Book Reviews

These are some of the Book Reviews that have been sent in by users of the Ambleside Primary School Website and Intranet. If you want to add one - just use our Book Review Form


Reviewer: Ben

Book: The grumble

Author: Wendy Body

Type: Fiction

Pictures: many

For: Girls & Boys

Age: 7 - 9

Review: The grumble comes to town and said boo to the postwomen and boo to the milkman. Boo to the papergirl, boo to the dustman. Boo to the painter. Boo to the bucher. Boo to baker. Boo to window cleaner and boo to the granny. The little girl came to town and said Boo to the grumble then it ran away.

Rating: very good

ISBN: 0 582 19289 7


Reviewer: Joshua

Book: DOCTOR WHO and the Loch Ness Monster

Author: Terrance Dicks

Type: Fiction

Pictures: none

For: Boys

Age: 9 - 11

Review: This book is set in Scotland and is about aliens called ZYGONS controlling the Loch Ness Monster.They arrived here when their ship crash landed millions of centuries ago.The ZYGONS discovered that their planet was destroyed in a solar explosion so they use the Loch Ness Monster (that they brought from their planet)to conquer the world.The ZYGONS called the Loch Ness Monster the SKARRESEN.The SKARRESEN is a cyborge controlled by Broton(warlord of the ZYGONS).The Doctor,Sarah,Harry,the Brigadier and UNIT try to stop the ZYGONS from using the SKARRESEN to destroy London.

Rating: AWESOME!

ISBN: 0 426 11041 2


Reviewer: Christy

Book: Ursula at the zoo

Author: Sheila Lavelle

Type: Fiction

Pictures: many

For: Girls & Boys

Age: 7 - 9

Review: The book is about a girl who can turn into a bear.

Ursula changes into a bear when another bear was lonely.

Monty the zoo keeper puts Ursula in the cage to cheer

the bear up. The bear did cheer up.

Rating: excellent

ISBN: 0341117283


Reviewer: Daniel

Book: Docter Who and the day of daleks

Author: Terrance Dicks

Type: Fiction

Pictures: some

For: Girls & Boys

Age: 11 - 13

Review: This story is about a man called Docter Who. Their was some robots called Daleks they had a camra for an eye because it only had one. The Daleks were just robots that moved on wheels.

Rating: Great

ISBN:


Reviewer: Christy

Book: Monty - the dog who wears glasses

Author: Colin West

Type: Fiction

Pictures: many

For: Girls & Boys

Age: 7 - 9

Review: Monty is about a dog who wears glasses . He is crazy.he had lots of adventures often because he smelt food.he often tries to be good but it goes wrong.

Rating: excellent

ISBN:


Reviewer: Rosie

Book: The B.F.G

Author: Roald Dahl

Type: Fiction

Pictures: some

For: Girls & Boys

Age: 9 - 11

Review: Luckily for Sophie, who had been snatched,from her bed, the BFG is a kind giant and doesn't want to eat Sophie up. He has disgusting neighbours. They eat children. So Sophie and the BFG cook up an ingeanuis plan to get rid of those horriable giants forever.

Rating: very good

ISBN: 0-14-031597-7


Reviewer: Barnaby (Year 4)

Book: Northern Lights

Author: Philip Pullman

Type: Fiction

Pictures: none

For: Girls & Boys

Age: 13 - 15

Review: Well,it's got a bit of swearing,anyway I don't know what to write so I will just give you the blurb (it's the piece of writing on the back)in deamon the "A"and"E" are joint up

When Lyra's friend Roger disappears,she and her deamon, Pantalaimon,determine to find him.The ensuing quest leads them to the bleak splendor of the North,Where armoured bears rule the ice and Witch-queens fly through the frozen skies -and Where a team of scientists is conducting experiments too horrible to be spoken about.

Lyra overcomes these strange terrors, only to find something yet more perilous waiting for her-something with consequences which may even reach BEYOND the Northern Lights.

Rating: AWESOME!

ISBN: 0-590-13961-4


Reviewer: Matthew

Book: First Letters

Author: Anna Kiernan

Age: under 5

For: Girls & Boys

Review: This bright, chunky board book is ideal for babies. They'll soon be turning the pages to find the next picture, especially if accompanied by some appropriate noises and voices. A favourite in our household. Can you find the bear??

Rating: very good

ISBN: 1-85471-778-2


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