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Gill Arbuthnott

Autor/a de The Keepers' Tattoo

21 obres 282 Membres 12 Ressenyes 1 preferits

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Obres de Gill Arbuthnott

The Keepers' Tattoo (2009) 110 exemplars
Winterbringers (2005) 21 exemplars
The Chaos Clock (2003) 19 exemplars
Crazy Creatures (2007) 18 exemplars
The Chaos Quest (2004) 11 exemplars
Mad Scientists (Reality Check) (2008) 10 exemplars
Beneath (2014) 9 exemplars
Dark Spell (2013) 8 exemplars
What Makes Your Body Work? (2015) 8 exemplars
Germ Wars (2009) 7 exemplars
Balloon to the Moon (2019) 6 exemplars
The Giant Panda Party (2013) 5 exemplars
What Makes You You? (2013) 5 exemplars

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Coneixement comú

Data de naixement
1958
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
UK
Lloc de naixement
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Llocs de residència
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Educació
James Gillespie's High School
Professions
teacher
author
writer

Membres

Ressenyes

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through Edelweiss.
 
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fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
"15-year-old Callie Hall has just found out she's a witch, and things keep going wrong." What an understatement! Callie's friend, Josh, comes to visit her for 2 weeks on break from school, and while she's taking him sightseeing at the ruins of an old castle, she releases something dark and evil from the tunnels under the castle, and that something latches on to her and follows her home, unbeknownst to her or Josh. From there, all hell breaks loose.

I enjoyed this book very much, and I especially liked that it was a children's horror story that didn't talk down to them, and was honestly scary. The kids were likeable, the pacing was great, and the plot was well written. All in all, a great book!

Highly recommend - 5 out of 5 stars.
… (més)
 
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jwitt33 | Sep 13, 2022 |
Just couldn't keep reading. Story went on and on without going anywhere.
 
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benandhil | Hi ha 6 ressenyes més | Sep 28, 2016 |
Gill Arbuthnott and Joanne Nethercott, the author/illustrator team behind Lost at the Zoo, the story of Rory the mouse and his adventures at the Edinburgh Zoo, return to that same milieu in this second title for Floris Book's Picture Kelpies line, intended to highlight and promote Scottish-themed picture-books. When Sunshine the giant panda is despondent, believing that no one will remember his upcoming birthday, his friend and partner Sweetie decides to arrange a birthday surprise for him, convincing all of the other animals to join her in a special serenade...

Although I wouldn't describe the narrative here as a particular favourite - I'm always leery of stories in which zoo animals have more freedom than they would do in real life - I did find the contrast between Sweetie's internal response to each animal's 'singing,' and her spoken response to those animals quite amusing, and I imagine young readers and listeners will feel the same. The concluding scene, in which all the animals add their voice to Sweetie's birthday song would make for an excellent read-aloud moment, I think, providing lots of opportunities for sound-word fun. The colourful artwork by Joanne Nethercott was immensely appealing, from the lovely endpapers to Sweetie's many droll expressions, and adds to the overall enjoyment of the tale. Recommended to children who enjoy animal stories, who like pandas, or who are heading to the Edinburgh Zoo.
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AbigailAdams26 | Mar 18, 2015 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
21
Membres
282
Popularitat
#82,539
Valoració
½ 3.4
Ressenyes
12
ISBN
58
Llengües
1
Preferit
1

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