Book Reviews

  • Another super book featuring “Charlie and Lola”, who parents will know from the Cbeebies show. Everything is so simple and logical in Lola’s mind and school is completely unnecessary as she already knows how to count to 10. It is both funny and charming seeing the pictures and being taken back in time to a

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  • Such a fantastically fun story, great use of colours, shades and creatures to represent emotions and feelings. The lead character Kevin the Koala is fearful of change but with the support of his faithful friends is persuaded down from the tree to play and has his eyes opened to what happened if you believe in

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  • Lovely little book which is one of those books parents can be thankful for! The way a worry is described and illustrated is super relatable for a child. The message is clearly delivered because it is not too long, or too heavy, simple, useful, engaging story with advice we can all use. “The best thing

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  • There is nothing you will not know about spiders after reading this 29 page book. “There are 30,000 different kinds of spiders in the world” And if you run out of plasters at home then according to the book, “If you cut yourself, try putting a clean spider’s web on the wound (not sure how

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  • This story falls firmly into the bedtime story category and tells the tale of a bear who lives in that mysterious and magical place….a cupboard under the stairs. This is a superb book and the illustrations are truly wonderful. This is a book your child will want to read often and it will ignite their

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  • I so love this story, it is timeless and captivating. It is a book which has everything, likeable characters, adventure, a little sorrow and an epic reunion.

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  • This story centres around a cave, there is a generous helping of suspense, a hungry wolf and the resident of the cave who eventually is teased out of his humble abode by the temptation of a pink doughnut, with sprinkles….which children with a sweet tooth will most certainly relate to.  

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  • 30 page little book on all things bugs. Pitched at the younger reader and has lots of bitesize facts and cute section towards the back on Bug Awards. “The largest land snail is the Giant African snail. It can measure up to 40cms long, that’s the same as a guinea pig.“

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  • This book is like putting on your favourite pair of old slippers, warm and comforting. Yes, it is an old book however a wet day is a wet day….and it is story that will never date, the characters are in every village and town if you look hard enough.

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  • A fun and wonderfully animated book, firmly one of those which you can read in under 5 minutes, yet will raise a giggle and have you all wondering whether there is room in your life/house for some mischievous llamas to join the chaos.

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