Vicky Angel - reviewed by Claudia & Rebecca

 Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson is available in the library.

Boo - Little dog in the big city - reviewed by Maggie & Elise

Boo - Little Dog in the Big City by J.H. Lee is in our school library under picture books.

Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters reviewed by Oliver & Dylan

 Percy Jackson & the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan is available in chapter book and graphic novel format at school. 

Hatchet - book review by Josh

 Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is a gripping adventure available on the fiction shelf under P for Paulsen.

Sidekicks - book review by Damon

 Sidekicks by Dan Santat - in our Graphic Novel shelf on legs.

Spirit Animals - book review by Ben

Spirit Animals - by Brandon Mull.

 In the school library. Read the book, play the game.

Aristotle

Aristotle - by Dick King-Smith

 In the school library

The Hobbit - book review by Felix

The Hobbit - J.R.R.Tolkien 

 In our school library

The Terrible Greedy Fossifoo - book review by Maggie & Elise

The Terrible Greedy Fossifoo - by Charles Fuge

 A picture book in our library.

Under the bed - book review by Jamie

 Under the bed - by Paul Bright

We are very excited to have Ipad minis in the school that we can book out for educational purposes. Today I booked out four Ipad minis and showed the book club an App called Tellagami. The children organised themselves into groups (and some went solo) and wrote their short book reviews. They are more like scripts or soundbites than full book reviews, but I tried to use this as a motivational tool to get them thinking about plot, character, genre and audience, while not giving away the ending. Enjoy!

 by Paul Bright - available in our library.

Reading Rivers

As a psychology student, I enjoyed being asked to create a life river, a visual representation of defining moments in my life journey. I took that idea and tweaked it a bit, coming up with the idea of a Reading River. 

There are twenty members in the year 6 book club and they are all very enthusiastic about books. In the first week, I asked them to create Reading Rivers where they thought about the very first picture books that were read to them, perhaps by a granny or a parent or teacher, followed by their favourite chapter books to this current day. They really engaged in this activity, working alone or in groups. Being able to do something visually is much more fun than writing a list of your all-time favourite books! Here are some pics of them in action.