40bc Post: How Ali Ferguson saved Houndini

Author: Elen Caldecott
Genre: Adventure and Mystery!
About the book!
Ali and his mum recently moved to Lever Tower. On his first day he meets Caitlin and a dog named Falcon. He also meets Caitlin's best friend Gez, and the three of them start to discover something. Where the foxes went, why the Owl calls suddenly appeared. And most importantly, where Ms Osborne has... vanished to. With two new friends, his mum and Caitlin's dad, Ali feels more comfortable living without his dad.

I rate this book 10 out of 10 because I got so stuck to the book and I actually felt like I was living the story.
If you are 10 or above, I think you should read this book.

40bc book 21: Dear Dumb Diary, DELEUXE Dumbness is a dish best severed cold

Author: Jim Benton
Genre: Humor, Friendship.
Main Characters: Jamie, Isabella and Angeline.
About the book!
Jamie's life at Mackerel School is BORING. But Jamie's friend Angeline wants to save the world using plates. But not just any plates, plates that have what you should eat on them. Jamie and Isabella agree, but only because there is a chance that they could become rich and famous. How cool would that be! But after a while of good progress, Jamie realizes that no one except Dicky liked them at all (except for the fact that you can eat off them). Can Jamie save the plates and her friendship with Angeline? 

Rating: I rate this book 5/5 because the book is very funny and it is one of the best Dear Dumb Diary books that I have read. One of the reasons it that it is on full colour!
This book is good for people 10 and over.

40bc Book 19: I Funny School of Laughs

I Funny! School of Laughs
Author: James Patterson
Genre: Humor, Middle aged This book is the 5th book in the series. The first book is I Funny: A Middle School Story

When Jamie goes back to his school, a lot of things have changed. There's a new principal that likes being called coach, and he wants to get rid of the library so he can make it a wrestling gym, there's a new librarian that Uncle Frankie has fallen for. To try to save the library and Uncle Frankie's love life, Jamie has to start classes on how to be a comedian in the library.

I recommend this book to above 8 yr olds.
I rate this book 9 out of 10 because I really liked the series (and the book of course), and it has lots of feelings to it.
I got this book out at the Grey District Library.

40bc 18: The world of Norm - May contain nuts

The world of Norm - May contain nuts
Author: Johnny Meres
Genre: Humor, Family

Norman woke up in his dad's closest. In the middle of the night. Peeing. If they hadn't moved, he wouldn't be peeing in his dad's closet. In fact, he never has peed in anything other than the toilet. And then there was his neighbor, Chelsea, who is sooo annoying. And then Dave and Brian found dads aftershave. Could things get worse?

I rate this book 4 stars because it's kinda like diary of a Wimpy kid, but it's not.  think it was great, but not as good as diary of a wimpy kid.

I recommend this book for over 9 yr olds.

40bc 17: Libarary of Lemons

A Library of Lemons

Author: Jo Cotterill

Characters: Calypso (main), Dad, Mae (new kid/best friend), Christopher (Mae's sister), Mae's mum, Mae's Dad, and others.

About: Calypso likes reading, and doesn't really have many friends. When Mae moves and starts at her school, they become close friends very quickly. Calypso's dad has become distant and quiet since her dad died, and she has to take care of him most of the time. One day when Mae comes over, Calypso discovers a sad secret that her dad has been hiding. Her dad starts getting really sad, weak and lazy. Can she save her family??

Recommendation: I recommend this book to people over 8.

I rate this book 5 stars because when I ordered it at the Grey District Library, I got it because the cover looked cool. And the book is even better than the cover! So I guess this time I judged the book by it's cover! 😀

P.S. There's a funny part at the back of the book that says whats inside? And Underneath it there's a triangle that says Books, Friendship, LEMONS.

40bc Book | Kira-Kira

Author/illustrator: Cynthia Kadohata

Genre: Realistic Fiction, Children.

Characters: Katie, Lynn, Sam, mum, dad, uncle, auntie, Amber, David, Daniel.

Lynn taught Katie her first word: Kira-Kira, which means glittering in Japanese. When Katie and her family move from Iowa to Georgia, they try to look on the bright side. But that gets hard when Lynn gets really sick, and her parents have to work long hours to pay for Lynn's medicine and their new mortgage.

I would give this book a rating of  5  stars because this book is really sad and emotional, but is also happy and bright. I really love the book.

I recommend this book for any age. It's easy to read and also interesting. My mum read it and she liked it.

40bc book 11 : A Boy Called Hope

A Boy Called Hope

By Lara Williamson

Genres:

Main Characters: Dan Hope, Ninja grace, Big Dave, Mum, Christopher, Dad

Summary: Dan wants to be like Sherlock Holmes. He wanted to solve mysteries. So when he sees mums boyfriend Big Dave has a tattoo saying Caroline, he decides he needs to solve this mystery. Then he finds a pregnant tester in the bathroom trash, sees his dad on tv, and things get messy. Will he find out the answers to the mysteries? What will happen next?

I really enjoyed this book and definitely think that everyone over 9 should be able to read this.

"This book totally blew me away. I love it" Cathy Cassidy

   

Literacy W7 T2

Art Recount

On Monday and Tuesday, I had art talented. There were lots of cups, flowers, feathers and other things on the table being displayed. We each got one piece of paper and charcoal pencil, then we had to decide on something we wanted to draw. We had to sit at the same angle for the one sketch we do. We got 5 minutes to do one piece, then we could either do it again or move and do another piece. After lots of warming up, we could choose our favorite piece and enlarge it onto another piece of paper. After doing one copy, we traced it again on another piece. The reason that we did that was because we were doing a warm coloured painting and a cool colored painting. I started drawing at the end of Monday, and started painting at morning tea of Tuesday.

I did my backgrounds first so well one background is drying, I could do another background. Then I started painting the leaves and flowers. I did the same: One first then left that to dry well doing my other one. I figured out that it was easier to paint the water reflection before painting the stems of the flowers and leafs, so that you can see the stems and not accidentally cover it.

I really enjoyed doing it and would like to do it again.

(Here are some pictures!!)

Reading

This week my reading group read a short story called Leave. We had to write a summary to make people want to read it. Here is what I did!