MY LITTLE RAPUNZEL
INFO
•AUTHOR: MALINIAH LASIUS
•PUBLISHER: PENERBIT PAN EARTH SDN BHD
•ISBN: 978-983-75-3872-6
978-983-75-3879-5
•NO. OF PAGES: 46
•PRICE: RM7.35
•FIRST PRINTING: 2008
SYNOPSIS
Nurul Aleyana was blessed with long, straight, beautiful which rivalled the hair of the
models promoting haircare products on television commercials. As an active student,
Aleyana took part in many activities including sports events. Her long hair started to give
her trouble as she found it more and more difficult to take good care of it. She asked
permission from her mother to have her hair cut, but her mother could not bear to have
her daughter’s hair cut. But what happened one morning would let her see sense.
Sometimes, even long, beautiful hair could get the owner into trouble. Look what
happened to Rapunzel.
SPECIALITY
•Interesting story-line.
•Story is told straight-forwardly, making it easy to understand.
•Wide uses of adjectives.
WEAKNESS
• Black and white graphics. Most readers are attracted to colourful graphics.
• Too many dialogues and similar phrases repeated.
A WHALE OF A STORY
INFO
•AUTHOR: WONG SEAN GIAP
•PUBLISHER: PENERBIT PAN EARTH SDN BHD
•ISBN: 978-967-345-170-8
978-967-345-173-9
•FIRST PRINTING: 2009
•PRICE: RM7.08
SYNOPSIS
Ghani was spending his school holidays with two friends at his uncle’s hoouse in Ipoh.
They were looking forward to meet up again with the neighbour, a retired major,for more
entertaining stories, but he was nowhere to be seen. This triggered alarm bells ringing in
his young fans, who even suspected the major had something to do with it. Then there
was a suspicious man who claimed to be the major’s son.
SPECIALITY
•Interesting story-line.
•Story is told straight-forwardly, making it easy to understand.
E.g : When Ghani and his friends, Goh and Guna, came to visit his uncle, Encik Hamid in
Ipoh, they had a surprise. The retired Major Ramani, his uncle’s neighbour, was not to be
seen.
•The mystery concept was delivered successfully making readers could not stop reading.
E.g: With it, he taped hard on the door and called out, “major, are you in there? Are you
all right?
“shh!” silenced Goh.
• “What?” Ghani opened his eyes wide.
“Did you hear that?”
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WEAKNESS
•Story told using very simple english words which could not help the average students to
improve their essay.
LACUNA
INFO
•AUTHOR: IAN GREGORY
•PUBLISHER: PENERBIT PAN EARTH SDN BHD
•ISBN: 978-983-75-3792-7
978-983-75-3793-4
•FIRST PRINTING: 2008
•PRICE: RM7.35
SYNOPSIS
Highlands.
A location which is new to the main character, michel. Only recently did the youngster
have to live the life he once knew behind and move with his family. But for michel
change does not come easy. Then appears his uncle edwin, a sturdy man shrouded by
enigma. There are some things about his uncle the young nephew does not know but
eventually has the pleasure of learning.
SPECIALITY
•Simple english words used. Easy for the new learners to learn english.
E.g; and so, piece by piece, layer by layer, the stacks of boxes are opened, unpacked and
sorted out.
•Application of extra-ordinary sentences. Readers could improve their writing skills
e.g: His eyes are demanding for an answer.
His thoughts are suddenly shattered by a voice.
•Interesting phrase at the beginning of story able to attract readers to read mmore.
E.g The sky is overcast. Heaven has just shed her tears- perhaps a sign of sorrow for
hardship-striken people. Alas, ahand dances in circular motions-sometimes clockwise and
sometimes in no particularly orderly fashion.
WEAKNESS
•Black and white graphics. ost readers are attracted to colourful graphics.
•The writer is obsessed with his beautiful descriptive phrases making typical straight-
forward readers get bored easily.
KLASIK BERIRAMA-SYAIR DAN SAJAK
INFO
•PENULIS: AQIELA MAYSARA
•PENERBIT: PENERBIT SINAR CEMERLANG
•DICETAK OLEH: CT BOOK MAKERS SDN BHD
•ISBN: 978-967-0335-64-3
•HARGA: RM21.50
•BILANGAN MUKA SURAT: 116
•CETAKAN PERTAMA: 2013
SINOPSIS
Menurut Pendeta Za’ba, puisi ialah kaarangan berangkap yang khas dipakai untuk
melafazkan fikiran yang cantik dengan bahasa yang indah serta melukiskan kemanisan
dan kecantikan bahasa. Menurut Kamus Dewan Edisi Keempat, puisi ialah karangan yang
berbentuk sajak, syair, pantun dan lain-lain.
KELEBIHAN
•Penggunaan bahasa yang mudah difahami.
•Menempatkan berbagai-bagai jenis puisi yang dapat menambahkan pengetahuan
pembaca dalam kesusateraan melayu. Contohnya : syair, sajak sahabat, sajak ilmu, puisi
agama dan puisi patriotik.
KELEMAHAN
•Tiada grafik yang dapat menarik perhatian pembaca dari golongan muda.
•Hanya menyediakan contoh-contoh pantun tetapi tidak menekankan mengenai langkah
efektif untuk mencipta puisi.
