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Marie's review - Rated
I liked this story because Roxanne got to leave her grandfather and go with Niki. But it was sad at the end.
Still Love It To This Day - Rated
I was given this as a gift on my 8th birthday by my best friend at the time. Initially, I was disappointed because a friend I didn't like as much had brought me a Paws-For-Thoughts organizer which I thought was much cooler(!) and I thought my best friend should have been the one to get me something so brilliant.
However, I settled down in the big armchair in our dinning room to listen to the cassette recording (read by Sir Ian McKellen, except he wasn't a 'Sir' then and the name meant nothing to me!!). By the end of it I was crying. It's a sad tale but beautifully told and sparked my imagination. I read the book and then listened to the tape again and so on until I knew the story by heart. I always thought the end sentence was odd - "I tried it [a hat] on but it did not fit" but then my greatest novel to date was an 8-paged affair called 'The Lost Cat'...
I'd love to somehow (though God knows how) put this on the stage or do a screenplay of it for children's television. Children watch so much rubbish today because it's all that is available and it would be lovely to change that.
I still listen to the tape (I'm 20 years old now!) and I have the book somewhere in the attic. It's simply a great children's story. I even learnt to play the title music on the piano, which is the only thing I was ever dedicated to learning at the time!
AWESOME! - Rated
This book is about an inseparable friendship between a beautiful but poor orphan girl called Roxanne and a bear, named Bruno, which was looked after by her since he was only a poor little orphan cub. All the characters have clear-cut personalities - the grandfather is very crusty and bitter, Tiny is a cheerful and comical character who always brightens up even the dullest of moments and makes everyone smile, the narrator a solitary old man who teaches the children, at the local school, but he wanted to be a shepherd - in a way he was a shepherd but he herded children instead of sheep. This was a very moving story and was written brilliantly by Michael Morpurgo, who is a great writer. This book is good for all ages and quite a short but also definitely a wonderful read.
The first book I read by Michael Morpurgo - Rated
I think this book is for age 7+ because some words younger people might not understand.
This is a fantastic book so if you are not sure if you want to buy it do because I poromise you, you are not wasting your money!
Roxanne finds a new bear and she loves him sooo much. Elvis comes to their village and asks the bear to dance. The bear would not, unless Roxanne tells him to.
In the end Roxanne leaves for a week or so, the bear sadly dies because he missed Roxanne so much.
Elena-The Dancing Bear - Rated
The dancing bear is about a girl called Roxanne and a bear. She finds the bear in the woods. I think that her granddad is mean to her because he will not let Roxanne keep the bear in her home.
By Elena Pitocco
