I think that this fable is incredibly exciting and engaging for middle aged children, therefore it would be ideal for story-time because it is likely to open the possibilities for discussions. I also think it would be a great book to set tasks for the children and incorporate Harrowing Farm into ...
Recommended by: I first heard of The Tulip Touch here on goodreads, and I was interested by it. It was completely by chance, however, that I stumbled across the book in my school library one lunchtime. As soon as I finished reading the first three pages, I knew it would be hopeless to avoid readi...
Bei einem Buch mit diesem Titel musste ich einfach stehenbleiben, völlig egal um welche Art von Buch es sich nun handelt. Kurzes Reinlesen und es war klar: Das wird gekauft. Ich zitiere mal die ersten Sätze, die meine Entscheidung vielleicht nachvollziehbar machen:'Okay, okay, hängt mich ruhig au...
Flour Babies centres around Simon Martin, his peers in Form 4C and their experiences of a 'Child Development' project, where they each take on the responsibility of a small sack of flour for several weeks. The bag of flour comes equipped with a set of rules: "The flour babies must be kept clean a...
Anne Fine was and still is one of my favourite children’s authors. Her most famous book would be Madam Doubtfire, which most people will know as the popular film Ms. Doubtfire. Charm School is a book for children aged 9/10+, more probably girls as it is very as the name suggests set one Saturday ...
Minna's mum is not any 'normal' mum. In this story the mother/child roles are reversed as Minna seems to act more like a responsible adult than her mother does!This book deals with issues that some young chidlren can relate to in a funny and enlightening way. There are 7 mini stories in this book...
"Growing up is a long and confusing business. I try to show that the battle through the chaos is worthwhile and can, at times, be seen as very funny" (Fine, 1994.)I recall reading this book in year five and feeling really grown up; it was and still is more of a mature take on children’s literatur...
Bill's New Frock is a book by Anne Fine and illustrated by Philippe Dupasquier for younger readers, first published in 1989. The story concerns a young boy, Bill Simpson, who wakes up one morning to find he is a girl... Forced off to school in a frilly pink dress, Bill discovers one of the worst ...
I think it was...eh...not as good as the movie. Then again, they never are.Daniel lied saying he had a job as a nude modelGloria's (neighbor) name in the movie is Mrs. Hooper in the bookMiranda has red hair (37)Chapter 3, everyone fears MirandaMiranda worked at Hillard's lighting Emporium, while ...
I have read other Anne Fine books so was tempted to read this one. I'm not sure about this book - it's almost as though it was meant to be a powerful novel but didn't quite get to the top of the pile. Nothing wrong with the subject choice - we need to read to be aware, to have our eyes open to ot...
This book is bland and boring to read. The story isn't convincing or captivating at all, there are little descriptions of the places they are in. This book lacks detail. The characters are so unreal, they are very miserable and depressed, their stories are so confusingly stupid and they would sti...
Originally rated A by Linda LaffertytFour words for this book – It left me cold. I did review another book by this author and this one, like the other, is also filled with lots of sarcasm. Iola likes to write and always has ideas for stories, but her best friend Jennifer cannot come up with anyth...
‘How to Write Really Badly’ is a book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. Even as an adult, I found it fast paced, witty and entertaining. The story follows Chester Howard, a new pupil in a school, who is forced to sit next to a child that has severe difficulties in writing. It is written in first...
'It was the worst sight that I have ever seen in all my years of babysitting.' Why does Mrs Mackle think Susan Solly is the worst child ever? Just what did Susan do that was so terrible? And what did it have to do with snails?
Everyone knows that Louis is a loudmouth, he never stops talking and drives everyone crazy. No one believes him when he announces that he's going to do a sponsored silence to raise money for the new school library. But Louis is determined, just for once, to keep his mouth shut. To his surprise he...
Lovers, colleagues, family - Tilly has always been brilliant at pushing people in and out of her life exactly as it suits her. Then along comes Geoffrey, gentle, compassionate, generous to a fault, with his miserable little children and his manipulative ex-wife. Tilly's own expertise in the arts...
Colin is in many ways an ideal citizen. He holds down a responsible job for the council. He visits his aged mother Nora, shops for her, cooks for her, and listens to her grumbles. He also keeps in touch with his sister Dilys, long estranged from her mother, in a vain attempt to maintain family ti...
I must have left that house the most satisfied grandmother on earth. Laurence could walk. He could say ‘Dada’ and ‘milk’ and ‘more’ and ‘no’ and ‘munny’ (for monkey; there was no sign of my cuddly owl). With lots of encouragement he could do a fairly neat job of clapping his hands together and wa...
But still, Mr Hooper saw my uneasy look. ‘What ho, Mel!’ he offered. ‘A trouble shared is a trouble halved?’ I shook my head. ‘No, thanks. It’s too private.’ ‘Write it down, then,’ he told me. ‘If something’s gnawing at you, shove it on paper.’ I waved at the books round us, shelf upon shelf of t...
‘No, no, no, no, no, no!’ I said. ‘Not to Aunt Susan’s! Not for a whole week! No, no, no, no!’ Mum wasn’t backing down. ‘Frankly,’ she said, ‘I don’t believe I have to listen to any complaints from the person who burned our entire house to a crisp.’ I had to defend myself. ‘I did not burn the ent...
I hated everything about him. I hated him even more than Will did, if that’s possible. I hated his painted staring wooden eyes and the way his eyelids clicked when Uncle Len pulled the string inside his back, to make them blink. I hated his long thin legs, like dangling rods. I hated his bright r...
As Alice pointed out, pretty well everyone has a bad sheep or two among their relations somewhere, and even those like her who don’t know any details can’t bank on them not being there simply because of that. I’d seen enough on telly and in the newspapers to know that Harris wasn’t by any means t...
