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Ketchup on your Cornflakes?

Advantages: Funny
Disadvantages: none

I'm sorry, I couldn't think of a witty title. Books are wonderful! What better way for a child to learn and have fun at the same time? My children are now 9 and 5, and over the years I have seen their tastes develop, and they both read completely di ...

Testarossa 15.09.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Ketchup On Your Cornflakes? - Nick Sharratt

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Kings and Queens - the good, the bad, the mad and the weird!

Advantages: fun, wacky, colourfully illustrated, a great first history book
Disadvantages: Goes into gory detail at times - might not suit every child's tastes

Another witty book by Tony Robinson which, in the same style as The Worst Children’s Jobs in History and Bad Kids - The Worst Behaved Children in History, aims at making history more appealing to children by presenting it in a way that is humorous and fun ...

moistbabe 06.10.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Kings and Queens - Tony Robinson

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A little girl in a big strop!

Advantages: Beautiful illustrations, a simple story with a positive message
Disadvantages: None for me

Katie Morag is a red haired little girl created by Scottish author and illustrator, Mairi Hedderwick. Katie Morag lives on the fictional Isle of Struay off the west coast of Scotland, a setting inspired by the author’s life on the inner Hebridean island ...

moistbabe 18.03.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted - Mairi Hedderwick

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An urban fantasy set in London revolving around giant squid?

Advantages: Realistic characters; fluid writing style; locations well researched
Disadvantages: The writing can be heavy in places; macabre in places

I will begin by stating that this is not a book for children. I do not understand how it ended up under the "Children's Books" tab. It is macabre in places and some of the concepts dealt with, I feel, would be too complex for children to understand ...

AgreeableSquid 12.03.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Kraken - China Mieville

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Oh no there's a Killer Gorilla!

Advantages: nice story,
Disadvantages: cover is quite scary looking

My daughter is a real book worm and loves to go to the library and choose her own books (even though we have a bookcase at home full of books she has never even opened!). On our last visit she really shocked me choosing a book with a scary looking gorilla ...

babycakes17 24.05.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Killer Gorilla - Jeanne Willis

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