Mr Gallianos Circus

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REVIEWED BY SOPHIE THOMPSON

The main characters are Jimmy and Lotta. Lotta is very naughty, Jimmy is not as naughty as Lotta, but he is still a bit naughty.

When the circus comes to town, Jimmy Brown runs out of his class and goes to join all the other children to watch the precession. When a horse comes by, a little girl made a face at Jimmy and whipped him by accident. Then, the next morning, Jimmy goes to the circus and Mr Galliano sees him and gets very cross. Jimmy got very scared, but, just at that moment, he saw the little girl who had made a face at Jimmy and whipped him by accident, the little girl also saw him and called to him. He walked over and she asked him if he was going to the circus, he said because he didn’t have any money. He also noticed that the caravan was beautiful inside so he asked to have a little peep. Then they tell each other their names. Jimmy goes home. Lotta said she would take him around the next day…

…it was a stormy night and Jumbo the elephant gets scared. He runs away. Where did he go…?

I recommend this book for 5+

This Morning I Met A Whale

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THIS MORNING I MET A WHALE

REVIEWED BY SOPHIE THOMPSON

The main characters are the whale and Michael. Michael is very good, but at times, like other children, he can be a little bit naughty. The whale is quite a young whale and is very sensible.

One day, when Michael was bird watching, he spotted a whale in the Thames. He didn’t believe what he was seeing. He thought that it was amazing, and more amazing still, the whale started to talk to him! The whale told him that the planet was being polluted and living creatures in the sea were drowning from oil. When Michael goes to school, his teacher asks him to write a true story that happened to him. So he wrote about the whale and his teacher and classmates don’t believe it is a real story. They are all flabbergasted as it is such a good story.

The whale is stranded, the news reporters come and he is on television. The headmaster runs into the classroom shouting come down to the shores of the Thames because a whale is there! Michael runs past the police and wades into the water. He can’t wade out too far so he has to swim to the whale.

I think that the moral of the story is don’t pollute the air.

I would recommend 6+.