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Horrid Henry Wakes The Dead: A Horrid Review

Horrid Henry Wakes the Dead by Francesca Simon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was an absolutely hysterical read!
The only story I don't like is Horrid Henry's Bad Present because Henry and Peter act like Caillou and Rosie in this one.
Still recommend though.

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Disney's 365 Boys' Stories - A Review

 

Disney - 365 Stories for Boys by Walt Disney Company
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Such inspiring and fun stories.
Was a bit weirded out by the Playhouse Disney stories in the book, but still, it goes to show that with Disney, reading can also indeed be magic!

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A Question For Applejack: What's The Most Beautiful Thing You've Seen On The Trail?

So I went for my annual trail hike across Great Apple Falls with my family. It was not just me who was there - Apple Bloom, Granny and Big Mac were all there too. Apple Bloom had packed her rucksack with too many toys, so I spent the remaining five hours before the bus came to pick us up rummaging through, only taking Applejack's favourite toy, Green Emerald, her teddy, and a few of the amenities we need on our hike.

We arrive at Great Apple just in time, and we begin our hike. Apple Bloom kept getting distracted by lots of small, beautiful things: butterflies, shiny stones, small waterfalls, you name it, she's staring at it like she's a kitten. Granny and Big Mac were occupied, and Granny started leading everyone in a sing song. And let me tell ya: Big Mac is terrible at singing. He would be a horrid contestant on The Voice.

Then it was my turn to be distracted. I heard this roaring noise from far off, and at first I froze in horror, thinking the Manticore Fluttershy tamed had come back to eat us, but when I heard harder, it sounded like falling water. I gallop through the bushes to the source, Apple Bloom hot on my trail like it's a cop show chase scene.

When we emerge onto the other side...

OH MY CELESTIA! My eyes grew as wide as saucers, and Apple Bloom's did too - it was a huge, enormous waterfall pouring out red and green apple juice-scented water, unlike anything I have ever seen before. The sky above was bright yellow, like applesauce, and the cliffs surrounding the falls almost camouflaged me, as they were my colour.

And then, the best part was - my Cutie Mark was etched where the hole was for the water to tumble out, in my honor! The tour guide trotted up to us and said that since we reformed Tirek and his family, the spirits of the Elements Of Harmony are carved in each waterfall on any Ponyville trail.

When we reunited with Big Mac and Granny, all these ponies surrounded us, snapping away with their cameras and rushing around writing with their notebooks. Oh my Celestia, Apple Bloom and I were stars! There were so many interviewers asking questions, it was a bit overwhelming, to say the least.

Everything calmed down a while later when Granny decided we should camp near the falls. After a slap up supper of hayburgers with ketchup and fried eggs, and another campfire sing song - this time, Big Mac's singing was perfect - we all squeezed into our ultra huge apple-shaped tent and snuggled down to sleep.

But the final sight of the night caught my eye: the Cutie Mark shaped etched into the falls began glowing bright red and green, and the water glowed brighter too. What an honor! I couldn't believe it. I ushered my family out of the tent, and it's safe to say they were amazed too.

And just like that, my Cutie Mark began glowing, and my eyes shone a bright gold. It's a true sign that the former princesses of the past are proud of what I've achieved, from defeating Nightmare Moon to when we rounded up all of Equestria to see off, then reform, Cosy Glow and her family.

Thanks, Celestia.

A Terrible Influence - Part 4: Reviewing What Happened So Far

Princess Twilight has to keep her calm, but Gallus is more than just a brave warrior. He's quite a scaredy griffin - he should have his own comfort zone!

And by the way, Twiley has inspired me to do a list book named 1,330 Friends I Want To Visit! Good job, girlie, good job.👏

A Terrible Influence - A Review Of What Happened Last Time

Flurry is becoming such a Caillou for her teenage years - she hates having her hair brushed! Lucky Brum doesn't have hair, he doesn't need a brush.

A Terrible Influence - Reviewing What I've Read So Far In Three Lines

Cosy made it her job to feed her friend - after all, the employee at the What The Hay restaurant could've stocked up on eggs then Cosy won't have a fit!

Collin's Easy Learning Comprehension: A Review

 

Collins Easy Learning KS2 6 Books Collection Set Ages 7-9: Ideal for home learning by Collins Easy Learning
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Quite entertaining.
Perfect for completing when someone else is in the other room watching the footie.
Highly recommend

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Daisy & The Trouble With Jack: An Unfinished Book Review

 

Daisy and the Trouble With Jack by Kes Gray
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I didn't finish Daisy & Jack yet, but boy was it worth it!
The part about Jack Beechwhistle being raised by wolves was absolutely hysterical. Looking forward to reading more in the future!

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Three Videos Representing What I Did Yesterday

The State Of CBBC

It began, with two sis-

No wait, the Wonderland.

And I don’t mean Jody In Wonderland, or Alice Through The Looking Glass by Disney, I meant…Almost Never.

And it’s horrid lab scientist of a children’s channel, CBBC.

Ever since using that awful show as a box set experiment, I do believe CBBC was disintegrating in British content for kids ever since that day. And when CBeebies did the same with Moon & Me, they were scraping the Queen’s pennies too. And as 2019 progressed, the days got worse and worse.

CBBC began to heavily promote their box sets on weekdays when kids were still in school, doing maths and art and science and what have you, and this horrendous menace of a channel was conducting its own experiment. The experiment’s name was:

“Would kids watch iPlayer if we ran marathons every single day, all morning, just to draw kids’ attention?”

It worked. And it wasn’t pretty.

Soon, during the stupid pandemic, more and more people started watching iPlayer more than ever, so CBBC started using their presenters to scream at their viewers to watching iPlayer day in day out. Or is it, day in day in? I need to consult an agent.

Anyway, not only that, but like most distraught companies, CBBC lost all their money because the pandemic swiped it all away like a bank robber. As a result, they embraced two of the worst words in the English dictionary besides no:

“Creatively bankrupt.”

Do these words sound horrifying to you? Feel free to scream now.

CBBC crumbled to pieces after these two words embraced the company like a cobra about to eat its prey. Not only were Hacker and the presenters constantly shouting at us to watch iPlayer even when shows are on, but they were bumping their shows they usually repeat onto the naughty step to show the worst kind of shows any truly British channel had ever aired…

Foreign cartoons.

With regional accents!

No, not regional accents. AMERICAN ACCENTS.

Feel free to panic now.

So not only did they show a variety of horrid American cartoons from Cartoon Network, but they also showed two of the most annoying cartoons in the world, Spongebob and Teen Titans Go, and they started airing anime when they weren’t supposed to!

What is wrong with the employees?! CBBC isn’t a global peace conference, it’s a place where kids and grown ups can enjoy quality British made educational programming together - charming original dramas based on award winning novels by authors like Jacqueline Wilson, and what did we get instead these days?

“True friends will help you remember who you rea-

NO SCRATCH THAT WATCH IPLAYER!”

That’s overstimulation and hard sell advertising talking. CBBC had embraced it so much they act like they hate British people, and it isn’t fair. Queen and country need to be supported, both for the kids and for the grown ups too.

And since when was the last time you saw my favourite shows, Strange Hill High and Scream Street airing on the channel every day?

Never. Not in a million years.

And look, I think lots of parents are stupendously worried about Spongebob and the Teen Titans on CBBC.

One: Spongebob might take over CBBC the same way Nicktoons constantly aired it instead of a variety of classic and new Nicktoons, and

Two: Teen Titans Go might take over the channel the same way it took over Cartoon Network in America, leading to copiously awful 365-day amounts of screen time.

Remember that Thanksgiving marathon? It was painful, and lots of American viewers were very angry.

Instead of all this overstimulating, drab rubbish, we must ask CBBC to embrace king and country like they did before this whole iPlayer thing started. Creative bankruptcy doesn’t count. Streaming doesn’t count. Money doesn’t count either. What matters most is we all need to pitch in, hold each others’ hands and tell the BBC to make more British programmes for British kids.

Co productions.

There’s no such thing.

And I’m glad I said that.

10 Things From T T Retro To Watch To Achieve Your Archie Stamp

In case you didn't know, Archie is the cute pug I've met at T T Retro yesterday. He's so cuddly and friendly, and loves sniffing at customers' feet!

1.Thunderbirds

2.Stingray

3.Captain Scarlet

4.Doctor Who (vintage stories)

5.BBC Narnia

6.Rocko's Modern Life

7.Buck Rogers

8.Top Cat

9.Andy Pandy (VHS)

10.My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

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