Book reviews

Angela Nicely: Queen Bee by Alan MacDonald

Angela is a little girl. She has friends called Laura and Maisie but she gets into trouble all the time. I like this book because there is some stinky stuff in it (like earthworms, a mud sandwich and mud water). I also like it because there are two naughty characters in it with funny names that made my Mum laugh. They were called Eileen and Myleen. I think cheeky  people should read this book because Angela Nicely does cheeky things and it could give them some ideas!

Esio Trot by Roald Dahl

This book is about a tortoise that someone owns that they want to grow bigger.

The neighbour who loves her makes him bigger for her. He does it in a sneaky way.

The names of the people in this book are Mrs Silver and Mr Hoppy.

I like this book because it has animals in it and tortoise starts with T like my dad’s name, Tom.

This book is for kids aged 5 to 10.

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Tiddler by Julia Donaldson

This book is about a little fish who has pretty boring patterns on his scales.

He tells stories that no one knows whether they are true. He is always late to school because he is thinking up another story.

Little Johnny Dory is the only one who believes his story. And one day Tiddler gets lost.

Will his stories help him get home? I like this book because it is about under sea life and I think everyone should try reading this book.

This book is especially good for kids aged 2 to 6 years old.

Ratbags 6: Flushed out by Tim Harris

Ratbags 6 Flushed out by Tim Harris have four main characters. Jigsaw; Onion; Ripple and Fancy rat. They go on awesome adventures together.

All of them love making mischiefs expert for Jigsaw. Everyday he tidies his bed, brushes his teeth and plays the piano for exactly thirty minutes.

I recommend this book for ages 6 to 10.

Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

'Daughter of The Deep' by Rick Riordan explores the stunning depths among the ocean, based on the original classic '20000 Leagues under the sea'. 

 This tale, a story of mystery, family and underwater adventure, thus a story that has a fantastic mix of science fiction, fantasy and adventure.

The plot was quite original; following a teenage member Ana Dakkar who is part of a prestigious school: Harding-Pencroft. As she was nearly entering the sophomore years, destruction of the academy caused her to question everything, from the culprit to her own family. As the story unravels, she must seek an underwater treasure she which belonged to her ancestor.

'Daughter of The Deep' is wonderfully creative, but I would recommend this to tweens and above; as the plot contains some mild violence which may be deemed inappropriate for younger audiences.

I would rate this 4.5/5.

The girl who planted trees by Caryl Hart

This book is about the girl who planted trees. She planted them because she wanted more fruit to grow.

The mountain had no trees on it.

I liked this book because she never gave up even when the hot sun was scorching her back. The pictures of trees are beautiful.

This book is for kids aged 4 to 10.

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Dog Man by Dav Pilkey

Petey wanted to kill Greg the dog and Officer knight, but instead he accidentally created the best cop in the world: Dog Man.

Dog Man has to stop Petey and listen to his boss, the chief.

There are many more characters and tons of funny toilet humour in this book.

There are also flip-o-rama pages where if you flip the pages really fast it looks like a screen.

But don’t rip it!

What I don’t really like about it is that there are lots of different types of jail in the book - like animal jail and mayor jail and fish jail.

How do fish do bad things?

Kids who like humour will like this book!

Dr Xargle’s book of Earthlets by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.

This book is about Earthlets. Earthlets are babies. They come in 4 different colours.

The person who is telling this story is an alien telling little aliens about humans that are babies.

When the Earthlet cries the dad flings it up into the air and he drops it! Right on the cat!

In the daytime, Earthlets get covered with mud and scrambled eggs and cat hair.

This book should be for age 3 to 9. That’s all, bye bye!

The Witches by Roald Dahl - audiobook read by Miranda Richardson

This book is about witches with crazy habits, like no toes and blue spit.

The witches think children stink and try to kill them. There’s a boy and his grandma.

The grandma is someone who studies witches. The grand high witch is the boss of all witches.

Will the boy and his grandma defeat the grand high witch?

I recommend this book for very brave people because it is very scary.

The grand high witch has plans to kill children.

But it is also funny because her plan involves boiling an alarm clock!

Frankie Potts and the postcard puzzle by Juliet Jacka

A perfect introduction for mystery lovers. Find out how a teenager solves the biggest mystery in town!

The book is about when Frankie Potts has Friday Family Dinner with Mac, (her partner). Marvellous M says she is going to get 3 more greyhounds, which makes Mum explode and stamps out of the room to the bathroom. The next day Frankie went to the Keep Your Feet Happy Clinic with Mum. She sorted out the massive pile of postcards. Then she finds a postcard to mum from someone named Gideon?

Will Frankie Potts be able to solve the mystery?

The good things about this book is that it’s about a mystery and it is a chapter book.

Cons of this book are it leaves too many mysteries unsolved at the end.

This book is for 7-9 year olds, as it’s a chapter book.

I would suggest this book to people who like mystery, chapter books.

I rate this book 9 out of 10.

Keeper of the Lost Cities, written by Shannon Messenger

Twelve year old Sophie has a secret - she is telepathic which means she can read minds.

One day, a mysterious and weird boy named Fitz showed up out of nowhere to show her who she really was. An elf.

Sophie Foster is the main character of this series and not a human. But she is a brave and friendly girl who grew up with humans. Sophie fights enemies in the book to prevent bad things from happening in the lost cities.

This is my favourite book series because the books are adventurous, full of mystery and keeps my eyes glued to the book.

I would recommend this book series to anyone 9 years and above.

Sweet Unicorn Puppet Book, written by Sarah Ward

My little sister brings this book to me all the time to read it to her.

I like this book because it’s kind of a singing book when you read it.

There is a unicorn puppet stuck into the book but little kids don’t know it’s a puppet

so they really have a lot of fun with it.

This book is for age 1-3.

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Minecraft the Island audiobook, narrated by Jack Black

When the main character just wakes up, he is underwater. Deep, deep underwater. It takes him about an hour to get to the surface. Then he gets to land and he figures out that it is an island. He starts figuring out the basics of Minecraft, from learning how to mine to getting diamond tools. He also spends a lot of time talking to animals. The animals are two sheep and the baby that they made. And a cow that is his best friend named Moo.

I like this book because it is about persistence and it has really detailed words and expression. For example he says ‘the fangs went into my chest like nails.’ So it really describes how the fangs went in. I also really liked the reader Jack Black because I like the pitch of his voice and how much expression he has. But the book was made by Max Brooks.

There was not anything I didn’t like about this book.

I would recommend this book to kids aged 6 and over who play Minecraft and are really interested in the mode of survival.

Title: Huda and me  Author: H. Hayek

Huda and her brother Akeal's parents have flown to Lebanon to look after their sick grandparents and have left Huda, Akeal and their siblings at home, babysat by their Aunt Amel, who treats them like servants. Huda hatches a plan and persuades Akeal to escape with her to Lebanon.

I liked the book because it is heartwarming. Huda is my favourite character because she is funny and mischievous.

Title: Huda was here Author: H. Hayek

Huda and Akeal's dad has a new job in Fremantle.

The siblings sneak out at night to play tricks on their town, hoping Huda's dad's former bosses from the police department will bring him back.

This book is about two robbers called Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len that try and steal a mermaids hair by sitting on the rock at 12 o’clock.

But the ladybird heard and told all of the sea creatures, so they have a plan.

I like that there is something suspicious about it and that before the robbers the ladybird never said a word. It is part of a series of ladybird books.

In the other book there is also a ladybird who tells the other animals things.

Best for ages 4-10.

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