Children's Books > Beverly Cleary Children's Books

Advantages: Great for kids who love to read
Disadvantages: none

...can be difficult... this little sister is impossible. It seems for Beezus that her mother always takes Ramona's side and that Ramona always gets her way. In one chapter Beezus finally gets her way and in another chapter Beezus has to use her imagination to make Ramona leave. ... Read review

Advantages: helps children if they are worried
Disadvantages: could be a little longer

...going to review is called Katie goes to the Hospital. On the front cover there is a blue trim around the edge and the back ground is in yellow the title is in big red letters with a picture of Katie sitting on the hospital bed holding her teddy with a nurse talking to her and her mum next to her. Katie has to go into hospital to have a operation the book explains how Katie doesn't want to go as she is scared it goes threw step by step of what she ...
...to write to much as its only a short story and i will spoil it. The pictures in the book are lovely and the detail is great the child can see clearly what's going on if they cant read and is looking at the book by themselves. I love this book as it helps children realise that its not all that bad to go into hospital and have a operation so if your child is going in to hospital i think this book is a must as it will help them to stop being so worried ... Read review

Advantages: A fantastic series with a total of 3704 pages!!
Disadvantages: Can be a bit to long for younger children

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows was written by J.K Rowling. Joanne Kathleen Rowling on July 31st 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire. She was bought up near Bristol with her parents and younger sister Di until she was 9 years old when they moved to a village called Tutshill near Chepstow in Wales. In 1983 Miss Rowling finished school and went to the University of Exeter to study French. After finishing University she worked for Amnesty ...
...had the inspiration for the Harry potter series. She began writing the first book that very evening. Unfortunately in December 1990 J.K Rowling's mother died, she had been suffering from multiple sclerosis, a disease which makes the immune system attack the central nervous system for almost 10 years before. J.K Rowling then moved to Portugal and married a Portuguese man. In 1993, although her marriage didn't work out, her daughter Jessica Isabel ... Read review

Advantages: everything
Disadvantages: just want more and more

...to live.... well not really. The spooks battle is the fourth books by Joseph Delaney in his exuberantly rich children's series, the Wardstone chronicles. The series follows the life of young Tom Ward who is the seventh son of a seventh son and is sent by his mam and dad to join John Gregory who is an old and experienced spook (a spook is someone who battles the dark e.g. witches and Bogart's) to teach him the trade. As you may have already rightly ...
...force to be reckoned with. The Spooks Battle is the fourth book in this originally simple story yet so superbly written. It is set in the County, (in a BBC interview the author revealed that "In truth, that county is Lancashire") if you would like to read the profile of Joseph Delaney you can copy the link beneath into your web browser and take a gander for yourself. http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2007/07/09/josephdela neyfeature.shtml ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely rhythmical book
Disadvantages: Not for anyone wanting a "proper" story

...other pictures of the different seasons and ask children to put them in the appropriate season. There is the opportunity for lots of talk and not only because of the pictures but also because of the simple text. We have used the book as a starting point for making our own seasons poems with a line for each season eg "Spring is…" and it's great to encourage the use of a noun and a verb- even better if an adjective creeps in!Once the children have ... Read review