‘The Famous Five — Five are Together Again’
‘The Famous Five — — Five are Together Again’ by Enid Blyton
This book belongs to a series of adventure story involving Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the dog. George is in fact a girl. She is the most eye-catching one since she is courageous and smart. The author also made Timmy a helpful companion of the group. In this story, the group had a vacation so they went to a friend, Tinker’s home. Incidentally, a circus was to station near that area and the youngsters made friends with its members. Yet the magician Mr Wooh was crafty and stole research papers of Tinker’s father…
Miss Blyton had successfully created an engaging story. Though there are no pictures in the book, readers cannot help turning pages to see how the adventure goes on. This is truly an enjoyable children’s book. If you have kids or you know some relatives who have children, you should recommend this book to them.
‘A to Z Mysteries — — The Yellow Yacht’ by Ron Roy
This children’s book belongs to a series known as ‘A to Z Mysteries’ written around 2000. The main characters are three kids, Dink, Josh and Ruth. They visited a royal friend, Sammi, who lived in a small country in the Indian Ocean. Sammi’s father, the King of that country was supervising a project — — building an aquarium near a bank. One day, the gold bars inside the vault of the bank was stolen. Its manager and the foreman of the aquarium site were suspected naturally. The author also fabricated some evidence which seemed to prove them guilty. Nonetheless, Dink was intelligent and observant. He found out the big yacht near the construction site sank a bit lower than it did before the robbery. The gold was hidden at the bottom of the yacht actually.
The book is entertaining and captivating. You are like being one of the main characters and presented various clues. You cannot help thinking together with them to solve the mystery. In this case, who stole the heavy gold bars? The author had hinted us by the book title. However, he was brainy enough to interfere our thinking with characters like a magician and the bank manager.
The author does use some vocabulary here and there whereas the sentence structure is simple. I believe this book is challenging enough for kids studying Primary 4 or above. It is a fabulous pastime for children.
