April Reviews

Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

Reviewed by Bella SCPS

I thought Sisters was a really good book because it told you about a holiday group that sisters took. They were in the car for a week and they couldn't stop arguing. It was so funny! Sisters is part of a series of books that also has Smiles, Ghosts and Drama.
My favourite part about the book was when they started being nice to each other and then they got angry at each other for no reason. 
I think this book is good for years 4 and up. 
I rate this book  a 10/10.

The Magic Porridge Pot by Joan Stimson

Reviewed by Marco CLPS

​ I really liked this book. It is about a girl in a little village that didn't have any money to buy food. She went into the forest to look for berries, but she was so hungry that she started to cry. An old lady came with a black pot and sang a song to make porridge come out of it. She gave it to the girl and told her the song and she had all the porridge she could want.
I would recommend this book for Grades 1-4.

The Dress-Up Box by Patrick Guest

Reviewed by Ally M. CLPS
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There was a family who lived at 32 Sunshine Avenue. They were friends with the next-door neighbours! They had a haunted shed, a bamboo forest and their own dress up box! They loved to play with the dress up box. When their dad got home, they would use the dress up box and would dress up as Samarai Sam, Blast-off Barnaby, Magic Mille, Mama-sauras, Mr Pillow Head, Cowgirl Chloe and Eric The Egg! One fateful day they had to move to a new house so they said goodbye to everything they liked and went to the new house, but they still had the Dress-Up Box.

Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French 

​Reviewed by Lucy W. CLPS

This is a story about a wombat who likes to sleep and scratch and eat carrots and rolled oats.
I like this story because I like how the wombat demands carrots and rolled oats and bashed up the garbage can until he got carrots and rolled oats.
 I recommend this book for people three years and over.

Old Bones by David Hill

Reviewed by Lola M. CLPS

A boy had a dog. They were best friends and did everything together but the dog died of old age.
I liked this book because I'm very close to my dog, Chaos, but it reminded me of my dog Trigga, who died.
I would recommend it to people who want their hearts broken because it is a very sad story.

The Bugalugs Bum Thief by Tim Winton

Reviewed by Charlotte B. CLPS

The town's bottoms all go missing and only one boy can help them. I won't tell you who, you will have to read the book.
I like this book because it has funny words and pictures.
I rate this book 10/10. I recommend this book for everybody.

 Goal Power: Ella Diaries #13 by Meredith Costain

Reviewed by Abigail P. CLPS
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This book is about a girl called Ella and her two friends Zoe and Ammy. They are going to start a lunch time soccer club for girls only, and Ella has dreams of being striker. All she can do is goalkeeper.                  
I really liked this book because it is about soccer and I really like playing soccer. I also like how the book is written in a diary format. I like how every thought that goes into her head is in her diary.
I recommend this book to ages 7-10.                                                    

Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid by Jeff Kinney

Reviewed by Max R. SCPS

There was a very smart kid called Rowley Jefferson and his annoying friend Greg. Sometimes they fight a lot and sometimes they get along. Greg’s mum said to Rowley that he could pick any toy he wanted from their house, so he picked a knight with only one arm.
I rate this book 8/10.

Ugly by Robert Hoge

Reviewed by Shayla C. BGS

Robert Hoge is a really good author because he gives you not to much detail but enough about himself so you know what's going on. I think it's really good that he inspired himself to write a book about himself and call himself ugly. In the story when the baby was born, the mother didn't even look at her baby boy. She called the baby Robert. She didn't like her baby, so she said she wasn't going to take her baby home. After two weeks the family decided that they were going to have a vote and see if Robert was going to come home, all the kids said yes for Robert coming home, so he did. When he was four, he was going to have surgery. When Robert was in the surgery there were a lot of surgeons and they were moving his eyes closer to his nose and making his nose smaller and taking his foot off and his leg off. After that he was ready to go to school. Robert made a few friends at school and a few friends near his house. At school they had sports on Friday and his parents wouldn't let him do the sports that the children would go out of school for because It was too rough for him. So, he had to do fake sports at school. When he moved to the Middle School, they did sports on Tuesday and he was doing Balls and the first day he had fun. He kept on doing it and then the second time there was a new trainer called Frank . After a couple of weeks Frank asked Robert if he would like to do training with him, and then after a while he got to play with older people that he loved. When he was in Year 10, he was going to get another surgery and his parents asked if he wanted it or not and he said “No.”  He knew he looked fine. Robert Hoge said at the end “I knew I was ugly. But everyone is uglier than they think. We are all more beautiful too.”
I recommend this book for people that have disabilities and doctors that would like to know more strategies to deal with people like this. It is good for people aged 8 to 15.
I rate this book 10/10

​BFG by Roald Dahl

Reviewed by Scarlett CLPS

The BFG is a big friendly giant and it's a great book!
He talks with different words. It's where Sophie sees the BFG and he  snatches her. Then he takes her to Giant Country where all the bad giants live.
I recommend this book for Grades 2-6.
I rate it 5 stars.

The Little Girl Who Lost Her Name by David Cadji-Newby

Reviewed by Amelia H. APS

In this fantastic book, David explains how important your name is and how it makes you special. The little girl has lost her name and cannot find it. She goes on an adventure and finds some creatures including a knight, Imp, and elephants. It’s really good and a perfect book for all.
I think this book is good for ages 3 to 13.
I rate it 9/10.

The Twits by Roald Dahl

Reviewed by Liam S. SCPS

This book is about Mr. and Mrs. Twit. They look very weird because they don’t have showers and they have food in their hair. They love killing birds every Tuesday so that they can have a bird pie. They have four crazy monkeys that get up to mischief by helping the birds to not go on the dead tree. So read the book to find out how the animals get revenge. I rate it 10/10 and recommend it for ages 8 to 14.

WeirDo by Anh Do

Reviewed by Anton M. BGS  

The genre of this book is fiction.
In this book you find out that Weir is afraid of lady bugs but when soccer tryouts come a ladybug scares him and he saves the goal.
Will he save it on game day?
I give this book an 8/10 because I liked how the character always had a problem to solve.

Owly by Andy Runton

​Reviewed by Edith PSPS
This book is about an owl that finds a friend who is a worm. The worm had got lost and Owly helps the worm find its parents. When they found the parents they had a big party with yummy food.
I liked this book but I prefer horse books.