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Finding specks of happiness amongst the dross of life

Advantages: comic elements, interesting characters, realistic dialogue, easy to read
Disadvantages: none

...I saw this several years ago at the theatre and found it so interesting (weak, I know, but ‘enjoyable’ simply isn’t the right word) that I had to grab a paper copy as soon as I saw it available. Now, fifty years after it was written, interest in this slip ...

brokenangelkisses 21.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of A Taste of Honey - Shelagh Delaney

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Small Alfie

Advantages: Great story for all Thomas fans
Disadvantages: None

Alfie is a green excavator in who features in the My Thomas Story Library. He is book number 49. The cover of the book has a picture of Alfie and an orange banner above with the title in green lettering. The back cover has small pictures showing the other ...

sewbizzie 12.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Alfie (My Thomas Story Library) - Egmont Publishing

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Watch out for the Iceberg!"

Advantages: A good introduction to the topic
Disadvantages: The illustrations might not be to everyone's tastes

The Danger Zone series of books aims to make history engaging and meaningful to primary school children. I think these books are suitable for children of around age 7 and upwards. What is unusual about these books is that they make the reader imagine th ...

moistbabe 18.04.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Avoid Sailing on the "Titanic"! - David Antram

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Marley has some fun.

Advantages: A book full of fun.
Disadvantages: None at all.

Only a couple of months ago on a visit to the local garden centre I spotted the book that was written by John Grogan called `Marley goes to school` and at the time that proved to be a very appropriate present for my small nephew who was just about to star ...

Sarahjh1 26.02.2010 · Read full review
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Review of A Very Marley Christmas - John Grogan

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Animal Boogie - Debbie Harter

Advantages: great pictures, added cd
Disadvantages: none

...This book is in paperback form, and approx 8” by 8” square. With 32 pages. Animal Boogie is a story about taking you on a journey through the jungle, finding different animals and learning what they do, i.e. elephant stomping, monkey swinging and snakes s ...

nicolaks1 18.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Animal Boogie - Debbie Harter

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