Spilling the beans on...William Shakespeare and other Elizebethans from Around the Globe

This book is about a famous poet, play writer, and an actor. In high school you might just learn about him. His last name begins with an S and his first name begins with a W. He was born on the 23rd of April and he died at the age of 52. Who is he? Did you guess who he is? Yip, he's William Shakespeare, the best play writer, poet and the best actor ever. Well, that's what I think. You don't have to agree with me.

I found this book very interesting. The Author couldn't tell us everything about William Shakespeare because he lived a long time ago, and we can't go back in time now can we. It would be awesome if we could, wouldn't it.

Well back to William Shakespeare. He is totally awesome.

Shakespeare wrote plays because he had a passion for it. He loved telling stories and acting. He wrote the plays because he wanted to inspire the audience. He wrote tragedies about Kings like Henry the 8th and James the 1st. He also wrote about romance in a play called Romeo and Juliet. They ended up dying horrible deaths, yuck.

In Winter they had to perform in the cold snow. So Shakespeare and his team of actors built a new theatre called The Globe. Now the audience and the actors could be warm while they watched and acted.

Shakespeare was a very funny man. He wrote lots of comedies like A Midsummer Night's Dream.

He married Anne and they had two girls and one boy. The boy died.

William caught an illness that couldn't be cured. He wrote a will that his favourite daughter got the house and the money and his other daughter got to live with her. William died on his birthday in 1616.

I wont tell you everything because it will mean that there is no point in reading it and it will spoil your fun. I hope you enjoy it.

written by Dennis Hamley

Asterix at the Olympic Games

This book is about when Asterix and his friend Obelix are celebrating siesta but they the Romans laughing they had a athlete called Gluteus Maximus who got to the finals and was sent to the Olympic games. He is not the only one going to the Olympic games Asterix and Obelix but the Romans say that they can't enter because the Olympic games only allow Romans and Greeks and they are Gauls but Asterix thinks for a while and he says we are Romans because Julius Ceaser owns Gaul which makes them Romans to so they can compete in the Olympic games this is great!!! Does Asterix win or does he lose read the book if you want to find out!!!

Toocool Beach Patrol

This book is about a boy ( Who is a showoff ) he has a wild imagination he pretends he's a astronaut, an iron man, the best baseball player that ever lived, the best surfer ever, the best fisherman ever, the soccer player ever, the best rugby player ever,  a sailor, a skateboarder, a mountain biker, a golfer, a cowboy, a water slider, a daredevil, a ice hockey player, a football player, a discus thrower, an Olympian, and in this one he is a lifegaurd he uses his imagination and to find out what happens next?

by Phil Kettle  

The Legend of Spud Murhpy

This is about a five boys named Marty the eldest child William the second eldest child Donnie, Bert and HP the three youngest children in the house they were playing Indians with their mums make up. Suddenly their Dad comes in and sees them swinging on the curtains. Dad said "that's it I've had enough we are going to send you to the library for the whole holiday ," "NO!" I said but it was no use Marty tried everything but that was no use either. Spud Murphy the librarian oh is she scary she has something called a spud gun it's used for the bad kids when you get hit with it you'll end up looking as Ugly Fred.So don't mess with Spud Murphy!!

Written by Eoin Colfer  

Ireland

This book is about the horrible histories of Ireland. They tell you all about the saints; the catholics; the Irish women and the horror of the wars! I learnt all sorts of interesting things about the blood Sundays and the diseases of that time. These horrible facts, stories and quizzes were created by the illustrator, Martin Brown and the author, Terry Deary. I like this book because it's history with a twist to it!!!

Dracula

This book is about when a boy named Johnathan goes to Castle Dracula and he does not know that he is in danger, great danger because he does not know that Dracula is a vampire he will find out soon enough vampires are as strong as twenty men and smarter than ten men. He can turn into three different shapes a cloud a wolf and a bat and he can hypnotize people and they have obey this is the creepiest story I've ever read the topic is horror this is a seriously creepy book!!

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

This is all about when Geronimo Stilton goes to see his Aunt Sweetfur and the path goes though the Dark Forest.  Then suddenly it gets dark and foggy.  He drives a few kilometres and his car breaks down.  Then he stops and he reads a sign that says "Canny Cat Castle This way."  He goes to the door, rings the doorbell and it goes Meow!  HE jumps back with fright, but no one's inside. When he goes to the door it opens by itself.  This is very creepy and then he sees a ghost.   "I am old Slicedpaw's ghost beware." He jumps back.  Then hours later and hours and hours and hours of wandering around this spooky castle he calls his sister Thea Stilton, Trap and his favourite nephew Benjamin. He finds out what the ghost really is and who's behind it.  It's actually two little cats.  Read the book to find out what else happens to Geronimo Stilton!

by Geronimo Stilton

Asterix and the Magic Carpet

This book is about when Asterix and Obelix were having a normal day in the village. Then suddenly something falls out of the sky. It's a fakir and his name is Watziznhem and then Cacofonix sings and it starts to rain. He has to save the King Rajah and the Princess Orinjade because they are suffering from no rain and the fakir needs Cacofonix to sing so it can rain and fakirs can levitate things with lots of concentration. If you want to find out what happens in the end read the book.

by R. Goscinny   

Spilling the beans on Julius Caesar and his friends,Romans and countryman

This book is about Julius Caesar's life and his family. In his family he has at least two murders, two murder victims, two major gods and six soldiers and somehow he became all four. When Caesar grew up there was a tradition where his father has to pick him up to be kept in the family and if his farther didn't pick him up he would be killed. They had to wait at least three hours before his father finally picked him up. Now Caesar was a bit of a showoff and in Rome the children had to learn Greek and Latin. When Caesar was ready to be an adult life started with a toga and then Caesar joined the army and borrowed money from LOADS of people. Caesar ruled three provinces and a few weeks later he got killed by 23 Senates with daggers in their tunics. He got stabbed ,kicked and beaten. 

By Mick Gowar 

Spilling the beans on... Albert Einstein and other clever clogs

This book is about the life of Albert Einstein. When Albert was young he only started talking when he was 4 years old and he only started reading when he was 9 years old. This worried his parents a lot but this didn't mean he wasn't thinking. He was thinking a lot. He mainly thought about the earth and he was always questioning himself and never stopped using his imagination. When he got older he got a violin and when his teacher asked him if he was counting the beat he replied, "heaven's no it's in my blood."  Then he died in 1955 at the age of 76. Find out what happened in the middle of life and find out what happens to the other clever clogs when we start... spilling the beans on... Albert Einstein!

By Frances Mayes

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

This book is about when Harry Potter is a wizard he inflates his Aunt Marge.

Then he walks out of the door and gets on the Knight Bus and says he's Neville Long bottom then he goes to Diagon Alley. Then he meets Cornelius 

Fudge (The Minister of Magic) and Cornelius Fudge takes him to buy his stationery on the way he met his best friends Ron and Hermione. Then they  go to the Hogwarts Express which is on platform 9 3/4 and then at the end of the year he wins The Qiudditch House Cup and in the middle of the year there was a mystery bubbling at Hogwarts. Read the book to find out what the mystery is!

By J.K Rowling