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Advantages: exiting, you cant put them down, humorous
Disadvantages: quite long, same humor over and over sometimes

Mad Dogs is a teenage fiction novel about a secret spy agency called cherub which employees are mainly orphans. they are sent on missions by the agency.these agents are 10 to 17 sounds crazy but nobody suspects that kids are up to anything so it can be very useful.the main characters it revovles around are James(16) and Lauren (12) Adams and James's girlfriend dana (17) an aussie girl. (this agency is brittish by the way) Im completely hooked on ... Read review

Advantages: Great read
Disadvantages: NA

Great Book: Maia by Richard Adams Richard Adams' Shardik was one of the first adult novels I ever read as a child (I read it before his better known Watership Down) and I can still remember the powerful impression the opening chapters made on me. I have reread Shardik several times now, however, and what most impresses me most about it is the depth of the historical and sociological detail - it reads like an extremely well researched historical ...
...peoples. Thanks for reading this review. It is a definite read and i reccomend you do buy it or read it. Can be bought for low prices even on amazon if you are thinking of reading this book. It is great if you are a fan of richard adams as well ... Read review

Advantages: Words simple with bright interesting illustrations and speech bubbles allow your child to take part encouraging expression within their reading
Disadvantages: Book a little flimsy

On my daughter bringing home her scholastic book club form , knowing that she was always so interested in Mermaids , I decided on buying this particular book on which recieving it I was impressed. The book on close inspection I thought to be a bit flimsy but it was extremely bright in colour and the illustrations were as expressive as the words and bearing in mind that at 5 she cannot as yet read with confidence the words are big enough that should ...
...she can hold the book to take in the pictures. The words flow well with a story line about a little girl who can not swim but so wishes to and in her doubts of never being able to comes upon a little mermaid of whom she saves from a nasty crab , in return the mermaids family helps her to learn to swim with great surprise from her own family. Little speech bubbles from the actual characters in the book allow your child to become actively involved ... Read review

Advantages: Very popular with young children
Disadvantages: No lift-the-flap opportunities

Maisy is a sweet little white mouse, with a pink tail, nose, ears and paws. She isn't a 'regular' sort of mouse as she wears clothes, sleeps in a bed, brushes her teet and much, much more! The books in this series really appeal to young children, as Maisy does everything that they can relate to. ~ The story ~ Not surprisingly, this book is all about Maisy dressing up, a pastime that is very popular with pre-school children. The story begins ...
...the reader then realises that Maisy has made a zebra costume and the party begins!! ~ Illustrations ~ I am a big fan of the Lucy Cousin's illustrations in the Maisy series of books. They are bright, large, simple and bold. The outlines of each character or object is in thick black pen and the rest is coloured in, in rich, vibrant colours. The backgrounds are also very bright, not the bog standard white that is in so many children's books. ~ ... Read review

Advantages: Great learning tool for children aged 6 months+
Disadvantages: Alexander, can we look at another book now?!

...the whole wide world is Maisy Drives, by Lucy Cousins. At the discerning age of 15 months he has let us know, without a shadow of a doubt, that this book is Number One on his reading list. And how do we know? The evidence is presented in a display of Alexander-books artfully rearranged on the floor, whilst he sits in the middle, engrossed in Maisy Drives. Maisy Drives is an A5-sized, car-shaped, brightly coloured board book, making it an ideal introduction ...
...So, who is Maisy? Maisy is a little mouse with a white face, a pink body and very brightly coloured clothes. She has a little smile that makes her look cute, friendly and fun. Maisy has fun adventures and experiences with her friends and tells us about them in her books. Maisy Drives is, as the title suggests, about objects that can be driven, or ridden, or flown. On the front cover of this book, Maisy is driving a car and is accompanied by a crocodile, ... Read review