Excellent Reads

THE STORY OF THE WORLD CUP by Richard Brassey 24 pp. Orion Childrens. £4.99. (Ages 7 and up) ISBN 9781444009460 Rating: ? Stars     This book review is for football fans just in time for the World Cup. This is a nonfiction book about the FIFA World Cup. People fight in football. English people decided the rules for football. A team close to England called Scotland won the 1888 World Cup, before the FIFA World Cup started. Pele is the best football player in Brazil, the world, and forever.     I like how the book includes sets from the FIFA World Cup. I think that 6,7,8, 9 and 10-year-olds would like this book because it has easy words and hard words. Girls should buy this book. also on the Guardian Children's Books Site

SPIDER-MAN 2: THE DAILY BUGLE STORIES By Jacob Ben Gunter. 144 pp. HarperFestival. £4.99. (Ages 7 and up) ISBN 9780060571320 Rating: ? Stars SPIDER-MAN IS QUITE GOOD. FIRST HE WRITE A NEWSPAPER. WILL HE FIGHTS SOME MARSDERSE. BUT SOME PEOPLE HE A BADDIE. :-)

THE QUEEN By Richard Brassey 24 pp. Orion. £4.99. (Ages 7 and up) ISBN 9781444001273 Rating: ? Stars       This story is not really about anything I could say without giving away the story. It is basically about the queen, in longer words it is about the queen's childhood, as she grew up and turned into queen.       What really caught me and half made me laugh was when the queen and Crawfie (her governess)  disguised themselves as normal people and went for tea. The funny thing about this was that when they went there they had to carry their own tea and that even though they made good efforts people still knew who they were and they were stared at. I really liked Queen Salote of Tonga because she ignored the rain and waved cheerily from an open window.       I think the average age to read this book (or have it read to) is five. The reason I think the average age is five is because it is not exactly a baby book...

ROSE AND THE LOST PRINCESS by Holly Webb 272 pages. Orchard. £5.99. (Ages 7 and up). ISBN 9781408304488 Rating: 5 Stars This book is better than the first book in the series. It is about a young girl called Rose who goes from (in the first book) being a poor orphan to being a maid for the king's magician, Mr Fountain, and is now even Mr Fountain's apprentice. Later on the princess is found in the garden hidden behind a bush. However, the king knows that someone's evil magic must have gone wrong. Rose is now set a dangerous task: to guard the princess from whoever was trying to take her. What happens when Rose fails? Will the princess ever be found again? This book is set in the village, on the frozen lake, in Mr Fountain's house and of course in the palace. My favourite part is the scariest part, which is when evil Victor Hugo gives Rose a present that only by chance doesn't kill her. My favourite character is Rose because she can perform magic. I think ages s...

ROSE By Holly Webb 272 pages. Orchard. £5.99. (Ages 7 and up). ISBN 9781408304471 Rating: 5 Stars This one of my favourite books. It is about a young girl called Rose who lives in an orphanage. Then she is suddenly taken into the work of Mr Fountain (the king's magician). She soon finds that she just might be a little bit magical herself. Meanwhile she has already saved Freddie (the magician's apprentice) from a giant smoke monster. What happens when her and Freddie's magic is put to the test? Where have all the children gone? This book is set in an orphanage, a magician's house, the evil sparrow's house and sometimes in the town where rich people go in golden carriages, normal people walk and poor beggars lie on the floor. My favourite character is Rose because she is a bit similar to me. My favourite part is when they get out of the cellar and are fighting the evil Miss Sparrow because I think that bit has the most action. I think ages seven and up should re...

THE MAGIC FINGER By Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 80 pp. Puffin. £4.99 (Ages 7 and up) ISBN 9780141322681 Rating: ? Stars 1 Book title : the magic finger. 2 what is the book about : it's about the girle have the magic finger. 3what did you like about the book: "I" like about the book they do not have guns 4 what didt you like:thay hunting

THE OWL WHO WAS AFRAID OF THE DARK By Jill Tomlinson. Illustrated by Paul Howard. 112 pp. Egmont Books Ltd. £3.99. (Ages 7 and up) ISBN 9781405210935 Rating: ? Stars The author of the book is Jill Tomlinson. Jill Tomlinson never trained to be a writer. She wanted to be an opera singer, but when she got ill she had to stop. She decided to write books for children. The bus that went to church was her first story. But it was turned down by 16 publishers before Being accepted as a picture book! In the owl who was afraid of the dark, Plop is a baby owl perfect in every way - exept for one. Plop is Afraid of the dark! The book costs £3.99. There is a cat, an otter, a penguin, a hen, an aardvark and a gorilla. Egmont is the company that published the book. You can find more information on internet. The ISBN number is 1-4052-1093-1. The picture tells you that there is a baby owl in the book. In the lady's sketch book there is a Barn owl, hedgehog, bat and a badger. One half of her book is ...

CHEAT! By Judy Waite. 64 pp. Heinemann. £5.65. (Ages 7 and up) ISBN 9780435114855 Rating: 1/2 Star Book report letter Dear Ankylosaurus, I am writing this letter to you to tell you about a book that I have recently read. It's called cheat, and it's written by Judy Waite. It's a book about a boy called Danny who cheats in an art competition. The story begins when Danny woke up and found a letter for him saying that he won a competition. My favourite part is when Mr. King says to Danny that he is a vegetarian, and he just throws the meat pies in the bin after his gran's gone. It made me feel exciting. I wouldn't recommend you read this book because it's boring, and it dosen't have a proper ending. If I were to give it a mark out of ten, I would give it one, because I like stories with proper endings. Yours sincerely, Minmi.