Rawhiti Library Voice

Warriors, By Erin Hunter

Warriors is written by Erin Hunter. The book is about wild cats that live in a forest. When a lone kittypet called Sasha is abandoned and decides to live in the forest, Sasha has to learn to care and hunt for herself.

It's an exciting adventure/action book with around 120 pages. It's a Graphic Novel with computer drawings, black and white coloring. My favorite part is when Sasha has to choose whether or not to join Shadow clan ( one of the six clans). I like the style of writing because I could not put it down. It is recommended for ages 10 and up.
7/10 for drawing.
9/10 stars for the book.

By Alex

The Cloudchasers Part , By David Richardson

The Cloudchasers is written by David Richardson and beautifully illustrated by Steven Hunt. The main character is Alice, who lives in the bland world of Bankertown. Alice, while out one night, meets Spinner, a poor street boy who gives her a ticket to the fair. All this awfulness in Bankertown is because of the Banker, a horrible man. At the fair Spinner, Alice and her goody two shoes brother Thomas, set off in a hot air balloon to try and get imagination and happiness back to Bankertown. My favourite part is when they get a cloud map, to tell them where they are going. It could of been better by having more characters that stay in the story. This book would be good for about 11 year old children and up. 4 out of 5 stars. Available in the school library in 2011.
By Isaac

Dave, By Sue Hendra

Dave is a HUGE cat that eats lots of cat food. Dave gets stuck in his cat flap that is way to small for him. There's rumor going around that he is stuck!

I loved the bold bright coloured pictures and liked how the backgrounds were textured. My favourite part is how Dave got out himself out the cat flap, (hint they gave him beans). My least favourite part is when Dave got scared and when he got stuck in the cat flap. This is a picture book and children aged 2 - 12 years would enjoy it. By Katelyn

Hodge the Hedgehog, by Amy Sparkes

Hodge the hedgehog is written by Amy Sparkes and illustrated by Benji Davies. The story is about sharing and helping each other. Hodge the Hedgehog hogs the big hedge (he's selfish).

My favourite part was when Hodge the Hedgehog started sharing. I think children aged 5-8 years would enjoy reading this book. It would be good for teachers to read to a younger group of children, to teach them about sharing.

This book could be better by having more talking between characters.

I give it 3 stars out of 5. By Emily

What's in the Witch's Kitchen? By Nick Sharratt

This was one of the stories read to LT 1 during the Travelling Library Roadshow. We now have it in our library - in the teacher's section.

'What's in the Witch's Kitchen?,' be prepared to be surprised! Will you turn the flap left or right, up or down?

The illustrations are bright and colourful. This book could be used to inspire children to come up with their own A3 pictures, with flaps, of what else could be in the Witch's Kitchen.