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



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







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

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

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

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