|summary=If an innovative book and a beautiful piece of art got together and had offspring, the result would probably look a lot like an Ivy Press publication. This publisher never ceases to impress and their books are the kind of ones that you keep to pass onto subsequent generations. With this in mind, I was excited to receive a lovely children's book called ''Stars: A Family Guide to the Night Sky'' for review, which invites families to ''explore the cosmos from your own backyard''. Would it live up to the standard of its predecessors? I was getting starry-eyed in anticipation...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782402764</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Clive Gifford and Professor Anil Seth
|title=Brain Twisters: The Science of Thinking and Feeling
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Meet the brain. We all have one. We all use it (and by 'it' I mean a heck of a lot more of it than the 10% of urban myth) every second of the day. We engage with different parts of it for balance, catching a ball, memorising a list of moves in controlling a video game character, or understanding things ranging from written instruction to body language. It's such a vital part of the body, taking up 20% of our glucose fuel intake as well as of oxygen, that understanding of it cannot come at too young an age. But in this varied and complex book, looking at a varied and complex subject, I do wonder if the right approach has been taken at all times.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782402047</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jenny Broom and Kristjana S Williams
|title=The Wonder Garden: Wander through the world's wildest habitats and discover more than 80 amazing animals
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Is it any wonder that this book calls the outside world The Wonder Garden? I know things in fiction books, on TV and in games can be fabulous, but can they compete – really – with what nature has presented? You only need a gate through which to go, and a willingness to explore. This book provides those gates – there they are, shining luxuriously on the cover of this jumbo-sized hardback. And in five easy-to-take steps, the rest of the book provides for that exploration, taking us down south in Amazonia, down below the waters of the Great Barrier Reef, and up – to deserts and mountains, via Germany's own Black Forest. And the trip is nothing if not spectacular to look at.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806473</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Martin Haake and Georgia Cherry
|title=City Atlas: Discover the world with 30 city maps
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=It's not every time I mention the feel of the book I'm reviewing, but this time it's worth a mention. This volume has been lavishly presented in a roughened card cover, as opposed to the gloss of others in this format from this publisher, and so looks and feels like an old stamp catalogue. The title image is indeed a stamp, stuck on the centre of the cover. And just as all stamps the world over are practically the same yet completely different in design, so are the world's cities. The point of this book is to bring the common elements as well as the unique features of all the world's capitals to the fore, to show that while a city may be a city is a city, their constant variety is what makes each and every one worth a visit. With that being on the costly side, this is a decent enough substitute.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806481</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom
|title=Dino Dinners
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Ask most children if dinosaurs are cool and you will get an emphatic – Yes! The thought that giant looming monsters once roamed the Earth, fighting and eating eat one other, sounds exciting. It is important to encourage this enthusiasm and there are loads of books that are full of dinosaur facts, but are there any full of dinosaur fun as well?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806651</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Carron Brown and Bee Johnson
|title= On the Construction Site
|rating= 4
|genre= Children's Non-Fiction
|summary= Building buildings in the topic of this interactive book that shows construction from plans to completion. For the right little boy (or girl) it will no doubt be a hit.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782402691</amazonuk>
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