Saturday, March 24, 2018

My Dog Doesn't Like Me by Elizabeth Fensham

The story is about...

There is a boy called Eric who got a dog for his birthday. He called him Ugly and because Ugly likes everybody in the family but Eric.

My favourite character is ...

My favourite character is Ugly because he is funny and a little bit naughty.

My favourite part of the book...

I didn't have one, I loved the whole book.

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Review by Alie

Pig the Fibber by Aaron Blabey

The story is about...

Pig the pug was always lying to this owner and blaming Trevor.

My favourite character is...

Trevor be cause he is cute and I like sausage dogs.

My favourite part of this book...

is when he knocks down a vase.

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Review by Ella

Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr

The story is about...

A girl called Aissa. She is a cast out because her adopted family was killed and her real family is unknown.  Called No name is cursed child,  she cannot speak but can sing to snakes. The lowliest child becomes the hero and the lady to come.

My favourite character is...

Aissa, because her life is adventurous, but full of despair. She, the cursed child the hero of the story, can sing snakes and is the Lady's (the Queen's) long lost first born daughter.

My favourite part of the book is...

When Nasta and her mother die (don't freak out!) because that is when Aissa takes her place as the good luck Bull Dance. When she meets her adopted mother and learn to talk.


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Review by Zoe 

Twig by Aura Parker

The story is about ...

It is about all the insects go to bug school but no one plays with the new girl Heidi.

My favourite character is...

Scarlet the ladybird because she find lots of pretty things for her weaving like an interesting leaf and a piece of bark shaped like a heart and a blue crackly pebble and Heidi..

My favourite part of the book...

is when all the insects weave a scarf. Everyone needs to make a square and they put it all together.

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Review by Sophia

Flora the Fancy Dress Fairy by Daisy Meadows

The story is about...

Lindsay was having an anniversary.  They had a big cake and it got destroyed by goblins.

My favourite character is...

Flora the fairy.

My favourite part of the book...

is when they got a new cake because it was pretty.

Rainbow Magic Early Reader: Flora the Fancy Dress Fairy ebook by Daisy Meadows

✫☆☆☆☆

Review by 

Ella

George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl

The story is about...

George makes medicine that makes his gramma so big that she shoots out of the house. Then George never sees her again.

My favourite character is...

George because he is very smart and responsible like me.

My favourite part of the book...

is when George made medicine.

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Review by  Billie

Sunday, February 25, 2018

NEW BOOKS

NEW BOOKS

Ghost club - The new Kid by Deborah Abela


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A slightly spooky but mostly funny series about the mischief ghosts can make - and the kids who take care of the mess.

Angeline and Edgar might be kids, but they're also two of Ghost Club's youngest ghost-catchers. Got a problem with a ghost, poltergeist or ghoul? Can't sleep because of all the rattling chains and cackling laughter? Angeline and Edgar are the experts to call.

So it's entirely logical that when new kid Dylan joins Ghost Club, Angeline and Edgar are the perfect candidates to introduce him to everything he needs to know, from which ghost-catching gadget will do the trick to when to run like crazy to avoid being splattered with ectoplasm.


The trouble is, Dylan's not quite sure he wants to be a ghost-catcher . . .
 


Barney and the secret of the French Spies - Jackie French


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The new title in the critically acclaimed series that explores Australia's early Colonial secret history

In 1798 orphaned Barney Bean now has a flourishing farm in the New South Wales colony and everything he ever dreamed of ... except his childhood friend Elsie.

But when Elsie falls ill and Barney rushes to be by her side, he finally learns the deadly secret she has been hiding.

Who is this strange and beautiful girl who will not speak? And could France ever attack the isolated colony?

Written by award-winning author Jackie French and superbly illustrated by Mark Wilson, this fourth book in The Secret Histories series explores extraordinary and untold stories from Australia's past, including the female French botanist who could only work disguised as a man, French and English spies, and wars between two empires that threatened even a far-off colony.
 







Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Week 3


How the term quickly goes by.  We are already into week 3. The students here at Richmond Primary have quickly settled in at school, all looking refreshed and ready to rock and roll for the new year.

The students have quickly taken on the task of bringing their library bags to library and enjoying their new books each week.

A number of students have given their class verbal book reviews.  Student recommendations are essential for each class. So a big thank you to all who did their review.

Up and coming events 


DR SEUSS DAY 2nd March 

Please come into the library and celebrate Dr Seuss. Each year we celebrate his  many works on 2nd March. There will be a display and most of his work will be able to be borrowed.

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WAYRBA


I am preparing for the annual West Australian Young Readers Book Awards .
 The books on the reading lists have been nominated by the young readers of Western Australia.

Students are encouraged to read as many books as possible from the list and give their vote "Terrific", "Good", "okay" and "not for me". 

They are tallied at the end of the year and the winners are announced.

Last year winners were:-


Book Reviews
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Extremely inconvenient adventures of bronte mettlestone

I was ten years old when my parents were killed by pirates. This did not bother me as much as you might think - I hardly knew my parents.

Bronte Mettlestone's parents ran away to have adventures when she was a baby, leaving her to be raised by her Aunt Isabelle and the Butler. She's had a perfectly pleasant childhood of afternoon teas and riding lessons - and no adventures, thank you very much. 

But Bronte's parents have left extremely detailed (and bossy) instructions for Bronte in their will. The instructions must be followed to the letter, or disaster will befall Bronte's home. She is to travel the kingdoms and empires, perfectly alone, delivering special gifts to her ten other aunts. There is a farmer aunt who owns an orange orchard and a veterinarian aunt who specialises in dragon care, a pair of aunts who captain a cruise ship together and a former rockstar aunt who is now the reigning monarch of a small kingdom. 

Now, armed with only her parents' instructions, a chest full of strange gifts and her own strong will, Bronte must journey forth to face dragons, Chief Detectives and pirates - and the gathering suspicion that there might be something more to her extremely inconvenient quest than meets the eye...

From the award-winning Jaclyn Moriarty comes a fantastic tale of high intrigue, grand adventure and an abundance of a

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Quark's Academy - for Genius inventors

SCIENCE IN PROGRESS - ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Junior science geniuses Augustine, Celeste and Oscar can't believe their luck when they're accepted into an elite and mysterious science academy summer camp run by the elusive Inventor Quark.

From the moment they step inside the gates of Quark's Academy at the end of Molecule Drive, they know they're in for a week they'll never forget. But things at the academy are not quite what they seem, and the three quickly realise that they'll need to put their squabbles aside and their heads together if they're ever to get out of there alive...

A page-turning adventure for readers aged eight to twelve, QUARK'S ACADEMY is bound to cause a hair-raising reaction