The enormous crocodile

The Enormous crocodile

The enormous crocodile is a book written by Roald Dahl. It is about an enormous crocodile that wants to eat little children. He tries to do clever tricks but the animals that heard about it told the children when the crocodile is doing his clever trick. The crocodile is a show off even though he is not smart.

My favourite setting in the book is in the festival because the crocodile really looked like a wooden animal on the roundabout. I like the illustration that made the setting nice and interesting.

I recommend this book to children ages 5-9 because some words are long and hard which is good for 9 year olds. The book is also good for 5 year olds because most of the text are easy and the pictures help the 5 year olds to know and imagine what is happening.

Singing sensation

Singing Sensation

The book singing sensation is from Elisabetta Dami. It is about Geronimo Stilton enrolling in the song festival. He had to go on stage and perform in front of an audience. He was very shy and he only sang when his nephew,Benjamin came on stage and performed with him.

My favourite part was when Benjamin went on stage with Geronimo Stilton. I like the part because it includes Geronimo having confidence.

I recommend this book for children aged 6-9 because it is long and has some hard words. It is a very interesting book because it has interesting words.

Luis Suarez banned for 4 months

Luis Suarez banned for 4 months

Luis Suarez has stopped playing soccer for 4 months because in the FIFA World Cup he bit an Italian defender on the shoulder.

The ban was passed when they established that he was guilty. The penalizing law takes him out of the incoming league the English Premier League. Luis Suarez couldn't play for Uruguay for the next few games. He was the best striker in Uruguay and banned for 4 months. He would miss out playing with his teams but happy to be with his family. Luis Suarez was the one that scored the 2 goals against England. FIFA charged Luis Suarez $112,000 dollars for biting the Italian defender.

Blue lobster caught

Blue lobster caught

One day this girl went fishing and she caught a blue lobster. The girl was 14 years old and lives in America. That lobster is a very rare on.

The lobsters are usually very dark blue, greenish and brown but this lobster is fully blue. The girl was on her dad’s boat and pulled out the lobster out of one of their traps. The people on the boat put the lobster there so it will not escape. The lobster has a genetic change which has given its special and unusual colour. The lobster is going to be given to the head state aquarium and that is where it is going to live.

The magic finger

The Magic Finger

The book ‘The magic finger’ is about this girl named girl and a family called the Gregg family. The Gregg family would always shoot ducks and deer and eat them. One day the girl visited the Gregg’s house. Mr Gregg and the 2 boys went to the lake to shoot ducks and when they came back the girl was angry and shouted at them. The girl saw red she was getting very hot and the pointing finger on the right hand tingles and the magic finger pointed at the person that made her cross.

My favourite character is Mr Gregg because he knows how to make a nest out of sticks and he is good at shooting birds and deer.

I recommend this book for children ages 5-8 because it is a short junior novel. It is a funny and good book. I rate this book 3 ½ stars.

Te tahawai Marae

Te tahawai Marae

On the 19th of August I went to the Marae with the year 4 and room 5 people. Before the tangata whenua did the karanga, we all stood in front of the waharoa for a while waiting for the call.

After the tangata whenua welcomed us, the boys took their shoes off first. We took our shoes off because it was a sacred ground and our shoes were dirty. The boys sat at the front of the girls. The tangata whenua said a speech and then Joshua K said his mihi. After Joshua K said his mihi Joshua J said a speech. After he said his speech the room 5 and the year 4 people had to do the hongi or just shake hands with the tangata whenua. When we did the hongi, we washed our hands before we ate. The tangata whenua helped us to weave with paper and stick the top bit on.

The boys and I did the haka before we went back to school.

I had a really fun time there especially because the activities and the haka.

The Gizmo

The Gizmo

The book ‘The Gizmo’ is about 2 people named Floggit and Stephen. There is this robot called  Gizmo and it is the weirdest Gizmo in the world. This is because it will never go away unless you give it to someone else. When two people are next to each other the Gizmo will swap their clothes without them knowing.  

My Favourite character is Stephen because he is a very smart person and because he is a very tall person.

I recommend this book for 6-9. Children that like weird robots will might like this book and people that like Paul Jennings will like this book.