THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN

THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN
By George MacDonald.
256 pages. Puffin Classics. £6.99. (Ages 8 and up).

ISBN
9780140367461

Rating: 5 Stars

This is one of my second favourite books.
It is about an 8 year old princess who once got lost in a hidden staircase and found her great great great great great great great great great great grandmother and found out that old people did not always have to be that ugly. Another time the goblins nearly get her and she makes friends with a miner boy called curdie. Then while curdie is spying on the goblins he gets caught and the princess with the help of her great great great great great great great great great great grandmother helps curdie escape. Lastly the princess ends up luckily escaping marrying a goblin king by being hidden by curdies mother while still sleeping before the goblins could get her.

My favourite part is when she gets lost on the staircase and finds her ten times great gradmothe I think ages 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 should read this book. I give this book 5 out of 5.

THE PRIMATE PUZZLE: A TALE OF TWO FRIENDS AND THE MISSING LONG-NOSED MONKEYS

THE PRIMATE PUZZLE: A TALE OF TWO FRIENDS AND THE MISSING LONG-NOSED MONKEYS
By Oliver Nash.
268 pages. AuthorHouse. £13.95. (Ages 8 and up).

ISBN
9781449030995

Rating: 5 Stars

This is one of my favourite books. It is about a twelve year old girl named Amy Applegate and her best friend George who go on an adventure in Malaysian Borneo. In Malaysia borneo they see cockroach filled caves, Poisonous reptiles and two male boars at war. Later on they went to stay with an Orang Ulu tribe there; they eat crickets, water bugs, grasshoppers and cockroaches, learn how to fire darts and find out how to track animals. But where are the proboscis monkeys?

My favourite part is when they go in the cockroach filled caves. I think ages 8, 9, 10, 11 and twelve should read this book. I think this book definetly deserves 5 out of 5.

INKSPELL

INKSPELL
Inkheart Trilogy 2
By Cornelia Funke.
688 pages. Candlewick Press. £9.99. (Ages 12 and up)

ISBN
9781906427313

Rating: 5 Stars

This is one of the most brilliant books I have ever read. It is about a girl called Meggie, her parents Mo and Resa, Fenoglio, Farid, Dustfinger, Gwin and Aunt Elinor. Now that Resa got back Meggie wants to now all about Inkworld and finally reads herself and Farid into Inkworld without knowing how much trouble that was going to cause. From that day on things seemed wrong. Mo and Resa got read into Inkworld and Mo nearly died, Cosimo got read back to life but not really and Dustfinger gave his life away so that Farid could live.

My favourite part is Meggies first day in Inkworld. My favourite character is Meggie because she is simular to me. I think this book deserves 4.5 out of five. I think ages 8, 9, 10, 11 and twelve should read this book especially if they like reading because it is a fat book and because the main character likes reading.

INKHEART

INKHEART
Inkheart Trilogy 1
By Cornelia Funke.
544 pages. Chicken House. £9.99. (Ages 10 and up)

ISBN
9781906427290

Rating: 4 Stars


This is one of the most wonderful books I have ever read; it is actually one of my favourites.
It is about a girl called Meggie and her father named Mo. Both of them love books and Mo is a bookbinder. Ten years ago when Meggie was only two something
happened. Meggie was reading a picture book and Mo was reading inkheart to her mother Resa when suddenly they found three men in the living room Mo chased them out with a sword but when he came back Resa had disapeared. After that day Mo seemed to always be taking Meggie on trips and she didn't now what for because she didn't remember that day. One day when they were going on a trip to her aunt Elinor Mo got captured by an evil man named Capricorn. Meggie and aunt Elinor went after him and ended up caught in the same trap as him and Meggie without thinking twice gave Capricorn the book he wanted so much. Then after Mo had already read a boy out of the book and some gold their trater as if to say sorry helped them and the boy to escape.

I think people who really like to read like me should read this book because the main character loves to read and because it is 564 pages long. I think ages 8,9,10,11,12, and thirteen should read this book. My favourite part is when Meggie reads the shadow their and it kills everyone who once killed or burned someone else and then died himself. I am definately going to give this book four out of five.

JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER

JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER
By Megan McDonald.
128 pages. Candlewick Press. $5.99. (Ages 6 and up)

ISBN
9780763653514

Rating: 4 Stars

I like the book because the book have more people in the story. and they make more thing's happened like Zeke is his new friend and stink is judy's little brother is finding big foot and . Judy is all was in a mood like her friend Amy is her name friend and rocky is best friend for ever and they go to Borneo so it is her and frank and stink porr Judy no friend one part is so funny that stink say frank and Judy sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g ...... and this wan to wen aunt Opal is Judy aunt wen she go to the cotes wen they want to go ate and Judy and stink sit on pop

THIS ISN'T WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

THIS ISN'T WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
Secret Series: Book 4
By Pseudonymous Bosch.
448 pages. Usborne Publishing Ltd. £5.99. (Ages 10 and up)

ISBN
9781409525882

This is an amazing book actually one of my favourites.

It’s about a girl called Cass and a boy called Max Ernest. Now right after Cass had left she had gotten another of those chocolates that made her mind go back in time. Max Ernest had told her not to but she still had she ate the chocolate. The second she ate the chocolate she fell to the floor completely unconscious. When Cass arrived in the past of her great grandfather, she saw a little boy who was calling to his father to help him down the tree. She thought she would help him down the tree. Without thinking twice went over to help him down the tree when suddenly she could hear him saying “goat.” When she listened harder she realised that he was actually saying “ghost.” Then she went over to have a look at her reflection but she was invisible.

And that’s just the start of the book!

My favourite part is when lord Pharaoh comes in to our world. I think this story has to morals don’t trust someone whose friends with a bad guy and don’t eat chocolate that’s given to you by a bad guy. I think ages 8, 9, and ten should read this book. This book was so good that I could barely put it down. This is a brilliant book and you are missing out on a lot of fun if you are not going to read it.

ICE PRINCESS

ICE PRINCESS
Skate School: Book 1
By Kay Woodward.
240 pages. Usbourne. £5.99. (Ages 9 and up)

ISBN
9780746099254

This is a really good book, actually one of my second favorites. Its about a young girl named Frankie who loves ice skating. And is once watched by a famous ice skater who thinks that she should try out for the Olympics. When Frankie reaches the place she's going to spend the next few months in she's amazed, and is even more amazed when she sees the beautiful ice rink.

VIKINGS (BBC FACT FINDER)

VIKINGS (BBC FACT FINDER)
By Peter Chrisp.
48 pp. BBC Books. Out-of-print. (Ages 8 and up)

ISBN
9780563352600

Rating: 4 Stars

I read this book to learn about Vikings for school.
The Vikings came from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. We sometimes call the Vikings "sea raiders". There once was a King called Cnut, who had a long war with England, Then they decided they would have peace. After England's king died Cnut was made King of England. He was a lot like an English king because he was Catholic. I also happened to watch a BBC movie on Vikings. However the movie was wrong because it said the Vikings were the second Europeans to go to North America when they were the first.

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THE IMPROBABLE CAT

THE IMPROBABLE CAT
By Allan Ahlberg.
128 pp. Puffin. £5.99. (Ages 8 and up)

ISBN
9780141314907

Rating: 3.5 Stars


This is quite a good book, because it haunts you a bit.
      It's about a boy, who's family one day see a limping grey kitten on there doorstep so they took it in put it on the couch then started to stroke it like anyone would do to a kitten. However, the cat was hypnotizing them and in a week it was twice it's size.
      I think that if you really like cat's that you should not read this book because the cat is bad.
      I would only recommend it if you have another book with you or are only reading for a short time. If I put this book out of five I'd definitely say 3 1/2 .

ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS

ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
By Scott O'Dell.
192 pp. Houghton Mifflin. $6.99 (Ages 8 and up)

ISBN
9780547328614

Rating: 5 Stars

This book is about a girl named Karana. Karana lives on a small island, called Island of the Blue Dolphins, her Father is the Chief. The mane thing to know is that she gets left behind on the island.

I really liked this book because it is sad and because she has animal friends.
I like that she has animal friends because I wish I had animal friends.

This is one of my favorite books; actually it's very close to being my favorite. Even though this book looks thin when you are reading it it seems as though it is as fat as my table because so many unforgettable things happen. An interesting thing to know is that the Aleuts came to hunt sea otter. My favorite part is when Karana and her dog are in a cave and suddenly sea a giant devil fish outside on the sea, it is actually twice as big as there canoe. If I put this book out of five I would definitely say five out of five.


Old Mr. Sea Otter. Film inspired by The Island of the Blue Dolphins. Sea Otter puppet from paper bag and printed template from Monterey Bay Aquarium. Filmed and edited with iMovie software. Original design by Bellusaurus sui.