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Advantages: Lots of educational values, fun illustrations.
Disadvantages: Magnets difficult to initially remove and no storage space!

...far made up of: ~ Make-a-word magnets ~ Sounds and letters ~ Wipe clean writing ♦♦♦ What do the publishers say about the book? ♦♦♦ ~ a playful introduction to reading ~ aimed at pre-school children ~ helps to teach phonic letter sounds ~ builds first reading skills ~ encourages hands-on learning ♦♦♦ The book ♦♦♦ - Style and Format - This is almost like a board book, ...
...standard board books on the market, however the pages are thicker than paper pages thereby making it ideal for pre-school children as there is far less chance of rips and damage. Turn over the front cover and there is a slot from which the magnets can be taken, that is, you can see the magnets through part of the front cover and they are stored in a little pouch. I hasten to add that these are very tricky to get out as the section is too small and ... Read review

Advantages: Great story
Disadvantages: was sad to finish it!

Mercy’s Birds by is a 208 page paperback novel for children in the age 11-13 range. It costs 4.99. It has a distinctive cover that is quite turquoise/blue with a face on it and a purple stripe along the top. This book is a great story for any teenage readers, and is written in a very truthful style which is instantly appealing. Basically it is a story about friendship and about overcoming some of the dysfunctional family problems and stresses ...
...to cope with. It is the powerful story of a teenage girl misfit and the friendships that help her to gradually open up and begin to accept help from other people. Mercy is nearly sixteen, a loner and a misfit, or at least that’s how she likes to appear — she dyes her hair black and dresses in black, but the image she portrays doesn’t fool everyone in the book. Her mother is depressed and her eccentric aunt, Maureen Grapko is a ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely illustrations, catchy story
Disadvantages: Maybe a bit too long for a younger child

The Princess and The Wizard - another wonderful book by Julia Donaldson. This is another one of my daughter's faves although perhaps the story is a little bit long for her at the moment but she loves the pictures, especially the glittery ones. It's the story of Princess Eliza, who gets captured & whisked away (on her 7th birthday of all days!) by a wicked wizard who likes turning people to stone. Luckily before she is taken away, her fairy godmother ...
...colour and changing her shape'. The wizard isn't impressed and replies 'changing her colour and changing her shape will never help Princess Eliza escape'. So Princess Eliza gets seven chances to escape and each day she changes herself into something new, such as a blue fish, yellow chick, green grasshopper... But the wizard always finds her and takes her back to his castle to do some horrible work for him. On her final chance to escape, Eliza realises ... Read review

Advantages: magical, easy to read
Disadvantages: none

This is the touching story of a young boy called Bertie told by his widowed wife after his death to another young boy called Jack after he finds himself in her garden after running away from boarding school (the same school Bertie went to) Bertie grew up in Africa where met his "Butterfly lion" but had to leave him when he got sent to England to go to boarding school. I don't want to give too much of the story away but i think any children (or ...
...which would be easy as the print is large and there are only 127 pages which contain some non-coloured pictures(by Christian Birmingham), which help illustrate and capture the magic of the story wonderfully. I got made to read it for my Uni course, but i am so glad it was this book as its such a beautiful story and had me actually crying in parts! This is the first Michael Morpurgo book i have read, but i will certainly be reading a few others ... Read review

Advantages: Sweet story of love and family
Disadvantages: None!

...is beautifully written and illustrated. I think this book is popular with children as well as adults because of the fact that the story is universal and recognisable to all. The book tells the story of Billy and his Mum. Billy gets later and later for nursery as he is distracted by playing with his toy rabbit, rather than getting ready to leave. His Mum gets increasingly annoyed with him and when he drops his lunchbox in the rain and it bursts open, ...
...because of it's positive message. I think it would be a great book for PSHE because it explains the importance of telling the important people in our lives how we feel about them. It would be a good book for getting children to talk about their feelings and sharing in circle time how they be more considerate to people both at home and school. I also think this book could be lovely on tape perhaps recorded by important people in a child's life, such ... Read review