Title: 100 most dangerous things on the planet and what to do if it happen to you
Author: anna claybourne
Illustrator: pictures
Publisher: scholastic
Number of pages: 111
Audience: 9t
Text form: facts
Text purpose: inform
Review:learn how to face and survive the most dangerous thing that could possibly happen avalanches,earthquakes,floods,tornadoes,wildfires,asteroid strikes,rattlesnakes,sharks bears,killer bees,sinking ships,brake failure,plan crashes,fell of waterfall,caught in whirlpool,stuck in quicksand,falling through ice and many many more.
My rating:10/10
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Title: Malcolm in the middle
Author: tom manson
Illustrator: dan danko
Publisher: scholastic
Number of pages: 109
Audience: 9t
Text form:
Text purpose: entertain
Review: crooks in malcolm's house, now his older brother is leading a team to rescue them from military school,his other older brother wants to join the crooks and his younger brother dewey is looking for someone to play with and whos making the plan? MALCOLM!
My rating: 9/10
Author: tom manson
Illustrator: dan danko
Publisher: scholastic
Number of pages: 109
Audience: 9t
Text form:
Text purpose: entertain
Review: crooks in malcolm's house, now his older brother is leading a team to rescue them from military school,his other older brother wants to join the crooks and his younger brother dewey is looking for someone to play with and whos making the plan? MALCOLM!
My rating: 9/10
Monday, 7 September 2015
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DINOSAURS AND PREHISTORIC LIFE
Title: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DINOSAURS AND PREHISTORIC LIFE
Author: Miles Kelly
Illustrator: Miles Kelly
Publisher: Belinda Gallagher
Number of pages: 512
Audience: 9+
Text form: Chapter Book
Text purpose: To Inform
Review:
It tells you about the dinosaurs way back then and fosouls and when chronicles where descoverd
My rating: 8/1o
Author: Miles Kelly
Illustrator: Miles Kelly
Publisher: Belinda Gallagher
Number of pages: 512
Audience: 9+
Text form: Chapter Book
Text purpose: To Inform
Review:
It tells you about the dinosaurs way back then and fosouls and when chronicles where descoverd
My rating: 8/1o
Title: matilda
Author: roald dahl
Illustrator: quentin blake
Publisher: quentin blake
Number of pages: 221
Audience: 9 years and up
Text form: chapter book
Text purpose: entertain us
Review: a book that is about matilda that want to go to school but her parents won't let her and she is sad and then she is allowed to go to school and her teacher was miss honey who was very nice and kind to the children that she teaches .
My rating: 4 stars
Author: roald dahl
Illustrator: quentin blake
Publisher: quentin blake
Number of pages: 221
Audience: 9 years and up
Text form: chapter book
Text purpose: entertain us
Review: a book that is about matilda that want to go to school but her parents won't let her and she is sad and then she is allowed to go to school and her teacher was miss honey who was very nice and kind to the children that she teaches .
My rating: 4 stars
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Title: The fantastic flying books of Morris Lessmore
Author: William Joyce
Illustrator: William Joyce
Publisher: Atheneum books
Number of pages: 27 Pages
Audience: 7+
Text form: print
Text purpose: To Entertain
Review: This book is about a man called Morris Lessmore whose life was down in to one day he saw a lady flying in the air with flying books and then the books flew Morris Lessmore to this magical building where books come alive and comforted Morris.
My rating: 8/10
Author: William Joyce
Illustrator: William Joyce
Publisher: Atheneum books
Number of pages: 27 Pages
Audience: 7+
Text form: print
Text purpose: To Entertain
Review: This book is about a man called Morris Lessmore whose life was down in to one day he saw a lady flying in the air with flying books and then the books flew Morris Lessmore to this magical building where books come alive and comforted Morris.
My rating: 8/10
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Surviving sydney Cove
Title: Surviving sydney cove
Author:Goldie Alexander
Illustrator: none
Publisher: scholastic
Number of pages:169
Audience:9 and up
Text form: journal
Text purpose: retell
Review: A girl named Lizzie who becomes a convict and gets sent away from her little brother which she had to look after her parents die.she is on a adventure and soon wants to see her brother Edward again.
My rating:8/10
Author:Goldie Alexander
Illustrator: none
Publisher: scholastic
Number of pages:169
Audience:9 and up
Text form: journal
Text purpose: retell
Review: A girl named Lizzie who becomes a convict and gets sent away from her little brother which she had to look after her parents die.she is on a adventure and soon wants to see her brother Edward again.
My rating:8/10
Monday, 24 August 2015
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Author: Jeff Kinney
Illustrator: Jeff Kinney
Publisher: Puffin Books
Number of pages: 217
Audience: 9+
Text form: Chapter Book
Text purpose: To Entertain
Review: A kid named Greg and his having a hard time in High School and his best friend Rowley.
My rating: 9/10
Author: Jeff Kinney
Illustrator: Jeff Kinney
Publisher: Puffin Books
Number of pages: 217
Audience: 9+
Text form: Chapter Book
Text purpose: To Entertain
Review: A kid named Greg and his having a hard time in High School and his best friend Rowley.
My rating: 9/10
Thursday, 13 August 2015
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Title: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Publisher: Puffin Books
Number of pages: 180
Audience: 9+
Text form: Chapter Book
Text purpose: To Entertain
Review:
it is were this kid buys a chocolate and in it there is a golden ticket and he goes to a really crazy invention factory that makes chocolate.
My rating: 8/10
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Publisher: Puffin Books
Number of pages: 180
Audience: 9+
Text form: Chapter Book
Text purpose: To Entertain
Review:
it is were this kid buys a chocolate and in it there is a golden ticket and he goes to a really crazy invention factory that makes chocolate.
My rating: 8/10
Thursday, 30 July 2015
Title:Georges marvelous medicine
Author: Ronald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Publisher: Puffin books
Number of pages: 122
Audience: 8+
Text form: Chapter book
Text purpose: To entertain
Review: George has a grandma that is very, very gross, Just like when she said that she ate caterpillars and worms and more. Its almost 11:00 am.. George has to gather as much ingredients to add in his medicine.. At 11:00 am, he is ready and searched through the cupboards and found a wooden spoon and used it.
My rating: 10/10
Author: Ronald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Publisher: Puffin books
Number of pages: 122
Audience: 8+
Text form: Chapter book
Text purpose: To entertain
Review: George has a grandma that is very, very gross, Just like when she said that she ate caterpillars and worms and more. Its almost 11:00 am.. George has to gather as much ingredients to add in his medicine.. At 11:00 am, he is ready and searched through the cupboards and found a wooden spoon and used it.
My rating: 10/10
sleuth or dare #1 partners in crime
Title: sleuth or dare #1 partners in crime
Author: Kim Harrington
Illustrator: Kim Harrington
Publisher: scholastic
Number of pages: 179
Audience: 8-12
Text form: novel
Text purpose: to entertain
Review: Nora and Darcy are best friends they had to make up a fake business for school so they chose a:detective agency Nora liked helping people and Darcy liked crime
does their fake business get a real case?
My rating: 8/10
Author: Kim Harrington
Illustrator: Kim Harrington
Publisher: scholastic
Number of pages: 179
Audience: 8-12
Text form: novel
Text purpose: to entertain
Review: Nora and Darcy are best friends they had to make up a fake business for school so they chose a:detective agency Nora liked helping people and Darcy liked crime
does their fake business get a real case?
My rating: 8/10
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Charlie and the chocolate factory
Title: Charlie and the chocolate factory
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Publisher: Puffin Books
Number of pages:
Audience: 9-13
Text form: Narrative
Text purpose: Entertain
Review: Charlie and the chocolate factory is an
imaginative and creative book that is interesting
and many people should read.
My rating: 9/10
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Publisher: Puffin Books
Number of pages:
Audience: 9-13
Text form: Narrative
Text purpose: Entertain
Review: Charlie and the chocolate factory is an
imaginative and creative book that is interesting
and many people should read.
My rating: 9/10
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
Georges Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl
Title: Georges Marvellous Medicine
Author: ROALD DAHL
Illustrator: QUENTIN BLAKE
Publisher: ROALD DAHL
Number of pages: 122
Audience: 9+
Text form: Chapter Book
Text purpose: To Entertain
Review:
George has a grandma and she is very mean. George has to give his grandma medicine at eleven o'clock so he had a while till he had to give his grandma her medicine. Grandma asked for her medicine and George replied saying that there is twenty minutes till eleven o'clock. George made the medicine in time so he got some and then it was time to give it to her and then she didn't stop growing and growing and then she turned in to .......
My rating: 9/10
Author: ROALD DAHL
Illustrator: QUENTIN BLAKE
Publisher: ROALD DAHL
Number of pages: 122
Audience: 9+
Text form: Chapter Book
Text purpose: To Entertain
Review:
George has a grandma and she is very mean. George has to give his grandma medicine at eleven o'clock so he had a while till he had to give his grandma her medicine. Grandma asked for her medicine and George replied saying that there is twenty minutes till eleven o'clock. George made the medicine in time so he got some and then it was time to give it to her and then she didn't stop growing and growing and then she turned in to .......
My rating: 9/10
Malcolm in the middle The hostage crises
Title: Malcolm in the middle The Hostage crises
Author: Tom Mason
Illustrator: Dan Danko
Publisher: Linwood Boomer
Number of pages: 109
Audience: 9+
Text form: Written
Text purpose: Entertain
Review: The text is funny and has some challenging vocabulary. It's about a family held hostage in there own home But somehow they managed to turn it around.I recommend it for People who love action and laughter theme.
My rating: 8/10
Author: Tom Mason
Illustrator: Dan Danko
Publisher: Linwood Boomer
Number of pages: 109
Audience: 9+
Text form: Written
Text purpose: Entertain
Review: The text is funny and has some challenging vocabulary. It's about a family held hostage in there own home But somehow they managed to turn it around.I recommend it for People who love action and laughter theme.
My rating: 8/10
Changes by Anthony Browne
Title: Changes
Author: Anthony Browne
Illustrator: Anthony Browne
Publisher:Walker Books
Number of pages: 15
Audience: 9+
Text form:Visual text
Text purpose:To entertain
Review:
The text Changes is about a boy named Joseph who discovers all sorts of extraordinary differences in his house. It hooks the reader through the use of surreal images throughout the book to really tell a story.
The text will appeal to readers who are interested in unpacking puzzling illustrations or learning about visual texts.
My rating: 8/10
Author: Anthony Browne
Illustrator: Anthony Browne
Publisher:Walker Books
Number of pages: 15
Audience: 9+
Text form:Visual text
Text purpose:To entertain
Review:
The text Changes is about a boy named Joseph who discovers all sorts of extraordinary differences in his house. It hooks the reader through the use of surreal images throughout the book to really tell a story.
The text will appeal to readers who are interested in unpacking puzzling illustrations or learning about visual texts.
My rating: 8/10
Monday, 18 May 2015
We Love Reading: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
We Love Reading: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Publisher: Puffin Books
Number of pages: 190 pages
Audience: People who love eating chocolate and other lollies would enjoy this book as well as people who liked the movie.
Text form: Chapter book
Text purpose: To entertain (and to make us hungry for chocolate)
Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a novel about a boy named Charlie Bucket who finds a golden ticket. This ticket takes him on a trip of a lifetime to Mr Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. He along with 4 other lucky children enter the secret world of chocolate making. Along the way they are tested. Who will remain at the end?
My rating: 9/10 (We think it would be even better with more pictures!)
Reviewed by: Year 4 Stars at Christ the King
Saturday, 2 May 2015
Check out: What's Your Story? by Rose Giannone
Title: What’s Your Story?
Author: Rose Giannone
Illustrator: Bern Emmerichs
Publisher: Berbay Publishing
Number of pages: 40
Audience: Middle primary
Text form: Picture book
Text purpose: To entertain
What's Your Story? is a picture book which has a wide audience, being a historical fiction text. It immediately grabs the readers interest by posing the question "What's your story?". No matter who we are and where we come from, this is a question that immediately gets you thinking, as we all have a different experiences to share.
The text centres on Australian history as it follows the journey of a the arrival of European settlers through the eyes of an orphan boy and an Aboriginal girl called Milba. It keeps the reader entertained by telling of the characters shared encounters about the way they live and the worlds that they come from.
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| Rating: 5 Stars! |
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