The best thing about this book is its very funny. Andy and Terry live in a very cool treehouse with 13 floors and on each one is something amazing, like a see-through swimming pool, a shark pit, a bowling alley, a lemonade fountain and a man-eating shark tank. They watch TV and write and draw books. They have the best life.
A sweet set of Little Hands Trust books for toddlers that explain concepts such as colors, shapes and textures in a simple and accessible way. Tom was immediately transfixed and looked at each page carefully making little noises when he saw the instruments.
This is all about Milly-Molly-Mandy (her real name is Millicent Margeret Amanda which is too long to shout out so her family shortened it). She lives with her father, mother, grandpa, grandma, uncle and aunty in a small white cottage with a thatched roof. Her family are kind. Everyone in the family has jobs to do and hers is to run errands for everyone.
When 12-year-old Rusty returns home to England after being evacuated to America during the Second World War, she has a dismal welcome. Five years is a long time and she no longer remembers her home country – everything really has been bigger and better in America.
Spud 2 takes place in 1991, when Spud is attending his second year of high school at an elite boarding school in the Natal Midlands. The book juggles between Spud’s privileged boarding school and his small stuffy suburban house in Durban, where he lives with his mom and dad.
By Caryl Hart and illustrated by Alex T Smith (Hachette)
Foxy Tales: The Road to Fame and Fortune is a book about a alligator called Alphonso and a fox called Foxy Du Bois. She tries to get rid of Alphonso because he is a pain in the neck. If she doesn’t feed him he says he’ll eat her up!
We chatted to Bette Mosher Geci, a retired librarian from Connecticut in the States whose passion for children’s books and reading is so inspiring. Bette shared some of her all time favorite children’s books.
Livvy’s mom has suddenly started teaching her important things like how to cook, clean and deal with her brother – Isaac. Livvy doesn’t mind, it’s just, she feels like there’s something her mom’s not telling her. Mom has even given Livvy her own diaries from when she was young.
This book is the first book in The Giver quartet, followed by Gathering Blue, Messenger and lastly Son. The Giver has been made in to a movie with the same title, which was filmed in South Africa.
By Rick Riordan (Puffin Books)
Guest reviewed by Liam Renzon, age 10
Percy Jackson is a normal teenage kid except for one big difference – he’s the son of the Greek god Poseidon. He has no idea who he really is but suspects something’s up because every letter he reads appears in Greek. One day on a school outing to a museum, his teacher Mrs. Dodds, calls him to another room, transforms into a monster bird and attacks him.
YA
Guest review by Francis Hayton, Age 12, Grade 7
Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn’t believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately falls under his spell.
Never, ever cry… She always knew she was different, but after her mother was killed in a freak accident, seventeen year old Eureka distances herself from her friends and family – except for her best friends, Brooks and Cat. But when she meets the mysterious boy with the turquoise eyes, her world is turned upside down. Her mother always loved puzzles, so when Eureka finds an ancient story, of heartbreak and sorrow, should she even be surprised?
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