'The Enchanted Wood'. Enid Blyton. Joe, Frannie and Beth move next to an
Enchanted Wood. They bump into lots of magical characters, like… a snowman ...
Carys Stirling, 6
Arwen Silcock, 6
Bo’ness Public Primary School
Carmuirs Primary School
‘Rapunzel’ Disney Classics
‘Artemis Fowl’ Eoin Colfer
Ruaridh Watson, 7
Teghan Walker, 7
Andrew Murray, 6
Anna Whyte, 10
Bo’ness Public Primary School
Bo’ness Public Primary School
Bo’ness Public Primary School
Comely Park Primary School
‘How Dinosaurs Became Extinct’ S.N.U. Fernando
‘Lady and the Tramp’ Ladybird Tales
‘The Three Little Pigs’ Ladybird Tales
‘Hetty Feather’ Jacqueline Wilson
Jamie Lang, 8 Deanburn Primary School
‘Goosebumps: Panic Park’ R.L. Stine
I really enjoy reading R.L. Stine books because I love horror stories and that’s what he writes. My favourite character is Slappy the Dummy because he is very scary and sly.
Kristin Scobbie, 11
Chloe Kilgallon, 6
Sarya Sunny, 6
Limerigg Primary School
Ladeside Primary School
Bo’ness Public Primary School
Bo’ness Public Primary School
‘Ruby the Red Fairy’ Daisy Meadows
‘Daisy and the Trouble With Life’ Kes Gray
‘Rapunzel’ Ladybird Tales
‘Beauty and the Beast’ Disney Classics
I love this book because it makes me smile. My favourite character is Rachel because she is cool.
Suddenly Daisy’s eyes widened and a huge smile crept across her face. “SHOOTER!!!” she squealed dropping on to her knees. It wasn’t a mouse that her cat had found, it was a snake. A Colorado garter to be exact.
Lucy Dick, 7
Kathryn Dalgleish, 11 Blackness Primary School
Sky Nicholls, 6 Corey O’Neil, 6
Bo’ness Public Primary School
Bo’ness Public Primary School
‘The Lion King’ Justine & Susan Korman
Hetty Feather was christened her name at the Foundling Hospital when she was a baby, but is sure her mum named her sapphire, because of her bright blue eyes. Before she could return to the grim hospital, Hetty had to go and live a poor but happy life in the country. Just as she was getting happy her life is threatened again as she has to go to the hospital again. Will she maybe find her mum though?
This book is a fantastic book about a girl called Isadora. She loves horses and owns a horse called Blaze. She has to get up to her Auntie Hester’s house for the summer holidays. When she realises the rangers are going to cull a wild herd she is desperate to save them. I really loved this book. I really want to read more of the series.
Sapphire Battersea has finally escaped from the Foundling Hospital – to be a polite, good tempered, hard working girls – AS IF! She manages to shout at the master and stick her tongue out at him, getting sacked, so decides to go to the seaside. Her mum who she managed to discover who it is, is ill. But will she ever get better?
‘Star Wars’ Ace Landers
Cameron Dick, 5
Claire Middleton, 6
Limerigg Primary School
Bo’ness Public Primary School
‘The Gruffalo’ Julia Donaldson
‘Tangled’ Disney
Bo’ness Public Primary School
‘Beauty and the Beast’ Disney Classics
Andrea Robertson, 6
Adam Neilson, 6
Carrie Miller, 10
Lucas Irvine, 6
Bo’ness Public Primary School
Bo’ness Public Primary School
Comely Park Primary School
Bo’ness Public Primary School
‘Room on the Broom’ Julia Donaldson
‘Star Wars the Clone Wars’ Karen Trariss
‘You’re a Bad Man Mr Gum’ Andy Stanton
Niamh Smith, 6
‘The Three Little Pigs’ Ladybird Tales
Rachel Wood, 10 Comely Park Primary School
‘The Twits’ Roald Dahl
‘Sapphire Battersea’ Jacqueline Wilson
‘Pony Club Secrets: Desting and the Wild Horses’ Stacy Gregg
My favourite character in the book is the Gruffalo. I like the purple prickles all over his back.
Mackenzie Alexander, 6 Airth Childminding Group
‘A Dinosaur Story’ Sol MacMillan, 10 Bantaskin Primary School
‘The Hobbit’ J.R.R Tolkien It’s about a hobbit called Bilbo Baggins who is taken from his home by Gandalf the Wizard and Thorin and his band of dwarves to the Lonely Mountain, an ancient dwarven kingdom with a colossal treasure horde guarded by the dragon Smaug. As they are kidnapped by trolls, attacked by giant spiders, captured by elves, ensnared in the battle of the five armies and eventually defeating Smaug and taking the treasures, Bilbo has hidden a small but very dangerous ring…
Completed entries can be returned to your local library or toThe Good Read Editor, Falkirk Library, Hope Street, Falkirk, FK1 5AU
Matthew McCallum, 11
‘Star Wars’
Erin Wakley, 6
Joelle Gordon, 10
Bo’ness Public Primary School
Airth Childminding Group
Reddingmuirhead
‘The 7 Professors of the Far North’ John Fardell
‘The Naughtiest Girl in School’ Enid Blyton James Mather, 6 Airth Childminding Group
Welcome....
‘The Princess and the Frog’ Polly Perham and Sue King
Remember that to produce this guide we depend on local libraries, schools, groups and individuals submitting entries so please make sure your area is represented!
Entry forms for a Good Read 18 will be available from local libraries, schools and on the Falkirk Community Trust website at www. falkirkcommunitytrust.org
Bo’ness Library
This book is about a girl named Elizabeth and she is sent away to a boarding school and, she acts naughty so that she can get out again.
‘We Explore Dinosaurs’
Kathrine McKenzie, 9
Serra Sarac, 7
Ladeside Primary School
Bo’ness Public Primary School
‘Rapunzel’ Ladybird Tales
Reagan Smith, 10
Airth Childminding Group
Logan Johnstone, 7
Blackness Primary School
‘Magic Ponies: A Special Wish’ Sue Bently
Joe, Frannie and Beth move next to an Enchanted Wood. They bump into lots of magical characters, like… a snowman, polar bear and lots more!
Daniel Woods, 12
I loved this book because it was a fun magical adventure; the age range I would give this book is 6+. I give this story 5 stars.
Bo’ness Library
‘The BFG’ Roald Dahl
Larbert High School
‘Pegasus and the Flame of Olympus’ Kate O’Hearn
Charlotte Mark, 7
Logan Johnstone, 7
Airth Primary School
Bo’ness Library
‘Prince Caspian’ C.S. Lewis
‘Star Wars’ George Lucas
‘Goosebumps: The Haunted School’ R.L. Stine
Alison Dalgleish, 8
‘The Enchanted Wood’ Enid Blyton
to the 2012 edition of our Good Read Guide. This year’s entries have been great and we have really enjoyed looking at them all. The guide features some old favourites such as J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Roald Dahl, as well as some modern favourites such as Julia Donaldson and Eoin Colfer. There are even reviews of some of the R.L. Stine Goosebumps books from some of our braver readers.
Enjoy the reviews and pictures and we hope they will encourage you to search out some of the books at you local library.
Ethan Bandeen, 6
Thank you for all of the contributions, but especially from Bo’ness Public Primary School, Airth Childminding Group, Larbert High School, Bo’ness Library, Falkirk Library and Limerigg, Carmuirs, Ladeside, Deanburn, Blackness, Comely Park and Bantaskin primary schools.
During a storm in N.Y., Emily is in the top apartment of a flat. While her Dad is out working a big crash hits her roof-garden. She walks up and sees… a white horse but she doesn’t know ’Pegasus’ is from Olympus and has escaped a nasty battle and is looking for the ‘Daughter of Vesta’. Emily must help Pegasus and his friends. They encounter the Secret Government Forces and ‘NIRADS’! Could this be the end of Olympus?
Isaac Brown, 11 Falkirk Library
‘Born to Run’ Michael Morpurgo
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