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Reader’s review:
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place
Plot: Miss Penelope Lumley is sent off from her old
school to a place called Ashton Place where she
is meant to be a governess. However, the children
she is meant to be a governess for have been
brought up by wolves! It’s a really, really, really
great mystery about where they have come from.
There are four books in the series.
language which is really
funny. She uses loads of
grown up words and
when she thinks you don’t
know what it means, she goes off on a tangent
to tell you what it means. It’s funny, for example
when she told us that Penelope Lumley was
going off on a tangent and then she went off on
a tangent herself to tell us what going off on a
tangent means.
Opinion: The characters are all really quite good
because Cassiopeia calls herself Cassawoof
because she has been brought up by wolves with
her brothers, Alexander and Beowulf. They are
really funny. The writer is in love with the English
It makes me hoot with laughter because she
makes the characters really funny. They are really
quite random sometimes. I would give the series
5 out of 5 and also it gets better and better as you
go into the series and I’m on the third book.
by Maryrose Wood
By Finn age 6
Recommended books:
First Encyclopedia of the Human Body
(Usborne First Encyclopedias)
See Inside Your Body (Usborne Flap Books)
(Usborne See Inside)
by Fiona Chandler, David Hancock, John Woodcock
by Katie Daynes and Colin King
This is a fantastic new
edition of this bright
and lively encyclopedia,
introducing young
readers to the wonders
of the human body.
Filled with information
on the brain,
respiration, circulation
and the senses, this
book answers such
questions as 'Where
does your food go?' 'How many bones are there in
your body?' and 'What are eyelashes for?'. Simple
text, amazing photographs, detailed illustrations
and a selection of exciting recommended websites
make the subject easy to understand.
This astonishingly
inventive title allows
young children to
discover the inner
workings of the
human body in a
gently humorous,
yet wholly accurate
way. Bright, original
colour illustrations and
diagrams display all
the major organs of
the human body and are accompanied by witty,
clear and informative factual text. It contains over
fifty flaps, which children can lift to reveal extra
detail. Entertaining and authoritative, this is human
biology for children at its very best - a book both
educational and enjoyable.
SPARK
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