Blogger of the Month: May

Here at Beagle with a Book we like to acknowledge the hard work of our reviewers, so we’d like to give a ‘Bark Out’ to Sparky, the Chihuahua, who is our top dog for the month of May. Sparky is regular reviewer for us but has contributed a commendable six reviews this month – well done, Sparky!

You can find Sparky’s May reviews here:

Coco Caramel: The Chocolate Box Girls – Cath Cassidy

The Parent Agency – David Baddiel

Three Times Lucky – Sheila Turnage

Sweet Honey: The Chocolate Box Girls – Cath Cassidy

Shine On Daizy Star – Cathy Cassidy

The Book Thief -Markus Zusak

Blog changes

Hi readers, 

Apologies for the changes on the site… after some feedback at the dog park, we wanted to try and include a home/latest news section. So, we’ve moved the info that was previously on the ‘Home’ section into the ‘About’ tab and plan to use this space to update you with the latest news  in the world of Beagle with a Book!

Watch this space for information about the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge, the latest J.K Rowling book: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and most importantly, we’ll let you know when our visiting book specialist, Mr K, has written his first reviews.

In the meantime, HAPPY READING!

Old School (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) – Jeff Kinney

Rating: 10/10

Age: 8-13

Genre: Fiction and adventure

Recommended For: Funny fiction lovers. I like this book because it is not too hard and it is good to read.

Summary:

This book is basically about a boy named Greg and his mum is getting a lot of people to have a weekend with no electricity and to make things even worse his grandpa is staying there until he finds a different place to live.

Super Fudge – Judy Blume

Ages: 8 – 12

Genre: Action, Comedy 

Recommended For: I recommend this book to people who likes action because it is full of action and a bit of comedy

Summary:

This is a great book about Fudge and Peter getting a new baby named Tootsie. At first Peter wasn’t happy because his parents never told him about it until now but then he got over it, he also got surprised when they had to move to Princeton for a year but eventually he got over it.

Coco Caramel: The Chocolate Box Girls – Cath Cassidy

Rating: 8/10 

Age: 10-11

Recommended For: I would recommend this book for girls who like reading and are interested in something specific. You have to be able to read a series because once you start reading you can’t stop.

Genres: Romance, adventures, sometimes mystery

Summary: Coco is the youngest of them all. She owns (or should I say owned!)  a pony called Caramel that got sold off to another family. When Coco meets the family that her beloved pony is heading to she starts to worry and

Weirdo 4 – Anh Do

Rating: 9/10

Genre: Comedy

Age: 6-10

Recommended For: kids who like to have a little laugh while reading and people who love to read funny, entertaining and enjoyable books.

Summary:

Weir’s back and super weird! Dad’s training to become a firefighter, while Weir’s busy with Pet Day!

Will FiDo and Blockhead freeze up or find fame?

It won’t be easy … but it will be FUNNY!  

~ Bobby ~

31/5/16

The Parent Agency – David Baddiel

Rating: 9/10 

Genre: Slice of real life/action

Age: 9-11

Recommendations: I really enjoyed and I think it could be for 9-11 since it isn’t too easy or hard. I think it could be for boys and girls yet boys might enjoy it a little bit more. It really brings out all characters feelings about one another and it just shows us how wide our imagination can be. What I love about this book is that different people take it different ways so they don’t tell you everything so there is a lot that you have to infer which for me is a great book.

Because of Winn Dixie – Kate Dicamillo

Rating: 10/10

Age: 9 and up

Recommended For: I would recommend this book for people who like dogs or have a really big heart cause it is so nice.

Genres: Adventure

Summary:

Winn Dixie is about a girl and her father who is a preset and there life in a caravan. One day opal (the girl) was at the shop buying some groceries when she saw a dog running around the shop with the manager chasing it.

Sweet Honey: The Chocolate Box Girls – Cath Cassidy

Rating: 10/10 

Age: 12+

Recommended For: I would definitely recommend this for girls because it has nothing boyish about it and is from a girls perspective.

Genres: Romance, action

Summary: Honey is moving to Australia to live with her Dad. She wants a fresh start to her life that hasn’t all gone to plan. It is going all good until school starts. The schooling isn’t like in Tanglewood and nor are the people. Honey can only seem to trust her father and the beach boy online but when they start breaking promises who can she trust?