Year One Book Reviews

TITCH by Pat Hutchins

I like it because it is nice.  I like Mary and Titch and Pete.

I like it because Titch grows bigger in the end. by Scott 

HANDA'S SURPRISE by Eileen Browne

I like it because the animals eat all the fruit and the goat butted the tree.  All the tangerines fell in the basket.  Jordan

I like this.  Elisha

PASS THE JAM JIM by Kaye Umansky and Margaret Chaberain

I like it because the pictures are so good and the writing is good too.  I like when Jim went green because he ate all the jam.  Amy

I like it because I like the food in the story.  Jim got a tummy ache and had to go home to bed.  Jasmine

I like it because I like the food because it looks yummy.  At the end Jim eat all the jam and he felt sick and he had a green face. Kate

I like it because the food looks yummy and its funny that this boy didn't notice that he put too much tomato ketchup on his chips.  And I liked it when he had Jam on him.  Florence

I like it because Jim ate all the jam and Jim felt sick.  A boy ate pasta and it went all over his face.  Billy

I like it because Jim ate all the jam.  Jim got jam on Bessies dress.  Jim got a tummy ache because he ate all the jam and he had to go home to bed.  Terri

CAT ON THE MAT.  by Brian Wildsmith

I like it because all the animals came on the cat's mat and the cat scared the animals away.  Connor

A DARK, DARK TALE  by Ruth Brown

I like it because the cat went down the hall to a room and the cat saw a box in the closet.  In the box there was a mouse.  Joel

I like it because it has a dark passage and the cat sees a box with a mouse in it.  But we think there is a ghost.  Holly

I like it because the cat is black.  I like it because the cat ate all of the food and the cat stuck his tongue out.  Haydn

I like it because of the surprise at the end.  We thought it was a ghost but it was just a mouse.  Sean

ELMER by David McKee

I like it because I like the different colours.  Elmer is an elephant.  He plays tricks and jokes.  Katie

I like it because Elmer has a party and the elephants have patterns on their back except Elmer because Elmer is all grey.

I like it because it has good pictures.  Elmer has lots of beautiful colours.  It is a good story.  All the animals lifted Elmer up.  Estelle

I like it because Elmer is patchwork and colourful.  Elmer is an elephant.  Elmer plays tricks.  Alex

THIS IS THE BEAR by Helen Craig

I like it because the bear goes to the dump.  I like it because the bear came home.  I like it because he went to bed at the end.  Joshua

FARMER DUCK by Martin Waddell

I like it because he has to do all the work and the farmer always says "How goes the work?" and he goes "Quack".  Alicia

I like it when the animals tip the farmer out of his bed and chase the farmer out of the farm.  Victoria

ONCE UPON A TIME by John Prater

I like it because Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall.  The Giant stood on the fox's tail.  Sammy

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