Mr. and Mrs. Barleycorn live a quiet life, alone and forgotten by the world. But something is growing on Barleycorn land, something that Mr. Barleycorn decides it would be best to take. And with this, for better or worse, he brings the outside…inside.
We reviewed this book for the UKLA book award and below are some quotes from P6B at Law PS. We would love to know what you thought about the book, please leave a comment to let us know.
“I liked it because it was creative” 4stars. Charlie
“I didn’t really like the story of the greenling but the illustrations were fantastic! I give this book 2/5” Orla F.
“I liked Greenling because the book cover lets you think about it and guess what’s the book about (we did ‘Isee, Ithink, I wonder’ in class) and it has very good illustrations and it’s a quite interesting and unique book.” 7/10 Rhana
“Good because Gran doesn’t like Greenling but then likes it. I’d give it a 3 and a half out of 5” Jamies
“I love the greenling because I wanted it to happen to me.” Kathryn
“I love both of them, I give them both 5/5 because it lets you picture the whole book” [about Greenling and The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin] Nikki
“I liked the Greenling because it was a nice and funny story because it was mischievous. 81/2 out of 10.” Myles
“I liked the greeling weird different and cool. It was a really good book. 10/10” Robbi
