This book tells the story of Stick Man and the troublesome adventure he experiences after going for a jog. One morning he leaves his stick lady love and his three children in the family tree. On the way, he meets an excited dog who wants to play with him and use poor Stick Man for his favourite t...
Book Review Stick ManJulia Donaldson’s Stick Man is truly an undervalued book by this great author. This book is a simple story with a brilliant message. It details the story of a literal stick person who faces different dangers based upon the fact that he is a stick. The stick man is trying to ...
A cute book with rhyming lines. I added this book on recommendations from others for their Christmas reading. The only part that makes it close to a Christmas book, is that fact that at the end Santa is in the story helping Stick Man. It was a bit young for my boys (9 and 14), which I did think w...
Once upon a time on a farm lived a fat red hen, a duck in a pond, a goose in a pen, a woolly sheep, a hairy hog, a dainty dog, a cat that miaowed, a cat that purred, a fine prize cow and a lady bird. All the animals spoke but the lady bird never said a word. Until the ladybird saw and heard two c...
This has been on the book trolley for ages but somehow I have neve rgot round to reading it which is very unusualto say it is a Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler book who I have been a huge fan of ever since I first heard the Gruffalo a few moons ago.You see the dragon each year trying and trying ...
This book is full of colorful, fun illustrations that add to a story about dragons attending school. Children will be able to relate to Zog as he tries his hardest to earn a "Gold Star" at dragon school, falling short each time. Zog flies into a tree, becomes hoarse when he roars and catches hi...
This is a story about a little dragon named Zog who wants to be the best student in his dragon school. His first test is learning to fly. Zog ends up flying into a tree and falling and hurting his head. He meets a nice little girl who puts a band aid on his head and he feels better. He flies ...
Tiddler tells the story of a very cheeky fish who is always late for school and who loves to make up stories… “Oh, no he didn’t!” “Oh yes he did!” This charming book is a retake on the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and enables the children to talk about right and wrong, truth and lies, good an...
Tiddler The Story-telling Fish is a book about a small fish named Tiddler who is always late for class. Each time he is late, he makes up a different story as to why he has arrived late. The story then develops as one day he then has a reason for being late, and he uses his story to arrive back a...
The Highway Rat is an exciting and child friendly book about a mean, greedy and vicious rat that goes round stealing other animal’s food. After snatching other animal’s food, the rat finally comes across a duck, which did not have anything to give him. So, the rat could not let the duck go withou...
I found this book at the Community Library of the Shenango Valley. This was an interesting book I would like my students to read one day. This book talked about a thief who stole all the food from travelers along the highway. Because of a brave duck, she was able to trick the rat into a cave so s...
Superworm written by Julia Donaldson is a children's book about a worm who saves all his friends from trouble. Throughout the story he is constantly risking his life to help his friends out. Whether it be saving a bee from the well, or saving a frog from the middle of the road, Superworm does it ...
Is there a problem and someone needs help? Have no fear, Superworm is here! Everyone knows that Superworm will save the day no matter the crises. Yet, what happens when Superworm needs help? Who will save him then? This is exactly the case in this superhero picture book. The evil Wizard Lizard fo...
Superworm is a hero to many of the other animals because of his kindness and his many courageous acts. But Wizard Lizard kidnaps and puts a spell on him for his own purposes. It's up to all the animals Superworm has befriended to come to his rescue, which they do, using whatever they have at hand...
I really liked this book. Leo did many stuff in the past, he may have done some bad and some good actions. Finlay is running where no-one wants to run to; trouble! What they both love to eat is Chinese food! They just love the taste and the smell. I actually love Chinese food to too! What Leo doe...
This is a story written from the point of view of a dinosaur called Hypsilophodon. She desperately wants to have babies, but is terrorised by some of the bigger, more aggressive dinosaurs. This means she’s not able to have babies where she currently lives, because the more predatory dinosaurs eat...