BOOKS - CHILDREN'S CHOICE.Byline: JANET TANSLEY Shrinking Violet violet, common name for some members of the Violaceae, a family of chiefly perennial herbs (and sometimes shrubs, small trees, or climbers) found on all continents. by Jean Ure Jean Ure is an English children's author. She lives in a 300-year-old house in Croydon, south of London. Her most famous novel is the Point Crime novel Dance with Death. Her other novels include Plague 99, After the Plague (Collins, pounds 9.99) GROWN-UPS love Bridget Jones' diary, but youngsters will adore a·dore v. a·dored, a·dor·ing, a·dores v.tr. 1. To worship as God or a god. 2. To regard with deep, often rapturous love. See Synonyms at revere1. 3. Violet Alexander's. Well, it's not so much a diary as a combination of hilarious letters and stories of life as a "growing up" twin. Violet is the quiet one, and sister Lily is the noisy one. Poor Violet lives very much in Lily's shadow and finds it difficult to make friends, until she gets a penpal called Katie. Funny and incredibly poignant, too, this is a great book for nine to 12-year-olds to snuggle down with in this Bedtime bedtime Sleep disorders The time when one attempts to fall asleep–as distinguished from the time when one gets into bed Reading Week. |
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