Puppy Academy
Uncategorised / 1st June 2015

Title: Puppy Academy Author: Gill Lewis This book is about a lot of puppies in an academy called Puppy Academy. The main character is Scout (she is a German Shepherd) and she is training to be a police dog. Scout’s dream is to catch the notorious Frank Furter before he steals all the juicy sausages like venison and redcurrant, chipolatas and chorizo. That day, the puppies are trying to get their Care in the Community badge. On the way to school, Scout helps a little girl and Scout gets dirty and then she is late for school and two of her tests…. Does she get her badge or are there consequences? Do they catch Frank? I give it 10/10 and recommend it to 7+ animal lovers. I can’t wait for more books. I love the illustrations!  

Sedric and the Great Pig Rescue
Daniel's Top 10 , Uncategorised / 8th April 2015

Title: Sedric and the Great Pig Rescue Author: Angie Morgan Sedric lives in Soggy-in-the-mud in the DARK AGE! His friends are Eg, Veruca, Robin and Urk. This is the story: Sedric’s Pig Denzel gets locked up in the DUNGEON by the new Baron Dennis because he jumped on Prunehilda who is the Baron’s wife. Then the Baron came to Soggy-in-the-mud and took everybody’s turnips as tax to buy Roman things for his castle. When Sedric and his friends go to get Denzel back, they spot a thief coming out of the castle and ask him the quick way in and he tells them! When they get in Eg tricks the Baron and his wife whilst the rest search the castle from top to bottom for Denzel. Do they get put in the dungeon too? Do they get eaten by rats? Do they get their turnips back? Do they save Denzel? You will have to read this cool action-packed book to find out! I recommend it to 6+ early readers. I give it 11/10.

Julius Zebra Rumble with the Romans
Daniel's Top 10 , Uncategorised / 1st April 2015

Title: Julius Zebra Rumble with the Romans Author: Gary Northfield Julius the Zebra lives in Africa with his mum and brother Brutus. Everyday Julius and Brutus have to go to the lake for a drink but Julius HATES the lake and he thinks all the animals there stink! Also, Julius HATES his show off brother Brutus! Julius smells the sapphire, brown water at the lake and says Pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Then he secretly RUNS AWAY!!!! Julius and his friend Cornelius the warthog get caught in a big hole and end up at the COLOSEUM where the Romans fight! The Romans think that Julius is a stripy horse because they have never seen a zebra before because zebras only live in Africa and you wouldn’t find one in Rome! The Romans put Cornelius and Julius in a cage with a crocodile, giraffe, antelope and lion and the Romans make the animals fight against the Gladiators. Since Julius does so well, he joins Gladiator School and at Emperor Hadrian’s birthday bash, he battles against Victorius. Does he win against Victorius or does Victorius get his victory? Does Julius die? You need to read this hilarious, laugh out loud book! I like the cool illustrations…

Charlie Merrick’s Misfits in I’m a Nobody, Get Me Out of Here!
Daniel's Top 10 , Uncategorised / 18th March 2015

Title: Charlie Merrick’s Misfits in I'm a Nobody, Get Me Out of Here! Author: Dave Cousins One day Charlie and Sam (Sam’s his friend) and their gang (The Misfits) go to football camp. They were DRIVING FOR HOURS, then they turned up at the WRONG place and saw a weird man who had a metal eye, 2 scars, a shark tooth around his neck, a huge knife, a utility belt and a missing finger. They soon find out he is the leader of the Go Wild Centre and his name is Survival Clive! They end up having to do Survival Skills instead of football training because they turned up at the wrong place! They end up competing against a bunch of girls called the Wild Warriors, who are actually really good! How do they do against a bunch of girls? Were the Misfits scared to compete against the Wild Warriors? Did they win? Did they survive the training given by Survival Clive? You will have to read to find out. I enjoyed this book because it’s action-packed and I wanted to read on. I give it 101/100

Cap’n John the (slightly) fierce
Uncategorised / 8th March 2015

Title: Cap'n John the (Slightly) Fierce Author: Johnny Smith Release Date: 2/4/2015 Pages: 112 Although John Smith has a boring name, he’s not boring. His mum says he’s 1,000,000 John Smiths. In the book John has to face Captain Black on the Monstrous Curse which is Captain Black’s Ship and Captain Black is the grisliest pirate on the seas. This is how the story starts: Granddad lost his dentures and asks John to help him find them. Then when he finds the teeth he returns them but he also finds a chest with things like hats, swords, wigs, boots and gloves and lots more! This is where the pirate adventure begins. Does he walk the plank? Does he get eaten by sharks? You’ll have to read the book to find out! I give it 1,000,000/1,000,000 J I recommend it to 6+ Early Readers. Next I would like to read Sheriff John the (partly) Wild.

Wigglesbottom Primary: The Toilet Ghost
Daniel's Top 10 , Uncategorised / 8th March 2015

Title: Wigglesbottom Primary: The Toilet Ghost Author: Pamela Butchart This book is about class 2R in WigglesBottom Primary and the book has 3 stories. I’m going to tell you about The Curse of the Itchy Carpet! Class 2R did show and tell and Bobby brought in a weird box which said Danger, Beware and DO NOT OPEN! Then Sunita opened it before Bobby could give it to the teacher AND during storytime the Curse CAME ALIVE! All the children were itching here and there, they were itching everywhere and the teacher especially was itching her bum! J Was the curse real? Did the teacher stop itching her bum? You’ll have to read this hilarious, funny book. I like this book because it’s got cool illustrations and 3 laugh out loud stories. I recommend it to ages 6-7 early readers. I give it 101/100. Becka Moor and Pamela Butchart – please write more books in the series as I love them! J

Woozy the Wizard
Daniel's Top 10 , Uncategorised / 19th August 2014

Title: Woozy the Wizard Author: Elli Woolard & Al Murphy This book is about a wizard called Woozy. All the village are ill because they have a bug and Woozy needs to help. So, Woozy helps by: Making them socks Making them stew And tucking them up in bed Furthermore as his magic never works, he thought he didn’t help! But why didn’t the magic work? You need to read to find out! I like the book because it’s hilarious, easy to read and it rhymes. Also, the pictures are really colourful. I give it 1000* I recommend it to 5+ early readers. I want to read more! 🙂

The Grunts in Trouble
Uncategorised / 17th July 2014

Title: The Grunts in Trouble Author: Philip Ardagh The main characters are Mr and Mrs Grunt and Sunny. Mr and Mrs Grunt are not ordinary people; they don’t live in a house, they live in an unordinary caravan! They have a son called Sunny (who is not really their son because they stole him from a washing line!). His ears are wonky because he had been on the washing line for so long! In the story, Mimi the boot boy (who is really a girl!) gets chased by bees and is saved by Sunny. Mimi’s boss is Lord Bigg, who’s mean. The Grunts end up upsetting Lord Bigg… you’ll have to read and find out more. I enjoyed the book because it’s funny and I wanted to read on. I recommend it to free readers like me! 🙂 I give 5 stars to the book. ***** I forgot to say that I love the pictures! 🙂

Algy’s Amazing Adventure in the Jungle
Uncategorised / 5th May 2014

Title: Algy’s Amazing Adventure in the Jungle Author: Kaye Umansky This book is about a boy called Alegernon (Algy). One day he was moving house and he kept on getting in the way of the removal men. Algy met a girl called Cherry. They went to play in Algy’s new shed. The door was shut so Algy kicked it open and when they got in they found a box. Algy tried to open the box but Algy broke the shed wall when he fell backwards. On the other side of the wall they saw a jungle. Is this when the adventure begins? Do they get into danger? I liked it when Algy fights a crocodile. I give it 1,000/1,000 I recommend it to people who like adventure books aged 6+. I want to read more of the Early reader books!

Boy in Tights
Daniel's Top 10 , Uncategorised / 28th April 2014

Title: Boy in Tights Author: Kate Scott This book is about a boy (Joe) and his parents who are spies! One day they were spying and then they were in BIG DANGER! So Joe has to leave his old school and go to a new school and house. He has to be disguised as a girl so they don’t get caught by the person they were spying on. He made friends with a girl called Sam and they make a spy team. Using Joe’s parents spy gadgets they spy on their teacher Mr Caulfield because he was a robber and they call the mission Operation Numbered! Do they complete the mission? Do they find out Joe’s a boy? You will have to read to find out. I give it 1,000/1,000 because it’s a funny book and it’s extremely exciting. I would like to read Boy in a Tutu because I like this one and I think it’s going to be funny too!