Poems About Time by Giovanni Manna

Lots of people like to read poems and like me every one has a favourite. My favourite is called ''Length of time'' and it goes like this...
Time is peculiar and hardly exact.
Though minutes are minutes you'll find a fact
[as the older you get And the bigger you grow]
that time hurry like this or plod very slow.
Waiting for your dinner when you're hungry?
Down with the sniffles in your bed?
Notice how an hour crawls along and crawls along
Like a snail with his home upon his head.
But when you are starting a game at the park
it's morning, it's noon, and suddenly its dark.
And hours like seconds rush blurringly by,
Whoosh!like a plane in the sky.That was by Phllis McGinley.

I recommend this book for all ages.

by Madison

Prue Theroux the Cool Librarian by Gillian Rubinstein and David Mackintosh.

Prue Theroux is a librarian who has six arms.There are books all over the school. The school is called Numbat Primary School. The children don't like sport, they don't like maths, they don't fight, they just read!

One day the cool librarian Prue Theroux was sick. The next day a teacher came in but it wasn't Prue Theroux. The children discovered that the teacher was a boy robot(Mr Boycott). He was very cranky with the children. The next day Prue Theroux came back and twisted Mr Boycott's head off.

You should read this book, it is funny.

by Nathan.

Fairy Tales [Cinderella] by Berlie Dohearty and Jane Ray

Some people will love this story because its Cinderella.This a book about a girl named Cinderella who lives with her father and her step mother and two step sisters. In the story Cinderella's step mum is jealous because Cinderella is prettier than her own two daughters.

The family receive an invitation to go to the Royal Ball. Cinderella asks if she can go.Can she go? Read it to find out.
I would recommend this book to all ages. I rate this book 10/10

by Jessie

Climbing Mt Sugarbin by Roland Harvey

This book is about a boy named Nathan who was a mechanical genius. One day when his sister Alexandra and Nathan's mum were on their way to school their car would not start so mum called Nathan and said, "Can you come and fix the car?" Then Nathan fixed the car. It started up. He said to his mum it was only a dirty battery. so then Alexander and Nathan's mum went to school.

Nathan went back into his room with a piece of toast. When Nathan looked at the clock he was late for school. When he got to school they were doing a recount so he went up to the teacher and then he started. In their class there was a boy called Lucas Hudson who was mean to Nathan and the other boys and girls.
I'm not going to tell you any more of the story. I would like you to read this book yourself.

I would rate this book 10/10. I would recommend this book for all ages.

by Karah

Animalia by Graeme Base

Animalia is a book about animals and what they are doing. It has many alliterations such as 'nine nautical newts navigating near Norway' and 'eight enormous elephants expertly eating easter eggs.' If you want to have some fun, you can find the things that begin with the same letter such as ' wicked warrior wasps wildly waving warlike weapons' and the things are washing, whales, wizard, well, wharf and waterfall. There is an alliteration for every letter exept X.

I think that this book would suit people ages four to eight.

by Nathan

Princess Smarty Pants

Princess smarty pants is......well, a smarty pants. She always likes to ride her very fancy motorbike and she has pets out of the odinary. One day her parents ask her to find herself a resourceful man. Princess Smarty Pants of course dislikes this order and refuses to marry.

The next day a long line of men were waiting for her near the castle gates. Her parents said that this was her chance and after a lot of negotiating Princess Smarty Pants finally comes to an agreement she will marry a man if they past tests of her choice........Princess Smarty Pants gave horrible, dreadful, spinechilling tests that only the bravest men would face, like riding her motorcycle, feeding her ferocious pets and worst, cleaning the fish pond. These tasks may seem easy but Princess Smarty Pants gives an added twist to these tasks........but finally a man with outstanding courage is able to finish these tasks BUT!!!!!! will Princess Smarty Pants be able to accept his hand in marriage?

I'll leave you to be the judge of that but I recommend you think out of the box for this kind of story!!!!

I know that children of all ages will enjoy this one of a kind story.

by Jessica

The Story of Rosy Dock by Jeannie Baker

People say Rosy Dock is the oldest river! It's surrounded by a dersert. For thousands of years nothing has been changed. The land was hot and dry of course. The wind blew very strong. It hardly rained. But hidden in prehistoric mountains there are ancient oases. The river was mostly covered with sand. One day the black clouds came. The rain poured hard and there were noisy sounds coming from the storms. The whole place was flooding. Then..... the sea was slowly fading away and the desert blossomed with flowers. A few days later the whole land was filled with red seedpods.

I think the illustrations and the story is brilliant. The book is great for all ages.

By Fabrice

The Collector by

The Collector is about a cat that collects hair pins .The cat's name is Q. The family are accusing him of stealing pigeons from their next door neighbour. The next night Q finds an unusual hairpin. What will happen next? I am not going to tell you. I will let you read this exciting book and find out yourself.

I would recommend this book to others to read because you never know what is going to happen next.

by Lachlan

Too Cool Rugby By Phil Kettle

I enjoyed reading Too Cool Rugby League because after reading the first page I thought it was going to be an interesting book . Its about a boy who played Rugby League.

One night he and his dad were watching rugby league on TV. Then his Dad called the TV stars and he said that his son wanted to play as well. He was allowed to come to a match and then they gave him the clothes to be a player. They taught the boy how to play and then he got to play a real game. It was a really good book and I enjoyed it.

by Martha

No Cat and That's That by Bruce Dawe.

I enjoyed reading No Cat and That's That because when I read the back I thought it was interesting. It was about this girl Sam and she wanted a cat but her dad said no! One rainy night she heard a sound from outside and she went to look.

She found a cat and hid it in her bed but the cat went wandering outside and suddenly her dad found the cat and asked the girl where did you find this cat and the girl told him. At the end her dad said that she could keep the cat. Sam was very happy.

by Harneet

The Shape Game by Anthony Browne

In the Shape Game I liked the pictures because they looked really alive. It is a very funny book. It is called the shape game because you need to try and find shapes in the pictures. I would recommend this book to children in Years 3 and 4 because it is such fun to look at.

by Samantha