The Hero of Little Street By Phoebe Hussey

The Hero of Little Street is a fabulous Comic Style book from the book week 'Best Picture Book' Short List for 2010.It was written by Gregory Rogers and Published by 'Allen and Unwin' in 2009.

The Hero of little Street is a hilarious,adventurous, comic style book about a cheeky little boy who gets stuck in a painting from the 18th century, running away from a group of bullies! With a few twists and turns along the way,this book is generally funny and very adventurous.

I extremely enjoyed 'The hero of little Street' and believe it was a very imaginitive and heart warming book, as there is an obivious bond between the boy and the little brown dog from the painting. I would recommend this book for classes 3 and up. As there are no picture's and it could be hard for a younger class to comprehend.

Review: Shumann the Shoeman

Shumann the Shoeman was written by John and Stella Danalis, it was shortlisted by the childrens book council 2010.

'Shumann the Shoeman' captures the life of a prestigous shoeman in a large town, little does he know, a large shoe factory has recentley opened across the road from his modest shop. Shumann is stunned, all his buyers had been hood winked!!, he decides to move to a small forest area he makes many new friends but little does he know something terrible is about to happen to Shumann leaving many of his friends devestated.

I strongly believe Shumann the shoeman is a wonderful book for children who love unique and quirky books and dream of creating art. I would rate it 10/10 as it is a wonderful book, although if I were the author I would change the ending when Shumann dies as I believe many young children would become upset!. I believe children 8+ should read this book,

By Olivia

Mr Chicken Goes To Paris

Mr Chicken Goes To Paris

(Monsier Poulet va a' Paris)

For book week there were several books of a high standard,that I enjoyed. There was one book that stood out it was "Mr Chicken goes to Paris".Over all it was my favourite book. it is by the well known author Leigh Hobbs,who has written other short listed books.

I particularly loved this book because of it's cultural view of Paris.I have been to Paris before and have experienced these all these places.the other thing I liked about the cultural aspect is the language,on the tour buses and the post cards everything is french!

Mr chicken is such a character! even though he is a softy on the inside.His moody chicken face is what brings the paparazzi coming.

I believe that this book can be enjoyed by all people but would be particularly enjoyed by 5-8 year olds.

By Ella

Steve's Review On The Bear And The Chook

Bear And The Chook

One of my favourite books from book week is The Bear And The Chook it was written by Lisa Shanahan and illustrated by Emma Quay. The reason I like this book is because it has lots of repetition. Because on every page at the beginning it says flomp,flomp,scratch,scratch,flomp,flomp,scratch.

Another thing I like about the book is that every time the chook says I want to go home they reach there new destination. Something else I like about the book is at the end when they finally make it to the beach,the bear gets hit by a wave so they go back home and this time its the opposite. The bear is saying I want to go home but the chook says we have reached our destination. I liked the illustrations because it looked like what ever they used to do it they took their time.

Bear and Chook by the sea by Benji

My favourite book for book week is bear & chook by the sea. The reason why I like this book is that bear at the start he was full of nature. Another reason why I like it was because on the way to the sea chook was scared but bear was scared on the way back. The thing I want to ask why bear thought he was not afraid of anything.

Bear And Chook by the sea By Raja

One of my favourite books from book week is bear and chook by the sea . The writer is Lisa Shanahan and the illustrator is Emma Quay.

I really like this book because it is really funny because in the beginning bear says to chook lets go to the sea and chook says wheres the sea and bear says its around the pound under the bridge through the forest and over the mountain. What said chook that's so far away far for a chook but short for a bear. On the way to the beach they went round the pond chook herd a sound that was like this honky-tonk-tonk-tonk-tonk! whats that said chook its a frog said bear. They went under the bridge and chook herd rickety-clickety-rickety-clickety chook says i want to go home but bear says look there is the mountain ping ting ting ting chook herd all those funny noise and they finally came to the beach then bear goes in the water and gets dunked and the same thing happens but its bear who does it this time. I also like the illustrations because it really explains the story as well as the the writing.

Fearless By Alex in Year 3

My favourite book from book week is Fearless written by Colin Thompson and illustrated by Sarah Davis.

I like this book because the pictures are very detailed and good.


I like this book because the pictures are the opposite to the text.


I like this book because the picture make Fearless look cute because bull dogs doesn't normally look cute.