Friday, May 15, 2009

My Dad’s got an Alligator By Jeremy Strong

In this hilarious book,Ronald,Nicholas’s dad brings home a surprise from work,an alligator and names it Crunchbag. Ronald puts Crunchbag in Nicholas’s mom,Brenda's bath and it eats up all the soap and the plastic toy boat.

Ronald doesn’t think that Crunchbag is dangerous as he claims that it is a vegetarian so it won’t eat people in the house.Brenda doesn’t like anything with lots of teeth as they can eat meat.One day while Ronald was at work,Nicholas and Brenda were looking for granny and when they couldn’t find her Brenda thinks that Crunchbag has eaten her.But it turns out that she was at the video store buying a new snooker video.

Crunchbag is finally given away to the zoo because it causes too much trouble.Brenda tells Ronald that he can have a pet except a crocodile or an alligator.And he brings home a vulture,which I find really funny.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Magic Ponies No.1 A New Friend

By Sue Bentley

In this story , Comet a magic Pony , tries to find his twin sister, Destiny. One day while playing in the sky, Comet notices that his naughty sister was wearing the precious stone on her neck which protects their herd from the evil horses. Suddenly it drops down .They swoop down to search for it but they can’t find it .She runs away as she thinks she is in big trouble by losing the stone .

During the story ,Comet meets a young girl named Eleanor Gale who is staying at her Aunt Pippa’s house for her school holidays .Her mom and dad are people in the Orchestra . They are going for a tour, Eleanor has the choice of either going with them or she could stay with her Aunt as her parents went on tour . This choice enables her to help Comet find his sister in the forest.

It is a lovely story, though Sue Bently has written three series ,Magic Kitten , Magic Puppy and Magic Ponies which all have almost the same concept even though they are different series.