Book Reviews

  • I looked out of the window, and saw her. At first she just looked like a big dark shadow, but then the shadow moved, I looked again. She was an elephant, quite definitely an elephant. I did not know at the time, of course, but this elephant in our garden was going to change my…

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  • Meet the big, happy Bell family who live in the vicarage at St Mark’s. Father is a reverend, Mother is as kind as can be. Then there are all children – practical Paul, dancing Jane, mischievous Ginnie, and finally the baby of the family, Angus, whose ambition is to own a private zoo (he has…

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  • A pilot forced to land in the Sahara meets a little prince. The wise and enchanting stories the prince tells of his own planet with its three volcanoes and a haughty flower are unforgettable. A strange and wonderful parable for all ages, with superb illustrations by the author.

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  • A Horrid Henry story book, utterly wicked and totally brilliant. Four original stories to make you ache with laughter.

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  • Dennis lives in a boring house in a boring street in a boring town, But he’s about to find out when you open your mind, life becomes anything but boring! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and once you meet Dennis he’ll live with you forever…….

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  • Izzy loves the Greek Myths! She tells her friends all about the massive wooden horse of Troy and Icarus, who flew so close to the sun his wings melted! And then there’s King Midas and all his gold and Narcissus, who fell in love with his own face! Four retellings of the most dramatic myths…

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  • George has always wanted to know what it’s like to be a dog……… One night, a magical mix up means he swaps places with Midnight, a huge and loveable hound! Becoming a dog is an amazing adventure , until George uncovers a plan that could threaten Midnight’s home.

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  • Girl next door. Best friend. Mermaid. Can you keep a secret?I know everyone has secrets but mine’s different. I mean how many mermaids do you know?

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  • The first story about Arabel and her pet raven Mortimer. In Arabel’s Raven Mr Jones, while driving his taxi notices something bedraggled in the road. Being a kind maN Mr Jones stops and discovers an injured raven. Not knowing the consequences the good man takes the raven home and his four year old daughter Arabel…

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  • Ottoline Brown and her best friend, Mr Munroe, are starting school…. But they’re not scared – even if it is haunted! Ottoline is off to the Alice B Smith school for the Differently Gifted, but she is rather worried that she doesn’t have a special gift. Mr Munroe is more worried about the ghost who…

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