidity and opalescence jellyfish drifting on the ocean current, or the churning swell of waves under a lowering sea is a thing of...
-
Invented by Animals
Name: Megan Webb
06 May 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Invented by Animals is a very interesting read looking at how animals have inspired scientists and inventors when creating new technology. This book looks at over 30 different animals, ranging from sharks and how they have inspired high-tech swimsuits to eagles and their impre...
-
News Hounds: The Puppy Problem
Name: Megan Webb
06 May 2021;Genre: Animals
Gizmo was a city dog until he moved to a village called Puddle. When exploring his new home, he meets another dog called Jilly, who is in need of urgent help. It is up to Gizmo to think of a way to ensure Jilly's puppies do not leave Puddle. This is a hilarious book about what dogs get...
-
The Plesiosaur's Neck
Name: Lucy Newton
06 May 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
A lovely book! The Plesiosaur's Neck starts with a double page introducing the characters that are involved including Poppy Plesiosaur, Alfie Ammonite and Bella Belemnite. As the story starts, it introduces Poppy Plesiosaur by explaining how she would have moved through the oc...
-
An Escape in Time
Name: Donna Ritchie
06 May 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Alex and Ruby are once again transported by the magic mirror in Applecott House to a different period in history. One of the things I love about these books is that Sally Nicholls, through her stories, manages to present information about what life was like in the past in a way that is easy fo...
-
Wulfie: Beast in Show
Name: Lauren Maidman
06 May 2021;Genre: Animals
Wufie: Beast in Show is the second book in the Wulfie series. Libby lives with her Dad (a wacky inventor), her step mother Veronika (who isn't that nice) and her step-brother Rex (who also isn't very nice) and life isn't that great. Apart from that, Libby has a big and small s...
