The Book Project: The Secret Word of Og

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The Secret Word of Og - Pierre Burton

One Sentence Summary:
Three siblings (whose names all begin with P) go searching for their youngest brother Paul (Pollywog) in a magical underground land.

Review:
Written by Canadian historian Pierre Burton and illustrated by his daughter Patsy this was one of the go to books of my childhood. I made my mom and dad read it out loud to me so many times I am certain they would be happy to never see it again. I loved the illustrations and the story. It is perfect for the early reader or an afternoon with your favourite kidlet curled up in a chair.

10/10
10/10

If you enjoyed this I recommend:

The Railway Children - Edith Nesbit
All of Farley Mowats younger reader books

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There are 3 possible ratings

The first is overall as in overall how good I think the book is

1-2 DO NOT READ,

3-4 Maybe read if you are in a cabin stuck for days and there is absolutely nothing else to read,

5-6 if you like the genre go for it,

7-8 if you think you might like the genre but aren't really sure go for it,

9-10 even if you hate the genre read this book

The second (which will be pink/purple) is the "smut rating", for trashy romance which rates totally on ease of read, story, sex and happy endings

The third (which will be in green because I like green) is "for the younger reader" as in would a young teen get a kick out of this and put down the XBox controller long enough to finish the book (that being 10/10)

Also I will categorize these books -

Elementary School (no sex/violence easy to read in grade 4 but subject appropriate for younger kids too),

Middle School (no sex, some violence but not nightmare inducing and easy to read at grade 6-9) and

High School (good enough for an adult but with teenage characters may include sex / violence OR coming of age stories OR a book I just think should be read before adulthood).