Families Book Reviews

Name: Tara Casey
27 March 2010;

Genre: Real life

Great familial story about neighbours and friendship with a sense of belonging and community. I love the way Shirley Hughes' books seem to involve everyday people. In this story, Maureen the babysitter is the feminist and they are the safe middle class family. The kids love Alfie books and this...

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Name: Tara Casey
27 March 2010;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Love the book. It's feisty and really makes the kids listen to the moral and it isn't written in a sickly way.

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Name: Tara Casey
27 March 2010;

Genre: Humour

Funny, warm and familiar.

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Name: Tara Casey
27 March 2010;

Genre: Picture Books

The illustrations are very pretty. I would not have dreamt of buying such a girly book but luckily a friend gave this to us. My daughter (3 yrs) adores it, and indeed the others from the 'Princess Poppy' range. Janey certainly understands what little girls want from a book ( though not the adult...

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Name: Tara Casey
27 March 2010;

Genre: Real life

I really liked the illustrations in this book. It was a 'feel good' story. The negative was that I felt that the language and structure were very similiar to Charlie and Lola. Nice book though.

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Name: Tara Casey
27 March 2010;

Genre: Humour

We thought this was a very entertaining book with great verse. The children loved it as it was so slapstick.

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Name: Tara Casey
27 March 2010;

Genre: Animals

The illustrations and font are great. The tenet of animals being free is also a good one but I can't help feeling it's a bit lost on a 3-5 year old. Enjoyable none the less.

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Name: Georgia Age 8
07 March 2010;

Genre: Historical Fiction

I loved in this book and how, at the end, fabulous Michael Morpurgo only then explains about the whales. That's when you finally find out about the dying whales. This book is my best book yet and it gets five stars from me. Gracie was just like my character in real life. Always waiting for anoth...

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Name: Meggan Age 13
03 March 2010;

Genre: Supernatural

It is very interesting and I didn't want to put it down once I started reading it.

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Name: James Age 13
23 October 2009;

Genre: Books set in the past

I wouldn't really recomend this book as the events are static and all the events move along too slowly.

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