book review

The Sensational Houdini’s Puzzle Safe Book Review

The Sensational Houdini’s Puzzle Safe is a unique puzzle book that was inspired by the greatest escapologist to have ever lived. We always love solving puzzles in this household and have numerous puzzle books on our shelves. Some books are just simple and straightforward calculations but some are witty. This book is totally different from the rest. You have to solve one puzzle before you are able to move to the next. It is a puzzle chain, a never-ending circle of puzzles, and logic problems designed to confound the minds of the unworthy. If you think you are good at solving puzzles, then give this book a go. It will be available to buy from 4^th April 2019 onwards.

100 Birds to See In Your Lifetime Review

100 Birds to See In Your Lifetime is a part aspirational encyclopedia and part identification guide, that provides detailed summary information and range maps, along with beautifully written profiles featuring unusual facts, anecdotes and its significance. This book title by David Chandler and Dominic Couzens published in 2008 has been revamped with a brand new cover and will be available to buy from 4th April 2019 onwards.

Dino Record Breakers Review

Dino Record Breakers is a colourful flip book that opens your world to the cool facts and stats of some of the biggest, fastest and deadliest prehistoric dinosaurs! This incredible wire-bound book by Darren Naish will be out on 7^th March 2019. You can pre-order this book from Carlton Books and get it sent to you directly when it releases!

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection Review

My husband and I love many of the Sherlock Holmes films and series and we really enjoy following the mysteries that Holmes and Watson deal with. But both of us have never read a book on Sherlock Holmes! When I saw this book, I immediately thought it would be a great book to own!

Space Race Review

Space Race is a hardback book with augmented reality features for children by Ben Hubbard. This book tells the story about space exploration to the Moon and beyond and it will be available to buy from 7^th March 2019 onwards. It is suitable for aged eight and above.

Area Maze Puzzles Review

It is always great to have a change from the usual puzzle questions especially for the people who like number problems. I love puzzles but I had not seen this sort of area maze puzzle before. These Area Maze Puzzles is the new puzzle craze created by the world-renowned Japanese puzzle expert Naoki Inaba.

Capturing the Universe Book Review

Capturing the Universe is written by Dr Rhodri Evans and will be available to buy from 7^th February 2019 onwards. This book is a fantastic collection of the most spectacular images of galaxies, star clouds and the wonders of our solar system. There are over 200 breathtaking photographs taken by new generation orbiting telescopes, earthbound observatories and probes, including images from NASA and the European Southern Observatory. These pictures are not only mesmerising but also provide a huge amount of information about the geology and atmospheres of celestial bodies, and the formation of distant galaxies.

Vincent van Gogh Book Review

Vincent van Gogh is one of the most well-known post-Impressionist artists, who was not truly appreciated in his lifetime, left one of the most startling artistic legacies of the late nineteenth century. I have been fascinated with his works ever since we visited the Van Gogh Museum during our trip to Amsterdam two years ago. This troubled genius’s “Portrait du Dr Gachet” painting sold for a record $82.5 million in 1990, 100 years after his death!

A User’s Manual for the Human Body

A User’s Manual for the Human Body: How Traditional Chinese Medicine helps the body heal itself is out to buy now in good book retailers, online, Hammersmith Health Books and Amazon. This book is a transformative guide to the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for the 21st century, showing how these differ from those underlying Western medicine, what that means in practice and how we can help our bodies to heal themselves and thereby achieve a longer, healthier life.

The Spectacular Journey into Space Review

Have you seen this awesome paperscapes book that opens up your world to outer space? This Spectacular Journey into Space book guides you around the natural wonders found in space, and also the brilliant objects and machines that have gone and will go into space. This book is also able to transform into a work of art display.

The Fearsome World of Dinosaurs Review

The Fearsome World of Dinosaurs is a fabulous paperscapes book that opens your world to these awesome press-out die-cut pages which reveal a parade of prehistoric predators! This strikingly illustrated hardback book by Pat Jacobs will be out on 7 February 2019. You can pre-order this book from Carlton Books and get it sent to you directly when it releases!

Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide Review

Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide is a children book packed with fascinating facts and evocative illustrations of unusual, hidden wonders. This hardback book is suitable for children aged eight to twelve years old. It is written by Dylan Thuras and Rosemary Mosco, beautifully illustrated by Joy Ang and published by Workman at £8.99.

Instant Japanese Phrase Book

Sometimes travelling to a foreign country can be quite daunting, especially if you don’t know how to speak the language. You could be really thorough and take up language classes before you travel or you could wing your way through your journey, with a little help from a book like this Instant Japanese phrase book. Best of all, this is not just a boring phrase book filled with words, the book contains fun manga illustrations!

All About Japan

Japan is a fascinating place, packed full of traditions dating back thousands of years and with their multifaceted cultural, it has never failed to fascinate me. Even though I have been there five times with my family and friends, each time it still intrigues me and makes me want to learn more about their culture. So I am delighted to have received this book to read along with my children.

The Faithful Spy Review

The Faithful Spy tells the true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer who conspired to kill Hitler. It’s a very well written book by John Hendrix, who has done extensive research about Dietrich Bonhoeffer by personally visiting the sites in Germany and gaining personal access to the original papers and letter of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Eberhard Bathge.

In his signature style of interwoven handwritten text and art, the author tells the true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor who makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to free the German people from oppression during World War II.

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