Kid's Book Review Panel - June 2013

“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.”
- Emilie Buchwald

Our Primary Times Kids' Review Panel was set up in January 2013 offering children and primary schools across the UK the opportunity to read and discuss new and pre-release booksand have their reviews published online. If you know a primary-school aged bookworm you think would like the opportunity to be on our panel, please email ptwebmgr@schoolspublishing.co.uk

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The bookworms: click here to meet our past panellists:
March 2013 Panellists

 

Kid's Book Review Panel June 2013 - new panel April 2014
BalloonsName: Ethan
Age: 4
School: Thorngumbald Primary School
Hobbies: Reading, Lego and playing with his wooden trains

Reviews:
Dr Duck
Tabitha Posy was ever so Nosy
Ruby, Blue and Blanket
Duck Says Don't
Nanny Fox
So Gorilla
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam
George and the Knight
Mummy and Baby Farm

ZebraName: Oscar
Age: 4
School: Cathedral School
Hobbies: Animals, reading and gardening

Reviews:
Chu's day
The Cautionary Tale of the Childe of Hale
Ruby, Blue and Blanket
Art Lab for Little Kids
Farm Babies
Flying Like Flittermouse
So Frog
Do You Speak English, Moon?
Mouse and the Moon Made of Cheese
Open Very Carefully: A Book with Bite

ButterflyName: Lidia
Age: 6
School: St John's CEVC Infant School
Hobbies: Reading, watching films, playing computer games

Reviews:
A Cupcake Conundrum: Mariella 
Mystery 2
National Geographic Readers: Caterpillar to Butterfly
Princess Ponies 1: A Magical Friend

ChocolateName: Josephine
Age: (almost) 6
School: Cathedral School
Hobbies: Cooking, arts and crafts, ballet, reading, gymnastics

Reviews:
The Ghostly Guinea Pig: Mariella Mystery 1
Cherry Green Story Queen 
National Geographic Readers: Volcanoes
Aesop's Fables

LadybirdName: Liam
Age: 7
School: St William of Perth Catholic Primary
Hobbies: Reading, swimming and 
cycling

Reviews:
An Army of Frogs (Kulipari Novel)
Angry Birds: Side-splitting, Rib-tickling Joke Book 
The Roman Mystery Scrolls 3: The Thunder Omen
The Victory Dogs

ZebraName: George
Age: 7
School: Crofton Junior
Hobbies: Reading, lego, cars, top trumps, cooking, scooting, beavers, swimming

Reviews:
Angry Birds: Side-splitting, Rib-tickling Joke Book
The Victory Dogs
Sam Silver Undercover Pirate 5: Dragon Fire
Monster Odyssey: The Eye of Neptune
Chuckle Bob's Great Escape
Plague: A Cross on the Door
Baddies, Beasties and a Sprinkling of Crumbs

ChocolateName: Amalie
Age: 8
School: Bisham C of E School
Hobbies: Singing, reading, drawing and fashion design

Reviews:
Faerie Tribes: The Crystal Mirror
Dork Diaries: Holiday Heartbreak 
The Great Ice-Cream Heist

PuppyName: Charlotte
Age: 9
School: Crofton Junior
Hobbies: Cooking, scooting, cross stitch, singing, cubs, drawing, photograph

Reviews:
MovieStarPlanet: The Official Guide 
Stars
The Victory Dogs
Unlocking the Spell 
School for Stars: First Term at L'Etoile
Tiger Wars (The Falcon Chronicles)
National Geographic Readers: Snakes

ButterflyName: Maia
Age: 8
School: Colyton Primary School
Hobbies: Her rabbit- Harry, horse riding, swimming, brownies

Reviews:
Angry Birds: Side-splitting, Rib-tickling Joke Book 

ButterflyName: Heather
Age: 9
School: North Heath Community Primary
Hobbies: Horse riding, computer, swimming, Brownies, writing

Reviews:
Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians 
Talina in the Tower
Children of the Wild
The Sun Catcher
Stars

PuppyName: Iris Jade
Age: 9
School: Ridgefield Primary School
Hobbies: Playing computer games, watching tv, bible club

Reviews:
Moshi Monsters Character Encyclopedia
Angry Birds: Side-splitting, Rib-tickling Joke Book 
The Great Ice-Cream Heist 
Aldo Moon and the Ghost at Gravelwood Hall
Children Of The Wild

PencilsName: Mia
Age: 9
School: Llandaff city Church in Wales Primary
Hobbies: Singing, reading and dancing

Reviews:
MovieStarPlanet: The Official Guide 
Angry Birds: Side-splitting, Rib-tickling Joke Book