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Advantages: Beautifully Presented
Disadvantages: Very short

Lyra's Oxford is a short book by Philip Pullman, the author of the popular trilogy "His Dark Materials" (HDM). Lyra's Oxford continues the story of HDM, picking up a couple of years after the third book in the series ended. It's a lovely little book, containing not only the story, as I will explain a little later. **Cover** The book is a lot smaller than your normal novella, it could almost be described as pocket sized. Cloth-bound in red, with ...
...the Birds', and tells of Lyra's encounter with a witch's daemon. Daemon's, for those who don't know, are physical manifestation's of a person's soul, and take the form of an animal. Witches daemon's are always birds, hence the title. The story is a delightful little adventure for Lyra, taking place (as the title suggests), in Oxford. It provides avid readers of HDM with a small glimpse into Lyra's future, something which fans of the books definitely ... Read review

Advantages: Great rhymes, beautiful illustrations
Disadvantages: nothing

...Pledger assisted by A.J. Wood in 1998 and is published by Templar Publishing. It is part of the Nature Trail Series, a hard backed set, which has a bit of everything in here with touch and feel sections as well as flaps to lift up. Along the way there is also a special adventure as a young dolphin struggles to find his family - along the way we are asked to look out for the mother dolphin on each page. Maurice Pledger books specialise in giving your ...
..." Far out in the ocean surrounded by the sea, a little silver dolphin has lost his family." On the next page we are told that he is off on a journey to be reunited with them and asked what else we think he will find along the way. Turn the page and we learn about the shiny fins of the sailfish and we see flying fish leaping out of the water. Next we are taken to the bottom of the ocean where brightly coloured fish swim through a rainbow garden. ... Read review

Advantages: great book really captivating
Disadvantages: none

Justin Somper has made this book brilliant and inspiring. Anthony Horowitz described it as "Totally Original". This book is amazingly based around an old sea shanty about Vampirates. It is quoted below: "I'll tell you a tale of Vampirates, A tale as old as true. Yea, I'll sing you a song of an ancient ship, And it's mighty fearsome crew. Yea, I'll sing you a song of an ancient ship, That sails the oceans blue... That haunts the oceans blue. ...
...wings in flight. They say the captain, he wears a veil So as to curtail your fright At his death-pale skin And his lifeless eyes And his teeth as sharp as night. Oh, they say the captain, he wears a veil And his eyes never see the light. "You'd better be good, child - good as gold, As good as good can be. Else I'll turn you in to the Vampirates And wave you out to sea. Yes, you'd better be good, child - good as gold, Because - look! ... Read review

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...on the pavement outside of Laura's window. Laura rushes outside with her torch to take a closer look at the star. Laura is in awe of the stars beauty, but then notices that a point of the star has broken off. Laura gently carries the star back into her house and manages to stick the broken point of the star back on. Laura then takes the star into her bed and tells it her secrets. When she wakes up in the morning the star has disappeared. Laura ...
...lots of fun detail, like Laura's dragon mug and plate of cookies. Teddy peeps out from under the duvet. This is a lovely, touching story of friendship and putting the needs of others before your own needs. It can be read on many different levels. A very young child will love the illustrations and simple story. For an older child the story can help with a discussion about the needs of others and important friendships. My son and I discussed how important ... Read review

Advantages: fun book for children
Disadvantages: none

Class Three all at Sea is written by Julia Jarman and illustrated by Lynne Chapman, tells of an exciting day when Class Three goes off on a trip out to sea. It starts off as the class is waiting on the quay and we see the children's excited faces watching donkeys dancing and seagulls skimming stones. However, there is something in the background that they don't see - a skull and cross bones! They board the boat, happily donning life jackets, blissfully ...
...the ship and behave very badly towards the children, their teacher and the crew. A little boy called Lenny is made to walk the plank by the mean pirates and it's a jolly good thing he does because he eventually saves the day. He alerts some rather large octopuses who rescue the children by going on board and tying all the pirates in knots with their tentacles! The children then head towards the pirates' secret island where, much to their excitement, ... Read review