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Sarah Ormes
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The class book review: Spyder by Matt Carr
A web of intrigue spun with a gender-role twist
6 April 2018
Book review: The Ugly Five
A big-name author is a big-time letdown for these primary pupils, who were hoping for more plot from these ugly animals
29 September 2017
‘Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No...it’s a bat in a funny costume’: the class book review
Pat the bat is crestfallen when he realises that his superpowers are common to all bats. In this beautifully illustrated book, however, he learns to search for the hero inside himself
11 June 2017
‘The Election won with a big majority’: the class book review
A picture book designed to teach younger children the basics of democracy gets a thumbs up from children at  St John’s Catholic Primary School, in Bath
12 May 2017
‘Penguin is grumpy, cross and fed up’: the class book review
Our reviewers admired the determined cynicism of the penguin protagonist of this book, but wished that the walrus knew when to stop talking
20 January 2017
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