Book Reviews
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Tuesday, by David Weinser – Kylie Review.
The other day, we watched a read aloud of a book called Tuesday.
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Planes are not plain.
I got this aeroplane book out because I wanted to learn about how to make paper aeroplanes and there's all these cool aeroplanes that you can make.
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Tuesday, by David Weinser – Jack Review.
I think the book was great. First, the book had lots of pictures. Second, it was awesome to look at. Third, it was kind of hilarious. My rating is ten out of ten. Bye
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Look what we have in our hot little hands!!!!!
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Completely Cassidy.
Completely Cassidy, by Tamsyn Murray. What it is about: "My life is a joke. Actually, that's not true - it's too TRAGIC to be funny - but it IS a total disaster. You might think that I sound a teensy bit DRAMA-QUEEN-ISH here but that's because you don't know the full horror." So says Cassidy Bond at the beginning of her story about the first term at her new school as a Year Seven. Her mother's pregnant, her father's an Elvis Presley impersonator, her brother's in a rock band, one of her two best friends is acting very strangely. Throw in a test that shows she's a genius, an inter-school…
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Angela Nicely.
Angela Nicely, by Alan MacDonald. Illustraed by David Roberts. What it's about: Three short stories. Three funny situations. One single-minded, determined little girl. Angela Nicely (about 6 years old, I think) is an engaging, if not what you'd call a well-behaved, girl. Her misbehaviour is not malicious (perhaps with the exception of getting her modelling rival wet) as much as singularly focused. Who wouldn't want to figure out if the head teacher is wearing a wig? How else are you meant to get on top in the modelling game? And when a weekend spa turns out to be a weekend arghh!, you have to do something, right? What is it…
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Daisy Malone and the Blue Glowing Stone.
Daisy Malone and the Blue Glowing Stone by James O'Loghlin What it's about. Daisy and her talking dog, Ben, allow Daisy's curiosity to lead them straight into an adventure that involves destroying the world...or saving it, depending on what happens. A blue glowing stone turns up in their lives and crazily enough it has a connection to her mother, an archaeologist at a dig some distance away. Who to trust and who to depend on becomes all important in this race to prevent an evil alien villain from ruling the universe. What is it like?
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Brownies: Helping Hands.
Brownies: Helping Hands by Caroline Palisted, illustrated by Katie Wood. What it's about: Katie, Ellie, Charlie, Jamila and Grace are best friends who've recently joined the Brownies. Have you heard of the Brownies? They are the group for younger members of the Girl Scout Movement, though that group has different names in different countries of the world. And that's what these girls and their Brownies group are going to learn about for "Thinking Day"! What is it like?
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7 Truths for Evangelism.
Roger Carswell draws 7 truths from Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 in the last chapter of his book, "And Some Evangelists" about sowing the gospel in order to reap. They're good because they are so commonsense.
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Camp Chaos (A Go Girl book).
Camp Chaos by Meredith Badger (go girl series) What it's about: Sophie is a girl stuck between two friends. Megan is her oldest friend and Alice is her newest. Megan likes reading magazines, talking about clothes and make-up, and Alice likes running around and playing games. Megan doesn't like Alice and Alice doesn't like Megan. Sophie find this hard enough, but when they all end up sharing the same tent at camp, things get very uncomfortable! What is it like?
