8.7★ "Math without numbers” is a book which explains college-level mathematics without numbers. Here’s a quick review: In the beginning, It talks about shapes, how many shapes are there, and how to classify shapes. It also gives a slight hint about what a manifold is, and it tells us what we don’t know about manifolds , and some basic topology. Then, the book starts to talk about combinatorics and the game of life. Finally, at the end, It talks about math in everyday scenarios, and science. 20/01/2023
7.6★ “The calculus story”is very abstract, and I like it very much. Why so? Well, it’s pretty easy to understand, and even if you don’t know what the book means, you can sorta tell from what the image shows. Wait a sec, that reminds me of something! There are so many pictures in the book that you can basically tell what the whole book means just by looking at the name of the chapter, picture, and picture subtitle. There are LITERALLY 100+ pictures! That’s a lot. The book also contains quite a lot of pages (for a calculus book), about 150 pages if you exclude the pages after the “FURTHER READING” chapter. I’m pretty sure that a lot of calculus lovers also love this book! 18/02/2023
9.0★ “Change is the only constant” is a calculus book. If you think that the book is very boring, just because I said the word “Calculus’, then you’re “wronger” than ever! Though it’s a calculus book, it’s one FUN book. Full of stick figures, doodles and other stuff, “Change is the only constant” is one of my top 10 FAVOURITE books. If this book was longer, I would be SOOOO happy (the book actually is already very long). At least the author wrote other books like this! For AP® level students.
8.3★ “Infinite powers” is a very famous mathematic book about calculus. It talks about how AI progress and how we can use AI with calculus. It also talks about infinite series, e.g how 1/2+1/3+1/4+1/5…=infinity, but how 1/4+1/16+1/64+1/256…=1/3. It describes all of this in very precise text. Plus, while doing all this, it also uses layman’s language. What they say is true. This is a mathematician’s best friend for sure! (second if you count formulas.) For people who like calculus. 12/04/2023
9.7★ (average) “Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries”,
“Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities”, and
“Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures” are all splendiferous books about brain teasing questions and processable answers. Yes, it does sound like this is only for that really brainy guy in year 9, but this is just like one of those short Q&A quizzes that you get on Friday, just expanded. This isn’t a burden of 3 math books, it’s a series of all those Q&A questions that you get once-a-week! For enthusiastic math-lovers. 21/05/2023
8.7★ What type of review do you want for “Professor Stewart’s Incredible Numbers” Short, or long? Short review: AS SOON AS YOUR EYES LOOK AT IT, YOU WILL FEEL LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO MATHEMATICAL HEAVEN. Satisfied? No? Well then, time for the long review: This book is one of the most fascinating mathematical books I’ve ever read. If reading a book could make you sick, I would be coughing myself to death . I mean, what would you do if you saw a book that was extremely good and even had an app by the same author called “Incredible Numbers!” Seriously, this is a young mathematician’s third best friend (the second place is “infinite powers” and the first is a bunch of crazy formulas). For math-lovers. 07/03/2023
8.6★ BORING ALLERT! This is NOT for kids who don’t like science. The book is filled with science; for example, the phrase “NASA use aerogel to catch particles of stardust flying through space at near-bullet speeds.” That’s a record, THREE words kids (probably) won’t understand. They’ll say something silly like “Star dust is real? And how can it fly?” or “Aerogel? I thought that was the comic character who saved Tosker from Goliath!” (These characters are fake.) Then why do I like this book and give it a rating of a whole 8.6? It’s all because I love “abstracty-wordy-sciency-complicated-books”. 12/02/2023
8.7★ “Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel”, originally by George Orwell, illustrated by Odyr, is dramatic tragedy story about animals operating a farm by themselves. It’s like people in the real world, but the people become animals and the people in the story become evil. This is the storyline: First, an animal called “old major” starts the idea of a rebellion against humans. After Old Major’s death, the other animals make use of Old Major’s speech and turn the idea into real life. Then, a pig called snowball revolutionises the farm after the humans fled. But, soon after that, another pig called Napoleon fires Snowball and claims that Snowball didn’t make the plan, and instead claims the he made the plan himself. After that, news suddenly spreads that Snowball teamed up with another company to destroy the animal’s farm. There was an extremely bloody fight resulting in many deaths and all injured. After that, the strongest horse in the field, Boxer, gets a split hoof and falls over. But the fall isn’t just any ordinary fall. It’s a fall that boxer can’t get back up! He was supposed to get sent to a veterinary surgeon in Willingdon, but instead got sent to a slaughterhouse owned by the veterinary surgeon. Finally, animals started walking on two legs. Soon enough, the animals became friends with other men / farmers. They had a little party with wine and toast to celebrate. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” For ages 9+ " 24/01/2023
9.6★ “Humble π: when math goes wrong” is a nice book about the mistakes of math in real life. How an airplane crashed, how spacecrafts blew up, how bridges collapse, etc. If you like seeing small changes causing huge damage, this book is perfect for you. I sure love it! Recommended for 10+ 21/04/2023
3.2★ THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12. A lot of People recommended it since it is a classic, but it contains loads of old English, such as “thee” (which means “you”). It doesn’t actually feel like a story, it’s very “Flat”. It doesn’t contain any climax or rising action so I feel very bored.
7.3★ Even though the name is very similar to Flatland, this book is much more fun. It talks about hyperbolic space, how there could be a hundred and one dimensions, what 1.5 D means, Topology, Wormholes, Paradoxes, Quantum Mechanics and much more. It contains several difficult concepts, so I would recommend you to only start reading it after you turn 11. By the way, it is based on Flatland, so I recommend you to first read Flatland.
8.6★ "The cartoon guide to physics” was written by the best-selling author Larry Gonick. I’ve only finished a few of his books, but I think he is really good. It contains lots of the basics of physics (and a few of the more complicated bits as well!) The author really knows how to do illustrations for kids (similar to me, because I AM a kid), because he draws neat, simple, and yes, funny doodles. I don’t really think there’s a “Funniest bit” in this book, because EVERY PAGE is the funniest bit. I think that the book is suitable for all kids half way through secondary.
7.9★ "The Book thief” is about a young girl who gets adopted by foster parents, and this particular young girl came from a poor family, so her parents sent her of to a foster home in hope of the foster parents being richer, therefore giving the young girl and her brother more food and comfort. On the way to the foster home, the young girl’s brother dies, so only the girl arrives to the home. The girl went through lots of things in her life, like war, bombs, death, book-thievery, swearing, blood, a bit more war, and also a bit more blood and death. In the very end, her family, friends, house, etc. all got demolished and killed, and she continued living until a ripe old age, and then she died. I find it rather interesting, because it is also about Nazis vs. Jews, and many people are tortured. Pretty good, but I’m recommending it for 12+ (Basically as soon as you become a teenager.) 18/06/2023
9.7★ “1089 + all that” is about maths in real life, how to use maths, fundamental units such as e, π, ph, etc. It mainly talks about how maths gets confusing in life, and also contains conundrums and paradoxes. One of my favourite parts of the book was when he showed an amazing math trick. SPOILER ALERT! So, right down any 3-digit number so long as the 1st digit and the 3rd digit have a difference of more then one. Now reverse your number. Then, subtract the smaller number from the bigger number. This is your new number. Now, reverse the new number. Now add the reversed new number with the original new number. Let’s call this secret value a mystery number. Is this mystery number 1089? Well, this book rating is 1089! For “mathy” people.
9.3★ (average) The DK “Super Simple” Series contains 4 subjects which are Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. It is basically GCSE level, but it feels like year 5 after school reading club. It really is super simple! I whizzed through without any problems, and I hope you do too! Plus it is not just GCSE curriculum, so even if you’ve already passed your test, you might still learn more. Recommended for KS3-KS4 (You should read the cover). 22/06/2023
8.7★ “Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry” by Neil deGrasse Tyson is a wonderful book about astrophysics, as the title suggests. I find it a great book for curious bookworms, for it is both funny and knowledgeable. It talks about ancient scientific mysteries, like what is dark matter or dark energy, to what the elements are, and what’s in the solar system. It also shows how your teacher doesn’t know everything after all! For bookworms. 15/05/2023
8.7★ “A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel” is a very illustrative sci-fi novel. Actually, about a year ago, my dad gave me the original “A wrinkle in time”, but I found it extraordinarily boring due to my lacking of reading skills then. A year later, my father found the graphic novel version of the book, but at first I still thought it might be boring. So to lure me in, my dad said “It’s a sci-fi! (Which it is.)” So I fell for the trap, opened the book, and then I just couldn’t get my eyes off until I finished reading. Hope that happens to you! For science fiction lovers. 20/06/2023
9.1★ “The Lord of the Rings” is by J.R.R Tolkien, and is very exciting. How did I come to it? Well, one day I went to the secondary library, and I found an action book for 12+. (Scorpion Mountain.) Anyways, my dad checked the reviews, and he told me that I should first read Lord of the Rings. I started it, finished it, and here I am, feeling exhilarated after reading! Plus, my dad says I can watch the movie series! For 10+ 22/06/2023
8.6★ "The Hobbit” is a absolutely fantastic novel. It’s written by the same author of “Lord of the rings” (J.R.R Tolkien), and is absolutely scrumdiddlyumptious! (In case you didn’t know what “scrumdiddlyumptious” means, it means “splendid + awesome + sterling”.) I was lucky to have an illustrated version, but if you don’t have one, you are still gonna enjoy it! Recommended for 10+ 07/06/2023
8.9★ (average) The Once series is about our main character “Phelix” experiencing World War II, gaining and losing friends in the war. From living in partisan camps to escaping from a Nazi Death Camp train, Phelix is very lucky to survive. The series covers Phelix’s whole life, from being an 11-year old kid from an orphanage, to living as an 87-year old grandpa. My feelings about the book are both good and bad. Good because it’s a great story, bad because I fell so sad for those jewish civilians. I mean, they didn’t do anything wrong, unless you call being absolutely normal wrong. Imagine if you were phelix, having your father killed and mother tortured (who then died of famine), also having nearly all your friends taken away and /locked up/ tortured /killed /tested on/? Dude, you have to admit it’s horrifying. Recommended for people who want to know more about world war two without having to read a million text books. 04/07/2023
8.9★(average) “Sapiens: A Graphic History. Volume 1: The Birth of Humankind, Volume 2: The Pillars of Civilisation” is a fantastic book about the psychology and history of man-kind. It’s a graphic novel, and is spoken in layman’s language, so that children can also understand the meaning of such books. From silly stone-age comics to how evolution works, the book is very informational. I mean, what would you say if you saw an advert about how to start a fire/ how to rub two sticks together, what would you say? Recommended for smart primary students who keep getting A*s on their history tests. 21/05/2023
4.1★ ALERT! THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR KIDS NOT THAT INTERESTED IN SCIENCE! TMS (Too Much Science). I don’t like this book because it’s too “sciency” for me. If you’re exxxtttttttrrrremely into science, you might still like it, but, for most kids (even adults!) won’t like it. It’s mainly about the solar system and what you need to get to one of the planets in there. It’s like what you’ll need, how to get there, planet conditions, etc. For Adults. 22/10/2022
7.5★ This is about a mathematician’s life. It talks about strange events that happened when he was young, the dark history of his family, and the story of how he’d met other famous mathematicians. The name of this mathematician is Bertrand Russel, he is a philosopher, logician and social critic. Russel’s greatest contribution is in mathematical logic, ranking him, along with Aristotle, Boole, Frege and Gödel. His death was in 1970. This book is not recommended for children under 9.
9.7★ From Elizabeth’s crown to zirconium crystals, this fun-packed book is a know-it-all for every single kid out there who likes “bling-bling” stuff. Flip to the last page and say “awwww man, I wanna second book. Ma, please!” A gargantuan of gemstones, a full 400 pages! Y’sure won’t get bored today, bookworms! 12/02/2023
8.0★ "Everything You Need to Ace Chemistry in One Big Fat Notebook” is all about chemistry (You can see that from the cover, right?) It covers lots of high school chemistry topics, and I think it even covers a little college chemistry. It’s got mnemonic devices and definitions to help you memorise, and even quizzes to recap it all. It really has everything you need to ace chemistry! Recommended for high-schoolers.
8.3★ “Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine” is all about the mistakes of man and machine, and the triumphs of AI. From data to medicine, from crime to art. How an unlucky person’s GPS led them to a cliff, how a computer system thought that some kind of bird was a nuclear warhead. This book is mainly about the history of machines, so put on your glasses and get ready for a blast of mistakes and triumphs throughout time! Recommended for younger secondary kids who are very interested in computers and want to learn a lot more about the history of computers. Really, this book is the perfect match for people who like computer science as well as history! 20/02/2023
7.5★ This is quite a fun book. I like it because it is full of very fascinating games, though it contains a few hard ones, such as “Quantum tick-tack-toe”. The author also wrote “Math with Bad drawings” and “Change is the only constant”, both of them are very engaging. By the way, his drawings aren’t really that bad. A few of them contain the funniest jokes I’ve seen in my life! I would recommend you to start reading “Math Games with Bad Drawings” after you turn 10.
8.7★ “Math with Bad drawings” is a book all about math, but with silly drawings instead of “Bad” drawings. If I was the author, then I would call the book “Math with lots of drawings” instead. I particularly like one of the chapters about how statistics can be very misleading. You know how numbers always tell the truth? Well, they do, but sometimes they are still misleading. For example, if somebody said that “Your have earned 10$ more when you competitor has only earned 4$ more!” you would think that would definitely be a good thing, right? Well, maybe you only started at 3$ while your competitor started at 20$, so after the change you would have 13$ while your competitor still had more money then you (11$ more to be exact). The author, Ben Orlin, also wrote “Math games with bad drawings” and “Change is the only constant”, both of which are very fascinating. I would recommend you to start reading this at the age of 8.
9.7★ “The Land of Stories” is a series about a grandmother of a girl and a boy giving her grandchildren a magic book called The Land Of Stories. I like this series because it is an adventure story which ALSO contains lots of twists and untwists. By the way, these books are so long that they may last ONE WHOLE YEAR! I would recommend you to start reading this at the age of 11+.
9.4★ “The Mysterious Island” is probably the longest book by Jules Verne. In this book, I believe he might be a chemist because he uses a lot of chemical compounds in the book. For example, he knows how to make nitro-glycerine as explosives from scratch. This book is a “Robinson Crusoe” type story. A few people get abandoned on a desert island and use basic materials like wood and stone to build a little town on the island. On the way, they met other inhabitants like Ayrton, Bob Hardy and his crew mates, and the convicts. I find this book ACTUALLY the best of Jules Verne. For people who are approximately at the age of a teen. 24/01/2023
6.4★ For “Around the World in Eighty Days’’, I don’t find it nearly as interesting as the other books that Jules Verne wrote. Pretty much all that happens is that this ‘guy’ just travels around the world in, well, eighty days! There’s not really a climax. The only thing that really happens which is somewhat like a climax is the bit at the end where the ‘guy’ was put in jail for robbing the bank, but then got pardoned. I don’t really think that any kid, or even a young teen, could really enjoy this. For older teens to even adults. 17/01/2023
6.7★ I don’t enjoy “Journey to the Center of the Earth” as well as “20,000 leagues under the sea” because I find the book both short and boring. For some teens, they might enjoy it, but for me, I find this book very deep. If you are some kid out there, you will DEFINITELY not understand this book as it contains lots of confusing vocabulary. By the way, this book was written by Jules Verne. For eleven to nineteen. 17/01/2023
9.1★ “20,000 leagues under the sea”, written by Jules Verne, is a “sci-fi” classic about seamen, submarines, hunting, monsters, practice, resilience, etc. Where did I get this book?? Well, just the other day, my dad and I were strolling along a shopping mall when we found a coffee & food shop / bookshop. We went in, ONLY TO DISCOVER (nearly) ALL THE BOOKS WERE IN CHINESE!! We asked the shop assistant if there were any English books. It turned out to be there were only about a dozen books in English. At first, all the books seemed really complicated, all except one. My dad believed that I would like that type of novel. Guess what we did? Well, we bought it! As soon as I started reading the first page, I was (basically) “hypnotised”. I couldn’t take my eyes off the page. I just had to finish the book! Soon enough, I finished the book… THEN MY DAD GOT MORE BOOKS WRITTEN BY JULES VERNE (Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Mysterious Island)! I will soon put the book reviews for the three other books. I think Jules Verne is the best French writer in the world!! (For his time, anyway.) 16/01/2023
8.6★ (average) The “Wonder, Auggie & Me, 365 Days of Wonder” set is about a kid name August, who has a deformed face, and goes through a lot in his first year at a new school. He makes friends like Summer and Jack, and meets bullies like Julian and his mates. Some times he loses friends, like when August caught Jack saying rude stuff behind his back, and sometimes August gains friends, like when Jack apologised to August after bullying him. In the book, the year is viewed from all different points of view. If you want a list, here it is: August, Jack, Julian, Via, Miranda, Summer, Charlotte, Christopher. That’s a lot of point of views! Recommended for 10+. 04/07/2023
8.3★ “The Cartoon Guide to Algebra” is written by Larry Gonick. I like it because it has got a lot of illustrations in it which make complicated ideas strikingly clear. The text is very clear, and unlike most books, it even has questions at the end of a chapter that you can practice your knowledge on! The author also wrote many other books talking about a variety of topics, such as Statistics, Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc. I would recommend you to start reading this book after you have finished all primary school Maths.
8.3★ "How to Die Alone: The Foolproof Guide to Not Helping Yourself” is an extremely funny book about how to be negative. The whole book is an entire joke; you’re supposed to do the opposite of what the book says. It makes you think of what you should NOT do in your life. My favourite part was at the end, where it talks about how dying sucks, and then the book showed us some hilarious grave stones. The one I particularly liked was a TV-gravestone, so others can “watch their favourite TV show while visiting their favourite ghost”. Recommended for people who want a laugh. 24/06/2023
3.7★ I don't enjoy “American Born Chinese” a lot because it isn’t a structured story. It just jumps around like mad, and there isn’t even a climax. The only “climax” I can think of is about some new guy in a class punching their friend’s face. There’s not even a main character! TOTALLY unrecommended for any age. 04/07/2023
9.7★ (average) The “Minecraft: Mob squad” series is about an epic journey of how the so-called “bad apples” of the town develop and learn to protect their beloved town from vexes and fangs (which for some reason broke through a wall build by a group of eight called “the founders”), casted by the dreaded evoker, a special type of Minecraft mob that really is an illager (the opposite of a villager) covered in robes, who know how to cast really, REALLY dangerous spells. They go to Mal’s great-great-great-grandmother, the oldest woman in town, who is also the daughter of one of the founders. The great-great-great-grandmother (let’s just call her “Nan”) gives them wise advice, packs them up with food, water, wool, weapons, and all other useful stuff that can be used in many different ways. Nan tells the bad apples about a woodland mansion, where the evoker lives with his vexes, fangs, and sometimes a few vindicators (this is another type of illager in disguise, it’s just a normal illager wearing some clothes and charging forwards with an axe). The bad apples travel through the thousand-meter tall hill, over the surging waters, nearly get robbed by adults, into a forrest, out of a forrest, and back into another forest, and finally into the dangerous woodland mansion. They fight for there lives, and finally, kill the dreaded evoker. For fiction-loving guys. 01/03/2023
9.7★ "Minecraft Dungeons: The Rise of the Arch-Illager” is the story of a so-called “illager” who started as a weakling, but soon found an orb that promises him power. At the end of the story, he realises that the orb has actually took over him, not him taking over the orb. This story is a twisting story for kids of all ages. 18/02/2023
9.9★ “Minecraft: The Haven Trials” is about a girl named Cece who lost connection with her one and only one BFF. She battles for her life with new Minecraft friends all the way through, such as “WereDragon”, “Jo”, and so on. She passes through the three “Haven trials”. Evoker (a type of illager who wore robes and casted dangerous spells on foes), Wither (an extremely dangerous monster from Minecraft, considered as one of the Mob Bosses, also the monster with the most health points, a whole 300. The bizarre creature also drops a single, beautiful nether star, used to make a “portal” to teleport to the third trial), and the final ultimate Mob Boss, the ender dragon (This blood-curdling monster holds an amazing 200 health points, as well as having attacks which will make you lose a range of 6 hearts all the way to a minus fifteen hearts. If you defeat the ender dragon, you will see an “exit” portal. In the story, Cece uses the portal to go to Haven, the place where her BFF now is in. ) In the very end, Cece realises that the real thing that she achieved was the friendships she made along the journey. So, she tells her BFF, Therese, that she actually wants to leave Haven and go with other friends. For Minecraft geeks. 06/03/2023
9.9★ Minecraft: The Mountain is one of my most FAVE books I can think of. It has very descriptive details in the beginning and the climax is extremely SUDDEN (like the SUDDEN capital letters) and really shocking twists and turns. I think the author, Max Brooks (New York Times bestselling author of World War Z) , is excruciatingly creative and knows how to make a detailed story. My thoughts are for every single young reader in the world to have heard and read “Minecraft: The Mountain”. For people in the age group of approximately eleven to twenty-one. Please enjoy!!!! 13/12/2022
8.7★ “Minecraft: the Shipwreck” is another book in the Minecraft series. It’s about a boy named Jake who gets in trouble with a boy named Thanh (Tank) and a girl named Emily. Together, they clean up the community service and find a Minecraft server. They solve riddles, find trapdoors, discover cities, and kill the monster of the game: The leviathan! They meet each other at school, and become BFFs. For Minecraft lovers. 17/03/2023
9.7★ Minecraft: The Voyage is another exciting book from the sea of Minecraft books. It has a very large variety of twists and turns and will give a large surprise to most readers. It’s what I call a “aah-boom-thack-bam” story. Action packed, hilarious, shocking, and a nice little dramatic ending at the back of the perfectly made story. Recommended for 10-14. 21/12/2022
9.8★ “Minecraft: the end” is a marvellous guide to the life of an endermen. It goes into every detail of the life of endermen . An endermen’s end, what’s a fragment, what is the great chaos, what is a shulker , and other stuff. Three young endermen, names Kan, Mo and Fin, venture through the end, fight bullies, and FIND THAT THEY ARE HUMANS WEARING WEIRD CAMOUFLAGE-PUMKIN THINGIES. This twisting, bending, looped-looping story is sure recommended for young readers. 30/01/2023
9.8★ "Minecraft: the lost journals” is a book about about a girl named Allison and a boy named Max. They travel together, argue together, fight together, build together, explore together, and even live together. But wait a sec! Allison and Max aren’t siblings, so why do they live together? Well, it was because of an unexpected creeper attack (A creeper is a creature in Minecraft that explodes and kills/injures/destroys everything within its impact range). Allison was the only survivor, at least the only survivor found. Her house got destroyed, and Max’s family decided to take a huge responsibility of taking care of her. A few weeks later, Max’s uncle made a helmet which had false “water breathing powers”. Max didn’t know that the helmet didn’t work, and nearly drowned. Max’s uncle, Nicholas, thought Max was dead, and so moved away. Then, they discovered Nicholas’ secret cabin, and found a nether portal. In the nether, they set off for an amazing adventure of finding and rescuing Mr. Nicholas! For people the age of 9+ 03/02/2023
9.7★ “Minecraft: the crash” is a story of a young girl who causes a car crash. Her friend got killed, and she was sent to hospital. She then puts on some Virtual Reality goggles (short-hand VR) to experience how it feels like to be in Minecraft. A mind blowing book for kids, and could even act as a birthday present! 03/02/2023
8.3★ “Minecraft: the island’’ is a book talking about Minecraft (as the Title suggests). It begins with a young “boy” finding himself drowning in this weird “world”. Then he realised that everything was square: the sun, the sea, the clouds, even himself! While he was thinking that, he saw a tiny island, a green one. He was thinking “land, land at last!” when he realised that he had ABSOLUTELY no food. He tried to dig for food, but before he started digging, a squombie (square zombie, I made up the word) was about to eat his chest. He drastically punched the soil to dig away. When he finally escaped the squombie, he realised that he still didn’t have any food. He did a very hard search for any squood (square food, anything beginning with “squ-” that you don’t under stand means square ____ ) when he finally found a squaple tree. In the end of the story, he leaves all of his non-human friends (there was no human in this world except himself) and searches for a new places to live. This book is very fun if you can understand the terms. This book contains a little bit of hard vocabulary, so I would recommend you to read it when you turn 10( I started reading it at the age of 6).
9.2★ (average) The Smile trilogy is a series of books about a girl, having a tough life, deals with real life situations. I find this book very realistic. Btw, it’s graphic novel. For “smile”, it’s about the girl after she had her two front teeth knocked out, deals with braces, and goes to a bunch of “–––––––doligists”. In “sisters”, it’s where the kid gets a sister (and a brother), and is getting totally worried about a pet snake. Finally, in “guts” , the kid/teen becomes friendlier , gets worried about pandemics, and goes through puberty. For people at the age of –––5th word of previous sentence–––. 21/01/2023
9.5★ (average) The “Taylor and Rose Secret Agents” series is a wonderful set of murder-mystery type books. It is basically Sherlock Holmes for kids. Excitement, cliffhangers, murders, spies. Really, it’s all you need to know in order to give a bolt of thrill to anyone. Oh, the style, it’s so good!Recommended for murder-mystery lovers. 03/06/2023
9.2★ “The Wizards of Once” is a series of four books. It’s about a young boy named Xar and a young girl named Wish adventuring into the world of magic, killing witches, making potions, defeating spells and bringing back giants along the way. I like it because it’s an adventure story, and I love adventures. I recommend you to start reading it after you turn 8. It’s also a very long series, it's about 1500 pages in total.
9.89★ “Secret coders” is a little series of books about, well, coding! These new-age books are full of exciting adventures, making you wanna bite your parents just to read the next book. Unfortunately, there are only 6 books (well, I’ve only READ 6 books), so, it’s gonna take ye pretty short to finish the series. Even worse, each book is only seventy-blah-blah pages long. Can’t wait for the next book to come out! Recommended for 10+yrs kids.
8.9★ The book “Ghosts” is a very life-like story of two young girls meeting a bunch of ghost on Mexico’s Day Of The Dead. They had an exciting journey, but the younger girl gets choked by a ghost. In the end, the two sisters realise that the spirits of the dead are good spirits. Spirits of their loved ones. It’s a graphic novel that I’m sure kiddos will like. 19/01/2023
6.4★ “We Have No Idea” is a book about how we know like, less than 0.01% of the vast universe. A few examples of the things that we don't know about the universe that the book mentions are the Graviton, dark energy, dark matter, the list goes on for ever. The book is actually an adult book undercover, it uses "some" sort of trick into making people think it is a Kid's (Ok, fine, Teenager's) book. We Have No Idea also contains lots of puns that Kids might not understand, so I would recommend you to start reading it at the age of 9-15.
8.7★ “And Then You're Dead” is a book about all these different ways to kill yourself and what would happen if you tried a to use the methods of killing yourself. I know that this sounds quite stupid, but this book is truly fun. I think it is fun because it gets into really accurate (and precise) details AND makes it very understandable. I would recommend you to start reading it at the age of 8-13.
9.9★ “What if? 2” is an amusing book. It talks about very dangerous, very absurd ideas, such as: “What would happen if you made a lava lamp out of real lava?”, or “How many snowflakes would it take to cover the whole world in 6 feet of snow?” I especially like these types of “If?” or “How?” books because they increase your curiosity, and they almost ALWAYS have some type of weird result in the end. By the way, half way the through the book, someone named ‘Nate’ put this in one of the short answers: “EEEEEEEEE……..” I laughed my head off. Hope there’s a “What if? 3”!! Recommended for 6 year olds. 21/09/2022
9.7★ “What if?” is a very fun book. It is about stuff like “What would happen if we all pointed a laser at the moon?” or “What would happen if you got such a high dose of neutrinos that you died?”. Its author is Randall Munroe. He also wrote “How to” and “Thing Explainer”. Additionally, he created the “xkcd” website. I recommend you to start reading it at the age of 7.
9.6★ “How to” is a book about how to do a bunch of “weird stuff”. The content table looks very ordinary, containing contents such as “How to play tag” or “How to play the Piano” but the real content is really “WeIRd”. Its author is Randall Munroe, the same author of “What if?” and “Thing Explainer”. If you want to know more about “What if?” and “Thing explainer”, you click on those books. I gave how to a rating higher than nine because it converts very hard scientific problems into fun drawings containing stick-figures doing fatal experiments. I would recommend you to start reading it at the age of 7.
9.3★ “Thing Explainer” is a book about how to explain things (that’s basically what “Thing explainer” means). The book contains loads of different diagrams, and very well-said explanations. The author (Randall Munroe) said that sometimes he feels like other people think he is dumb when he doesn’t use hard words, but now he doesn’t care, so he made the book “Thing Explainer” full of very simple words. He also made very silly words, such as he turned “Spaceship” into “Space boat”. The author also wrote “What if?” and “how to”. I wrote book reviews on those as well. I would recommend you to start reading this at the age of 7.
9.6★ The Mysterious World Of Cosentino series is a really intriguing book set all about magic tricks, card”y” adventures, and other shocking tales. The content is especially intriguing because of the fictious characters and sudden twists. My favourite bits of the story is in one of the books suspension builds where Cos wasn’t sure if he could trust this princess that he very recently met. Recommended for younger kids, such as year 2 to year 5. 23/11/2022
9.1★ This box set contains 21 individual stories plus a separate book called “Tintin & Co.” that talks about the author and the creation of Tintin. My dad believed that he took me to the Tintin museum in Brussels when I was younger, but the truth was that he went there with my mum when I was like, -1 years old (yes, you read it right, NEGATIVE one). Tintin is very popular worldwide. It is a graphic novel, one of my favourite types of books. I would recommend you to start reading the Tintin series at the age of 8.
8.1★ The Max Einstein series is a whiz-bang series of books about these geniuses trying to save the world from a few mad-man who only care about money$. Using smart, scientific methods, step-by-step, the kids will help save the world from devastating destruction from stuff like the food crisis, global warming, etc. For science-interested kids. 22/10/2022
7.2★ “Get Ahead in PHYSICS” is also very funny book (just like “Get Ahead in CHEMISTRY”). It has lots of drawings in it, and it isn’t really about physics. It talks about the history of physics, such as how Archimedes discovered displacement, the three laws of thermodynamics, how you can make a frog levitate above a very large magnet, and so on. Even though on the title of the book it clearly said “Get Ahead in PHYSICS!…GSCE revision”, I think if you only depended on this book, you WILL fail your GCSE exams. I would recommend you to start reading this book at the age of 9.
7.4★ “Get Ahead in CHEMISTRY” is a very funny book. It has lots of drawings in it, and it isn’t really about chemistry. It’s more about chemistry history, which makes it quite easy. It talks about how to make gunpowder, how to make a cold glass of water (if you were still in the time of prehistoric humans). It also talks about the periodic table of elements, and at the very end it talks about why chemistry matters. The author and illustrator also wrote “Get ahead in PHYSICS”. I would recommend you to start reading it at the age of 9.
8.6★ “MinuteEarth Explains” is a book about Animals, Nature, Geology, and Planet Earth ( if you read the last bit of the title, this is obvious). I like this book because it answers lots of funny questions (one of the funniest ones was “Why don’t sheep shrink in the rain?”) that most people younger than seven ask. I would recommend you to start reading this at the age of 8. BTW, they have a really good YouTube channel that I also recommend.
9.7★ “The Bigger Book of Everything” is a helpful guide wherever you go. From how to say “I love you” in Dutch, to tricks for surviving a shark attack, this book is SURE to have you bedazzled. It’s also full of laughter, after having a bulk on funny&silly facts that you really didn’t need to know. I mean, did you know there is a place called “North Pole” which isn’t actually at the north pole? Recommended for fun-fact lovers above the age of 8. 05/06/2023
8.2★ “Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts in One Big Fat Notebook” talks about Grammar, Language, Fiction, Non-fiction, and lots of other things that English is based on. I like this book because it is very informative AND makes very boring English grammar into fun, understandable content. I would recommend you to start reading it at the age of 9.
8.6★ “Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook” is a book all about the basics of Science, such as physics, chemistry, astrophysics, and so on. It has lots of pictures which are BOTH funny AND informative. There are other books in this series talking about Biology, Chemistry, English, Math, History, and so on. “Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook” is recommended to kids who are older than 9.
9.3★ “Everything You Need to Ace Math in One Big Fat Notebook” talks about Numbers, Ratios, Proportions, Percents, Expressions, Equations, and lots of other things that Math is based on. I like this book because it is very informative AND makes things very simple. Warning! If you do not laugh at this joke: What do polite sharks say?( The answer is “Nice to eat you!), then do not read this book! I would recommend you to start reading it at the age of 8.
8.1★ “Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life” is a book all about prehistoric life (that’s basically what the title means). It uses real fossils to reconstruct how long-dead animals would look like if you actually went back 65 million years ago. It contains lots of photos and drawings, plus fun facts that I’m sure that you didn’t know about. There are a few books that I know which have the same structure as this book: “The Wonders of Nature”, “An Anthology of Intriguing Animals” and “The Mysteries of the Universe”. I would recommend you to start reading “Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric life” at the age of 8.
9.9★ “Kay's Marvellous Medicine: A Gross and Gruesome History of the Human Body” is an AWESOME book. It’s a complete guide to the history of medicine, from the 4 humours (Don’t worry, you’ll learn the meaning in the book) to anaesthetics, from trench foot (again, you’ll learn it in the book) to antibiotics, It’s a really really REALLY good book. It looks like a very thick book, but don’t worry! It’s fun, stop thinking of having a giant burden on you for a week or so! It my #2 favourite book. I hope that you love it as much as I do! Recommended for 5+ kids.
7.2★ “Kay’s anatomy” is a guide to your body and mind. It talks about the parts of your brain, how your digestive track works, memory, mental feeling, etc. I feel like this book is the #1 BEST BOOK GUIDE to the HUMAN BODY!!! I think it is really good because it contains loads of pictures to help kids under stand the text, and simplifies the tricky words such as "Appendix" into simple words (for "appendix", they simplified it into "annoying thing at the end of your intestine which does nothing except giving you a higher chance of catching a deadly disease). I gave it a rating lower than 8 because it still contains quite a lot of tricky words that the author (named "Kay") can't really simplify. I would also recommend you to start reading it at the age of 9.
9.8★ George’s Secret Key to the Universe is a series of 6 books: “George’s Secret Key to the Universe”, “George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt”, “George and the Big Bang”, “George and the Unbreakable Code”, “George and the Blue Moon”, and “George and the Ship of Time” . The stories are about how a boy named George traveled across the galaxy. From just a few of the names, such as “George and the Big Bang” and “George and the Ship of Time”, you can think of what George learns through every cosmic journey. In “George and the Ship of Time”, George learns about how time is slower for you if you traveled at the speed of light. I like this series so much that I even read it two times! The author of this book, Stephen Hawking, is one of my favourite authors. Stephan Hawking is a theoretical physicist. Sadly, he already died. I would recommend you to start reading this book at the age of 8.
8.2★ “Cells at Work!” is a 6 volume manga set about, well, cells! I gave it a rating below 9 because it’s really bloody. There’s lots of bloody times, e.g when white blood cell kills a bacterium. But the rating is above 8 because it is an action-packed Manga full of fun facts. This is what I call exciting, interesting, AND informational. Recommended for young teens. 18/11/2022
9.9★ (average) “Amulet” is a series of 8 graphic novels. It’s about a young girl who found an amulet in her house. She fends off monsters, goblins, elves, and “Ikol”, also known as the “Voice” or the “Elf king”. The amulet contains supernatural powers that needs a powerful master to use and understand. The graphic novels are “awesomely awesome!!!!” I think the series is the longest graphic series I know. When my dad first introduced the Amulet Series to me, I was basically hooked after, let’s say, 4, no, 2 pages. Recommended for people at approximately 9. 23/01/2023
9.8★ (average) The “Mighty Jack Trilogy” is a neatly-illustrated, science-fiction story about a teenage boy looking for his sister, finding horrible traitors, rescuing friends, and SAVING THE PLANET. He is a brave, kind hearted, and strong person. For this trilogy, I find it sudden, surprising, and silly. For people older than ten. 21/01/2023
9.8★ "The Last Kids on Earth” is a very adventurous series of books. It’s full of action-packed comics (and comedy). It’s almost like you could actually survive in a monster apocalypse, only using these books. These are my 3# favourite book (my 2# favourite book is “Kay's Marvellous Medicine: A Gross and Gruesome History of the Human Body”). There only one thing you MUST have: FUN! Recommended for 8+.
8.4★ Pippi longstocking is a series of 3 books: “Pippi Longstocking”, “Pippi Longstocking in the South Seas”, and “Pippi Longstocking Goes Aboard”. The Pippi longstocking series used to be (and still is ) my mum’s favourite series of books. The book is called “Pippi longstocking” because the main character’s name is “Pippi” and she has very long socks. She has two friends called Tommy and Annika. My mum likes this series because it if full of imagination, and when she was young, she went through very painful environments. When she started reading Pippi longstocking, it opened up her imagination, where she could meet Pippi. I would recommend you to start reading it when you turn 7 3/4.
9.9★(average) David Walliams’ “ World’s worst children” is a special anniversary collection with FULL COLOUR, and is an extraordinarily frolicsome trilogy of books. They are so side-splitting that it makes you not want to sleep in double-(maths/history)! You get what I mean? As long as you know how to fluently sing the alphabet song, you’re gonna L-O-V-E this! For ALL ages! 21/05/2023
9.8★ “Fing” is another book written by one of the bestselling authors, David Walliams! It is about two librarians who got married, and had the worst child in the world (Myrtle)! The child forced her parents to give her whatever she wanted, otherwise she would torture them. On her 10th birthday, she asked for a “fing”. Her parents asked her what was a “fing”, but she just said that a fing was a fing . The parents went to an abandoned place of the library, where they found the “Monsterpydia” (monster encyclopaedia). They found out about the fing, and sought to find it in the jungliest jungle of all time. In the end, they found the fing, but it turned Myrtle into a monster. My thoughts about the book is that the book is basically a spawner that spawns “haha”s and “heehee”s. It is like all the other books that Walliams wrote: hillarious. For fiction fans. 17/03/2023
8.9★ "The Midnight Gang” is written by David Walliams. It’s about a boy called Tom who injured his head and gets sent to Lord Funt’s hospital, where he meets the midnight gang in the children’s ward: Amber, George, Robin, and co-member Porter/Thomas. Every midnight, they leave their beds and go on some crazy adventure. Flying, going to the north pole, commanding an orchestra, etc. This bizarre book is amazingly silly, and is perfect for young children. 500+ plus pages of absolute humour! 17/03/2023
7.2★ “Murderous Maths” is about the basic foundations of maths, such as Geometry, Algebra, Probability, and so on. It’s called “Murderous” Maths for a reason. Here are a few of the book titles: “Guaranteed to Mash your Mind”, “Savage Shapes", “easy question Evil Answers”, etc. This series is published by SCHOLASTIC which is a famous publisher for children. I would recommend you to start reading it at the age of 8.
9.8★ (average) The “Zita the space girl” trilogy is a silly series about a young girl who got lost on an alien planet, looking for her brother. In her journey, she meets foes, friends, and other monsters. The books are graphic novels, and are perfectly suited for ages of all kind. 21/01/2023
8.5★ “Horrible science” is a series of 20 books about 20 different scientific subjects. It is called “horrible” science for a reason. Here are a few of the book titles: “Killer Energy”, “Evolve or Die”, “Painful Poison”, etc. In each book, there are lots of experiments that you can try at home. The experiments can help you understand what the author is talking about more clearly. If you want to be sure that this isn’t too hard, this series is published by SCHOLASTIC which is a famous publisher for children. I would recommend you to start reading it at the age of 7.
7.1★ “Horrible Geography” is a series of 10 books. It talks about all different types of places and natural disasters all around the Earth, such as deserts, rainforests, coasts, lakes, rivers, volcanoes, oceans, earthquakes, weather, mountains, etc. It also talks about believed monsters, such as the lock ness. In each books, there are so many drawings that your brain would collapse if I told you how many drawings there are! I would recommend you to start reading this book at the age of 8.
9.6★ “Danger!” is a book all about Danger (obviously). It contains lots of info and entertaining facts. For example, cases of glow-in-the-dark mice, the person who killed himself trying to prove that one of his windows were unbreakable, the prehistoric Apex predators of the planet, and so on. The book is so exciting at every point that I can’t actually find out where the climax is! I feel like every single page is a climax, so it can really put you in you own book zone. Hope you won’t accidentally ignore the shouting of your mother saying “Dinner’s ready, come downstairs to eat”! (Just Joking, you definitely will not miss her shouting! Even if you did miss her shouting, eventually you would turn hungry and go downstairs for the feast.) I would recommend you to start reading it after you turn 7.
8.6★ “Diary of a BRILLIANT KiD” is a book all about EQ and converts what should be a boring textbook into a book that 7-year-olds can read. It is amazing how they can do such a change, which makes me put the rating greater than 8. It also contains very silly things, such as converting the traditional “Jack and Jill” story into this: Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pill of water. Jack fell down and Jill wet herself laughing so she took a photo on social media. Since it is this fun, I would recommend you to start reading it after you turn 6 ( the age recommendations are very important because when I started reading “Diary of a brilliant kid” when I was 5, and I didn’t really find it funny).
9.7★ The Marty Pants series is one of those LaughOutLoud stories for kids. There are weird and silly characters of a GIANT range and the main character is , well, Marty Pants!! It’s a series of three, full of “laffs” and “haha” moments. Recommended for 5-13. 21/12/2022
7.2★ “The Science of Goo, From Saliva and Slime to Frogspawn and Fungus” is a very short book. It is LITERALLY only 66 pages long( INCLUDING THE COVER AND GLOSSARY! ). I finished it within 10 minutes. I wish this book was longer because it was like a magazine, all about goo. A few examples of the content is about seagull vomit, mud baths, honey, slime, etc. I like this book because it both has a LOT of pictures and diagrams AND a lot of text (per page, since there are not a lot of pages). I would recommend you to start reading it after you turn 6
8.3★ “It can’t be true! Poo! Packed with Pootastic Facts (by DK)” is a funny&informative book about…you got it…That’s right! POOP! It’s disgusting but silly at the same time. It’s slimy but feels nice. It’s poo! The book’s absolutely fantastic! It’s a poo-fantasy! A pantasy! Just promise me one thing. Do NOT read this at mealtimes! Recommended for 7+ 05/06/2023
9.6★ Terry Pratchett’s “The time travelling caveman” is a book which contains A LOT of short, short stories. It’s basically a 13-in-1! I feel like the special sense of humour that the author has is just WONDERFUL, just wonderful. In the future, when I write my own book, I think I’ll write it in the style of “The time-travelling caveman”. I’m also planing to read a few of Terry Pratchett’s other books, and he has wrote A LOT of books. I would recommend you to start reading “The time travelling caveman” at the age of 8.
8.9★ "The Usborne Creative Writing Handbook” is a great book, like most other Usborne books. I like it because it is very informational, and it gives lots of examples. It has diagrams on literally EVERY SINGLE PAGE OF THE BOOK! It even has SIXTEEN blank pages at the end of the book so you can practice your skills and write your own skills! (I was a little lazy, so I didn’t use the 16 blank pages at the end, but I will use what I learned from the book in the future when I write my own book.) I would recommend you to start reading this book at the age of 7.
9.7★ The “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series contains 16 books so far ( as of 2022/06/03). It is so popular to kids that almost all my friends know it. It is a very silly series, which also contains a lot of very silly drawings. By the way, The books are so addictive, that while I was writing this review, I have constantly been distracted by the content and started reading the book (until my dad started shouting :“ANDY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!”). I would recommend you to start reading this at the age of 7.
9.9★ “Tom Gates” is a series of 18 books (I only managed to read 11 of the books). It is a very fun collection of books full of drawings, Dude3 related stuff, homework excuses and much more. It is one of my favourite books which are suitable for younger children, so I would recommend you to start reading it if you turn older than 5 years old.
9.8★ “Danger is Everywhere” is a series of 3 books. It is another fun collection of books full of stuff like drawings, and how a man is sooo scared of danger. The series of books doesn’t actually try to remind the reader to be scared of danger, it’s more like a full-on fiction series. It’s just like Tom Gates, so I would recommend you to start reading it if you turn older than 5 years old.
8.8★ “Planet OMAR” is a series of 3 books. The first one is about how a boy named Omar feels when he goes to a new school, and how one of the school bullies became his friend. He actually met another friend, named “Charlie”. These books are very exciting and fun, so I would recommend you to start reading it at the age of 6.
9.8★ “The Notebook of Doom” is a series of 13 books (and an EXTRA notebook!) Each of the books contain a monster, trying to kill a group of three kids, called Alexander, Nikki, and Rip. The group of three kids are part of a secret team called the S.S.M.P ( Super Secret Monster Patrol). The whole gang also contains 2 other people: Ms.Vanderpants and Mr.Hoarsely. In the note book, It says that after a person turns 8, they forget in monsters. Mr.Hoarsely still believes in monsters because his birthday is on a leap year. That means he will only stop believing monsters at the age of 32! I like this book because it is very childish and has a lotta pictures in it. I would recommend you to start reading these books at the age of 7.
7.1★ “Journey Through the Human Body” is a series of 4 books. It contains: Super Stomach and the digestive system, Happy Heart and the circulatory system; Beautiful Brain and the nervous system, and Laughing Lungs and the respiratory system. This is a very easy book which contains no hard context. It has loads of illustrations which makes it a toddler’s book. I would recommend you to start reading it after you turn 5.
8.9★ “The Sir Cumfrence series” is a series of 9 books. Each book turns “difficult” math concepts into very fun stories, such as in one of the stories, they said the word “radius” (half the diameter of a circle) was named after a person called “Radius”. Even though that these books are quite easy for me, I think that this book is still very fun. I’m sure that many other kids out there will really like this series, because it is very childish and it uses very simple words AND a lot of pictures. Each book is about 34 pages long, so I wouldn’t really call it a book. I would rather call it a booklet. There are 306 pages in total. I would recommend you to start reading this at the age of 5.
9.9★ (average) “The Treehouse Storey” is a series of 11 books. It is one of my first ever read books in my life! It is a wonderful book series about a young man named “Andy” and a weird but silly man named “Terry” living in a 13-story treehouse. Every book contains 13 more stores than the previous book. It also contains a very “WeIRd” Plot and very “WeIRd” characters (such as a boxing elephant, a lollipop lady with four hands so she could give out all different types of lollipops four times faster). I would recommend you to start reading it at the age of four. 27/09/2023
8.0★ “Nobody likes a goblin” is a book for beginners in reading. (Level pink-yellow readers in Oxford reading tree ) It is a descriptive book for youngsters , and one of the best picture books I can think of. The book is written by Ben Hatke, be sure to check out his graphic novels! 22/01/2023
