CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: THE BAKERY OF HAPPINESS BY IAN BECK

The Bakery of Happiness
Author: Ian Beck
Publisher:Barrington Stoke
ISBN:978-1-78112-878-7
Pages: 70
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

As many novels from this publisher are based in the UK, it is good to find Ian Beck has transported readers to his bakery in France with Paul du Pain (amusing to know his name means bread in French), a baker and Marie, the bakers assistant who serves the customers and processes the sale with a song and a smile every day.

CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: TIN BOY BY STEVE COLE

Tin Boy
Author: Steve Cole
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Pages: 115
ISBN: 978-1-78112-872-5
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Tono mines tin deep in the trenches, risking life and limb even though he is only very young. He wishes he didn't have to do this, but with his father long since dead, and his uncle unable to work, he is the only one who his family rely on to make enough money to keep them fed and clothed.

ADVANCE REVIEW: FRUITS BASKET SEASON ONE PART ONE

Fruits Basket Season One Part One
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 25/11/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

After Tohru's mother dies in a car accident, she has to go live with her grandfather, though other problems living there forced her to leave their care and live in a tent on her own! Noticing she is a girl on her own urges the Souma clan living on the grounds she has pitched her tent to want to help her out, yet what she doesn't know is that the Souma's have a secret she finds out the hard way.

ANIME REVIEW: BLACK CLOVER SEASON 1 PART 5

Black Clover Season 1 Part 5
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 12
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 14/10/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

What Asta and his friends did before as part of the Black Bulls is nothing compared to what they face now  as their new mission has them on the search for a stone that takes them into an underwater temple where mages lie in wait and, as usual, they risk their lives for the sake of their team!

ANIME REVIEW: NARUTO SHIPPUDEN BOX SET 38

Naruto Shippuden Box Set 38
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 15
Running Time: 325 mins
Release Date: 7/10/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

If you're already reeling from the previous mammoth battle between Naruto and Sasuke, then I'm glad I'm not alone as this is a nice ending to what has been an amazing series of box sets since the earlier series I remember reviewing all those years ago - and yes, it's been a while.

ADVENTURE TIME COMPLETE SECOND SEASON

Adventure Time Complete Second Season
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 286 mins
Release Date: 21/10/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Fantasy anime is all the rage, and more so with Adventure Time now on our screens. One season after another Finn comes up against some real nasty foes, but with his friends around him for support, he knows his adventures have a meaning and there's never a dull day.

ANIME REVIEW: ADVENTURE TIME COMPLETE SEASON ONE

Adventure Time Complete Season One
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: PG
Running Time: 286 mins
Release Date: 21/10/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Finn is a boy who wears a strange hat and has a dog and some really cool friends to hang out within the land of Ooo, which despite its apocalyptic theme is a place where Finn can enjoy his life as a human with a friend Jake among many he can be himself with.

ANIME REVIEW: GOBLIN SLAYER SEASON ONE

Goblin Slayer Season One
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: 18
Running Time: 300 mins
Release Date: 4/11/2019
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

When it's your first time, it never goes right, or at least that's how the priestess feels when she signs up to be a goblin slayer, along with her first adventuring party, and though her whole party gets killed off, someone is around to save her life; the Goblin Slayer, a silver ranked adventurer who has killed more goblins than she's had hot dinners!