Another excellent `Christmas-time' read with me story from author/illustrator, Ian Beck, who relates a lovely version of the Nativity tale.
Simply told with sufficient text to keep the interest, accompanied with beautiful illustrations to encourage even the youngest reader to turn to the next page.
26 high quality shiny pages, opening with:-
`The story of the birth of Jesus began in a garden in the city of Nazareth, where Mary and Joseph lived.......
and ending with:-
`And, now, thousands of years later, at every Christmas we remember the marvellous story of how Jesus was born.'
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What a lovely book this is. I purchased for my friend and her new baby and couldn't resist buying one for myself! (this book is quite small in size so perfect for my friend to read to her new born.) Such a sweet story, a definite must for your children's book collection.
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Plot: The kind BFG is the only giant who does not eat children like all the other giants but actually horrible snozzcumbers. He catches all the dreams and gives them to children. Sophie caught the friendly giant at his lovely act but she had to be taken because no one was to know of his kindness or even his existence!
An amazing fact about the book connected with the author: The BFG's friend Sophie was named after Dahl's granddaughter, the real Sophie. She was the only member of Roald Dahl's family whose name was mentioned in one of his books.
Another cool comment about the book: BFG was Roald Dahl's favourite character that he created due to his wonderful qualities including his kindness. Which of Roald Dahl's characters ... Read More:
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I bought this for my daughter, who is six, and she loves it as it means she can now draw animals that look like animals!! It is excellent as it breaks the drawing into manageable steps and really gives her a sense of achievement. Highly recommended.
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My grandson Jack was three on 17th April. He loves Bob the Builder toys and I've already bought him most of the main toys. He does love his pocket books though. These are ideal for car journeys and to keep him quiet when necessary. The last time was at a christening. He loves having these read to him, but also he loves stacking them up and putting them back in their box. He knows every character on sight and can just pick out the main letter of the name. He loves counting them as well and always gets the total correct. They are perfect for small hands.
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Not as good as Silverfin or By Royal command, but nevertheless a great young adult fiction novel. Charlie Higson was getting as good as Anthony Horowitz but it does not have the action, shame he has a great name to use. Why Flemming Productions did not use Anthony Horowitz is just crazy.
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The final chapter of the current heroes of High School Musical is here. And if the message of the first film was "try new things," and the second was "don't let plans for the future spoil what you have now," this third outing was a combination of both. Some of the Wildcats see the future holding more of what they already do: Taylor wants to be the first black woman American President, Chad wants to be a Redhawk at the University of Alberquerque, Sharpay plans to conquer the world of show biz, and Gabriella has always dreamt of going to Stanford University for a degree in law. But Troy finds that Julliard is considering him for a drama scholarship, along with Sharpay, Ryan, and Kelsi, and a lot of other schools are offering him places. Since opening ... Read More:
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Everyone knows the original stories of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf and The Three Little Pigs, written by Charles Perrault (Cinderella), Brothers Grimm (all the rest); but Roald Dahl has changed the stories and put in some gruesome humour - these rewrites are not suitable for grumpy old grown ups so be aware! My favourite story out of all of Dahl's altered fairy tales is definitely Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf & the three little pigs because they are linked together with Little Red Riding Hood who gives the wolf and the pigs' horrible endings! I would rate this book 9/ 10 because it could have had another one or two other famous tales included ... Read More:
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NOTHING HAPPENS!!i thought these books were really famous because they must be good, they are so boring... well i read this book first so i didn't know any of the characters or anything. really annoying. boring. and stupid
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I did dither over whether or not to read Inkspell as I found Inkheart a little slow in places but decided to go for it as I can't leave a trilogy hanging......
I'm glad I did, because it's worth the read. As interesting a concept as Inkheart was (reading characters 'out' of books), Inkspell held my attention and imagination better, perhaps because it's more interesting to see what goes on when you read yourself 'into' an imaginary world?
I don't know if it's intentional, but this book seemed to follow the same formula as the first, as far as 'pace' goes. The first third of the book had me turning pages to see what surprises the new world held....the middle third seemed to drop a gear and meander along until it reached the third and final ... Read More:
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