Children's Books > H Children's Books > Dr. Seuss

Advantages: Interactive story that you'll read again and again
Disadvantages: Get ready for lots of rhymming :)

...great, you start of with Hop on Pop (And great pictures of them hopping on pop - get ready for your toddler to jump on you though!!) My daughter started rhymming other words great for early vocabulary although some of the words were top, bop, mop, others were zop, dop, kop - budding Dr seuss in the making!! Each time you read the book it is interactive in that you can change the story add movement (trying to walk/crawl like the characters, and so ... Read review

Advantages: A grinch who changes, a Who who hopes
Disadvantages: Nothing here that fails or slopes

...oh so priestly But how could I forget this story How could it not get some glory For the Grinch is each of us In our cars or on the bus We go our ways and think we're not We really think we're very hot But little things can mean a lot One small voice can hit the spot And just who are these Who's who sing? What new learning can they bring? Where would we be without the tale That Christmastime will never fail For humankind will always ...
...that briefest time Community most real, sublime Regardless of your race or creed Virtue or heroic deed Or even the most evil kind Rarely will be left behind For grace will work in ways most wondrous For an event that comes most thund-rous And, albeit, unexpected Though, confessing, was expected For this is a children's tale The ending cannot make us wail And as in true prophecy, has hope Surely we won't want to mope But joy surrounds ... Read review

Advantages: complex characters; interesting city; interesting ideas
Disadvantages: events slightly too signposted in advance

The second book in the 'Wind on Fire' series starts from a less familiar perspective and situation than its predecessor, 'The Wind Singer', which may be why I didn't feel as immediately engaged in the plot. Five years have passed since Kestrel and Bowman Hath rescued the city of Aramanth from the power of the Morah and although life has become more equal, the city is weaker and its citizens less focused. This leaves them ripe for plunder by Ortiz ...
...is only equaled by his pride in his skills. His brisk and merciless attack on the city means the Manth people are enslaved once more and begin the long trek to reach the Mastery, a strange world that revolves around the Master, who, like many despots, believes that he enslaves people for their own good. In the haste, Kestrel is left behind in the dying city, but soon embarks upon a quest to find her people and avenge them by destroying their captor. ... Read review

Advantages: A gripping tale
Disadvantages: it's literally gripping, you'll hate being disturbed

...and down comes the word GOLEM and they are tossed into a game. They go separate ways, Mr. Mullins tries the left doors when Majid chooses the right, now they both are in the adventure but before they get too far the game uninstalls and then they resume their chat and lives. But Majid's class mate, Aisha, has recently seen blue smoke filling out of the cracks in Majid's front door, and when Majid is forced down to the basement, there is this massive ...
...Mr. Mullins get his dream golem (Natasha) to come through the computer and will Majid notice that Mr. Mullins is staring at Natasha weirdly? And what is this mysterious blue smoke? These are the questions that are still in my head and I'll never find these things out until I've finished the second book. As soon as you start reading this book you can't loosen your grip on the book, you can't stand up as you are literally glued to the seat, if dinner's ... Read review

Advantages: brilliant to read very involving
Disadvantages: complex plot

Snakehead by Anthony Horwitz. A brilliant book, to put it in short the final in the Alex Rider series and in my opinion the best. This book seems to be a notch up from the rest in reading quality it has a darker feel to it and its seems much more for adult. It continues straight away from the previous book Eagle Strike a great book to read as well. Alex has just come down from space in the return shuttle. From being picked up by the army and then ...
...Alex(as always with the Alex ride books. The book is a lot more complex and has a lot more twist and surprises than the other books and it finally at the end reveals the biggest secret of all the books. But I am not going to say it because it would spoil it for all of you who haven't read it. Alex rider defiantly becomes more adult and moves on from the kiddie sort of books. I would recommend this books for 12+ as the plot is very complex. ... Read review