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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

Advantages: i like this book
Disadvantages: its a bit sad

...is about a girl called vicky and a girl called jade and and it starts off in school when they see a sign about after school clubs. jade wants to do drama and vicky wants to do running. vicky is the leader of the two of them and always bosses jade round so they end up doing running and drama (eventhough jade hates running). anyway when they are on the way home from school vicky and jade have an argument and vicky runs across the road and gets hit ...
...tols that vicky is dead. the next day jade sees vicky as a ghost but no-one else can see her. the book goes on about how the two girls get into mischief and how vicky still has control over jade even when she is dead. i hope that helps lol !!! love jadey xxx ... Read review

Advantages: The eggs are still green! The ham is still green!
Disadvantages: Latin, alas, is obscure...

...Non mi placent, O Pincerna, Virent ova! Viret perna! ‘Ova’ is a recognisable word even to those who have not studied Latin – the ovum means ‘egg’, the ovaries of course being the place eggs are produced. ‘Perna’ is the word for ham. (Ironically, the word ‘ovum’ is a neuter term in Latin, rather than female; the word ‘perna’ is a feminine word.) The word ‘Pincerna’ means waiter or server (it can even mean butler). Virent/viret is actually a verb, ...
...roughly translate into They do not please me, O waiter, Eggs that are green! Ham that is green! Yes, I know, it suffers a bit in translation; imagine the power of poetry and how sometime this can be lost in translation. Thus, it is important to understand the literary license with which Jennifer Tunberg and Terence Tunberg have translated the text. They have made an effort to make sure the meter, rhyme, and story fit the text as a Latin text, ... Read review

Advantages: a lovely story with great morals
Disadvantages: is quite emotional

The Velveteen Rabbit is a lovely story - it really pulls at the heart strings! The rabbit is a child's toy and lives in a nursery with other toys. He is hardly played with until one night the boy loses the toy he normally takes to bed and finds the rabbit instead. The rabbit becomes his favourite toy and he get played with so much he gets shabby. The other toys tease him because he is shabby and say he isn't real like them. The wise rocking horse ...
...lot. One day the boy takes the rabbit int the garden to play and he sees some real rabbits. He tells them he is real but they tease him because he has no hind legs. The rabbit soon forgets especiallyw hen the boy says that he is real. Then one day the boy is very unwell and he stays in bed with the rabbit for a long time. Once the boys is better all of his bedclothes and the rabbit has to be thrown away because they are full of germs. The rabbit ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely way to start to count
Disadvantages: None

Count On Goz by Steve Weatherill A great way for very young children to be introduced to counting up to 5 and to learn about number formation. Children do tend to enjoy lift the flap books, so it's almost certainly going to be a winner. Many children will already be familiar with Goz, the appealing yellow gosling. This time, we meet Goz in the early morning, near the river when everything is quiet. A little yellow goose is bottoms up... "Who's ...
...as developing an ability to count and recognise numbers to 5. The simple text means that it is suitable for National Curriculum Reading, because children can easily see and be encouraged to point out capital letters, full stops and question marks. Because the animals are easily distinguishable, even if they can't read the words, they can be encouraged to use picture clues. A useful book for very young children who are beginning to count. Thanks ... Read review