Sunday 27 February 2011

THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET



THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET
Secret Series: Book 1
By Pseudonymous Bosch.
304 pp. Usborne Publishing Ltd. £5.99. (Ages 10 and up)

ISBN
9780746090923

Rating: 5 Stars

      This book is a lot like Lemony Snicket, because she keeps telling you not to read it, when you just can't stop yourself because it is so good.
      This book is about a girl called Cass who meets a boy called Max Ernest. What happens when the two children find a magician's diary, and have to fight Mrs Mauvais?
      To find out read the book. A cool thing about the magician's diary is that it talks about synaesthesia, which is a mixing up of the senses and it is real!  An example is a person who when we see black writing, they see rainbow writing like this. I think 8 to 12 year olds should read this wonderful book, because it is a bit too scary for small children, and a grown - up would think it is too childish.



Fire In The Pyramid. Artwork inspired by The Name of this Book is Secret. Constructed from a cereal box which was cut into a square with four equilateral triangles radiating off of it, joined by a tab on the edge of each triangle. Original design by Bellusaurus sui.

















Saturday 19 February 2011

MRS FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH



MRS FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH
By Robert O'Brien.
208 pp. Penguin Books Ltd £5.99. (Ages 8 and up)

ISBN
9780140307252

Rating: 4.5 Stars

This book starts off good and ends good.
It's about a mother mouse whose name is Mrs Frisby and whose husband died.
But what happens when she is sent to see an owl and the rats of NIMH?
To find out read the book.
I think that 7, 8 and 9 year olds should read this book because it's a story for those ages and because of the moral which is to be brave and never give up.

















Saturday 12 February 2011

THE SECRET GARDEN



THE SECRET GARDEN
By Frances Hodgson Burnett.
368 pp. Puffin Classics £7.99. (Ages 8 and up)

ISBN
9780141321066

Rating: 5 Stars

I think this book is quite good.It is about a girl named Mary who is awfully haughty. She lives in India and has many slaves.
But her caretakers die and she is sent to live in England with her uncle, a rich hunchback who has about one hundred rooms locked up .
Her uncle's wife is dead so her garden is locked up and the key is buried.
What happens when Mary finds the secret garden and finds out that her uncle has a son?
















A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS BOX: THE COMPLETE WRECK (BOOKS 1-13)



A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS BOX: THE COMPLETE WRECK (BOOKS 1-13)
By Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
3243 pages. HarperCollins. £89.99. (Ages 9 and up)

ISBN
9780061119064

The books, in order, are:
1. The Bad Beginning
2. The Reptile Room
3. The Wide Window
4. The Miserable Mill
5. The Austere Academy
6. The Ersatz Elevator
7. The Vile Village
8. The Hostile Hospital
9. The Carnivorous Carnival
10. The Slippery Slope
11. The Grim Grotto
12. The Penultimate Peril
13. The End

There are three children who lose their home and parents in a fire.
An evil man named Count Olaf follows them around to get his filthy hands on their fortune.

Rating: 5 Stars



Monday 7 February 2011

THE SEARCH FOR WONDLA



THE SEARCH FOR WONDLA
By Tony DiTerlizzi.
469 pp. Simon & Schuster Ltd. £10.99 (Ages 11 and up)

ISBN
1416983104

Rating: 5 Stars

I really liked this book. although it starts of a bit boring. it gets really atracting i could barely put it down.
It's about a girl named Eva Nine who lives on a different planet. her caretaker is a robot and she is to find out where other humans are.
Beestle the worst and skariest of all the monsters destroys her home.
Then she go's on amazing adventures getting a new friend on her way. But what happens when Beestle catches her.
This book is way better than Alice in wonderland and The wizard of oz.