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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BR:1-07 Thumbelina

Thumbelina is pretty and kind – and as tiny as your thumb. Flowers tower above her and birds can carry her on their backs. When she’s abandoned in the outside world, she faces some very big adventures indeed. (Back Cover)

Do you know “Thumbelina”? I heard it, but I don’t read it. So, I read it for the first time. By the way, there is its story in Japan, too and it called “Oyayubi-hime” in there. Also, she is not bigger than a thumb. There is a scene which Thumbelina took care of a week bird. So, I thought that she is very kind for everything. Also, she is very cute, so she was loved by many animals. At last, she was a fateful encounter with king of the Flowers. What would happen to them? I like this book because it picture are very beautiful and it was easy to read this book!

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based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen ; retold by Susanna Davidson ; illustrated by Petra Brown

London : Usborne, 2008

Vacation plans

Summer vacation is just around the corner! Do you have summer vacation plan? Also, what do you do in this summer? Today, I will take about my summer vacation plan. First, I promised my old friends go to Tokyo Disneyland someday when we were a high school student. Why we go to in Tokyo, because our friend of high school days lives in the Kanto area. Moreover, we want to visit a lot of tourist spots in Tokyo. I want to go “Tokyo sora machi”, “Shibya hikarie” and 109, in particularly. Also, Tokyo skytree is very famous recently. However, we may not meet the friend of living in Chiba because of she has on-the-job training this summer vacation. So, we hope that meet her! However, I don’t have money much, so I have to save money!! Secondly, I’m going to go to the sea with my classmate. So, we are planning about it now. Thirdly, I will meet my friend after a long time. She was a former colleague of part-time job, and I resigned part-time job in June, too. However, we are good friend! So, I look forward to summer vacation!

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Sweets!!!

Do you like sweets? I like it! Today, I had a parfait with Yurie and Mako at Amamiya in Kamitori. Well then, I want to write its reason now. I studied in the library with Yurie, but it was not being carried out. And Mako came to in the library. Because each of us had business, we went out together in downtown. I need rental a foreign TV drama’s DVD in rental shop because I have to hand in an essay about foreign TV drama in next Friday. By the way, I went out with Yurie and Mako for the first time unexpected. So, it was rare member! And then, we arrived in Shimotori and we wanted to eat something sweets. That’s why, we went to Amamiya. It is very famous as Japanese sweets. I visited there for the first time and I was bubbling with expectation. I couldn’t choose a parfait easily because there are many kinds of sweets in this café. So, I chose a chocolate parfait at last. It was very delicious! Also Yurie’s parfait was very splendid! We talked anything, so it was happy time for me, and we took “Purikura” in game center. We promised them to eat out this time! Mako and Yurie, thank you so much for inviting me!

                                                                            

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