COVEN Book Review Cover

The Witch Coven have been busy. They have helped bring a truce between the Fairy and Troll Kingdoms and Sea Dragons are now safe from vicious pirates. Back home, deep ...


BEAR Book Review Cover

Jasper is NOT happy. There’s lot he’s not happy about. His name to start with. What were his parents thinking? Why couldn’t they just pick a surname and be done ...


The Party Book Review Cover

It’s Spring break, which means it’s time to party! Bessie’s friend Allegra and her twin brother Fergus have planned something amazing for the break. Their parents own a bonafide castle, ...


Wolf Siren Book Review Cover

Red lives in a small village ruled by fear, rules and a tyrannical mayor. He has control of rations and who receives them, has had towers built with lookouts on ...


Hidden Treasure Book Review Cover

It’s 1918, and Bo’s beloved big brother Harry is going off to do his bit in the war. Bo knows there will be a huge gap in their small home ...


The Cartoonists Club Book Review Cover

Makayla is full of ideas for stories. She can happily escape to them during her day, day dreaming up more and more ideas. Howard loves to draw, so much so ...


Forest of a Thousand Eyes Book Review Cover

Feather lives on a crumbling wall with her little sister, mother and the rest of her village. They are surrounded by an ever-creeping forest which is a mass of mysteries ...


Twigs and Stones Book Review Cover

Snake and Lizard are great friends and live together in a burrow under a rock. One day, Lizard has an idea. “Why don’t we have our names in large letters ...


The Only Dinosaur in School Book Review Cover

Theo loves his parents. After all, they can’t help it if they are human. They have taught him all the things young dinosaurs need to know and he’s very happy ...


Tomboy the Headstrong Horse Book Review Cover

Tomboy doesn’t like being hemmed in by the thick NZ bush around him. Carrying heavy packs and his woman rider doesn’t please him either. But Caroline Chevalier is kind, understanding ...


We Who Hunt the Hollow Book Review

Just like the rest of her family, Priscilla is a monster hunter. She has been raised by her mums and powerful grandmother to be a hunter of the hollow creatures ...


We Who are Forged in Fire Book Review Cover

Priscilla is now training with the only other Hollow Warrior with her power. Arnold is quiet, almost sullen, and she thinks of him as a robot during their training. No ...


A Kids Book About Divorce Book Review Cover

Divorce. It’s a difficult topic. Hard to talk about or even just to begin to talk about. It means changes, big feelings, and often painful ones. A Kids Book About ...


A Kids Book About Anger Book Review Cover

An intro for grownups begins this book with the fact that we all feel anger, but the following pages hold the skills to recognise, manage and turn anger into something ...


Violet and the Velvets Book Review Cover

Violet Grumble loves music. She has grown up with it all around her and her mum has told her stories about her travels as a bass player in bands. Now ...


Jo and the No Book Review Cover

When out and about one day, Jo is faced with something in their way. After trying to figure out what it actually is, they try to push it out of ...


Twenty-Four Seconds From Now Book Review Cover

Right now… Neon is nervous. Aria, his girlfriend of two years is in the next room waiting for him to come out of the bathroom. He is ready, and Aria ...


Shadow and Tide Book Review Cover

Now that Mira has made a bargain with the enigma that is Lord Elijah Tresillian of Ennor, her vow for vengeance against those who killed her father is even more ...


Away Book Review Cover

Ashanti – Is excited that her mum has said yes to a sleepover at her friend’s house. The truth is Ashanti and her two friends are planning a sleepover all ...


Tractor Has a Wobbly Wheel Book Review Cover

The farm animals have a problem! Their tractor has a wobbly wheel! They need to fix it fast! But wait! Now it’s a knobbly wheel. Bits of rubber are falling ...


Moonboy Book Review Cover

The last thing Letty wants to do is go into the rest home when her Grampa lives, with her Nan. It’s hard for Letty to see Grampa now as his ...


You Can't Pat a Fish Book Review Cover

A child asks for a pet and can’t believe all the amazing animals around her in the pet store. A parrot or a chameleon? A rabbit, kitten or puppy. What ...


Ride North Book Review Cover

Folly is the only one who sees the shimmer of her mother’s spirit. Since her mum died, Folly has kept to herself and her school friends drifted away from her. ...


Eye of the Dragon Book Review Cover

Thomas is out on the beach with his dog Lucy when she begins to act strangely. She runs off and he finds her barking at the opening of a small ...


The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things Book Review Cover

Zenith Maelstrom’s day isn’t going well. Being grounded for his scientific curiosity seemed a little harsh, but causing an explosion in his kitchen was at least exciting while it lasted. ...


The Ballad of the She Pirate Mouse Book Review Cover

There is a mouse in a house, who isn’t quite like her many siblings. They follow their mother’s guidance into all things nice mice do, but she dreams of so ...


Silver Book Review Cover

This is what Cadet 39 had worked so hard for. All the learning, conditioning, the studying of the founder’s mantra, the tests and defeats of other cadets. She is the ...