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Advantages: Beautiful touching story of a mother's love for her son
Disadvantages: Some people apparently find such fictional displays of affection disturbing

...knowing that you could never love another creature more than you love this tiny, helpless infant at this moment? Do you remember thinking "I'll love you forever?" Thing is, that tiny, mewling baby grows up, into a bigger, messy, complaining, cheeky toddler, child and teenager. And yet...you go into the bedroom to give that sticky, sleeping face a kiss, and those feelings you had in those first few hours and days come rushing back, and you know you ...
...born, the mother sings "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be". As he grows up into a screaming two year old, a boisterous nine year old, a fractious loud teenager, and an independent adult, she creeps into his room, when she is sure he is asleep and sings "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be." Eventually, mum grows old, and now it's down to ... Read review

Advantages: a really good story line I couldn't put the book down
Disadvantages: There is none!!!

This book was very interesting as you follow a girl called Suzie, who is a mediator (Someone who can see ghosts), she firstly finds a ghost called Jesse at her new house, then when she starts her new school she finds an angry ghost called Heather who gets up to mischief!!! Best Bit - When she goes to school late at night for the first time and Heather destroys the school and Suzie has to rely on Jesse, her room mate, to save her. Good Bit - was ...
...her pool party! Wierd! Confusing Bit - When we find out that Jesse's real name is Felix Worst Bit - When her step-brother blames her for him being Grounded! Embarrising Bit - When she got off the plane and found her step-brothers holding the banner up!!! For everyone to see!!! Poor Suzie!!! Her life is in ruins!!! Her Dad is dead, she is now living in a new place in America, with her step-Dad and Brothers, she is able to see ghosts, Farther Dominic ... Read review

Advantages: Good story and pictures, teaches children a lot
Disadvantages: - -

Little miss bossy by Roger Hargreaves. ~~~Cover~~~ LITTLE MISS BOSSY by Roger Hargreaves is written in black letters at the top of the page with a picture of Little Miss Bossy underneath all on a white background. ~~~Main Character~~~ Little Miss Bossy is bright blue, she has a round body with little hands and feet and a big black round mouth. She wears a red hat with a yellow band and a white flower. ~~~The story~~~ The story starts on Monday, ...
...The wizard had seen Little Miss Bossy been rude and bossing these people around and started to think, when he got home he took a large book from his bookshelf and turned to the page that said 'HOW TO STOP PEOLE BEING BOSSY'. On Thursday Little Miss Bossy met Mr Lazy who was fast asleep and she shouted at him to wake up and prodded him in the belly. While this wqas happening the wizard is stood behind Little Miss Bossy and says something under his ... Read review

Advantages: Keeps both adults and kids absorbed
Disadvantages: None

The first chapter of this book begins with these lines: 'If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle.' Being human and totally sadistic, I had to continue reading after those first few lines ( now, before you begin to label me, remember that everyone of us are a little nosy ...
...how do you explain myriad of people buying magazines that scream out headlines like "Boob Jobs Gone Wrong" or "End of a FairyTale- X Leaves Y" :-) ?) The remarkable thing about this unfortunate book is that it is written for children. No 'And the lived happily ever after'. No 'good triumphs over evil'. Nothing. ****************************************** THE STORY - This book tells the tragic tale of three unlucky children - Violet, Klaus and Sunny ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely story that a child can join in with.
Disadvantages: none

***Background*** There are quite a few books in this Little Bear series by Martin Waddell although he has written many other books too. Illustrated by Barbara Firth, this series is particularly popular with young children. ***The Story*** The story starts with a big bear and a little bear walking in the woods until eventually it is time to go back home. "PLOD PLOD PLOD went Big Bear, plodding along. Little Bear ran on in front, jumping and ...
...Bear stopped and he listened and then he turned round and he looked." The reason Little Bear stops is because he has heard a plod plod plod noise and is convinced a Plodder is near but Big Bear explains that it is his feet making the noise in the snow. They carry on but once again Little Bear hears a noise and this time things the dripping sound must be a Dripper following them. Again the Big Bear explains that it is the ice dripping into the ... Read review