ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell 144 pp. Penguin Group. £8.99. (Ages 13 and up) ISBN 9780141182704 Rating: ? Stars This book is set in a future when animals are much cleverer than now. And because of their cleverness, the pigs started a revolution against the humans. Pigs could speak fluently in English unlike the other animals, and that gave them the power to be leaders. But, the story that follows only happened a few years after that... Their first leader, Old Major, was kind and fair who knew animals should be equal. But when Napoleon became the leader it was very unpleasant. He made a rule that allowed the pigs to have better food and that forced all of the other animals to work crazily hard every day and night. That wasn’t enough, Napoleon wanted more power. He decided to kill his brother, Snowball, so that he would be the only leader. Snowball was admired because he came up with a clever idea to build windmill. Sn...
I AM BATMAN
By Catherine Hapka.
Illustrated by Adrian Barrios and Kanila Tripp. 30 pp. HarperCollins Children's Books. £2.99. (Ages 5 and up).
ISBN
9780007865109
Rating: 5 Stars
[INTERVIEW-STYLE REVIEW]
What is this book called? I am Batman.
What is this book about? Batman.
Who is in the book? Batman and the Joker, other people too.
What happens in the story? Batman have a car and he has a really big thing that goes really fast and he lives in a building and he have a Batman costume. And there's lots of nice people and there's the Joker. When the Joker comes someone thinks he's a clown and then kills everybody before all his smoke and makes them die. And the baddy have lots of money and the baddy took a big money bus and he hit a money bus guy and he throwing him on the road. He got a favourite piece of paper and a painting. And some person helps him.
What is the best thing about the book? The good people and the Batman. And the Batman took money the Joker put. And the baddies put something on him so he stay in jail forever. And Batman was flying.
Did you like the story? Yes.
Was it a scary book? Yes.
Was it a funny book? Yes.
What children should read this book? The kind of children want to read it.
(communicated by Agustinia ligabuei; written by a parent)
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