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Birmingham Primary students love escaping to other worlds through books



Eloise – Grade 6

What’s your favourite book and why?

My favourite book is You Don’t Know Me by Sophia Bennett. I like it because it involves drama, mystery or surprise. It’s one of my preferred books in the library.

Do you have an all-time favourite character?

Rose because she is so calm but funny.

What’s the first book you ever remember reading?

I remember my mum and me reading Cinderella, with her help, of course.

If you could write your own book, what would it be about?

The beach.

What do you enjoy about reading?

I enjoy that it brings me out of my life and into someone else’s.

Ariah – Grade 6

What’s your favourite book and why?

Wings of Fire.

Do you have an all-time favourite character?

Tsunami.

What’s the first book you ever remember reading?

Pig the Pug.

If you could write your own book, what would it be about?

A horror story.

What do you enjoy about reading?

The horror.

Lucas – Grade 6

What’s your favourite book and why?

The Master of the Rings, because I love the tragedy in it.

Do you have an all-time favourite character?

No, I like all the characters.

What’s the first book you ever remember reading?

Bad Guys.

If you could write your own book, what would it be about?

Something like Star Wars.

What do you enjoy about reading?

It’s very interesting.

Nerys – Grade 6

What’s your favourite book and why?

My favourite book is called Then by Morris Gleitzman.

Do you have an all-time favourite character?

My favourite character was a girl who was six years old called Zelda.

What’s the first book you ever remember reading?

The Bluey book about the beach when the mum goes for a walk.

If you could write your own book, what would it be about?

If I wrote a book, it would be about war or horror.

What do you enjoy about reading?

War and horror.

Eleanor – Grade 6

What’s your favourite book and why?

My favourite book is Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow. This is the best book in the world because it is hilarious and intriguing.

Do you have an all-time favourite character?

Yes. Hawthorne Swift is the best character in Nevermoor, and Nevermoor is the best, so there!

What’s the first book you ever remember reading?

Pig the Pug

If you could write your own book, what would it be about?

It would be about Rhondy the talking snake plant (I came up with Rhondy myself).

What do you enjoy about reading?

How it takes me to another world.

Courtney – Grade 6

What’s your favourite book and why?

My favourite book is Girl Undergound because I love war-themed books and Morris Gleitzman is my favourite author.

Do you have an all-time favourite character?

I love Bridget and Menzies because they work so well together.

What’s the first book you ever remember reading?

The Otter that was Scared of the Water.

If you could write your own book, what would it be about?

I like writing tragedies, and I’m currently writing one about a runaway girl.

What do you enjoy about reading?

I love it when I feel like I’m in another world.

Joshua – Grade 6

What’s your favourite book and why?

Allies because it includes history.

Do you have an all-time favourite character?

Dee.

What’s the first book you ever remember reading?

Do not open this book.

If you could write your own book, what would it be about?

A haunted mansion.

What do you enjoy about reading?

The imagination.

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