Showing posts with label age 9-12. Show all posts
Showing posts with label age 9-12. Show all posts
Thursday, 4 December 2014

The Wind Singer by William Nicholson - reviewed by Cecilia Busby

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"I hate school! I hate ratings! I won't strive harder! I won't reach higher! I won't make tomorrow better than today!...
Friday, 7 November 2014

THE SALT STAINED BOOK by Julia Jones, read by Anna Bentink. Review by Penny Dolan.

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As a definite land-lubber, I am starting to mess about in books on boats and sailing, ready for next year’s work in progress. So it was...
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Wednesday, 29 October 2014

The Last Of The Spirits by Chris Priestley - Review by Dawn Finch

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First the blurb.... London is in the icy grip of winter. Sam is freezing and hungry. When he asks a wealthy man, Ebeneezer Scrooge, for...
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Sunday, 7 September 2014

The Islands of Chaldea by Diana Wynne Jones & Ursula Jones; reviewed by Gillian Philip

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We’ll never know how it should have ended. At least, we’ll never know how it would have ended, had Diana Wynne Jones not died before...
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Thursday, 26 June 2014

WILD WOOD by Jan Needle. Reviewed by Dennis Hamley.

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The reissue of this marvellous novel must rank as a Literary Event. First published in 1981 by Andre Deutsch with unforgettably brillia...
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Tuesday, 18 March 2014

THE SILK SISTERS: PINK CHAMELEON by Fiona Dunbar; reviewed by Gillian Philip

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There's something especially exciting about diving into a book when you really don't have a clue what awaits. I knew that Fiona D...
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Wednesday, 24 April 2013

"The Dragonfly Pool" by Eva Ibbotson - Reviewed by Pauline Chandler

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An exciting adventure story for 8-12 year olds, from Eva Ibbotson, whose ‘Journey To the River Sea ’ was a Carnegie medal winner. ...
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Saturday, 12 May 2012

'The Bother in Burmeon' by S.P. Moss - reviewed by Rosalie Warren

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  The Bother in Burmeon is, in my opinion, an excellent children's book. But it's one that you may not otherwise have come acros...
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