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Alphabet Rhymes, written and illustrated by Alison Gibson is a fun children’s book. My first impression of the book was good when I saw the lovely, cheerful yellow book cover. It set the tone. Each page displays the relevant letter of the alphabet as a capital letter and in lowercase. Two short sentences describe the item beginning with the letter of the alphabet. The fact that the author has made some of the text rhyme adds to the enjoyment of reading the book. The simple, brightly coloured illustrations are part of the book’s ... View Full Review
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A thrilling sci-fi, action adventure with a gamer twist. Young gamers are falling into comas and the world is on the brink of being taken over by an evil AI, but can the teenagers stop Razer before it’s too late? Final Video Game is a science-fiction story packed full of action. As the AI of a popular video game starts to threaten the world outside the screens, teenagers everywhere are recruited into battle in the last chance to stop its takeover. Thirteen year old Oliver is an unwitting hero, just started at a new ... View Full Review
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This is an endearing 31-page children’s book, brimming with charming illustrations depicting the story of Ruby the Penguin. She really wants to sing in the talent show, but she is feeling anxious about performing in front of the other penguins. Her friend, Pengwee Penguin chats with her, discusses his own experiences, and talks her through her concerns. The author has even created some exciting new words to fit the story like “nexcited, jumbly wumbly, and joggly woggly” , which children will love saying out loud. These fun words add to the ... View Full Review
A magical adventure that sees a young girl protecting an enchanted world. On a trip with her wildlife biologist parents, Phoebe Gray is lost in the woods when she stumbles into a place of magic and meets a goblin called Gnish-Gnash and his precious cargo. Lerch Hollow is filled with fantastical beings and readers are swept along with Phoebe as her journey reveals her own magical connection and the Dark Mistress Lucinda, who threatens this world. This is an easy to read magical story. Readers dive straight in, meeting Phoebe as she wanders, trying to find her way. The book ... View Full Review
This is an enjoyable, encouraging children’s story with themes of independence, self-esteem and finding a place to belong. It has beautiful, colourful illustrations. The story aims to bring the plight of AIDS orphans to our awareness, foster compassion for others who are in difficult situations and gratitude if we are in happier circumstances ourselves. The author provides useful pronunciation assistance with some words that might be tricky to pronounce. Jabu, Sipho and Monica have lost their parents to AIDS. They are orphans and don’t have a family to belong to. They can’t afford to ... View Full Review
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It’s 1970, the World Cup is playing in Mexico and Julia Wilson, aged 11 is keen to set up her own girls football team at her Primary School. With the encouragement of parents, her teacher Miss Temple and the Headmaster Mr Hopkins, once Julia has the players they put together everything else they’ll need: shirts, socks, goals and another team to play. The hard work is just beginning when they have their first game against rival school St. Matthews and their biased refereeing.
An easy to read short stories perfect for football fans. Telling ... View Full Review
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This is a sweet, humorous 16-page children’s book. Each page has a beautiful illustration and a few lines of text. Harold is a young boy who is having trouble hearing what everyone is saying. This is quite a problem as what he does hear, does not make sense to him and he often gets the wrong idea about what other people tell him. He mishears the librarian and his teacher, and this provides some amusing situations. The funniest situation is when Harold’s mom bakes a Bundt cake, ... View Full Review
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This is an amusing, magical story with a bad-mannered baron as the main character. The book features some sweet drawings at the bottom of each page and charming colour illustrations which bring the characters to life. The Beastly Baron tells Major Mountjoy that he will join him and his men for their exercises. The major suggests the baron go for a walk in the Wild Western Woods to stretch his legs while they complete their exercises. In the woods, the Baron gets a bit lost and meets the Warty Witch. He asks her ... View Full Review
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A beautifully illustrated and gently told tale of a little boy who misses his mum. Milko’s mum is living in Ethiopia for a year, which feels far from Milko and his family’s home in Bolivia. The seasons change, his little sister doesn’t stop crying and his father isn’t very good at shopping at the market which all compounds the feelings of separation in this softly told tale. ‘Milko’ is beautifully illustrated with vibrant full page illustrations that complement the story ... View Full Review
Out of Time is about a curious twelve-year-old boy called Joe, who loves adventure. Joe lives in a sleepy town in England where not much happens. Lucky for Joe he ends up on the biggest adventure when he stumbles on an unexploded World War II bomb in a cave. Joe bumps into another boy called Max who is from another planet Proxima Centauri b. Max is in need of Joe's help in order to restore world peace and to save earth from the evil Dardian. Joe embarks on an exciting adventure with Max traveling through time as well as space; ... View Full Review
A freak weather event sees seven teenagers trapped inside Blackpool tower. Mourning the loss of her mum, 17 year-old Bo has dropped out of school and is working on the social media of a competitive scientific show called Ecopreneurs. The filming of the semi-final rapidly descends into chaos as a freak magnetic pulse leaves the teens trapped in the buildings trying to piece together what is happening. Secrets are revealed and characters clash as Bo wryly recounts the events. Structured almost like a script, with directions and camera shots setting the scenes, ‘blackloop’ highlights Bo’s interest in ... View Full Review
