Here are the kids top reads for the month of May all scoring 4 or 5 stars.

Night Flights by Philip Reeve illustrated by Ian McQue – fabulous stories linking the books in the series beautifully

Ms Marvel (x4) – humorous witty comic full of adventure

Spies in St Petersburg by Katherine Woodfine illustrated by Karl James Mountford – as good as book 1, the perfect spy story

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott – great adventure full of magic & fantasy, want to read the next is the series

• Princess in Black: Takes a Holiday by Shannon & Dale Hale illustrated by LeUyen Pham- I liked seeing the see the Goat Avenger working with Princess in Black
• Mr Penguin & the Fortress of Secrets by Alex T Smith – loved it especially the big chase. I was awestruck by the pictures
• Railway Children by E Nesbit – you never knew where the story would take you
• Super Magic Frozen Forest by Matty Long- lots of funny things to look out for in the pictures.