Voting for the award has now closed. We had great fun reading the books and sharing the Bookbugs with P2. The books with the most votes were as follows:-
Age 8 to 11: The Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens by Alex McColl
Bookbug (Age 5 to 7) Robot Rumpus by Sean Taylor and Ross Collins
Good luck to all the authors and we look forward to hearing who wins on Wednesday, 4th March.
Many pupils wrote reviews of the books and entered the review competition. You can read their reviews by following this link:-
http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/scba/review-competition-2015
Orla, in P7, particularly enjoyed Pyrates Boy by E B Colin so we thought we would share her review with you:-
"Suspenseful,
gripping, tense.
“Pyrates
Boy” is a about a young boy who believes he can make a better life for his
sister who is working hard in Glasgow to survive. He ventures across the world
to Jamaica looking for a job to earn money to help is sister but he is yet to
find out that working in his masters garden is not all that it seems. He works
laboriously in the blazing tropical sun for very insufficient pay. After one
year of backbreaking work, a Scottish lady takes him across the ocean to his
home land, Glasgow.
During the
voyage a colossal wave strikes the ship capsizing it and killing all on board
but the boy, named Silas Orr. Fortunately he is picked up by the unusual pirates
led by the infamous captain Black Johnnie. He gives Silas a chance to become a
cabin boy and vow that he will stick by the pirate oath.
After many
years of being a loyal pirate, it takes him by surprise when a mysterious led
box is spotted secured on the ankle of a human buoy. He is soon to know that
this is where the real adventure begins."
Our school Book Week will begin on Monday, 2nd March. It will be launched by Lari Don at Assembly on Friday, 27th February, then Lari will deliver workshops to P5 and P6. There are lots of exciting events planned for Book Week so follow us on Twitter to find the latest updates.
In previous years, our most successful event has been the book swap, so dust off all those lovely books you are finished with and send them in for someone else to read and enjoy - pick up a new one in exchange!
Look out for more reviews in our next blog.
Until then, Happy Reading from the lovely P6 reading group.
