Madalyn’s book review

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Parachute by Danny Parker and Matt Ottley

I recommend this book to any stage because… the blurb says: a parachute… you will never know when you’ll need one… and that is very touching to say to someone who really wants to be an author when they grow up and be a successful person.

Toby wears a parachute, all the time. It is the first thing he puts on in the morning. It makes him feel safe everywhere he goes so basically brave enough to deal with all kinds of tricky situations… such as getting out of bed or riding his bike. But what happened when someone else trouble is greater than his own.

Danny Parker created this book with the help of Matt Ottley. Danny Parker was born in the UK. He has been a nurse, an undertaker, actor. He is now a teacher in Perth, Western Australia and is married with two children for whom he sometimes play’s the part of a parachute.

Alison’s book review

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The Ghost Dance by Alice McLerran
Today we had a competition 5/6MC. We had to read our own book then write about it. I chose The Ghost Dance by Alice McLerran and illustrated by Paul Morin. The pictures were amazing and looked so real and the speech was just fabulous. It is about the past and how white people killed the buffalo. The other people were upset and frightened. They tried to bring the buffalos soul back.

Out of ten I would give a full ten. I recommend you read it. You will love it

Emily’s book review

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The Last Viking Returns by Norman Jorgensen and James Foley

I found the book very interesting, I very much enjoyed how the author brought back the Vikings considering I love Viking history. I really, really love how there was drama.. okay a lot of drama,
the twins kept running away from the grandparents.
they ended up on a boat when the pretend (I think) Vikings were performing a dragon stunt…
All in all, it was an enjoyable, adventurous book… I laughed when there was ‘Thor’ ‘Odin’ ‘Goddess Freya’ ‘God Sigurd’

oh I just read over it.. the dragon was real haha…
It was called Fanir and it’s the most evil dragon imaginable.

This book I highly recommend for younger and older children, thus it’s for year 3-4.
this is the blurb:

Josh is a brave as a Viking warrior
And not much can scare a Viking.
But the two littlest Vikings are going berserk.
They think they’re invincible,
and that spells trouble!

When Pop takes the family to Viking World,
Josh finds out just how far he’ll go to keep them safe
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out of ten, I rate this book an eight!

Lavinia’s book review

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It’s a Book by Lane Smith

My book review is about `It’s a book’ by Lane Smith. I like this book because it really shows that for some people  having a device is almost everything these days and a lot of the population has probably forgotten what the purpose of a book is!  Some people don’t even know that there are still books around!

I just really like this book because if everyone in the world read this they would probably put down Candy Crush, Flappy Bird, Crossy Road and a bunch of other useless apps.

Thank you for purchasing this book for the library, I enjoyed it a lot!!!

World Read Aloud Day

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Imagine a world where everyone can read…

Today, February the 24th is World Read Aloud Day. Every year people all over the world celebrate this special day which is all about spreading a love for reading.

We are so fortunate at Tenambit to have an amazing library and classrooms full of great books. My challenge to you today is to read aloud to your mum, dad, brothers, sisters, friends … why not ring or Skype nan or pop and read to them… you could even read to your cat or dog.

Send me a reply and tell me who you read to. Even better send me a photo and I’ll post it here.

Photos can be sent to:

susanne.riding@det.nsw.edu.au

Super Saturday & a Sizzling Start

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The moon was full the night they disappeared. Windswept paddocks lay clear and blue under high tatters of cloud. A car lurched, without lights, along the rutted road that ran from the town to the bay. It moved erratically, urgently, as though the driver didn’t know how to drive. The wind whipped away the sound of the engine. p 1 The Quicksand Pony by Alison Lester

I had a super Saturday. Between refreshing dips in the surf, and soaking up the sun on one of our beautiful local beaches, I read two pretty special books. I was captivated by the sizzling start above from The Quicksand Pony by Alison Lester. I’m not going to reveal too much about this book except to say it’s really not Bella the quicksand pony who is central to this story, although she does play a pivotal role in connecting two intersecting stories, but rather it’s the characters of Biddy, Joe and Joycie that are at its heart.

At the conclusion of the book, Alison Lester provides an interesting insight into her life growing up on a farm in the South Gippsland region of Victoria. She talks about her experiences of stockwork and mustering, pony club and the horses she has owned and gives sage advice to aspiring authors and illustrators.  Lester concluded by likening herself to a magpie, collecting bits of information and ideas for stories from everywhere and storing them in her head. She says, “If you love writing or drawing… you just have to keep doing it, every day, and you’ll get better and better.”

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The second book by Randa Abdel-Fattah had an intriguing title, Jodie, this is the Book of You. Jodie is going into year 6, struggling to come to terms with her mum and dads divorce, dad’s new relationship as well as dealing with being bullied at school and online. Jodie and her friends find a mysterious book in the library that gives her confusing advice. It’s the first of four in this series.