For our January meeting on the 15th we read "The Lion the witch and the wardrobe" by C.S Lewis

Four adventurous siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second book in C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series, which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over sixty years.

Thanks to everyone who came along to our last meeting. We just want to say a goodbye to Charlotte who is going to be moving house, maybe  you can check out what we are reading through this blog.

"The lion the witch and the wardrobe" is a great read and  I think a lot of us really enjoyed this story. There are lots of interesting characters including the White Witch who was a favourite! Lucy first discovers the world of Narnia while hiding in a wardrobe in a big old house she and her brothers and sister have been sent to stay in during World War 2. She goes back and tells  Peter and Edmund and Susan all about it, but they don't believe her. Eventually they all get transported to Narnia through the wardrobe and find a magical land ruled by the evil White Witch!

The White Witch gives Edmund enchanted Turkish Delight to put a spell on him. We also had some magical Turkish delight of our own to get into the spirit of things ! Not everyone's favourite but fun to try

 

 

I also found some magical maps of Narnia in the library and in case anyone ever gets lost there we handed out copies

 

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second book in the Narnia series and some of us are going to try some of the other books. FYI many of the books have been made into movies.

 

Our book for next month is "The Firemaker's Daughter"  by Phillip Pullman, if anyone missed the last meeting and needs to pick up a copy please ask for it at the library desk. Our meeting next meeting  will be on  Thursday the 26th of February, see you then!

In our last meeting before Christmas we read "There's a boy in the girls bathroom" by Louis Sachar

This is a story about Bradley Chalker who is mean and horrible to everyone in his class, doesn't have any friends and never ever does his homework. When a new boy arrives in his class things begin to change a bit and Bradley almost starts to make friends with him. Carla the new school councillor also helps Bradley and things start to look up for him.

We had a really great chat about this book. Bradley is a great character who totally transforms from the start of the book into someone very likable. Carla turned out to be a lot of people's favourite character, she is very different to what you would imagine a school councillor to be like and quite unpredictable. Really pleased to say that nearly everyone loved this book! Hope everyone likes our next read as much

The book for our next meeting on 15th of January is "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe"
by C.S. Lewis