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Advantages: Clever and original characters
Disadvantages: None worthy of mention

...at the great big, hairy Viking sitting in their classroom.” So what exactly do you do with a Viking in this day and age then? This was the problem facing Mr and Mrs Ellis When Sigurd “Siggy” the Viking warrior and his wife Mrs Tibblethwaite turned up at their hotel. Sigurd and his wife were enjoying life as a touring wrestling tag team until a bout against Bone-cruncher Bogis and Monster Mash got a little over heated and had to be broken up by the ...
...it would mean the hapless Viking would be away from the hotel for a time they agreed and so the steps were taken for Tim and Zoe to take Sigurd to school for a unique show and tell session. Unfortunately things didn`t go according to plan, and Mr and Mrs Ellis` joy at being rid of him was short lived when they heard just what had happened at the school from the flustered Headmistress, Mrs Crock. “At lunchtime, Mrs Crock took Sigurd home. She had ... Read review

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...shall give you a statement; Stargirl is different. Stargirl is narrated by the character Leo and it focuses on Susan Caraway, a girl more commonly known as, Stargirl. She wore long frilly dresses and retro clothing, she carried a ukulele and her pet rat around with her and she decorated her tables with flowers every single period of every single week. She made birthday cards for children if she saw it was their birthday, he helped the sick and deserving ...
...for no reward. Stargirl became like an addiction to the student body, soon everyone began to sing with her, dance with her, put flowers on their desks and 'the pet shop at the Mica Mall ran out of rats' - she was accepted... for being different. Stargirl made the cheerleading squad - Stargirl was a role model for the female and the male student body. It was a miracle - something they would never had expected. 'The trouble with miracles is, they don't ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely bedtime story
Disadvantages: None

Where the Fairies Fly by Jane Simmons Written by the creator of the bestselling “Daisy” books, this is a book which was always going to be popular with Little Miss. ~~The Story~~ The story centres around Lucy, who, we discover, loves to tell stories, and her younger brother Jamie. Lucy tells all kinds of stories; deep blue sea stories, flying high stories and magic stories. Lucy loves to lie in bed with Bear and tell him stories, but ...
...far away to the place where the fairies fly. When they land on a turtle and explain what they want to do, he tells them that the dreamtime Fairies are very hard to find. However, after lying in the sun for a while, they all decide to go and find the fairies together. Along the way, they find a tiger and a fox. They all hold hands and set off into the shadows. When they hear something in the shadows, they stand still and then we see them, tiny little ... Read review