Advantages: Well illustrated and written book for younger readers Disadvantages: A little sad in places.
I was down in the Children’s library the other afternoon and yet another lovely book came back for checking. The front cover illustration grabbed my attention immediately and, when I saw the names of not only one but TWO of my favourite children’s authors ...
Advantages: great story, value for money Disadvantages: none
' Twist of Gold ' is probably the most compelling and best book i have ever read. It is about two children, Annie and Sean O'Brien who have to go and find their father in America as the potato famine is sweeping Ireland, where they live and their mother i ...
Advantages: Great storyline, beautifully written Disadvantages: Front cover leaves much to be desired
This has to be one of my old favourites - when I first picked it up from the library shelf (yes, I had the fortune to be a school librarian in year 6 - lucky old me), I wasn't that enthralled by the front cover. The scrappy old copy we had showed a sh ...
Advantages: it is a very well written book credit to murpurgo Disadvantages: N/A
The story is set during the Irish potato famine. There is a family called the O' Brien s and they are very poor so their farther sets off to America to find a new life meanwhile back in Ireland sean and annie and their mother is trying to survive while th ...
Advantages: Gives a powerful message to young, and old, readers Disadvantages: I didn't write it
When a friend of mine, armed with the knowledge of my interest in all things connected to WWI, recommended a book for me to read, gushing that I'd enjoy it ever-so, my interest was piqued. When she then elaborated and told me it was a children's book, I t ...
