Excellent Reads

VIKINGS (BBC FACT FINDER) By Peter Chrisp. 48 pp. BBC Books. Out-of-print. (Ages 8 and up) ISBN 9780563352600 Rating: 4 Stars I read this book to learn about Vikings for school. The Vikings came from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. We sometimes call the Vikings "sea raiders". There once was a King called Cnut, who had a long war with England, Then they decided they would have peace. After England's king died Cnut was made King of England. He was a lot like an English king because he was Catholic. I also happened to watch a BBC movie on Vikings. However the movie was wrong because it said the Vikings were the second Europeans to go to North America when they were the first. Buy Vikings (BBC Fact Finder) at amazon.com Buy The Vikings (Factfinders) at amazon.co.uk

THE IMPROBABLE CAT By Allan Ahlberg. 128 pp. Puffin. £5.99. (Ages 8 and up) ISBN 9780141314907 Rating: 3.5 Stars This is quite a good book, because it haunts you a bit.       It's about a boy, who's family one day see a limping grey kitten on there doorstep so they took it in put it on the couch then started to stroke it like anyone would do to a kitten. However, the cat was hypnotizing them and in a week it was twice it's size.       I think that if you really like cat's that you should not read this book because the cat is bad.       I would only recommend it if you have another book with you or are only reading for a short time. If I put this book out of five I'd definitely say 3 1/2 .

ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS By Scott O'Dell. 192 pp. Houghton Mifflin. $6.99 (Ages 8 and up) ISBN 9780547328614 Rating: 5 Stars This book is about a girl named Karana. Karana lives on a small island, called Island of the Blue Dolphins, her Father is the Chief. The mane thing to know is that she gets left behind on the island. I really liked this book because it is sad and because she has animal friends. I like that she has animal friends because I wish I had animal friends. This is one of my favorite books; actually it's very close to being my favorite. Even though this book looks thin when you are reading it it seems as though it is as fat as my table because so many unforgettable things happen. An interesting thing to know is that the Aleuts came to hunt sea otter. My favorite part is when Karana and her dog are in a cave and suddenly sea a giant devil fish outside on the sea, it is actually twice as big as there canoe. If I put this book out of five I would definitely sa...