Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Mitchell

8 comments:

  1. Name of Book - Specky Magee
    Author - Felice Arena and Garry Lyon
    Illustrator - Felice Arena and Garry Lyon
    Publisher - Harper Collins Publishers
    Publishing Date - 2002
    Type of Book - Fiction
    Number of Pages - 180
    It took me 8 days to read
    Evaluation - I thought this book was good for me because it involved one of my favourite sports. I liked the personality of Specky Magee who was the main character and that he supports the Swans.

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  2. Name of book - Monster House
    Author and Illustrator - Tom Hughes
    publisher - Simon and Schuster
    publishing date - 2006
    type of book - non-fiction
    number of pages- 126
    It took me 4 days

    Evaluation - I would recommend this book to anybody who enjoys an adventure. This book is a fun and exciting book because the main character D.J Walters is a similiar age to me. The best part of the book was not knowing what happened next and the surprises. This book had a lot of direct speech from DJ to his friends.

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  3. Name of book – The dog that dumped on my doona.

    Name of author and illustrator – Barry Jonsberg

    Name of Publisher – Allen & Unwin

    Publishing date – 2008

    Type of book - non –fiction

    Number of pages – 133

    This book took me 7 days to read

    Evaluation –

    I enjoyed this book due to the fact that Marcus is the same age as me. I would recommend this book for its comedy for lots of fun to enjoy. This book is about when Marcus is woken by a dog doing a poo on his bed, He is understandably upset. Blackly [the dog] have other surprises in store. Soon Marcus and his dumb friend Dylan on a mission to save God [a pygmy beared dragon] from his local pet shop. Blackly, Marcus and Dylan are on a journey to save God before time runs out!!

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  4. The House that Built in a Day - Anzac Cottage
    Name of author and illustrator - Valerie Everett and Barbara McGuire
    Name of Publisher - Cygnet Books
    Publishing date - 2003
    Type of book - fiction
    Number of pages - 28 pages
    This book took me 1 day to read
    Evaluation - I enjoyed this book for its factual information on the war zone of Galliopoli. The book was not about a main character, it was about how the Anzac Cottage in Western Australia was built. In this picture book it was easy to read because the pictures told the story.

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  5. Name of book – Digging to China
    Name of author and illustrator – Donna Rawlins
    Name of publisher – Ashton Scholastic
    Publishing date – 1988
    Type of book – fiction
    Number of pages – 27 pages
    It took me 1 reading session

    Evaluation –

    This book is about one boy and his neighbour Marj, and are a on a great adventure. This boy Alex digs to china and finds lots of interesting facts on this famous Asian country. I would recommend this book for any one who would be looking for information on China. This would be a good book for anyone for a creative story.

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  6. Name of book – The empty city
    Name of illustrator – Jonathon Oxlade
    Name of author –David Megarrity
    Name of Publisher – Lothian children books
    Publishing date – 2007
    Type of book – fiction
    Number of pages – 31
    It took me 1 reading session

    Evaluation – In this story was a young boy who day dreamed of just having himself in one empty city. This book shows a lot of artistic skills in its pictures with a great use of colour.I would recommend this book for year 1 to year 5.

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  7. Name of book - Antarctica
    name of author and illustrator - Leila Merrell Foster
    name of publisher - Heinemann Libary
    Publishing date - 2001
    type of book - non-fiction
    number of pages -32 pages
    it took me 1 reading session

    Evaluation - This book showed lots of information on different places of Antarctica. It showed a lot on how Antarctica had different spieces of Animals. I enjoyed a lot of this book but it would'nt be my favourite. This book tells about many explorers of the world visting Antarctica.

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  8. Name of Book - Every Picture Tells a Story
    Name of Author - John Ross
    Name of Illustrator - Anna Booth
    Publisher - Craftsman House
    Publishing Date - 2008
    Type of Book - Non Fiction
    Number of Pages - 60 pages
    It took me 1 day to read this book

    Evaluation - I thought this book was alright, it had lots of different short stories like The Great Depression, Ned Kelly and Sports. I enjoyed the Sports story because it described the history of AFL. I was interested in reading about Ned Kelly because I visited the Old Melbourne Gaol and saw the gallows where Ned Kelly was hung.

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