Sunday, September 25, 2011

Cartooning with Tony Murphy












A great time was had by all who came to our cartooning workshop with Tony Murphy. He was hilarious and very, very clever! While learning to draw a cat, Tony reminded the children "we are in cartoon land not nature studies". Tony talked about using shapes to start off your drawing. Next was an elephant where he described the shape of the elephants ears as "crinkle cut chips". Tony finished off with Spongebob and The Simpsons!

How come the best clues are always in the garbage? by Linda Bailey

The rush of adrenaline comes in when Stevie, a fairly normal eleven-year-old, returns home from school to see her mum collapsed in a chair, crying. Over a thousand dollars collected from the organisation Stevie's mum works for, Garbage Busters, has been stolen. With her goofy dad studying animals in the Yukon, Stevie decides to try and solve the mystery herself. She meets Jesse, a stringy, nerdy boy, who suggests that they become partners. But while Stevie has a list of suspects, she can never put the full puzzle together.

This rollercoaster ride of a story will have you on tenderhooks, leaving you reeling when the thief of the Garbage Busters money is revealed. I thoroughly enjoyed "How come the best clues are always in the garbage?" because Linda Bailey has created such imaginative characters and has slipped in clues you never even think could be helpful. Overall, a brilliant read! 10/10

Reviewed by Lily

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

My favourite book is called Pippi Longstocking. Pippi Longstocking is about a nine year old girl who's mother is an angel and father is a king of the natives, at least she liked to believe. She lives in a house called Villa Villakulla. She actually has no parents, but she has two friends called Tommy and Anika and Tommy lives next door.

She doesn't go to school and has two pets called Mr Nilson and her horse. Mr Nilson is a rare pet and wears a yellow raincoat and a straw hat. She sleeps with her monkey in her room and sleeps with her head under the blanket and feet on her pillow. She once had to save two boys from their flat that was on fire. She doesn't know what a circus is and is the stongest person on Earth world. I like this book because it's funny, weird, silly, crazy aand I wouldn't change a thing.

Reviewed by Tessa Yr 3

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo

The book "Running Wild" is a popular children's fiction novel written by the well known author Michael Morpurgo.

The main character, Will, is a 9 year old boy who travels to Indonesia with his mother for a holiday. Riding on an elephant in the wrong place, at the wrong time, Will is faced with the 2004 Boxing Day, Indonesian Tsunami where he finds himself saved by Oona, the elephant. Oona takes him into the jungle where they are faced with many challenges such as finding food and water. They will meet tigers orangutans and monkeys.

"Running Wild" was inspired by the poem 'The Tyger' by Willaim Blake.

Does Will survive the terrifying Indonesian jungle and if he does will he ever find his mother that he lost on that horrible day?

I recommend this book to confident readers who enjoy an adveturous story filled with problems just like me.

Reviewed by Yolanda Yr 6

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