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Advantages: One to return to again and again (and again......)
Disadvantages: None

"In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf…." I can recite the whole thing (well, maybe getting a little confused with the order of the different foods) and I bet I'm far from the only one! The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been around for a loooong time - nearly as long as I have, in fact, and that's ages - and is rightly regarded as a children's classic, which has been translated into over 50 languages. Apparently, a copy is sold every ...
...George W Bush has listed the book among his favourites from when he was growing up… a statement which raised a few eyebrows as he was, in fact, twenty-three when the book was first published in 1969. ~The Author~ Author and illustrator Eric Carle was born in 1929 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar is his best known book, but he has also written and illustrated many others, over 70 in total. Carle was born in Syracuse, New York to German emigrant parents, ... Read review

Advantages: funny, charming, a good read!
Disadvantages: left in suspense!

The seventh book to Meg Cabots collection about the Princess who is not ment to be! This is another stunner and a halerious read. Her life becomes full of problems which she herself has created! Princess Mia has a dilemma with her lovely boyfriend Micheal as she tries to impress him by acting like a chilled party girl and has a problem with the money in her school council. Without telling you too much, Grandma as always saves the day an organises ... Read review

Advantages: Adventure from beginning to end
Disadvantages: A little gross in parts

...***Interesting Trivia*** (Taken from How to speak Dragonese) The rights to the Horrible Horrendous the Third Series have been bought by Dreamworks Animation, the creators of Shrek with the view to releasing the first of the three films , How to Train your Dragon in 2009. ***About the author***(Taken from How to Speak Dragonese) As a relatively new addition to the world of successful Children's books authors, there isn't a lot known about Cowell. ...
...other Hiccup the Horrendous Books, How to Train your Dragon and How to Speak Dragonese ***Who is Hiccup Horrendous?*** This is the third book in the series. If you have read any of the Hiccup Horrendous books you will be familiar with Hiccup and his friends already. For those of you who haven't let me explain. Hiccup is son and Heir to the Chief of the Hairy Hooligan Vikings. Unfortunately, Hiccup is not the natural warrior Stoick (his father) ... Read review

Advantages: Wonderful, enchanting read for all ages.
Disadvantages: Very weird, and a bit dated.

Alice in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carrol, the pseudonym of a maths professor called Charles Lutwidge Dodson. There is a famous story of Queen Victoria, having read Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, ordering her courtiers to bring her everything that Lewis Carroll had written, only to receive a pile of mathematical papers! Suffice it to say that there are a lot of mathematical puzzles hidden in his work, so that beneath the ...
...its references to chess). Alice in Wonderland is that rarity - a children's book that can be read on many levels. It has brilliantly crafted nonsense poetry, of which "the mouse's tale" - a beautiful shape poem in the shape of a mouse's tail, "Jabberwocky" - brilliant verbal fireworks - revelling in the enjoyment of playing with the English language for the sake of it, and the Walrus and the Carpenter (from 'Through the Looking Glass') are probably ... Read review

Advantages: Seems to portray a close family who cope no matter what
Disadvantages: I found the problems Katy encounters with ill health much more believeable than Cousin Helen.

...adulthood. The first Three, What Katy Did, What Katy Did At School & What Katy Did Next were very definatly set to try to encompass any One of several age groups from Katy's very obvious little brother & sisters to her sister Clover who I am afraid seemed a bit to good for my taste & seemed very much Katy's shadow.. In What katy did we read of Katy, who is the oldest daughter having to learn some deep lessons about life & it's ups & downs. What ...
...life long friendships. In What Katy did next, Katy gets what for those times is every girls desire, a chance to go abroad to Europe & other countries & see the world. When I was much younger I found this Third book in the series the most compelling as it attempted to paint pictures of places that I imagned I would never get to see. Now to hopefully encourage some more lovers of the katy books I highly reccomend both Clover & In The High Valley ... Read review