Chatterbooks author visit from Guy Bass

On Friday, we were extremely excited to host an event organised by Norfolk Schools Library Service. As well as North Denes Primary School and Edward Worlledge Primary School, two of the teachers at Moorlands have been running a lunchtime Chatterbooks group for some of our Year 5 pupils over the past few months. To celebrate the enthusiasm and commitment of the children involved, we were asked to host a visit from the author Guy Bass, the author of the Stitch Head and Atomic series (as well as several other books).

Children from the other two schools involved arrived just after lunch, with Guy and Kirsten from Norfolk SLS arriving a few minutes later. Guy then treated all the children and staff to a fantastic hour of stories, jokes and funny noises! The highlight was when he performed a song from the latest Stitch Head book, with special accompaniment from Marley in Deer Class. After entertaining 150 children and adults for an hour, Guy then spent another hour selling and signing copies of his books.

'He was so funny that I found it impossible to breathe,' said Harry from Owls Class. Romy from Deer Class said 'He's definitely my new favourite author. I bought two Stitch Head books, and I'm going to read them both at the same time.'

We had a wonderful afternoon and it was a great way to finish the term. Thank you to everyone at Norfolk SLS for arranging it and thank you Guy for being so funny. Good luck with the new Stitch Head book from everyone at Moorlands!

Demolition Dad by Phil Earle

This book is all about a Dad who works in demolition but secretly at weekends he’s a wrestler. His son Jake Biggs gets bullied at school because his dad is fat but, in the end, is it good that he is so fat?....

This book is all about empathy. The illustrations are great and they really add to the story. There are happy and sad parts, but mostly funny moments. When you start reading you can not put it down. There are real life situations in it.

I would recommend this book to any one who is into: Hamish and the Worldstoppers or Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face. The age group it aims at is 8-12. Enjoy!

From Romy

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Jess and Leslie become friends and create the imaginary land of Terabithia. They rule as king and queen, until a terrible tragedy happens to Leslie. How does Jess cope with her death and what will happen to him?

I really enjoyed this book. It was very sad but very intense. When I got to the bit when she died, it made me upset. This book is suitable for children aged 9-12. I would give this book a 10/10 as I think it is perfect.

If you like this book you’ll also like Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

By Gabriella

Baby Aliens Got My Teacher by Pamela Butchart

Baby Aliens Got My Teacher by Pamela Butchart
Review by Deer Class

This book is about a group of children at school who think that their teacher has been infected by aliens, because suddenly she starts to act very weirdly. They soon find out that everything is not what it appears.

We loved reading this book as a class. The cover was really colourful. The story was hilarious and made us laugh out loud. It moved at a really quick pace and there were no boring parts to it. We can't wait to read other books by the same author.

We would recommend this for people between 9-11, who enjoy books such as Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and Diary Of A Wimpy Kid. Highly recommended.