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  Intro: Ma Durga has four children. Her two sons are: Ganesha (the elephant-headed god) and Kartik (the god of beauty). Her two daughters are: Saraswati (the goddess of education) and Lakshmi ( the goddess of wealth). I am about to tell you a story about a huge battle that shook the earth, between Mahishasura   and Ma Durga. The story: There once was a demon called Mahishasura ( as you know). He was given so many powers by the Gods and Goddesses that he became evil and started killing people. One of the powers he was given was that he could not be killed by any male, not even by a God! Then Ma Durga stepped up, and challenged him  to a fight. Ma Durga was a woman, my friends, so there was a chance that she would kill Mahishasura. She was no ordinary woman, too! She had ten hands! This is because Mahishasura needed to be killed as he was very evil. The gods and goddesses prepared Ma Durga for the Earth-rattling battle. Mahishasura was hiding in the belly of a buffalo, l...

A big baboon breaks into the school

Author: David Walliams Genre: Humorous + a little bit of horror Recommended: 8+ children Main Characters: Gabz – a little girl, Alfie – a boy with very rotten teeth, Mrs. Root – a dentist, Winnie – a social worker, Raj – a newsagent, Fang the cat, Mr. Snood – a drama teacher, PC Plank – a policeman and Dad – Alfie’s dad Rating: 5/5   Summary:   Alfie is a boy with rotten teeth. This is because he had a terrible incident with the dentist. After that, Alfie would NEVER go to the dentist again. Dad is wheelchair bound. Then, a new dentist comes. She gives everyone in Alfie’s school sweets! She also gave them toothpaste which burnt through concrete! So when the children came back, they all had toothaches! But Alfie was clever enough to check that the toothpaste was ok or not.   The next day, Gabz, his friend, said that children were putting a tooth under their pillows for the tooth fairy, and find something unspeakably gruesome under their pillow in the mo...

Author: Enid Blyton Genre: Adventure + Crime + Mystery Recommended: 8+ Children Main Characters: Aunt Fanny, Joanna the Cook, Uncle Quentin, Berta, Elbur, Julian, Dick, Anne, George her real name is Georgina, but she will not answer you if you call her Georgina) Sally the dog and Timmy the dog. Rating: 5/5   Summary:   Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog make the Famous Five. In this book, they spend their holidays at Kirrin Bay. Uncle Quentin and Aunt Fanny live there, with George. Uncle Quentin is a scientist, and now he is working on a very important experiment. Unfortunately, a scientist who is working with Uncle Quentin, Elbur Wright, has been warned by the police that his daughter, Berta, may be kidnapped. He has promised the kidnappers that he will give them all the secrets of their experiment to get Berta back. Uncle Quentin is very angry now. Elbur thinks Berta needs to be protected, so she comes to Aunt Fanny’s house. She is American and has ...

Famous Five   Author: Enid Blyton Genre: Adventure + mystery + crime Recommended: 8+ children Main characters: Julian, Dick, Anne, George (her real name is Georgina, but she will not answer you if you call her Georgina), Sniffer, Liz the dog, Timmy the dog, Captain Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, William and Henry (Henry thinks the same as George. Her real name is Henrietta, but she will not answer you if you call her Henrietta. Only her very best friends can call her Harry.)  Rating: 5/5   Summary: George and Anne are in the stables, alone, at Captain Johnson’s riding school. They get a letter saying that the boys – Julian and Dick – Were coming too! But then, Mrs. Johnson has the boys coming and some other children too. Mrs. Johnson says that there will be too many children. So, Dick has an idea. Why won’t the five – Julian, him, Anne, George and Timmy the dog – go camping on the moor called “Mystery Moor”? So, the five go camping on the moor. Then their advent...

Author: Enid Blyton Genre: Adventure + Mystery + Crime Main characters: Julian, Dick, Anne, George, Timmy Recommended: 8+ children to adults Rating: 5/5 Summary: Dick, Julian, Anne, George and Timmy the dog make the Famous Five. In this book, they are going on holiday on a caravan. A circus comes to the same field the five are in. The circus hated children, so they shooed the five away. But Jo, their friend saves the day!! She was a nephew of one of the circus performers. She tells them how kind the five had been to her (but that’s another story) and the circus let’s the five in. After that, their adventure begins! They see the face of the recently vanished scientist Terry Kane in a window in a tower nearby. They go to investigate and find a secret passage that leads up to where the Terry is. With the help of the circus, they save the scientist and call the police. Why I liked this book: I like this book as it has adventure in it. Adventure books are my favourite. Also, Enid Blyton cre...