Kid’s Review: Pretend Cows
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR This touching story about a girl who is missing her former way of life on a farm is suitable [...]
Kid’s Review: Every Little Piece of My Heart
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR This is an artful and compassionate YA novel about secrets, friendship and lies, by acclaimed and popular author Non [...]
Kid’s Review: Rise of the Shadow Dragons
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR Rise of the Shadow Dragons is the exciting sequel to Dragon Daughter and ideal for readers aged 9-12 who love [...]
Kid’s Review: Villains in Venice
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR This adventure detective story is suitable for readers aged 9-12 years. It is illustrated by Karl James Mountford and published [...]
Kid’s Review: Sky Pirates Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR This magical adventure story is suitable for readers aged 8-11 years. It is illustrated by Mark Chambers and [...]
Kid’s Review: When Stars Are Scattered
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR This remarkable graphic novel depicts life in a refugee camp through the eyes of a child and should be in [...]
Kid’s Review: I’m Sticking With You
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR This funny, feel-good picture book about friendship, rhythmically written by Smriti Halls, is one that anyone will enjoy sharing [...]
Kid’s Review: Leap, Hare, Leap!
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR This picture book by Dom Conlon is suitable for all nature lovers aged 4+ years. It is beautifully illustrated [...]
Kid’s Review: We are Bound by Stars
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR This the second of Kesia Lupo’s stand-alone YA fantasy adventures published by Bloomsbury. Based on the island of Scarossa, [...]
Kid’s Review: Knight Sir Louis and the Dreadful Damsel
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATORS The first book in a brand new comic adventure series about Knight Sir Louis and his hilariously bonkers mishaps [...]
Kid’s Review: Ways to Make Sunshine
ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR This positive story is suitable for readers aged 8-11 years. It is illustrated throughout by Mechal Roe and published [...]
Children’s Book Reviews by Children
To celebrate Independent Bookshop Week (20-27th June) Books Up North is excited to announce that soon it will be launching on its blog page [...]
Book Review – “Meet Me at the Museum” by Anne Youngson
Gentle, thought-provoking and surprisingly pacey I quickly found myself engrossed in this debut novel by Anne Youngson. Almost all the story is about a [...]
Book Review – “Need to Know” by Karen Cleveland
When I read publisher Sarah Adams’ suggestion to “cancel my evening plans, take the phone off the hook and disable the doorbell” I admit [...]
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Book News & Reviews No ordinary Blogspot By way of introduction it might be useful to explain that I envisage this News & Reviews [...]