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The document provides instructions on how to write a book review in 5 steps. It uses the book "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry as an example. The 5 steps are: 1) Describe what the book is about without spoilers, 2) Discuss what you liked about the book, 3) Mention anything disliked, 4) Recommend the target reader, and 5) Give an overall rating. For step 2, it highlights how the story's message about seeing with the heart is particularly meaningful. The review recommends the book for children over 8 and gives it an overall rating of 8 out of 10.

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Start With A Couple of Sentences Describing What The Book Is About

The document provides instructions on how to write a book review in 5 steps. It uses the book "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry as an example. The 5 steps are: 1) Describe what the book is about without spoilers, 2) Discuss what you liked about the book, 3) Mention anything disliked, 4) Recommend the target reader, and 5) Give an overall rating. For step 2, it highlights how the story's message about seeing with the heart is particularly meaningful. The review recommends the book for children over 8 and gives it an overall rating of 8 out of 10.

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Hi everyone, I hope you’re all okay amidst all the struggles we’re going through

I know it’s really hard especially with the number of cases of the virus increasing but
hopefully this will all end soon.

Today, we’re going to talk about how to write a book review but before we delve deep
into the topic, let’s first know the importance of writing one. So why is it important to
write a review?

When you write a review, you’re actually helping the readers decide on which books to
spend their money and time reading. By reviewing the books you’ve read, you can
have a direct impact on convincing others to also read it (or not). Another reason
to write reviews is that it provides you an opportunity to improve your copywriting
skills. Do you know what a copywriter is? For those who don’t, a copywriter is the
one who writes text for the purpose of advertising or other forms of marketing. So
here, you got the chance to practice on crafting creative ideas or concepts of a
certain product, and who knows, maybe in the future, with this skill in hand, you
could actually make a living out of it.

So for today, let’s use the little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (did I pronounce
that right? sorry my French is bad) let’s use this story as our guide to know the steps
in writing a book review.

1. Start with a couple of sentences describing what the


book is about
But when you do this you mustn’t give any spoilers or reveal plot twists! As a general
rule, try to avoid writing in detail about anything that happens from about the middle of
the book onwards. If the book is part of a series, it can be useful to mention this, and
whether you think you'd need to have read other books in the series to enjoy this one.

‘The little prince’ tells the story of a pilot stranded in the desert fixing his aeroplane, until
one day he meets a little boy – the Little Prince. The Little Prince tells the pilot many
stories of his magical journey from his little planet and of his encounters with different
grown-ups. The story focuses on how grown-ups are only interested in figures or
matters of very little importance in life, in which the Little Prince cannot understand. The
story highlights how most grown-ups miss out on the simple things in life, such as
friendship, love and the beauty of the world because they are too occupied with gaining
wealth and power. They are tricked into believing that figures or having money is
important, but their life has no meaning.

2. Discuss what you particularly liked about the book


Focus on your thoughts and feelings about the story and the way it was told. You could
try answering a couple of the following questions:

 Who was your favourite character, and why?


 Did the characters feel real to you?
 Did the story keep you guessing?
 What was your favourite part of the book, and why?
 Were certain types of scene written particularly well - for example sad scenes,
tense scenes, mysterious ones...?
 Did the book make you laugh or cry?
 Did the story grip you and keep you turning the pages?

What I like most about ‘The Little Prince’ is the key message of:

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the
eye.”

It teaches the reader that it is important to look beneath the surface to truly understand
something, which most people fail to do as they are only interested in the face-value of
something, as demonstrated at the very beginning of the story. This is a very important
message for any child or grown-up to understand, in which the book demonstrates very
beautifully.

3. Mention anything you disliked about the book


Talk about why you think it didn't work for you. In the little prince, I didn’t have anything I
dislike so I have no example for this but if you have one in the book you’ll be reviewing
then you may answer the following questions:

 Did you wish the ending hadn't been a cliffhanger because you found it
frustrating?
 Did you find it difficult to care about a main character, and could you work out
why?
 Was the story too scary for your liking, or did it focus on a theme you didn't find
interesting?

4. Round up your review


Summarise some of your thoughts on the book by suggesting the type of reader you'd
recommend the book to. For example: younger readers, older readers, fans of
relationship drama/mystery stories/comedy. Are there any books or series you would
compare it to?

Overall I would recommend ‘The Little Prince’ to all children over the age of 8, as
younger readers may fail to understand certain words or the key message being
portrayed. They may also find the book too serious, lacking any fun or humour, while
older readers will definitely appreciate the beautiful message in this old tale.

5. You can give the book a rating, for example a mark out
of five or ten, if you like!
Final Book Ratings:

Imagination: 9/10

Illustrations: 7/10

Writing: 6/10

Message: 10/10

Overall Rating: 8/10

You can purchase your copy of ‘The Little Prince’ from Amazon or borrow a copy from
your local library.

So this is all for today. I hope you learn something from it. See you soon everyone and
keep safe always. Bye.

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