As part of one of our Summer Reading Programmes, the participants have to provide us with a short book review. This has led to some very interesting discussions around the district and is a great chance for the librarians (that's us) to interact with the children and find out what they like and reading and why. Here are some extracts from Warkworth Library reviews.
The Hardy Boys: Dude Ranch O'Death by Scott Lobdell.
Miles found this book very exciting and gave it a five star rating. He recommends it because it is a "story with lots of action and humour, and the graphics help you interpret the story". (This is a graphic novelisation of the children's chapter book and is an excellent way to introduce longer stories to reluctant and emergent readers).
The Famous Five Adventures by Enid Blyton
Emily had to read a mystery book and she enjoyed trying to work out what was going on in this book. She said the part she liked best was when things started to make sense (to her this was around page 130). It had adventure, true friendship and a tiny bit of sadness which made it a good read - another five star recommendation. (We have a huge collection of Famous Five books both in print and in audio).
The Adventures of Tin-Tin by Herge.
Indiana and Tynan both landed on Fun Books and chose to read some of the Tin-Tin adventures. They thought they were really exciting, sometimes funny and once you started reading them you wanted to know more. (We have Tin Tin in Portugese, Spanish and French as well as English, so check out our catalogue).
Over the next two weeks I will be posting some reviews from the children at other libraries so look out for those.
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