Category: Book Reviews – Kids
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Sabotage On The Solar Express by M G Leonard and Sam Sedgman
This review was written by Zach, aged 10, he wrote: This book is part of an adventure series inspired by real train journeys. It sees the return of the Reza family from ‘Kidnap On The California Comet’. I like it because the mystery carries on for most of the book and is revealed right at…
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
I was on Google and typed in ‘best stories for 2 year olds’ and The Hungry Caterpillar popped up so I ordered it from LibrariesWest. At this point I hasn’t read the book in 30 years, but felt so familiar with the illustration on the front cover, the painterly collage of a simple chubby caterpillar,…
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
We’ve had two reviews for this classic, one written by staff and one from Lilah, a Midsomer Norton reader. Lilah gave the book 5 stars and wrote: “Great because it makes you feel like you’re there.” Staff said: A real children’s classic. Join Charlie Bucket and his search for a Golden Ticket which will gain…
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Arctic Star by Tom Palmer
Daisy sent us her review; she gave the book 5 stars! “I think this book is very interesting and gripping because there is a lot of suspense building up in the book. This book is about an arctic convoy sailing their ships to the Soviets. The characters in this story travel through dangerous seas making…
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Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls 2, by Elena Favilli
Second volume of this ambitious project: to give to children stories about women who are heroes on their own. Beautifully illustrated, each page is the story of a different woman often from a different country. They can be spies, scientist, doctors, singers, aviators, … they all show courage, and ambition when and where the odds…
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Granny by Anthony Horowitz
A spooky tale from the great author Anthony Horowitz. Grannies are supposed to be nice and cuddly and give you loads of sweets but not Joe Warden’s. Joe lives in splendour in Thattlebee Hall and his distant parents are very rich but he rarely goes out and feels a bit like a prisoner. But this…
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
Jess, aged 10, sent us this review: The book is about a boy called Harry Potter who is a wizard and goes to wizarding school called Hogwarts, he has 2 friends called Ron and Hermione. There is a dark arts wizard called Sirius Black and there were rumours that he killed Harry’s parents. But later…
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Mummy’s Suitcase by Pip Jones & Laura Hughes
As part of the picture books in the Children Area of Keynsham Library there is a section called Parachute Books – these are picture books that help young children get to grips with new experiences, fears and issues. Mummy’s Suitcase is a book to help when Mummy goes back to work. The story revolves around…
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The Guggenheim Mystery By Robin Stevens
This is the sequel to Siobhan Dowd’s The London Eye Mystery and continues the adventures of the very unique Ted Spark. Ted is never very good with change, so was very apprehensive in going to visit his Aunt Gloria and cousin Salim in New York. However Aunt Gloria works in the marvellous Guggenheim museum which…
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All Kid’s Book Reviews
We get asked for our opinions on books a lot! Below you can see all of our honest reviews on books for Kids. There’s a lot so you can see just books for Adults, Young Adults, and books from our Centenary Collection. You can also see just the books that have been awarded the coveted…