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Review of How Krishna Stole the Butter by Cherry Gilchrist

Review by Manasi, aged 9, from Birmingham, England.   Rating: Brilliant.

Opinion of the plot.
It was quite long but nice. I really liked it.

Favourite character and why?
Krishna because he is my favourite.

Who would the book appeal to and why?
Everyone who reads it.

Would you recommend the book and why?
Of course it is really great.

Could any improvements by made and how?
No.


Review by Roberta, aged 8, Birmingham, England.   Rating: Okay.

Opinion of the plot.
I think it was ok because it was a bit boring.

Favourite character and why?
Krishna.

Who would the book appeal to and why?
No because it was a bit boring.

Could any improvements by made and how?
Yes to make it interesting.


Review by Samantha, aged 9, Birmingham, England.   Rating: Good.

Opinion of the plot.
I enjoyed this book.  But I have read better books.

Favourite character and why?
Krishna, because he was a bad boy.

Who would the book appeal to and why?
I think it would appeal to daniel in my class.

Could any improvements by made and how?
No way.


Review by Riane, aged 9, Birmingham, England.   Rating: Brilliant.

Opinion of the plot.
BRILLANT.

Favourite character and why?
Krishna  because he is rude and funny.

Who would the book appeal to and why?
Hindu because its there religion.

Would you recommend the book and why?
To Sebastian because he is smart clever and intelligent.

Could any improvements by made and how?
I can not improve.


Review by Leonie and Liberty, aged 8, Birmingham, England.   Rating: Brilliant.

Opinion of the plot.
I did not like this book because it was not my kind of thing. I think it is okaybecause it had some fun in it.

Favourite character and why?
Krishna because he was a god.

Who would the book appeal to and why?
Adalts because there is no exitment init.

Would you recommend the book and why?
The storie of Tracy beaker.         

Could any improvements by made and how?
No.


Review by Laurence, aged 8, Birmingham, England.   Rating: Brilliant.

Opinion of the plot.
The plot was brilliant i liked the part when krishnu inprisioned the people in the tree.

Favourite character and why?
I liked krishnu because he was very naughty.

Who would the book appeal to and why?
The book will appeal to everyone how reads it.

Would you recommend the book and why?
Yes I would recommend it because it was brilliant.

Could any improvements by made and how?
No.


Review by Sebastian, aged 11, Birmingham, England.   Rating: Great.

Opinion of the plot.
Very exciting and enjoyable to read I would like to read more of her stories.

Favourite character and why?
Krishna,because he was exciting character. 

Who would the book appeal to and why?
I think every one from 9 to 99 would really enjoy this book like i did.

Would you recommend the book and why?
I would recomend this book because it was so brilliant.

Could any improvements by made and how?
No I dont think there should be any improvements.


Review by Rudi, aged 11, Birmingham, England.   Rating: Boring.

Opinion of the plot.
I thought it un realistic.

Favourite character and why?
Krishna because he was strong. Krishna because he was mentioned the most

Would you recommend the book and why?
No.

Could any improvements by made and how?
Yes by discribing things in more detail.


Review by Jahanara, aged 12, Dhaka, Bangladesh.   Rating: Brilliant

Opinion of the plot.
It was exciting and interesting reading this story.

Who will the book appeal to most and why?
This book will appeal to older children and you would have to read it to a younger child.

Would you recommend the book and why?
Because it  would be agood book to read in bed for good dreams.

Could any improvements by made and how?
NO


Review by Anya, aged 11, Birmingham, UK.   Rating: Great

Opinion of the plot.
It was exciting and interesting reading this story.

Who will the book appeal to most and why?
This book will appeal to older children and you would have to read it to a younger child.

Would you recommend the book and why?
Because it  would be agood book to read in bed for good dreams.

Could any improvements by made and how?
NO


Review by Francesca, aged 8, Birmingham, UK.   Rating: Brilliant

Opinion of the plot.
Krishna played tricks on people. The monkey put his dirty hands in the women's pot

Favourite character and why?
Krishna

Who will the book appeal to most and why?
Eight year olds.

Would you recommend the book and why?
Yes


Review by Sadia, aged 11, Birmingham, UK.   Rating: Okay

Opinion of the plot.
I  think  the story was  funny  because  of  Krishna   he  done  some  things  that  were  funny.

Favourite character and why?
I   liked  Krishna  because  he had  done   things  that  are funny.

Who will the book appeal to most and why?
I  think  it  will most  appeal  to  most  is   the  Hindus  because  the  Hindus  most  belive   in  that  story.


Review by Rochelle, aged 9, Birmingham, UK.   Rating: Okay

Opinion of the plot.
How Krishna Stole the Butter got in trouble.

Favourite character and why?
Yasoda because she was exciting and she did a lot of work.  She is very kind.

Who will the book appeal to most and why?
Girls who are aged 6 to 4 years old.

Would you recommend the book and why?
No

Could any improvements by made and how?
No


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