Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda

Year 4 Gold we are reading a book called Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda. Patrick is invited to a game on the computer and Patrick escapes it, but he has to watch T.V to play, and that is how he escaped to another world. The problem in the book was that the people in the show put their close in a riddle. Do you think he will find them? I recommend this book for 9 year olds and over. I like this book beacause it is adventures, Enjoy reading. Reviewed by Liam (Yr4)

Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda

Finders Keepers is a great book, the characters are Patrick, Michael, Judith, Danny, Clare, Boopie and Lucky. The problem is Patrick gets invited to play a game and is very excited but when he tells his family they don't believe but then he escapes to the game and to another world. I recommend it for girls and boys, ages 8 and up. Reviewed by Connor (Yr4)

Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda

I am reading Emily Rodda. The characters are Patrick and Lucky Lamont. Patrick loves computers he goes to a gameshow. Reviewed by Zac (Yr4)

Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda

We are currently reading Finders Keepers. The characters are Patrick, Danny, Boopie, Estelle, Clare, Michael, Judith, and Paul. The problem is Patrick wants these humming birds but the shop owner will not give them to him. The book is a bit of drama. It is interesting. Who i recommend this book to is kids 5 and up to 99. Reviewed by Toby(yr4)

Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda

In Finders Keepers the main character is Patrick. Patrick's mission is to find three peoples lost items. If he finds teh items he will win a prize he hopes for a computer. *Will he get the computer? *Will he make it in time? I recommend it for ages 8-12. I really liked it. Reviewed by Daniel(Yr4)

Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda

I am reading a great book called Finders Keepers by Emily Rodder. The characters are called Patrick, Michael, Dannie, Boopie Ceupied, Estal, Paul and Judith. Patrick goes in to a different world and he is trying to win a computer and no one is believing him. Do you think Patrick will get the computer? I recommend this for 8 and up. Reviewed by Jackson(yr4)

Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda

We are reading Finders Keeper by Emily Rodda in our class. The characters are Danny, Patrick, Michael, Clair and Judith. Patrick loves computer games. One day Patrick was walking past the computer game shop. While the shop owner was dealing with a customer, Patrick played a computer game and got an invitation to play Finders Keepers a million dollar game show on channel 8. Patrick accepts the invitation and writes it down on a piece of paper. I recommend this book for children age 8-14 because it is funny and there's lots of drama. Finders Keepers is a good, fun book to read. Reviewed by Nicolas (Yr 4)

Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda

The book I would like to write about, is Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda. The main characters are Patrick who has a brother named Danny and a sister who's name is Claire. His mum's name is Judith and his best friend is Michel. It is about Patrick who loves computer games and one day he is invited to go into a competition and try to win a million dollars. The T.V show is called Finders Keepers and Patrick discovers a world beyond the barrier. I recommend it from ages 8-12 and years 3-6. It is a great book that everyone will enjoy. Reviewed by Lucy (Yr4)

Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda

Finders Keepers in this book the characters are Patrick, Michael, Lucky Lamont, Judith and Danny. It all starts when Patrick plays a game at the computer store and got invited to a game show called Finders Keepers. The game show host is Lucky Lamont. The aim of the game was to pick a riddle out of a hat and find the object they are trying to describe for Patrick to find the item. I think this book is overwhelmingly great for ages five and up. Reviewed by Jack (Yr4)

Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda

We are reading Finders Keepers. It is a good book. The main character is Patrick, Patrick goes into another world. The characters are Patrick, Michael, Derdes, Clare and Boopie. The problem is that Patrick gets invited to go to a TV show in another world. Does Patrick get out? I found that I liked the book. I recommend that year 2 to year 6 can read the book. Reviewed by Hamish (Yr4)

Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda

The main characters are Patrick, Danny, Claire, Judith, Michael, Boopie Cupid and Lucky Lamont. Patrick is CRAZY about computers and computer games. And one day he gets an invitation to play on a game show called Finders Keepers. He escapes into another dimension. He's got to find 3 items in the real world but he's got to figure out the poems. Do you think he will figure them out?? It is very funny and adventurous. I recommend it to people in between 8 and 13 Reviewed by Tristan (Yr4)

Kit, An American girl by Valerie Tripp

Kit, An American Girl is a series of 6 books set in Cincinnati, USA, during The Great Depression of the 1930's. Kit's father loses his job and Kit's family struggles to find a way to get money. I learnt about Hobo's boarding houses, soup kitchen's and life during the 1930's. I really like the character Kit, because when she is having trouble she always finds a way to make it work. Each book has a 'Looking Back' sectionin the back of the book which explores facts about life during the 1930's. By reading the Kit stories I also got to learn how families lived during The Great Depression. Reviewed by Cedar aged 8

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is by C.S. Lewis. It is about four children finding Narnia and defeating the White Witch. The Lion the witch and the wardrobe is about four children by the names of Edmund, Susan, Lucy and Peter. The children find a world named Narnia in the depths of a wardrobe in a spare room. The children realise that Narnia is at war with the white Witch and her army, and the White Witch is dead. Soon afterwood they are crowned Queen Lucy the Valiant, Queen Susan the Gentle, King Edmund the Just and King Peter the Magnificent. I love this book because it was full of adventures and exploration. My favourite part was when the children discovered Narnia. Reviewed by Stephanie aged 9

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is by Cassandra Clare. Clary Fray stumbled into the mystical land of shadow hunters. When she finds out who she is will she explore her world and her race as well as the possibilities of being a shadow hunter. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is about how Clary Fray learns her real heritage. Clary is not just a fragile, weak human she is a shadow hunter. Will she export her origins? Clary's mother goes missing and everything changes. She enrolls the help of the handsome, blonde shadow hunter, Jace who she is immediately taken to even though he is extremely arrogant and narcissistic. She thought nothing else could be worse than the situation she was in, only to find out her father is set on destroying their world. The further she explores the more danger she is put in. At the end of the book Clary finds out Jace is her brother. Nothing will ever be the same! This is a heart stopping book that you won't want to put down. I have read the first four books and they are all amazing books. Cassandra Clare really out did herself. I recommend this for young teenagers who like supernatural, romance, mystery books. I hope you like this as much as I did! Enjoy! Reviewed by Alexandra aged 11

The Railway Children by E.Nesbit

The Railway children was written by E. Nesbit and published by Puffin books in 1906, and is now a very popular book and movie. In the book the three main characters, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis live with their mum and dad in a house in England. One day their dad is taken away; but where to? because of this the children are forced to move away with their mum. The book relates to the "explore" theme very well because you get to explore what it was like in England a long time ago. Plus the characters have to explore the railway and thir new home. My favourite part was when the children rescued a boy called Jim from the tunnel over the railway. i liked this part because Jim was an interesting character. However Peter is my favourite character because he is quite similar to me. One of my favourite things was that it was so realistic! I could almost feel myself being brought into the story. I recommend this book for as soon as you can read books like this because it is awesome. Readers aged 6+ should like this book. I've heard that there is a movie too, but I think you should read this great book first. Now as soon as you get a chance, read The Railway Children!!!Because I'm not kidding when i say it's extremely good! Reviewed by Stephen Aged 8

Tashi by Anna Fienberg

Tashi explores the wild and fights fiends and The Wicked Baron! It starts in a mysterious land. His mum and dad want to move to a different and safe country. A big swan comes from nowhere and says to Tashi,"get on my back and I will fly you to your mum and dad."Together they search for his mother and father in the village. Tashi has to fight fiends. I think it is a great book because Tashi explores haunted houses and it was interesting. Reviewed by Connor aged 7

Sunday, October 14, 2012

LEGO afternoon at Mittagong

Last Friday was our monthly LEGO afternoon at Mittagong Library. Once again the children had a great time making the following creations.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

HSC lock-in

Last night Bowral Library hosted a HSC lock-in. Over 30 local HSC students came to the library after hours and spent 3 1/2 hours studying. We wish all the HSC students the best of luck for their exams!

School Holiday Activities @ your library

Over 150 local children were entertained during the school holidays by Wingecarribee Public Library Service. Questacon came to visit and bedazzled the children with two shows, following this we had a 2 hour music workshop. The branch libraries held scrapbooking workshops. Be sure to look out for Christmas holiday activities and get in early.

LEGO at Bowral Library

To top off our busy day of holiday activities at Bowral Library we finished with our monthly LEGO afternoon. Following are the LEGO creations:

LEGO at Moss Vale Library

Below are some of the creations made by the children at Moss Vale Library. Make sure you book in for next month's LEGO at Moss Vale.

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Hairy Maclary by Linley Dodd

A book I loved reading when I was little was Hairy Maclary by Linley Dodd. The book is about Hairy maclary and Herucles Morse, Bottomley Potts, Muffin Mclay, Bitzer Maloney and Schnitzel von Krumm, going for a little walk in town until they see Scarface Claw come out of the bushes and Scarface Claw chases them home. I love this story because I find it funny that all the dogs get scared and I remember my Mum reading it to me. Reviewed by Dylan(5) CONGRATULATIONS DYLAN, YOU ARE OUR WINNER FOR SEPTEMBER!

Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

Halo is by Alexandra Adornetto. It is a book that I never would have read last year but now it is one of my favourite books. It is about how the friendship between Xavier and Beth grows into little something we call love. Have you ever been in love? Beth, Ivy and Gabriel were sent to Earth by God to protect the people of Venus Cove from the gathering forces of darkness. Beth is sent to high school where she meets Xavier Woods who she is immediately taken to. A couple of weeks later when Beth and Xavier are dating they go to the beach where Beth reveals her secret. She is an angel. Their lives were about to change drastically and there was nothing they could do about it. The reason for their lives to change so drastically was the new, hot and mysterious stranger at Venus Cove High called Jake. The angels and Xavier figure out that Jake is a demon sent by Lucius, a fallen angel also known as the King of Hell. Jake kidnaps Beth for information but together Beth and Xavier defeat Jake with their love for each other. At the end of the book they find out that Jake is still alive! I love this book because it was supernatural with a bit of romance thrown in. I could not put it down, I just wanted to keep on reading, it was that good! I recommend this book for people that love supernatural and love books. It is probably best for 12 to 16 year olds. ENJOY! Reviewed by Alexandra(11)

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Hairy Maclary by Linley Dodd

A book I loved reading when I was little was Hairy Maclary by Linley Dodd. The book is about hairy maclary and Hercules Morse, Bottomley Potts, Muffin Mclay, Bitzer Maloney and Schnitzel von Krumm, going for a little walk in town until they see Scarface Claw come out of the bushes and Scarface Claw chases them home. I love this sotry because I find it funny that all the dogs get scared and I remember my Mum reading it to me. Reviewd by Dylan (5) Dylan is the winner for our month of September. CONGRATULATIONS DYLAN!!