Tawa BookBuster Reviews

Hannah R told us about “Puddle the Naughtiest Puppy by Hayley Daze. It is about a girl and her cousin who like to go on adventures. In this story the children and the puppy have an adventure at the theatre.

Michelle reviewed Pet Trouble by T. T Sutherland. This story is about a dog called Jeopardy who likes to jump over hurdles.

Mina told us about The Dread Pirate Fleur and the Ruby Heart by Sara Starbuck. In this story a girl’s father gets killed by a band of men. Her uncle who is the most feared man on the seas comes to claim her and Alexander Blood tries to kill the uncle. Mina gave this 100 stars and thinks it’s a great story for both girls and boys

Hannah reviewed The Crown Queen. She said this was a great book for girls. It was about someone who steals the crown because they wanted to crown someone else.

Alec reviewed The Secret Science  Alliance. This book is about 3 kids who are very smart and  have all become scientist. The write all their inventions in a notebook but someone has stolen this book to pinch their ideas.

Connor told us about Just Crazy.  This book has 9 stories and Connor’s favourite one is Mud Men because the men go around naked and put mud on themselves.

ILLUSIONS

courtesy of syndeticsFind out the insider’s scoop on how artistic illusions are created with this book. It’s called Trick of the Eye: Art and Illusion by Silke Vry. It was really fascinating how the artists can create depth and dimension by just using their brushes. What’s cool about it is you can have a go at recreating some of the illusions yourself. There are also some fun activities for you to do like eye tests which tests your ability to spot the hidden images in a picture. I had fun reading this I hope you will too!

Nosey at what others eat

What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio is a fascinating book.

The authors visited 25 families in 21 countries and recorded everything they ate in one week.  That was 525 meals. Some of the countries visited were India, Mexico, Greenland, Poland, Mali, United States, China and Australia.

There are large photos of a week’s food spread out so you can really have a good nosey at what they ate. You may be surprised at how many brands you recognise. Some have lots of meat while others have many vegetables. Some are mainly packaged . They also calculated the cost per week which of course varied significantly depending on the wealth of the nation. There are lots of great photos of the families cooking and shopping plus features and facts on life expectancy, literacy and fast foods.

Lots of Kids’ Reviews from Island Bay

Syndetics book coverLlama, llama red pajama / written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney.

It is child’s speak and it is a really fun, rhyming book, and little kids can read it. – Dionne

Syndetics book coverCat the cat, who is that? / by Mo Willems.

It has really good pictures and describing words that explain the pictures.- Lily

Syndetics book coverIt’s great for kittle kids and easy to read. – Paris

It’s really good for little kids. – Bridget-Anne

The faceless ones / Derek Landy.

It has lots of detail and expression. – Ethan

Syndetics book cover

Winnie’s midnight dragon / Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.

It has good pictures in the story. It is interesting. -Cheyenne

Syndetics book cover

My unwilling witch flies high / Hiawyn Oram [and] Sarah Warburton.

It rocks! – Sarah Jane
It’s SUPER funny! – Jade

BookSeekers Brooklyn reviews

 

The Big Fat Cow that goes Kapow by Andy Griffiths.

It’s funny and it rhymes – Phillip

The Key to Rondo by Emily Rodda

Description, action and dialogue. Exciting, a whole new world to be discovered (as abook.) – Nancy

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

In every book there is lots of action waiting to be read. -Maddie

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snickett

It is funny, has great pictures and it’s very interesting – Sasha

The Gates by John Connolly

I like the characters- Phillip

Ook and Gluk

This is another awesome read from the creators of the Adventures of Captain Underpants.  It’s about two cavemen named Ook and Gluk who were accidentally sent into the future and befriend a master martial arts teacher. That’s why they get to learn Kung-Fu. It is absolutely hilarious and a complete riot. It even has the flip o rama pages which you can flick back and forth. So head on down the library and check out The Adventures of Ook and Gluk the Kung-fu Cavemen from the Future.