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RIP Nanny Tobbins Book Review Cover

R.I.P Nanny Tobbins Book Review

What is R.I.P Nanny Tobbins about? Nine year old Albertine’s Nanny has died. Albertine knows she will miss her, not knowing .....

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Skellig Book Review

What is Skellig about? 10 year old Michael explores the run-down garage at his new home and finds a strange .....

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Ana & Frog Book Review Cover

Ana & Frog – Search for Minty the Missing Horse

What is Ana & Frog about? Cousins Ana and Frog discover a much-loved horse is missing from her paddock. They .....

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Mammoth Rider Book Review Cover

Mammoth Rider Book Review

Ash Grimes is only 12 but she knows mammoths inside and out. These huge creatures have been brought back to .....

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The Farmer's Pyjamas Book Review Cover

The Farmer’s Pyjamas Book Review

The Farmer is very busy everyday with her chores and all her animals. There’s the cow to milk, the sheep .....

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Crow Thief of Magic Book Review Cover

Crow – Thief of Magic Book Review

What is Crow – Thief of Magic about? A street kid caught up in a pick-pocket and thieving gang discovers he .....

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A Flame in the Dark Book Review Cover

A Flame in the Dark Book Review

What is A Flame in the Dark about? The life of war hero Nancy Wake from age 16 in Australia, .....

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Pippa and the Sheep Snatchers Book Review Cover

Pippa and the Sheep Snatchers Book Review

Gumboot Gary is in strife. His home and farm are falling down around him, and he needs to find a .....

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My Wonderful Disgrace Book Review Cover

Book Review – My Wonderful Disgrace

What is My Wonderful Disgrace about? High achiever Amy Middleton is the head of the School Ball Committee and after .....

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Iris & Luna 1 Book Review Cover

Book Review – Iris & Luna (1) A School Full of Magic

What is Iris & Luna – A School Full of Magic, about? Iris is an animal lover and is excited .....

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Song of the Saltings Book Review Cover

Book Review – Song of the Saltings

What is Song of the Saltings about? A teenage girl named Lotta finding out her way of life on an .....

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Through the Darkening Sea Book Review Cover

Book Review – Through the Darkening Sea

From the front cover to the last, this embossed, hard-back picture book is Stunning! Readers will find themselves out in .....

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I Survived the Californian Wildfires 2018 Book Review Cover

Book Review – I Survived the Californian Wildfires 2018

Josh has had a great year. He’s popular at school and after improving his personal basketball game with hours of .....

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Orris and Timble 3 Book Review Cover

Book Review – Orris and Timble (3) Star Stories

Orris the Mouse and Timble the Owl are good friends, ever since Orris saved Timble from a trap. Timble enjoys .....

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Diary of a Dreadful Dragon Book Review Cover

Book Review – Diary of a Dreadful Dragon

Malgundrax the Dragon is a bit fed up. All he wants is to live in a kingdom that leaves him .....

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Grumble's Bridge Book Review Cover

Book Review – Grumble’s Bridge

Grumble is a troll who lives under a bridge out in the countryside. He is different to the trolls we’ve .....

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The Dragon at the Zoo Book Review Cover

Book Review – The Dragon at the Zoo

Cedric the Dragon loves his place in the Auckland Zoo (NZ), where children can climb all over him. One day .....

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The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest Book Review Cover

Book Review – The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest

What is The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest about? A very special fox named Clare, lives in Deadwood Forest. He .....

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Dog Gone Crazy Book Review Cover

Book Review – Dog Gone Crazy

What is Dog Gone Crazy about? Grandad has been tinkling with his inventions again. This time he has made an .....

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My Ball is Broken Book Review Cover

Book Review – My Ball is Broken

A dog stares at his favourite red rubber ball. It’s not doing what it should be doing. It’s just lying .....

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Lost in the Wild - A Dog's Tale Book Review Cover

Book Review – Lost In the Wild (A Dog’s Tale)

A family picnic in the New Zealand bush becomes an adventure for two small dogs called Maddi and Borrie. Being .....

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Black River Book Review Cover

Black River

Dusty wants blood. She is reeling with this realisation. Until a few days ago, all she wanted to do was .....

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Kauri Boy and the Lost Kiwi Book Cover

Kauri Boy and The Lost Kiwi

Kiwi wishes he was in his burrow, with its smells of the bush, worms and dirt. He doesn’t like the .....

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The Shadow Pony Book Review Cover

The Shadow Pony

Evan has a lot going on in his life. Moving from London has been a big change, but his mum .....

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Murray and Bun (4) Ghost Hunter Book Review

Murray and Bun (4) Murray The Ghost Hunter

Murray and Bun live with a terrible wizard. He’s not a horrible person, just really really rubbish at spells and .....

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Horses & Us – True Stories of Horses and their Humans

Horses have been a huge part of humankind’s history for many millennia, and the connection has just grown stronger. Horses .....

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Bravepaw (1) and the Heartstone of Alluria

Titch loves slashing her homemade sword through the air, imagining herself as one of the heroes she has heard about .....

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Bravepaw and the Clawstone of Rotwood Mire Book Review Cover

Bravepaw (2) and the Clawstone of Rotwood Mire

Titch is finally on the adventure she has always dreamed of, with her bestie Huckleberry and her pet Dollop along .....

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The Boy and the Dog Tree Book Review Cover

The Boy and the Dog Tree

Mitch loves staying with his Gran, but wishes his parents didn’t have to go away so much with their film .....

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The Night Tiger Book Review Cover

The Night Tiger

Night is falling… the red sunset being gently swept away.   A child gazes out of their bedroom window at .....

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