WANTED: Children's Book Reviewers

In collaboration with the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2016 whichschooladvisor.com is excited to announce our first batch of top selling children's books for review.

As each book featured is penned by one of the 2016 Festival's best-selling guest children's authors- we hope to start 'whetting their (little literary) appetites' in anticipation of the 2016 Festival- which promises to be bigger and better than ever!

All you have to do is 'share' this post on your Facebook page and then get your child to message us with their name/age/which school they attend and which book they would like to review to our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/WhichSchoolUAE/?fref=ts and we will announce the winners on Thursday 12th November. 

Winners will receive their book to review and will be expected to create either a video or written review for the whichschooladvisor.com site.

Our first batch of books for review are:

George's Secret Key To The Universe: by Lucy and Stephen Hawking

Yes, we really do mean, that Stephen Hawking! And, anyway, who says you can't explain theoretical physics to kids? Hawking joins daughter Lucy, to tackle some of his most recent physics theories all wrapped up in a rollicking good adventure story.

The Blurb: Meet George- he's just an ordinary boy, but all that's about to change with the arrival of his new next-door neighbours.That's because they own Cosmos- a top secret, talking super-computer who can whisk George away on a roller-coaster ride into outer space. But Cosmos is in danger, and if he falls into the wrong hands George is headed for sure-fire deep space danger.

The Review: "What better way to interest young readers in science...than for one of the world's most renowned theoretical physicists to put his subject at the center of a children's book?...A true beginner's guide to A Brief History of Time." (Publishers Weekly).

Clarice Bean Spells Trouble: Lauren Child

If they loved the picture books, then it's time to move onto this the second in Child's new chapter book series. Readers can expect the same wit, fun and trouble, the really great news? There's just a whole lot more of it!

The Blurb: trouble noun (plural troubles) 1 in trouble- likely to be punished for something bad one has done: If you are in Mrs Wilberton's class you are likely to get in trouble whether you have done something or not. 2 problems or difficulties: I had trouble getting my maggot brother Minal to leave the room, so i could watch Ruby Redfort without having him chattering on like a twit. 3 a cause of worry or anxiety: What is your trouble? Could it be Mrs Wilberton? (verb troubling or troubled)

Reviews: "What Bridget Jones is to thirtysomethings, Clarice Bean is to pre-teens: full of funny one-liners, doing her best to overcome her shortcomings, prone to embarrassing mistakes and good at heart ... The story, like Child's doodles, is witty and charming and crams a lot of meaning into apparent simplicity ... We can't get enough of Clarice Bean." The Sunday Times.

The Diamond Brothers In Four of Diamonds: Anthony Horowitz

A four volume collection of the very best slapstick capers from the bungling Tim Diamond and his unfeasibly intelligent younger brother Nick.

The Blurb: Four sparkling Diamond Brothers mysteries in one volume: The French Confection, I Know What You Did Last Wednesday, The Blurred Man and The Greek Who Stole Christmas. Life as the younger brother of the world's most defective detective can be tough- and these four volumes will test Nick to the full. What connects them? Murder! And if the diamond brothers don't play their cards right, they could  be next...

Review: "Horowitz is the perfect writer. His dialogue crackles with hardboiled wit." The Guardian.