BR:1-10 The Magic Porridge Pot

Hannah is always hungry… until she is given a magic porridge pot. But what happens when the pot falls into the wrong hands? (Back Cover)

This story is about hungry Hannah, an old woman, a greedy boy, a magic pot and a lot of porridge. Frist, I don’t know porridge, so I look up a word in a dictionary. It is food such as rice porridge saying in Japan. Hannah has never had enough to eat, but she always shared it when she had something. So, she is very kind to everything. One day, she found some honey in the forest, and then a woman came here who was carrying an empty pot. Hannah shared honey to the woman and woman asked her “Would you like some porridge?” She said “I love it.” but the pot was empty. When Hannah wondered about it, the woman has begun to recite magic words. And then hot porridge filled the pot. It was magic pot!! So she always had plenty to eat, but one evening, a greedy boy saw the pot start to fill with porridge, and he stole the pot from her home. He used it at once, but the pot didn’t stop because he didn’t know the stop magic words. So, Hannah went to his home and she recited the stop magic words at last. Hannah is very kind to everybody. I felt the importance of being gentle to a person all over again. Also, illustrate of this book is good, so it was easy to read.

                                                                                
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retold by Rosie Dickins ; illustrated by Mike and Carl Gordon

London : Usborne, 2007

BR:1-09 A Day in London

When Gran takes the children on a visit to London, things don’t go quite as Gran planned! (Back Cover)

Kipper, Biff and Chip have a grandmother who is good fun. One day, she came to them home and brought presents for everyone. Children like playing with gran because she had a good idea. So, the children had a good time. However, “She’s worse than the children!” said Mum. Moreover, Dad was worrying to gran, too. And gran had promised to take the children on an outing. So, they went to London with friends of the children. They went to Trafalgar Square, and there were lots of pigeons in there. Next, they went to Buckingham Palace. The children learned many things from gran, so they were interested in London. Next, they went under Tower Bridge and the children were excited because the bridge began to open. And they went to the waxworks, and there are many wax models of famous people. So grand caused a problem at last. What will the problem be…..?

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I have never been to abroad, so I have never visit London. This summer held the London Olympic Games, so many people will visit there. London is one of the countries which I want to go because of I want to see location of Harry Potter. Moreover, I found a lot of tourist spots in London, the Buckingham Palace is most famous in there. Also, I thought that gram was very funny people, so this story was very interesting.

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Roderick Hunt, Alex Brychta
Oxford University Press, 2003

BR:1-08 Egyptians

Who were the ancient Egyptians? Why did they build pyramids and how were mummies made? In this book you’ll find the answers and lots more about life in ancient Egypt. (Back Cover)

Do you know pyramids? It is very famous all over the world. I want to see it someday, so Egypt is one of the countries which I want to go. Also, Egypt is a hot country in North Africa. In ancient Egypt, agriculture was prospered. So, Egyptian famers grew fruit, vegetables and other plant near the Nile. There are many things about Egypt in this book, so I learned a lot from this book. I was interesting about making a mummy, dressing up and hidden treasure in this book in particularly. This book is recommended for the person who is interested in a pyramid.

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Stephanie Turnbull ; designed by Laura Parker ; illustrated by Colin King

London : Usborne, c2006

Shopping

Do you like a sale? I like it very much. I went to in Fukuoka two weeks ago because I wanted to go shopping to TENJIN CORE with my friend. So, it was a sale term. I went to there by bus. I have a friend who is living in Fukuoka, so I stayed at a friend’s house that tonight. First, I went to in TENJIN CORE and I bought a lot of clothes and two accessories. I grew tense more and more. Next, I went to forever21. I wanted to go that store, but the shop has only Fukuoka in the Kyusyu district. So, I was very happy because of I could go to there and I bought a bottom and an accessory there.

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