‘It looked, Jane thought, like a single representative of a fearful unknown species, from another planet, or from some unthinkably distant part of our own past.’ Greenwitch is the third book in Susan Cooper’s award-winning The Dark is Rising Sequence. As the Easter holidays begin, the Trewissick Grail is stolen. Coincidentally, Will Stanton, and Simon, … Read more
Today, I’ve been learning about the CPU. What is the CPU? The CPU (also known as the Central Processing Unit) is probably the most important component of a computer: the CPU is the brain. How does it work? The CPU is made up of three parts: the control unit (CU), immediate accesses store (register) and … Read more
The Dark is Rising, written by Susan Cooper, is the second book in The Dark is Rising Sequence. Unlike the first book (Over Sea, Under Stone), this book is split into three parts (The Finding, The Learning and The Testing) and also uses chapter titles instead of numbering them 1-13. On Midwinter’s Eve, Will Stanton … Read more
First published in 1953, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table was written by Roger Lancelyn Green and illustrated by Lotte Reiniger. This collection of stories mainly takes place in the peaceful land of Logres that Arthur established in Britain. Roger Green wrote this book with one purpose: putting the stand-alone legends of … Read more
Hold on to your hats, not your wellies. The Megaton Welly-Throwing Competition is coming to take our town by storm. This exciting event is taking place at Giga Park on 25th August and features a town picnic and…well…welly-throwing. We can all agree that books and films are best in trilogies. But did you know that … Read more
Have you ever noticed how TV crops up everywhere? It starts thousands of conversations, is watched even at family gatherings and its music is used at weddings. Yeah, TV is a global sensation. However, it is still heavily debated which form is best: TV shows with limitless numbers of short episodes or films with endless … Read more
The Big Six is the ninth instalment and first mystery in Arthur Ransome’s fictional Swallows and Amazons series. This 400-page children’s classic is split into 32 chapters and an epilogue with each chapter having its own title and being numbered by roman numerals. Furthermore, this novel includes occasional black and white pictures with a maximum … Read more
Killing everything in sight,Indoraptor rules the night.Light of death marks the prey,Letting the Indoraptor monstrously slay.Embodiment of two ferocious beasts,Raptor and Indominus, the Indoraptor will feast.
‘The Mystery of Camel Manor’, ‘Rebecca’ and ‘The Mayan Expedition’ have a variety of differences on and under the surface. ‘The Mayan Expedition’ takes the form of an archaeologist’s journal, suggesting that the information is reliable. Meanwhile, ‘The Mystery of Camel Manor’ and ‘Rebecca’ take the form of stories, making them more enjoyable. ‘The Mayan … Read more
Pythons rule the dark with an iron tail.They wait in the shadows,Ready to strikeAnd kill. Pythons rule the dark with cunning,Sneaking through crevicesUnder the moonAnd shadow. Pythons rule the dark unchallenged,Claiming the infamous titleOf Dark LordAnd Apex. The Dark Lord sneaks through shadows,Taking pride in being ApexAnd waitingTo kill.