Latest Reviews

Name: Samantha Hughes
24 January 2022;

Genre: Animals

'Let's go and play' dog or 'had a bad day' dog? This beautifully illustrated board book helps to teach readers exactly what their favourite canine is trying to tell them. The author Dr Jess, vet and TV presenter, loves all animals and is passionate about the importance of protecting the natura...

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Name: Sharon Porter
22 January 2022;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

'Barb in Barb the Brave is amazing, she can do anything and isn't afraid to try. I think I'd quite like to be a bit braver, like her, and try things I haven't done before. Barb shows us that people who we don't expect to, can turn out to be really good friends. She is so cool....

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Name: Sharon Porter
22 January 2022;

Genre: Family & Home

What a clever book this is! On our initial reading we discussed the rhythmic poetry throughout the book and the theme of animal families in all their diversity. A second reading allowed us to explore the abundant scientific vocabulary of the information text about each animal. Who knew the par...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
21 January 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Part of the incredibly popular Little People, Big Dreams series, this beautiful book tells the story of Pablo Picasso who spent his life trying to master the art of painting like a child. His path to becoming the visionary artist he is now regarded as is told from his early da...

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Name: Sharon Porter
20 January 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

'I loved this book. When my teacher gave it to me, she said I should just dip into the book and read the things I was interested in. I didn't expect to read all of it, but I did. I think she knew I'd really like it.' D aged 10 This is the first time we had come across this series of "Co...

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Name: Donna Ritchie
20 January 2022;

Genre: Adventure

The Ship of Cloud and Stars is a brilliant story which is set during a time where girls and women had little say in society. An epic tale in which 'girl power' and determination can lead to dreams coming true. Nico, who lives with her mother, father and two brothers (wh...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
18 January 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

Patch, Barver and Wren are back in A Thunder of Monsters, their final adventure in the trilogy that began with A Darkness of Dragons. The end of the second book, A Vanishing of Griffins,...

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Name: Lois Age 11
18 January 2022;

Genre: Magical Realism

Loved it, amazing!

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Name: Judith Greenall
17 January 2022;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

How to be a Real Ballerina is a humorous and inclusive book about the process of learning to become a ballet dancer. We learn about ballet through the eyes of the book's central character. We quickly get the impression that she has not found dance classes at all easy and that...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
16 January 2022;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari follows Kai who grows up in a city flat opposite a patch of wilderness called the Greenlands, which Kai and his dad have taken to looking after. It's here that Kai and his friends Orla and Zak often play and grow up together. Though there...

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