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Advantages: Silly, hilarious fun
Disadvantages: None

A few years ago, my son's class of five and six-year-olds was asked to go home and with the help of a parent, write down a few lines from a favourite poem, which would be read out to the rest of the class the following day. Unfortunately, the teacher was none too impressed with my son's choice, nor I suspect, with me for condoning it, but what she hadn't realised was that I'd had the devil of a job talking him out of his original suggestion. Here's ...
...a cloud That floats aloft o'er dale and hills, When all at once I came upon My dog being sick on the daffodils." And this is what he'd wanted to write: "Monkey, monkey, monkey, Sitting in a tree. Pulling funny faces - Please pull one for me. Pull one for my daddy, Pull one for my mum, But when it comes to teacher, Turn round and show her yer bum!" So you see, things might have been far worse had I not put my foot down, not that his teacher ... Read review

Advantages: Magical Storyline, Lovely pictures, easy to read
Disadvantages: Flimsy paperback publication and is part of a series

...second book in the series: Amber the orange fairy. COST: £3.99 FORMAT: Paperback PUBLISHED: may 2003 PLACE OF PURCHASE: Waterstones PUBLISHERS: Orchard books AUTHOR: Daisy Meadows PAGES: 80 Cover: An attractive shiny front cover with a watercolour themed cartoon of Amber the orange fairy on the front and ocre orange clouds pattern which extends to the backcover with sparkles. The cover itself is made of paper and isnt covered with a glossy ...
...one Rainbow Fairy, but now Amber the Orange Fairy is trapped in a seashell! Can they rescue her, too? This story tells how the girls continue their collection of fairies to help defect the evil Jack frost. Hannah really likes these books even though she can read them in less than an hour as the vocabulary and set out is really straight forward as theres pictures on almost evry page and some have double pages with illustrations and only one sentence! ... Read review

Advantages: Delights of experiencing first love, and discovering yourself
Disadvantages: Discovering the social attitudes and restraints of the war era

...life, Rose is prepared for a 3 month adventure in the quiet seaside town of Salmouth, and to finally re-discover her passion for reading and writing. It is 1943, and the war is still violently raging on throughout the world, so Rose and Diana's mother, an actress has decided to leave the girls to the care of Miss Hutchinson, in order to entertain the troops and provide them with some level of morale. Unfortunately Miss Hutchinson has also been called ...
...that this summer will be a journey of self-discovery. For both girls the summer is eventful, passionate, entertaining, educational and joyful, but it is especially so for young Rose who unearths a love story set in an earlier war, a story that becomes more lifelike as she falls in love herself. Each character in "A Little Love Song" is well described, and detailed throughout the novel. Diana and Rose, the beautiful swan and her ugly duckling are ... Read review

Advantages: funny, great illustrations, simple language
Disadvantages: none!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ A Piece of Cake ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ This is another children’s book by Jill Murphy which I love because it demonstrates a rather true portrayal of family life using the Large family (a family of elephants). The book was first published in 1989 by Walker Books London. The book is a hardback book, which cost £6.99 although it is possible to find varying prices on the Internet. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The story ...
...funny. The story is about a family of elephants; Mrs Large, Mr Large, Lester and Luke (the sons), Laura (the daughter) and the baby. The story begins with Mrs Large deciding that she is too fat, her children disagree apart from the baby who says “Mummy’s got wobbly bits” (I love that sentence although when I was little my mum wasn’t impressed when I repeated it and directed it at her!!) and so she puts the whole family on a healthy living diet, the ... Read review

Advantages: LYRICAL, GENTLE, A JOY TO READ AND A TIMELESS CLASSIC.
Disadvantages: NONE WHAT SO EVER!

Anne of Green Gables A novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. This edition published by George G Harap & Co Ltd. First published in Great Britain in 1925. 256 pages long *****Kate Meets Anne for the First Time***** When I was 11, during a particularly boring Latin Lesson, in a top floor, stuffy classroom, in deepest, coldest December, I discovered a book that would change my reading habits forever. From a young age I had loved books, as much for the ...
...enough to read all about Anne Shirley and her madcap adventures in Avonlea! *****The Book***** Anne Shirley is an orphan. She is adopted by mistake by brother and sister Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert. They thought they were adopting a boy until red-headed Anne shows up - being the kindly souls they are, they take her on and welcome her into their home, Green Gables - a farm in Avonlea, on Prince Edward Island, off the coast of Novia Scotia . What ... Read review