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Review: The Three little Pigs

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The Three Little Pigs

  • Publisher: Schwager & Steinlein
  • number of pages: 64
  • Part of a series: Yes —there are many books of the series called „Englisch hören und lesen“
  • Contents:
    There are three little pigs. One day their mother tells them to leave home and discover the world on their own. So the three brother have to find a home and build houses. The first one builds his home out of straw, the second takes sticks and the last one decides to use bricks. Everything would be much more easy if there wasn´t the wolf.
  • Review:
    I liked the book very much, but the CD is not so good. I think the text is read out too fast to be understood by those children, who do not have English as their mother tongue. The pages are wonderfully colored and the font is big enough even for young readers. The pictures are very funny and make it easy to understand what happens, even if your English isn´t that good. That’s why I think, it is a good book for learners of English. Especially teachers and adults will be happy about the translation at the end of the book and both children and adults will love the puzzles and littles tasks and games on the last pages. That helps to remember the content of the story in a very funny and special way. I can recommend the book if you don´t want to use it together with the CD.
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Review: Elmer again

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David McKee – Elmer again

  • Publisher: Andersen Press (Verlag an der Este)
  • Number of pages: 30
  • Part of a series: Yes —there are many books about Elmer, the patchwork elephant.
  • Contents:
    Elmer, the patchwork elephant, is bored. It is the day before the day when all the other elephants paint themselves in different colors. All elephants are thinking about how they want to look like, all except Elmer – he will paint himself grey as he does every year. But while walking around Elmer has an new idea to make this day special again, especially for him and make a fool of the other elephants.
  • Review:
    I love Elmer and I love this story about him, too. I think there will be no story with this wonderful elephant which I don´t like. As alway the pictures are beautiful and the story very nice with a little surprise. And like we know it from the other stories about Elmer he teaches us again what it means to be special and unique. I am sure, that adults and children will love this book in the same way, so I can only recommend this book to you.
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Rezension:Der unheimliche Passagier/ Review: The Mysterios Passenger

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Woods Delaney – Der unheimliche Passagier / The Mysterious Passenger

Das Buch stammt aus einem Dreierpack sog. „Sprachen – Lernkrimi – Englisch“. (Daher auch die drei Abbildungen.) Es ist ein ganz besonderes Buch, denn es soll dem Leser helfen Englisch zu lernen. Deshalb wird der komplett englischsprachiger Krimi immer wieder von Übungen (auf deutsch erklärt) unterbrochen.
Daher schreibe ich auch die Rezension zweisprachig.

  • Verlag / Publisher: Verlag an der Ruhr
  • Seitenzahl/ number of pages: 96
  • Teil einer Serie/ Part of a series: Ja – Es gibt noch mehr Bücher der Serie Sprachen – Lernkrimi – Englisch. Yes —there are many books of the series called „Sprachen – Lernkrimi – Englisch“
  • Inhalt / Contents:
     Geoffrey Jones ist Versicherungssachbearbeiter und mit dem Zug auf einer Reise von Schottland nach London. Im Zug fallen im merkwürdige Dinge auf : Männer wechseln die Kleidung und der Zug macht einen außerplanmäßigen Zwischenstop. Für Jones gibt es nur eine Erklärung nachdem er in der Tageszeitung von einem Anschlag gelesen hat, er ist sich sicher, dass sich Terroristen Im Zug befinden. Er beschließt zu handeln!
     While travelling to London by train, Geoffrey notices weird things happening. It is only when he reads the newspaper the next day that he realises he must act!
  • Rezension/ Review:
     Ein toller, wenn auch leicht zu durchschauender Krimi, der mir wirklich Freude beim Englischlernen bereitet hat. Besonders lustig, da ich mich selbst bald auf die Reise von London nach Schottland machen. Ich kann das Buch wirklich weiterhelfen, denn die Gesichte macht Spass und die Übungen helfen wirklich beim Lernen der Sprache.
     A funny book, which helps me train my English and read a exciting story at the same time. I can recommend this book to other people, who want to become better in Englisch, too.
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Review: Brisingr

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Christopher Paolini- Brsingr

  • Publisher: Laurel Leaf
  • number of pages: 1136
  • Part of a series: Yes —it is part three from the Inheritance Circle.
  • Contents:
    Fighting against evil king Galabtorix, Eragon anth his Dragon Saphira barely escaped with their lives, but they have to go on fighting again. It isn´t always easy for them to decide what to do next. They want to help Eragon´s cousin Roran and free Kathrina, but they have loyalities to the Varden, too. Eragon and Saphira have to make much of difficult choices.
  • Review:
    I have read this book on and off for several weeks now. At the last weekend, me and my boyfriend decided to quit, although we had not finished it. We think it is just too boring. Everythink is decribed great detail and so it seems as if nothing really happend for long parts of the book. Maybe it would not have been not the same ift we have read this story in German and not in English, but I am not sure. So I can´t recommend this book to other readers. The first part was wonderfull, the second was okay, but the third part is boring and I don´t think we´ll ever finish it or read the next  part of the series.
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Review: Elmer and the Big Bird

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David McKee – Elmer and the Big Bird

  • Publisher: Andersen Press
  • number of pages: 32
  • Part of a series: Yes — there are many books with Elmer the Patchwork Elephant.
  • Contents:
    Elmer is a special elephant, he isn´t grey, he is blue, red, yellow, white and many other colors: the Patchwork Elephant. While playing with his cousin Wilibur he notices, that there are no birds singing in the trees. He finds out that they are frightened by a big bully, nasty bird. But Elmer helps them to get a normal life again – he has a wonderful plan how they all together can frighten the big, nasty bird. And it works.
  • Review:
    I really love all books of Elmer, because of the beautiful pictures an the funny stories. Her it is a wonderfulls story about how strong we can be if we work together and that nothing must be frightened  if you have friends like Elmer and a good idea. I think children and adults will love this story!
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Review: Elmer and Rose

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David McKee – Elmer and Rose

  • Publisher: Andersen Press
  • number of pages: 32
  • Part of a series: Yes — there are many books with Elmer the Patchwork Elephant.
  • Contents:
    Elmer is a special elephant, he isn´t grey, he is blue, red, yellow, white and many other colors: the Patchwork Elephant. One day he and his cousin Wilbur are told to come to their grandpa. He tells them about Rose, a little pink elephant, who has gotten lost. Elmer an Wilbur help her to find back to her herd and find out that normal is only the way you think of it.
  • Review:
    I love all books of this wonderful elephant, but this one I think is the one I like best, because of Rose and the special way her story is told. In my opinion it is a good book to teach children what being different means and that it is only in the way we think. The pictures of the book are as  beautiful as in all the other books on Elmer and make you like it even more (if that is possible). I can recommend it to all people, not only the little ones.
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Review: Rainbow Fish finds his way

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Marcus Pfister – Rainbow Fish finds his way

  • Publisher: NorthSouth Books
  • number of pages: 32
  • Part of a series: Yes – there are many books with the Rainbow Fish.
  • Contents:
    The Rainbow Fish is back with a new exciting adventure. He collectes pebbles when he is surprised by a big undersea storm. He gets lost, but luckily and with the help of some new friends he finds his way back home. And at the end an other little fish finds his way back to his school.
  • Review:
    I loved the first story of the Rainbow Fish and I loved this one, too. The glittering Rainbow Fish is beautiful to lock at and has a very nice personality. Because oft that he is liked my many children and adults. The pictures are wonderful and and make people dream of the undersea world. And the story isn`t  only funny an exciting. While reading you can experience how foreigners can become friends, that we all are different but can be friends an help each other and that sometime dreams come true.
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