Wednesday, 26 November 2008

The wave




Today is the premier of a movie called "La Ola".This movie directed by Dennis Gansel, is based in a book by Tod Strasser titled "The Wave". The novel is based on teaching experiment that took place in a Cubberley High School history class in Palo Alto (California). This book is suitable for students in year 9 and upwards. It is a excellent novel that will make you think. Copies available in the library.Come and get one! Click here to watch a trailer.




Friday, 14 November 2008

Marie, dancing

by Carolyn Meyer
Do you know the famous artist called Edgar Degas? Well, this book is about a girl who posed for his famous statuette "Little dancer. Aged 14". You can actually go and see the statuette because there is an exhibition on Degas in Fundacion Mapfre in Madrid. The book tells the story of Marie, a girl whose father is dead and her mother is alcoholic. Her big sister is always looking for money and she has to take care of her little sister aged 8. She has a very difficult life and the only thing she really enjoys is dancing. When the painter asks her to pose for him, it appears that her life will be transformed. But can being Monsieur Degas's model bring all that she imagines?

This is a link to an interview with Carlolyn Meyer about the book. She is writing a book based in the life of Marie Antoinette.

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

"La Emperatriz de los Etéreos"Laura Gallego García

Ya tenemos en la biblioteca el nuevo libro de Laura Gallego. A mi me ha gustado. Aquí tienes el link oficial





En esta entrevista de El País Laura Gallego habla de su nuevo libro .
Surge aquí la polémica sobre si el libro tiene o no relación con la anorexia. Una vez que hayas leido el libro puedes responder a a la encuesta en la parte derecha de la pantalla.

Friday, 25 April 2008

The Invention Of Hugo Cabret

Hugo lives in the walls of a Paris train station, where his survival depends on being anonymous. But when his life suddenly collides with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s secret live, and his most precious secret, are put in danger. A strange drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message all come together.
I liked a lot this book because it was a little bit of mystery but addictive at the same time. It’s easy to read and easy to understand, there’s not much difficult vocabulary and you have lovely illustrations to help you understand. These lovely illustrations take about half of the book so even if you find it really thick, it will take just two or three afternoons to read.


There are more videos to watch in Youtube.
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Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech


The "trouble twins", Dallas and Florida, are living in The Boxton Creek Home, an orphanage run by Mr. and Mrs. Trepid. The Trepids are strict and “putrid”, and Dallas and Florida are punished more than any other children for breaking the rules of the house. They are thirteen years old and in all of this time the twins have been adopted many times, invariably by incomprehensive and abusive adults who return them to the orphanage. One day, an old couple adopts the twins for a summer, they live in Ruby Holler. Their names are Tiller and Sairy. They want them as companions for their separate vacations: Florida for Tiller's boat trip down the Rutabago River; Dallas for Sairy's bird expedition to the island of Kangadoon. This will be the first time either of the couples have been separated.
I liked this book because it was strange the way the author tells the story, I think this book is not made for people who like fantasy or realistics books because, in my opinion, this book was made for everyone. It is an enjoyable and pleasant book to read whenever you have time.

Click here to see the author's page: Sharon Creech
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Tuesday, 22 April 2008

"Looking after my horse" by Toni Webber

I think this book is for people who doesn’t like reading or for young people because it has a lot of illustration and short pieces of writing. It has a section called “My pony diaries” in which a girl writes about the days she spent with her pony. All that happened to them.

Contents

Introduction
Choosing a pony
The stable
Keeping a pony at grass
Fencing
Dual system
Grooming
Tack
Feeding
Tack and feed rooms
Feet and shoes
Health check
Protective clothing
Moving on
Quiz time
Glossary
Index

This book would be very useful for a boy or a girl who starts to have a horse for first time in their lives and needs information.
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Tuesday, 8 April 2008

The Lulu Baker Trilogy by Fiona Dunbar

BOOK ONE: THE TRUTH COOKIES
BOOK TWO: CUPID CAKES
BOOK THREE: CHOCOLATE WISHES
Fiona Dunbar's webpage

THE TRUTH COOKIE: (book 1)


Lulu is a girl who doesn’t have a mother. She has always lived with her father, until now, when the stupid of Varaminta, Lulu’s father’s bride appears to live with them with her son, horrible Torquil.

The day of her birthday, Lulu finds a special book that can help her find all the answers to her questions and problems.
Lulu’s secret book is only known by her best find, Frenchy, but she has to be careful so that her secret isn’t discovered...



CUPID CAKES: (book 2)

At last! Varaminta has left! But Lulu feels that his father is alone.
So she tries a new recipe so that her father and Frenchy’s mom get in love
and probably marry.
But her recipe doesn’t go well at all as the two girls wished…

CHOCOLATE WISHES:
(book 3)
Lulu is each time getting better at magic recipes. This time, she has experienced a new recipe: chocolate wishes, which will help Lulu solve the only problem she has: the bulling at her school!
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