Rescue of Emma Strawberryred (Original title “Ruby the Red Fairy”) by Daisy Meadows
Emma Strawberryred is a little rainbow fairy. She is as cute as a butterfly. The cruel magician Jack Frost has cursed the rainbow land. One morning Emma wakes up and finds her 6 sisters are gone. Emma and her two human friends Kathy and Mona must find them because the 7 sisters need to be reunited to rescind the curse.
This book is interesting because it has lots of surprises in it, and it is not so hard to read. I recommend this book for children aged from 8 to 10.
Recommendation by LH
This story is about a Grandmother, her grandson Kasperl, his friend Seppel and the evil Mr. Robber Hotzenplotz and his friend, the evil Mr. Magician Petrosilius Zackleman. One day grandmother was sitting on her garden bench grinding coffee, when suddenly a funny man called Hotzenplotz stood beside her. `Give that coffee mill to me, do you hear!` screamed Hotzenplotz. He held his pistol towards Grandmother. She sighed and gave Hotzenplotz her coffee mill. What could she do? All people in town were afraid of the robber. Find out all the adventures of Seppel and Kasperl. I like this book because it is about Petrosilius Zackleman and I like magicians. This book makes a great read aloud for children aged 7 and above.
Book recommendation by A.
George's Secret Key to the Universe
By: Lucy & Stephen Hawking
In this story George the main character has an adventure about outer-space.
The adventure starts when he loses Freddy, his pig. Soon on the way searching for Freddy he finds a friend whose name is Annie. Annie lives next door of his house. The most powerful computer in the world called “Cosmos” belongs to the father of Annie called “Eric”. It turns out to be the secret-key to the universe. Cosmos has some opinions and emotions. At the end Cosmos, George, Annie and Annie's-mother end up saving Eric's life.
This story has friendship and evil things.
This book includes real photos of interesting outer-space stuff, the photos also have information to them.
I recommend this book for: Ages in years 7 - infinity
The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin
Weird things start to happen when 16 people come to read the will of Samuel W. Westing. The will turns out to be game, and Sam Westing claims he was murdered by one of the 16 people. Nobody knows why the “game loving millionaire” has chosen a bunch of strangers (and the murderer) to try to inherit his fortune. Will Sam Westing pull off the ultimate game even though he’s dead?
This book is very complex and has lots of twists and turns.
Recommended for ages 10 and up.
The Story of London by Richard Brassey
I like the book because it has pictures like comics but it is a true story about London. I can learn many things about London in the book. It has got colourful pictures and nice colours.
The book is for everybody who wants to find out more about London. It goes from the Romans to the second World War and even further.
The Romans arrived, looked around, took over London and built the first London Bridge and called it Londinium. The Romans left by 410 AD. Then the Saxons came there. They were farmers and the city meant nothing to them. The Danes (from Denmark) took over London in 1013 But the Saxon King and King Olav of Norway threw them out.
Edward the Confessor built Westminster Abbey, then he died in the year 1066. A few months later William the Conqueror came over from France to invade England. He killed Edward's successor Harold and had himself crowned at Westminster. To impress the local people William the Conqueror built 3 castles in the City: The tower of London, the Hall at Westminster and St Paul's Cathedral.
In the Middle Ages London became a big trading centre. In 1348 the Black Death arrived and killed many people. In 1665 started the Great Plague and there were 80'000 dead in London. London was a ghost town, even the King stayed away. 1666 the Great Fire of London destroyed everything and 100'000 homeless. The streets were widened and the houses made of bricks.
1854 Dr Snow noticed that all the victims of Cholera drew water from the same well. The river was dirty from the waste but they made long pipes to the ocean and then it went into the ocean and didn't stink anywhere and the people got less sick.
From 1800 it could get bigger because of the fast and cheap ways of getting around in the city. The underground railway opened in the 1890s.
In World War 1 an anti aircraft gun on the tower bridge shot a hole in the tower by mistake. After World War 2 there was a lot of smog. People were travelling to a better place from Africa and the Caribbean. People wanted the city to be better for different things like seeing more old buildings. London was a big city with lots of culture - things like museums, there were an opera and the national theatre.
You will like this book when you read it. There are a lot of nice details in it.
Book recommendation by DN
The Joshua Files, by M.G. Harris
The Joshua Files is about a boy, named Josh, whose father dies in an air crash in Mexico.
Was it just a sad accident? The mystery begins when the plane is discovered miles of course. Josh is then pulled into a fast paced adventure involving ancient Mayan secrets.
I liked this book because of all the suspense and realistic action. This is a great book for ages 9-13.
These books are a trilogy so there are three books, Invisible City, Ice Shock and Zero Moment.
I can't wait to read the third one now! The adventure has really captured my imagination.
This book is about a mouse that worried about everything. My favourite character is Wemberly because she had a creative imagination. I like this book because Wemberly made a friend at school. You should read this book if you are worried about anything.
