Joseph is 9 and lives in WA. He loves reading and has been reviewing books for Alphabet Soup since 2011. When he’s not reading, he likes writing, and playing cricket and when he grows up he wants to be an author or a cricket player. This year he has reviewed the Don’t Look Now series, Figaro and Rumba and the Cool Cats, The 39-Storey Treehouse, The Nelly Gang and Maximum Maxx.
Of the books he read in 2013, here are his favourites (they’re not in any order) —
Over 1000 Fantastic Facts by Miles Kelly
The Baked Bean Bandit by Simon Mitchell
The 39-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths, illustrated Terry Denton
The Nelly Gang by Stephen Axelsen
Too Small to Fail by Morris Gleitzman
Treasure Fever by Andy Griffiths, illustrated Terry Denton
The Word Spy and The Return of the Word Spy by Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrated Tohby Riddle
The Tom Gates series by L Pichon
The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno and Alberta: The Perplexing Pineapple by Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrated Terry Denton