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The CBCA Shortlist – 2016

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Readers,

We’re lucky enough to have Mr K back in our park this week! As well as sharing his latest favourite books he also reminded us that it’s that exciting time of year again:

The Children’s Book Council Of Australia’s Shortlist; a list of the most literary and highly artistic books of the year.

Continue reading “The CBCA Shortlist – 2016”

A Dog’s Journey – W. Bruce Cameron

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Rating: 10/10

Age: 10+

Recommended For: Dog-people, people who like sweet stories and cute amazing dogs

Genres:  Fiction, Slice of real-life, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Animals

Summary: Buddy is a good dog. He is sure his journey has ended, and he has truly found his purpose in life. He learnt how to survive as Toby from Senora and the other dogs and men in the Yard, love and companionship as Bailey from Ethan, Find and Show as Ellie from Jakob and Maya, and now here he is as Buddy. But Hannah’s granddaughter, baby Clarity, is a trouble-maker, and Buddy frets she is in need of a dog Continue reading “A Dog’s Journey – W. Bruce Cameron”

Scarecrow Army: The ANZACS at Gallipoli – Leon Davidson

Unknown-3Rating: 8/10

Age: 9-15

Recommended For: I think that scarecrow army is a great book because if you’re interested in history of world war 1 this is the book for you.

Summary:

This book tells you what happens when they’re not fighting and what the plans where. And also great dairies from people in the war they were saying that it was good and nothing was happening. But then the boats landed in and a lot of people fall and were injured. They had bunkers and a donkey to carry injured people. And they could hier the sound of bullets whistle past there heads and people tumbling down the hill.

~ Max the Blue Heeler ~

 

Cabin Fever (Diary Of A Wimpy Kid) – Jeff Kinney

Unknown-1Rating: 6/10

Age: I think that 8 and over will be perfect.

Recommended for: I think that the book is recommended for kids the are into comic books or the kids that that like Jeff Kinney.

Genres: I think that the book is a comic book.

Summary: Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. I liked it because i’ve always been into the wimpy kid collection.

 

~ anonymous ~

Dark secrets 3 -Elizabeth Chandler

UnknownRating: 7/10

Age: 10+

Recommended For: I recommend this book for People who read alot of literature and fiction.

Genres: Literature, fiction, Mystery, Adventure, Action

Summary:

Anna O’Neill knows her family is a little bit crazy. But when her Uncle’s body is found while visiting her aunty, Her life reaches a new level. Now she must discover who killed her uncle before she ends up in ashes herself.

~ Bobby ~

A Dog’s Purpose – W. Bruce Cameron

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Rating: 10/10, would read again (but I kinda do that with every book I read anyway)

Age: 10+

Recommended For: Dog-people, people like sweet stories and cute amazing dogs.

Genres: Fiction, Slice of real-life, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Animals

 

“Because failure isn’t an option if success is just a matter of more effort.”

Continue reading “A Dog’s Purpose – W. Bruce Cameron”

After the Snow – S.D Crockett

Rating: 9/10  imgres

Age: 12 – 18

Recommended For: I recommend this book to people that like survival and adventure because this book is full of it.

Genres: Action and survival. 

Summary: After the snow is a great book about a kid named Willow who is in the second ice age who one day comes home after trying to hunt for rabbits. However, when he arrives home he finds that his family has gone. Then the adventure gets a lot more exciting as Willow searches for his parents. Continue reading “After the Snow – S.D Crockett”

Untangling Spaghetti – Steven Herrick

Unknown-6Rating: 7/10

Age: 8-12

Recommended For: People who like poems and a variety, including some topics that are a bit weird with some weird poems included.

Genres: Poem form, everything!!! There is something in there for everyone.

Summary:

Are toenails a good source of vitamin C? Continue reading “Untangling Spaghetti – Steven Herrick”

Zelah Green Queen of Clean – Vanessa Curtis

Unknown-5Rating: 8/10

Age: 10-12

Recommended For: Maybe people who can relate because it would be easy to read or people who like the sound of it and like how Vanessa Curtis writes (which is me).

Genres: Germ free, real life

Summary:

Zelah Green lives her life permanently germ free and doesn’t think her rituals, which involve washing her hands thirty one times, are a problem. Continue reading “Zelah Green Queen of Clean – Vanessa Curtis”

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