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|author=DK
|title=My Encyclopedia of Very Important Animals
|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=The animal kingdom is a diverse one, full of creatures that do all sorts of things. The number of animals out there is so vast that even vets need to do a quick google when something strange appears in their practice. For budding vet-to-be animals are a constant source of fascination and they will absorb as much knowledge as you can give them. It is not practical to visit the zoo every day, but getting an educational and entertaining animal encylopedia is.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241276357</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=DK
|title=DK Children's Encyclopedia
|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=More than sixty years ago my grandparents bought me an encylopedia: it was a major purchase for them as they didn't really ''do'' books, but it was a treasure trove for me and I still have it today. It didn't just teach me facts - it taught me how to find out information for myself and how to use an index. It opened my eyes to subjects I'd never considered and widened my knowledge on those I already loved. In format, in size and content it was very similar to ''DK Children's Encyclopedia'' and I can imagine a younger me hunched over it and begging just to be allowed to finish this bit before I went to bed.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241283868</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author= Kelly Barnhill
|title= The Girl Who Drank the Moon
|rating= 4
|genre= Confident Readers
|summary= Every year the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest, in the hope that this sacrifice will keep their town safe. Little do they know that the witch, Xan, is a kind soul who rescues the children and finds them new homes with families on the other side of the forest. She feeds the babies on starlight to keep them nourished throughout their journey, but one year she accidently feeds a baby moonlight which fills the child with a powerful magic. Xan names the baby Luna and realises she must raise this magical child as her own, locking away her magical abilities until her thirteenth birthday. But as the day approaches where Luna's magic will emerge, she will have to learn to protect the safe and loving world she has always known.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848126476</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author= Robin Jarvis
|title= Time of Blood
|rating= 4
|genre=Teens
|summary= Travel back over a hundred years into Whitby's past to see two witches battle an ancient evil. Follow young Lil as she tries to avoid spoilers and find her best friend.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405280255</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=J M Barrie and Robert Ingpen
|title=Peter Pan and Wendy
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=It's a childhood staple - the story of Wendy, John and Michael Darling and their beloved nurse, Nana the Newfoundland dog who took them to school each day. It's George Darling, their father, who makes the mistake when he locks Nana in the yard and the children are whisked away to Neverland by Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. There's a wonderful mix of characters, from Peter Pan, the boy who never wants to grow up, Tinkerbell, the rather unpleasant fairy, Captain Hook, Tiger Lily, the lost boys and - of course - Wendy, but then it wouldn't have been a classic since the original stage production in 1904 and the novel of 1911 if it were otherwise.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786750856</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author= Emily Winslow
|summary=Consider the Doctor. Just how many birthday and Christmas gifts must he have to hand out each year, were he to keep in touch with even half of his companions? He would certainly need a few novelty gifts for some of them, say, for example, whimsical books of verse that pithily encapsulate the life of a Time Lord and that of some of his friends and enemies. As luck would have it, he has the space in his TARDIS to stock up in advance, so my advice to him – sorry, her – would be to pop along to his local Earth-based book emporium and get himself ready. And if you're working on a shorter timescale, with a shorter lifespan, and thinking perhaps just one gift season ahead, well my advice is pretty much the same.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785942719</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Zillah Bethell
|title=The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Auden has a condition called achromatopsia, which means that he can't see colours. He likes to pretend that it doesn't matter but it does. And the older Auden gets, the more it seems to matter. Mind you, so does everything else...
... because Auden lives in a near-future Britain in a world where climate change has taken root. It never rains any more. Britain, an island with plenty of coastline, is doing better than many countries thanks to its desalination plants. But water is still rationed and the Water Authority Board is now a quasi-government as the most important and powerful body in the land. Water wars have broken out worldwide and Auden's father is away fighting.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848126085</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=J Saxena and J Zimmerman
|title=Basic Witches
|rating=4
|genre=Spirituality and Religion
|summary= Before I started this book I was expecting to be thrown into the world of magic and would know how to levitate by the end of the first chapter. Unsurprisingly, I was wrong. However, what I was met by was a book that explores the origins of witchcraft, teaches you how to dress and act like a witch and contains spells ranging from accepting compliments to conjuring up a relaxing Netflix binge.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594749779</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Maja Lunde and Diane Oatley (translator)
|title=The History of Bees
|rating=4
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Bees are a handy symbol of the planet's environmental degradation, as you'll know if you've read anything by [[:Category:Dave Goulson|Dave Goulson]] – whose endorsement is featured proudly on the cover of this U.K. release of Norwegian children's writer Maja Lunde's first novel for adults. The creatures also provide subtle links between the book's three story lines.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471162745</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|title=Greta Zargo and the Death Robots from Outer Space
|author=A F Harrold
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=''No one knew that only three things stood in the way of the complete and utter destruction of the Earth: one elderly parrot, one eleven-year-old spelling mistake and one intrepid young newspaper-reporter-cum-schoolgirl in search of a Big Scoop.''
 
Oh my word! What a prospect! Let me break it down for you. The parrot has only ever learned to speak one sentence. The spelling mistake is between great and Greta. Both these things point the alien danger to Earth, a silvery robot, in the direction of Greta Zargo, who is the wannabe reporter.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408869470</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author= Yaba Badoe
|title= A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars
|rating= 4
|genre= Literary Fiction
|summary=Sante was a baby when she was washed ashore in a sea-chest laden with treasure. It seems she is the sole survivor of the tragic sinking of a ship carrying migrants and refugees. Her people. Fourteen years on she's a member of Mama Rose's unique and dazzling circus. But, from their watery grave, the unquiet dead are calling Sante to avenge them. A bamboo flute. A golden bangle. A ripening mango which must not fall... if Sante is to tell their story and her own.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786695480</amazonuk>
}}
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