Warriors of Alavna
10 best books like Warriors of Alavna (N.M. Browne): When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, The Lives of Christopher Chant, Orange Pear Apple Bear, Tarka the Otter, Stig of the Dump, Five on a Treasure Island, Carrie's War, Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon, The Rabbit Problem, Ballet Shoes for Anna
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Partly autobiographical, this is first of the internationally acclaimed trilogy by Judith Kerr telling the unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start of the Second World WarSuppose your country began to change. Suppose that without your noticing, it became dangerous...
The Lives of Christopher Chant
| Author | Diana Wynne Jones |
| ISBN | 0688163653 |
His father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems magical about Christopher Chant except his dreams. Night after night, he climbs through the formless Place Between and visits marvelous lands he calls the Almost Anywheres. Then Christopher discovers that...
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 1416939997 |
Yay! Finally an Emily Gravett book that I really like. (Thanks to my friends who encouraged me to read this one!) This one is so cute! The story is made up of four words (orange, pear, apple, bear) arranged in different ways to convey different meanings--the illustrations help a lot with conveying the...
| Author | Henry Williamson |
| ISBN | 0807085073 |
This is the life story of an otter called Tarka that means "Water Wanderer." What I like about this book is that I was able to learn so many things about an animal that I have not seen in the real world. I do not even remember seeing one in a number of zoos, both local and overseas, that I have so far been to.
The...
| Author | Clive King |
| ISBN | 0140364501 |
This book surprised me. I was expecting it to be a simple, fun, mildly enjoyable read, which I would have better appreciated had I read it at 9 years old (which is when everyone else seemed to read it). Instead, I was wowed by the levels of humour and social commentary and astute observation and depth within...
Five on a Treasure Island
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0340796146 |
The very first Famous Five adventure, featuring Julian, Dick, Anne, not forgetting tomboy George and her beloved dog, Timmy! There's a shipwreck off Kirrin Island! But where is the treasure? The Famous Five are on the trail - looking for clues - but they're not alone! Someone else has got the same idea....
| Author | Nina Bawden |
| ISBN | 0140364560 |
Albert, Carrie and young Nick are war-time evacuees whose lives get so tangled up with the people they've come to live among that the war and their real families seem to belong to another world. Carrie and Nick are billeted in Wales with old Mr Evans, who is so mean and cold, and his timid mouse of a sister,...
| Author | Jules Bass |
| ISBN | 1905236476 |
While the other dragons in the forest of Nogard hunt princesses for dinner, Herb merrily tends to his vegetable garden and leek soup. One day, upon learning the knights are planning a dragon hunt, Herb's carnivorous brethren hide in their caves and he is captured. Locked in the dungeon, Herb faces a difficult...
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 0230704239 |
While Emily Gravett's illustrations are indeed sweet and imaginative, full of fun and movement, I have simply found her The Rabbit Problem much much too busy for me (to the point of it becoming distracting, to the point of it becoming tedious and actually rather boring, as I simply shut down and was only...
| Author | Noel Streatfeild |
| ISBN | 0006753981 |
Not my favorite Streatfeild, though I found it interesting that it was a little darker than her usual. The parents die at the very beginning and the effects of it on the kids are dealt with at least a little. (I mean, I know she has other dead parents, but generally they're far in the backstory.) The uncle...
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 0230014925 |
I think I just don't "get" Gravett. I always think I should be wowed, but fail to be impressed. "Spells" is no exception. It's such a neat concept, with lift-the-flap pages to allow a variety of kooky "transformations" from a frog to a handsome prince (frog crossed with bird, bird crossed with snake, man...
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 1405089490 |
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A little girl and her stuffed monkey pretend to be different animals... until they are a too sleepy to play any longer.
I found the drawings to be marvelous and worth owning this book for them alone! I love the sketchy...
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 0230704220 |
The art was cute in this book but there wasn't much to it. It was definitely for very young readers which is fine. The gist of it was I like big dogs and small dogs, slow dogs and fast dogs, this and that etc. It wasn't very exciting. What I did like and think was great was the last page with the unexpected twist...
| Author | Jeanne Willis |
| ISBN | 1844286495 |
What is magic? What is illusion? What is real? Step into the extraordinary world of Sam Khaan, who has just discovered a witch doctor's notebook in her attic. Convinced that it belongs to her long-lost father - the son of a witch doctor - she sets out on a journey to discover the answers to these questions....
Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta
WITHOUT THE DARKNESS, LIGHT HAS NO PURPOSE.
WITHOUT THE VILLAIN, WHAT WOULD THE GODS DO?
INDIA, 3400 BCE.
A land in tumult, poverty and chaos. Most people suffer quietly. A few rebel. Some fight for a better world. Some for themselves. Some don’t give a damn. Raavan. Fathered...
First Term at Malory Towers
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0749744812 |
My mother was 3 years old when this book came out in 1946. Her copy was on my shelf as a child and after reading 20 or so Famous Five books I reluctantly picked it up, trusting Blyton to make even a girls' school interesting. I have vague memories of thinking it was OK.
I got my daughter Celyn the books...
Third Year at Malory Towers
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 1405224053 |
Book #3 for my Malory Towers Challenge, or rather of me reading through the Malory Towers books chronologically. Although this one is titled ‘third year’, as always, it deals with one term at the school. The story opens as usual with Darrell preparing to return to Malory Towers, where her sister...
