Summer Stars: Kids Reviews
Published on 15th July 2026
With Summer Stars in action, why not check out some kids titles reviewed by some of our younger readers!
The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown
Reviewed by Oliver, aged 9
I really like this book because you don't know what's going to happen on every page.
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Bunny vs Monkey: Intergalactic Monkey Business
Reviewed by Finley, aged 6
I like the pictures and the how to draw pictures at the back.
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Karen's Kittycat Club by Ann M. Martin and Katy Farina
Reviewed by Chloé, aged 7
I really like this book because it's a really good story and I really like the pictures.
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Isadora Moon Books by Harriet Muncaster
Reviewed by Marin, aged 7
Isadore moon is half vampire half fairy I like when she goes to the wishing place and I like the bit when Isadora Moon makes a wish in her heart. I love when she goes on adventures and I like how sparkly her wand is. I like her because she’s so nice. Her friend is a pink rabbit that was a teddy that her mum brought to life using magic.
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Horrible Histories Books by Terry Deary
Reviewed by Lily, aged 9
Horrible Histories is a series of books about history. They explain things in a funny way, using jokes to help you understand what happened.
Most of the books are about different times, like the Georgians, Victorians, and World War II and people like the Vikings, the Celts and the Aztecs. One of my favourites is the one about the Georgians because I liked learning about the four kings called George and the strange cures the doctors used on George III.
I think they’re really fun to read if you like history because they make it fun and easy to remember.
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Saka: from the playground to the pitch le Matt Oldfield
Callum, 11 mbliana d'aois.
Léigh me leabhair faoi Bukayo Saka mar is breá liom an peil. Imríonn sé do Arsenal agus is breá liom Arsenal agus is é Saka an peileadóir is fear liom mar tá sé sona agus deas. Is maith liom an leabhar mar bhí a lán scéalta maithe ann agus ba mhaith liom a bheith i mo peileadoir lá eigin.
Faigh ar iasacht nó cuir in áirithe anseo.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Reviewed by Ruby, aged 10
I really like The Hunger Games. It’s set in the future in North America, and in it there is a place called the Capitol and there are 12 districts. The Capitol is very rich and most of the people are mean. Because of this, the districts rose up against the Capitol, but the Capitol won.
They got rid of the 13th district and they made the districts every year send in one boy and one girl to compete in a TV show called The Hunger Games, where everyone has to kill each other and the last person alive wins. The Hunger Games is very dramatic and it feels very real. It’s also quite violent, and sad in places. It has a lots of suspense and you just can’t put it down, especially the first one. I would recommend it to anyone who likes exciting books.
If you like the Hunger Games you might also like the inheritance games which is really good too.
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Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd
Reviewed by Tanis, aged 9
Squished is awesome. It is about a family of around nine or ten and her parents decided to let her older brother have his own room and she thinks that it is so unfair.