Student Librarian Book Reviews

SNOWED UNDER BY SERGE BLOCH

review by Sneha

This book is about a little boy who has a good ear and hears all about the Christmas confusions in the house, like this - "When I told her her how worried I was about Santa, she said that he was snowed under."  AND what does Snowed under mean?  Flip the pages through this book and you will get tied up with the confusion.

Suitable for all ages.

Enjoy!

STORMBREAKER: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BY ANTHONY HOROWITZ

reveiw by Conor

I thought this was AWESOME!!  It is about a 14 year old boy named Alex Rider.  His uncle says that he is a banker at a bank called the Royal and General Bank.  But, when Alex's uncle gets shot, Alex is informed his uncle ws really an agent for the M16 and now they want Alex to join them.  This book is a graphic novel which means it is a comic stip. Boys and Girls would both enjoy this book.

UNDER THE MOUNTAIN BY MAURICE GEE

review by Kate L 

Rachel and Theo Matheson are special red headed twins.  They have no idea what is haunting them, until an old man comes along and explains it all.  They find that only they can stop what is happening under the mountain.  This book is aimed at more older and mature readers, and has been made into an exciting movie.

New Books

Thanks to the Sinclair family who donated these books at the end of 2012 to commemorate their boys time at Redwood School.  It is wonderful to have our collection added to by with books that have been enjoyed.  These books are recommended for boys in Years 5 and 6.

Great Summer Readers!

Thanks to these super summer readers who independently filled out their summer reading log and brought in it to school at the start of the year.  We are so glad you kept up your reading over summer, and even more pleased that you are reading for pleasure.

Thank you to Gecko Publishing who kindly donated some books as rewards for these kids!

WELCOME TO 2013 IN THE LIBRARY

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL....the library team are looking forward to a fantastic year and we already have lots of fun things planned for the library in 2013.

So how was your summer?  And what did you read?

I wanted to share two of my favourite summer reading books.

Mrs Goodin recommended Bootleg by Alex Shearer to me.

I just loved it.  Imagine a world where chocolate was illegal..... I know it is a terrible thought.  In this story chocolate becomes outlawed by the Good For You party.  A couple of lads, Huntly and Smudger, can't live with this and come up with a plan.....

My 10 year old also read this book and really enjoyed it, so a great read for our year 5/6 students.  Thanks Mrs Goodin for the suggestion.

My other favourite summer read was One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson

This is a really lovely book, Hal is the nicest little boy, and all he ever wanted was a dog, and his parents give him everything else you could think of BUT a dog.  Then they do this really mean thing, they hire a dog for a weekend for him - from a place called rent-a-pet-agency.  And the worst part is they don't even tell him that his dog is only rented.  How mean is that?  
You're not believing me when I said this was a really lovely book now are you?  Well it is and I recommend you read it to find out!

I think children in Years 4, 5 & 6 would like this book, it might be a nice one to read to them Mums and Dads, you might like it too!

We'd love to hear about what you read over the summer, so pop in and see Jan or myself anytime, or feel free to leave a comment and book recommendation  on this blog.

Miss Gargan