July Reviews

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Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda

Reviewed by Jack P. MRPS

Rowan of Rin was an enthralling, fictional story about a shy boy named Rowan.
He and his fellow villagers set off on a mission to restore water to the village of Rin.
Sheba the wise witch gives them a warning but they ignore it.
How will they survive the seven dangerous challenges?
This book showed a great message that anyone can do anything. This was a great book and can inspire young shy kids to stand out.
I recommend it to 11+ years old.
​I rate this book a 9/10. 

HotDog! Art Time! by Anh Do

Reviewed by Patrick K. BuniPS

This book is about a dog and his friends.
They draw paintings and there are these two people called Rooster and Donkey and they are the two robbers in this story.
They steal a famous painting called the Llama Lisa.
I recommend that age 7+ can read this book because it is a good appropriate book for kids.
​I rate this book a 8/10 because there could of been some more exciting things in the book.

The 156-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

Reviewed by Caleb L. BuniPS

This book is about two people named Andy and Terry. They need a contract for their tree house, but they needed it to happen six years ago, so they had to travel back in time.
When they hopped in the bin, Inspector Bubble Wrap jumped in and knocked the time thruster and turned it back in time and went back through time through a bunch of time periods, even the future.
I recommend this for ages 9 to 15 because it is a chapter book.
I​ would rate this book 8/10.

Little Bont and the Big Secret by Marcus Bontempelli 

Reviewed by Hunter S. BuniPS

Little Bont is so devious. After a good game of footy but he lost. But nothing a good lunch made by the one the only nana can't fix.
But when little Bont gets there he is just kicking around the footy out the back. When he kicks it he accidentally kicks it right into nana's gnome.
Little Bont blames it on the poor little cat. But about 10 minutes later he confesses to his nana.
I enjoyed this book because I go for the Western Bulldogs.
I recommend this book for ages 6 and over.
I rate this book a solid 10/10.

A Twisted Tale: Part of Your World by Liz Braswell

Reviewed by Poppy A. BuniPS

This extraordinary book, Part of Your World by Liz Braswell, tells the other side of The Little Mermaid - I mean what would have happened if Ariel, the Little Mermaid never defeated Ursula the cruel sea witch.
Liz has done a flawless job at writing this masterpiece, every small but meaningful world describes the details of how Ariel has changed over the years and how she has now become the Queen of Atlantica.
Ariel has heard rumours that her father, King of Atlantica, might still be alive after he lost the fight with Ursula.
Now Ariel has come back to the dry land to get back her father after all these years.
This book is recommended for 10 and over.
I rate this book a 10/10 because of it’s amazing detail and great visualisation of the whole story and book. 

Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger by Jackie French

Reviewed by Alexis T. BuniPS

Tigg is a twelve-year-old boy and he is the youngest bushranger on the Ballarat goldfields in 1859.
He had to move the South Australia to be safe. Tigg must solve the greatest mystery of all.
I say this book is good for ages 10 to 18.
​I rate this book 7/10.

Freeze a Crowd by Paul Jennings, Ted Greenwood and Terry Denton

Reviewed by Max W. DPS

This book has jokes and sayings, but it doesn't give you the answer. It gives you a letter and number. The top and bottom of the page has letters across it and the sides have numbers running down. You have to line up the letter and number and then you will find he answer where they meet in the picture's. It is similar to a map.
Here is an example: 'why don't you tell secrets to a clock? Because time will tell'. The picture is a clock with arms and legs, walking like a person.
I recommend this book for ages 6 to 10.
I give this book an 8/10. It is quite different to other books I have read.

Spooner or Later by Paul Jennings, Ted Greenwood and Terry Denton

Reviewed by Max W. DPS

This book has a range of short sentences and you have to swap the first letters of the words to make the meaning change.
There are pictures that match each new sentence around the edge of the pages that you have to match up. The sentences and pictures are usually quite funny!
Here is an example: 'hatch a cat' swaps to 'catch a hat'.
I would recommend this book for ages 6 - 10.
I give this book an 8/10. 

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Reviewed by Saul K. MPPS

Captain Underpants is a funny and fun novel about how two boys, George and Harold, kind of save the world with help from Captain Underpants. However, it wasn’t always like this. George and Harold would always crack jokes and do pranks. But the mean old principal Mr. Krupp wouldn’t have it!
So, one day they got a hypnosis ring and made him Captain Underpants.
I would recommend this book to people 6 and up.
I would rate this book a 9/10.
I love the writing and the drawings are top notch.

Guts by Raina Telgmeier

Reviewed by Jess C. BPS

This book is about Raina, a young school girl, who woke up with a very bad stomach ache one morning. Her mum had one too. The first night Raina got up and was vomiting and it did not stop. She went back to bed and when she woke up she got dressed for school. School just said it could be a bug going through your body because a lot of your friends are sick too, or it could be food poisoning or you might be just stressed.
Her nerves are high because she is also trying to meet new friends.
My favourite part is when Raina started vomiting and she couldn’t sleep. I also like when she goes to school and her frown gets turned upside down because it made me feel warm inside.
I recommended this book to Year 2 and up because it is very easy to read and it is a graphic novel with lots of pictures.
​I rate this book 10/10 because it is about meeting new friends.

Wings of Fire #5: The Brightest Night by Tui T. Sutherland

Reviewed by Isabelle M. BPS

Sunny has always had faith in the prophecy… until now.
Morrowseer said that he made the prophecy up to be the NightWings new plan to take over the rainforest! Now the NightWings home is destroyed and they only survived by coming to the rainforest to live under the rein of Glory, Queen of the RainWings.
Sunny gets kidnapped! She flies all the way to the desert, tracking her NightWing kidnappers. They arrive at the Scorpion Den.
Kestrel said Dune found Sunny’s egg around the Scorpion Den, but they were both dead now. Will Sunny find her parents?
Getting imprisoned in Burn’s stronghold gives her a chance to think. It’s obvious this war needs to end, but how will the dragonets do it? Can Sunny and her friends save the world? Can they bring peace to the dragon tribes? Can she find the lost treasure of the SandWings and choose a good queen?
My favourite part is when Sunny finds her parents.
I recommend this book to year 3+ because of fantasy violence.
I rate this book 10/10 because it’s my 2nd favourite in the Dragonet Prophecy series.

The 26-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths

Reviewed by Logan C. BPS

This book is about 2 people called Andy and Terry who live in a treehouse and Terry got his underpants swallowed by a shark. T
here are also some evil pirates and a lady named Jill, who loves animals. The book has lots of different stories in it that keep the reader interested.
I really liked that it had different stories.
My most favourite part is when Terry’s underpants got swallowed by the sharks and Terry, Andy and Jill had to do surgery on the sharks.
I would recommend this book to year 3 and up because some parts are tricky to read.
​I would rate this book 8 out of 10 because it is one of my favourite books.

The Lego Book by Daniel Lipkowitz

Reviewed by Will M. BPS

The Lego Book is about Lego. At the start of the book, like all great books, it tells you about the author and where he got his ideas.
The book goes through the history of Lego and it shows you the different kinds of Lego models you can create with the different brick styles.
It shows the scale model of bricks, and you can see the different brick builds from 6 all the way to a 700 brick build.
My favourite part is everything from start to finish, in particular the history behind the Lego and the timeline of how it progressed.
I would recommend this book to 4 years old and up because younger kids can’t play with Lego yet.
​I rate this book 10/10 because each page is filled with excitement and imagination.

Sky Dragon: Fly Free by Anh Do

Reviewed by Faith M. BPS

This book is about a girl called Amber who is lost in a desert. Agent Ferris is looking for her. She is sitting behind a tree. Her foot is sore so she hops all the way home. She finds a cave and glow worms show her the way out of the cave.
Amber gets home to her grandmother and had soup for dinner.
Amber goes to Justin’s house and they talk for a while. Justin shows Amber the creek. It looks so beautiful.
Next, people were going to burn the library so that the agents have another building to work in. People made signs saying 'stop burning the place of learning' and 'books not bombs'.
Towards the end of the book Agent Ferris shocks Amber with a taser because she is their enemy.
My favourite part is when Amber flew on an insect shaped as a dragon and Reggie, AKA Firefight, was on the insect. He fell off the dragon shaped incest soaring in the sky. Luckily, the agent found Reggie and he was ok.
I recommend this book to grade 3 to grade 4 because it was easy but hard to read as there is some tricky words.
The books is happy but also sad and it had a bit of drama.
​I rate this book 9.5/10 because it was a lovely book.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules by Jeff Kinney

Reviewed by Chase H. MPPS

So the first bit is where Greg is talking about his holiday. His dad made him join the swim team and he found a trick for getting out of it. He would hide in the bathroom which was more cold than the freezing pool.
The end was really quirky and weird. It was at a talent show where his mum was up on stage dancing.
I recommend this for 8 to 100 years old.
I give it a 10/10 because it's the best book I've read in a long time. But it did have one thing I didn't like: Rowley!

The Sloth Who Came to Stay by Margaret Wild

Reviewed by Max W. DPS

This book is about a family who always went fast with everything until their child found a sloth who taught their family how to slow down.
I would recommend this book for kids aged 4 to 8 years.
I give this book 8/10 because it is a very enjoyable book for most ages and a nice calming book.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Reviewed by Max W. DPS

This book is about a boy named Charlie, who doesn't have much money in his house.
On his birthday he gets a bar of chocolate and he hears on the radio that Mr Wonka has hidden 5 golden tickets in chocolate bars to let people into his chocolate factory, which has been closed for many years.
I recommend this book for ages 7 to 12 years because it quite a long book for younger kids.
I give this book 9/10 because it is a very interesting book and it's funny.

Runt by Craig Silvey

Reviewed by Max W. DPS

This book is about a girl named Annie who lives on a farm in Upson Downs. It hasn't rained for years and her family farm is running out of money.
Annie finds a stray dog who she names Runt, who is very good at doing tricks, but not when anyone else is watching.
Annie enters Runt into an obedience competition which gives them a chance to win some money to help the farm, but how will Annie get Runt to perform in from of other people?
I recommend this book for ages 7 to 12 years as it is a longer novel, but could be enjoyable to read with your parents for younger kids.
I give this book an 8/10 because it is very interesting and exciting.

The day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

Reviewed by Jeedara W-D. YPCC

All the crayons wrote Duncan a letter and orange and yellow were arguing over what colour the sun was, and orange said that it was orange but yellow said it was yellow, green said but it’s both colours.
It is a very good book and I recommend it for young ones aged 1-12 years old because it is very funny.
I like how Duncan ripped the skin-colored paper off. I love how Duncan never used the pink crayon and his little sister did. 
I rate this book a 9/10 and I really hope you like it too 

InvestiGators #5: Braver and Boulder

Reviewed by Faith M. YPCC

The is no crime in the city and the InvestiGators are bored.
They just sat on the couch and watched tv until they got a call to go to their company.
They got up from the couch and went to their company they got told to take a suitcase to a van. They got suspicious and told their robots to scan the van, the robots told them that someone was in the van. 
The InvestiGators thought someone was kidnapped, but it turns out it was some mans clothes so they gave him his clothes and were about to leave until they saw a rock. They asked what it was and the man said it was a rock buddy and he’s my pet because I can’t get a pet to live in my van with me. The InvestiGators agreed and went on with their day then trouble struck.
I recommend it to 8 years and up.
​I rate this book a 10/10.

All Right, Vegemite! by June Factor

Reviewed by Max W. DPS

This book is a collection of kids poems and rhymes.
Sometimes I have to get out of bed to read the poems to my family. We all laugh together.
I recommend this book for ages 6 to 9 because some of the rhymes are a bit cheeky.
I give this book out 9 of 10! It's funny and enjoyable for most kids. 

Unreal, Banana Peel! by June Factor

Reviewed by Max W. DPS

This book is another book from the series by June Factor and illustrated by Peter Viska. They are a collection of children's rhymes and poems.
Here is one example - I eat my peas with honey, I've done it all my life: It makes the peas taste funny But it keeps them on my knife (I don't even like peas).
I recommend this book for kids aged between 6 and 9 because some of the rhymes are a bit sneaky and revolting.
I give this book out 9/10.
These books are easy to read and they make me laugh.
​It's a very good book with a rhyme for everyone and the pictures are great.