Ask the Girl Who Knows (The Best Of 1958-1969) - Claudine Clark

Advantages: Shows children what can happen when they misbehave
Disadvantages: none

...***Background*** Emma Chichester Clark is both the author and illustrator of this lovely book about a little girl called Lily and her well-loved toy. As well as the Blue Kangaroo series, she has written many other books including the ones all about Melrose and Croc. ***The Story*** The story starts with an exasperated looking mother telling Lily to stop doing what she is doing. ?Blue Kangaroo belonged to Lily. He was her very own kangaroo. Sometimes, when Lily was showing off and not doing as she was told, she would say, ?I?ll show you, Blue Kangaroo!? And Blue Kangaroo watched. What else could he do?? Throughout the book, Lily sees things on television or on stage that she thinks she will be able to do and although various family members tell her not to do it, she tries and then fails, causing upset wherever she... Read review

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Advantages: immensely readable, great characters
Disadvantages: a tad unrealistic and too many coincidences

...best book so far, and I would thoroughly recommend it to her fans, and any general chick-lit fans. It is definitely one of the best books I have read in ages and I can't wait for her next novel. I guess since this book has only just been released that I'm sadly going to be waiting a while . . . "Who's That Girl" is published by Hodder and costs 6.99... Read review

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Advantages: Quite funny, Loveable characters, Entertaining read, Good story, Can't put it down
Disadvantages: Similar to a lot of other books like it (but still really good)

...Diamonds are a girls best friend, by Jenny Colgan ..."But money can be her worst enemy" You may or may not know, from reading my profile text ( - in which case you probably won?t know!) that I went on holiday last week. I didn?t go anywhere particularly special, I only went to Anglesey, which is in North Wales. It?s a lovely place, but to be honest for someone my age which is 15 years old, there isn't really much for me to do, and I could see I was going to need something really good to read to get me through it - especially as I went my mum, dad and two very irritating little sisters (I love them really). When we were almost at the little cottage we had hired for the week, we passed this little old book and toy store, which sells all kinds of books, new and old, for really low prices. The shop is just off the Menhaigh... Read review

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