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My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish, a New York Times bestseller, written by Mo O’Hara in 2013 and published by Macmillan Children’s Books.

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An Evil Scientist, turned his little brother’s goldfish into a zombie goldfish, with the ability to hypnotise people. After the experiment the fish did not like the Evil Scientist. Every time he had a plan, the zombie goldfish ruined it. The zombie goldfish, once even saved the whole world. That was my favourite part because you could imagine a fish saving the whole world.

The main characters are Zombie Goldfish, Mark, Tom and Sanj. I loved them because they made me feel like I’m in the story.

There is no end to ones imagination…imagine a goldfish saving the world!

I recommend this book to people who love adventures because this book is full of action. It’s a tonne of fun!

by Michael (age 10)

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1 December 20162 December 2016
Reading Signpost
The classroom reading corner is an area liked by all students. When there is some time to spare from our busy curriculum, they love to sit on the palette couch and get engrossed in a few pages of their favourite book.

Some children are self-motivated and have already discovered the pleasure found in reading, others however still need to be encouraged to do so. Motivating children to read is one of those challenging tasks that every parent and teacher face, at some point.

I believe that an environment which celebrates reading, promotes inquisitiveness and provides ample opportunity for books to be discovered, forms the foundation of learning to read for pleasure. With three-dimensional displays being my ‘thing’ at the moment, I made my own version of the reading signpost idea, to promote reading within my class. The children loved the result and were involved by colouring it in – it got them thinking about the places that were on the signs. Dare I say success…?

Inquisitiveness has been triggered; hopefully discovery will be next!

One of my dreams is to travel the world. I hope my students follow me and travel to places they have never been to before, for reading will take us everywhere!

Reading takes you places. Where will your reading take you?

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19 November 2016
The Boy in The Dress – Children’s Recommendation
The Boy In The Dress is a children’s book written by David Walliams, illustrated by Quentin Blake, who illustrated all of Roald Dahl’s books. It is the first book by Walliams, a television comedian best known for the show ‘Little Britain’. He writes in a ‘Dahlian’ flair and touches upon a controversial subject. A television film adaptation was produced for the BBC and a film was released in 2014.

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Dennis is a boy who enjoys football and fashion. He likes dressing like a girl and being different. It’s really like the book, it is very funny. My favourite part was when everybody went to the football pitch, wearing dresses to play football. The whole book is hilarious.

I learned that you can be anything you want and not care if the others don’t like it.

Some of the main characters are: Dennis, Darvesh, Lisa, Denis’ father and John. I really like all the characters because they make me feel nice and happy.

I recommend it because it gives an important message and is a fun book to read.

by Evelina (age 10)

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15 November 2016
The Twits

Posted by Saved you a Spot on 29 October 201613 November 2016

Written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake, The Twits was first published in 1980. A gruesomely, disgusting tale of a vindictive, spiteful couple known as the Twits, who live together in a brick house …

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Listen to the moon – Book recommendations by children for children

Posted by Saved you a Spot on 15 January 201615 January 2016

Listen to the moon This book was published in Great Britain by Harper Collins. It was first published in 2014, and was written by Michael Morpurgo. The illustrator of this book is Steve Stone. The …

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Should teachers read more children’s books?

Posted by Saved you a Spot on 9 August 20159 August 2015

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Going into Year 6 this year, has me overly excited! In preparation for the year to come, I have decided to get more up to date with what older children …

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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Posted by Saved you a Spot on 9 August 20159 August 2015

A vintage, children’s classic, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is a children’s novel by Joan Aiken, first published in 1962. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized …

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The Twits – Roald Dahl continued

Posted by Saved you a Spot on 2 August 20159 August 2016

The Twits is a grotesquely, humorous children’s book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by, no other than, Quentin Blake. It was written in 1979, and first published in 1980. The Twits was adapted for …

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The Witches – Roald Dahl continued

Posted by Saved you a Spot on 27 July 201530 July 2015

The Witches is a children’s book by British author Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake and was first published in London in 1983 by Jonathan Cape. The year it was published, it won three awards: …

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Reading Nooks

Posted by Saved you a Spot on 22 July 20154 August 2015

It’s amazing how, when you have some free time, creativity and thoughts are allowed to unfold. So, as it’s summer and I’m getting into my summer reading (although a bit behind at the moment) I …

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