Jo Bowers
@jobowers.bsky.social
Children’s Book Reviews Editor for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social Book Reviewer, Children’s Literature, Reading for Pleasure, Reading, Books.
If you like your stories ghostly, scary, supernatural and steeped in legend & folklore, then The Red Gloves by Catherine Fisher is the collection for you. @fireflypress.bsky.social
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Here’s my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If you like your stories ghostly, scary, supernatural and steeped in legend & folklore, then The Red Gloves by Catherine Fisher is the collection for you. @fireflypress.bsky.social
Here’s my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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Here’s my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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Start with a Teapot by Enric Lax is such an original, imaginative and funny book to encourage us to be creative, have a go, make mistakes and draw! Love it! @geckopress.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Start with a Teapot by Enric Lax is such an original, imaginative and funny book to encourage us to be creative, have a go, make mistakes and draw! Love it! @geckopress.bsky.social
Shoes! A Footwear Fashion Frolic by Anna Davies and Daisy Wynter from Cicada Books is a visual treat from cover to end, filled with fascinating facts about shoes, shoe designers through the 20th century. I love it!
September 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Shoes! A Footwear Fashion Frolic by Anna Davies and Daisy Wynter from Cicada Books is a visual treat from cover to end, filled with fascinating facts about shoes, shoe designers through the 20th century. I love it!
An exciting fast-paced adventure by Katya Balen filled with quirky characters, mudlarking, magic and history. Another new @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
Reading Gladiators book club choice for Year 2. My review for Just Imagine here:
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Reading Gladiators book club choice for Year 2. My review for Just Imagine here:
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September 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
An exciting fast-paced adventure by Katya Balen filled with quirky characters, mudlarking, magic and history. Another new @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
Reading Gladiators book club choice for Year 2. My review for Just Imagine here:
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Reading Gladiators book club choice for Year 2. My review for Just Imagine here:
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The River Thief is a highly engrossing multi-layered story combining early seventeenth history, folklore, adventure and nature. And a new @justimagine_books Reading Gladiator Book Club choice for Year 5. @templarbooks.bsky.social
Review for Just Imagine here:
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Review for Just Imagine here:
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September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The River Thief is a highly engrossing multi-layered story combining early seventeenth history, folklore, adventure and nature. And a new @justimagine_books Reading Gladiator Book Club choice for Year 5. @templarbooks.bsky.social
Review for Just Imagine here:
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Review for Just Imagine here:
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An Anthology of Butterflies and Moths is a beautiful nonfiction book
full of fascinating facts to explore and develop your knowledge of butterflies and moths. 7+ My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
here:
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full of fascinating facts to explore and develop your knowledge of butterflies and moths. 7+ My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
here:
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April 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
An Anthology of Butterflies and Moths is a beautiful nonfiction book
full of fascinating facts to explore and develop your knowledge of butterflies and moths. 7+ My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
here:
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full of fascinating facts to explore and develop your knowledge of butterflies and moths. 7+ My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
here:
justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...
Once Upon a Journey by Nick Butterworth is a story full of warmth and humour that we’ve come to love from this delightful series.
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Here’s my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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April 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Once Upon a Journey by Nick Butterworth is a story full of warmth and humour that we’ve come to love from this delightful series.
Here’s my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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Here’s my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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Minibeasts: Under the Magnifying Glass by Rosie Neave and Mary Atwood is a fantastic book to stimulate children’s curiosity to find out more about minibeasts. @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social
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My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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March 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Minibeasts: Under the Magnifying Glass by Rosie Neave and Mary Atwood is a fantastic book to stimulate children’s curiosity to find out more about minibeasts. @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social
My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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Angel on the Roof by Shirley Hughes is a very special book, full of warmth, heart and magic.
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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March 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Angel on the Roof by Shirley Hughes is a very special book, full of warmth, heart and magic.
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Here’s my review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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Not the End of the World by Talya Baldwin from Birlinn Books is a magical, thought-provoking book to share with children of all ages. I love it! @marygtroche.bsky.social
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March 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Not the End of the World by Talya Baldwin from Birlinn Books is a magical, thought-provoking book to share with children of all ages. I love it! @marygtroche.bsky.social
@librarylady.bsky.social
@edfinch.bsky.social
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@librarylady.bsky.social
@edfinch.bsky.social
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Exciting post from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social this morning. I’ve been anticipating these books arriving for weeks and can’t wait to read all of them! @hilarymckay.bsky.social @lesleyparr.bsky.social
@tanyalandman.bsky.social
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March 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Exciting post from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social this morning. I’ve been anticipating these books arriving for weeks and can’t wait to read all of them! @hilarymckay.bsky.social @lesleyparr.bsky.social
@tanyalandman.bsky.social
@tanyalandman.bsky.social
Looks good Mary. I’ve been reading this over the weekend and really enjoying it. 50 pages to go…
March 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Looks good Mary. I’ve been reading this over the weekend and really enjoying it. 50 pages to go…
Me too! So much so, I’m a 100 page short of finishing this one and love it too.
February 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Me too! So much so, I’m a 100 page short of finishing this one and love it too.
Just read this. I think you’ll really enjoy it if you like Anne Tyler. I did.
So much so I’m now reading her latest one: Same As It Ever Was.
So much so I’m now reading her latest one: Same As It Ever Was.
February 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Just read this. I think you’ll really enjoy it if you like Anne Tyler. I did.
So much so I’m now reading her latest one: Same As It Ever Was.
So much so I’m now reading her latest one: Same As It Ever Was.
Sky Dancers: by @isabelthomas.co.uk & Chiara Fedele is a beautifully illustrated nonfiction book that combines facts with storytelling, alongside poetic text. @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social @primarynonfiction.bsky.social
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My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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February 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Sky Dancers: by @isabelthomas.co.uk & Chiara Fedele is a beautifully illustrated nonfiction book that combines facts with storytelling, alongside poetic text. @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social @primarynonfiction.bsky.social
My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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Delighted to receive the latest in this series from Scholastic, A Game of Scandal by Laura Wood is the third in the series and, like the two before, I couldn’t put it down. Hoping there will be a fourth!🤞
January 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Delighted to receive the latest in this series from Scholastic, A Game of Scandal by Laura Wood is the third in the series and, like the two before, I couldn’t put it down. Hoping there will be a fourth!🤞
How to Know a Crow by Candace Savage and Rachel Hudson from Greystone Books is an in-depth read and you will definitely be fascinated by crows by the time you finish reading. My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social here:
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December 1, 2024 at 8:25 PM
How to Know a Crow by Candace Savage and Rachel Hudson from Greystone Books is an in-depth read and you will definitely be fascinated by crows by the time you finish reading. My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social here:
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November 19, 2024 at 8:56 PM
If you’re wondering which books to select for your school or classroom @justimaginecentre.bsky.social have over 2000 book reviews that you can search by theme, subject, genre & age, reviewed by a panel of teachers, librarians & literacy specialists:
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