BR:1-13 The Flying Carpet

The flying carpet takes Biff and Kipper into an adventure. Who is the boy in the tower? How can Biff and Kipper help him? (Back Cover)

One day, Biff and Chip were shopping with Dad. And then Biff found an old carpet in the back of the shop. She became want it more and more, so she asked Dad if she could have it. It was very dirty, but Dad allowed her to have it. And she cleaned it with her Mom, so it became clean. Biff and Kipper were reading a book on the carpet, and then this carpet started flying suddenly. They were flying over a town by the carpet and they found a little boy in the top of a tower. He is a king of this land. However he was crying because he was locked in this tower by his wicked uncle. His uncle is a very bad man, so nobody is happy. So Biff and Kipper helped a little boy and he could meet his mother. And they went to the city because they defeated to his wicked uncle. Well, would they beat a wicked uncle?

Key of this story was a flying carpet. If there is a fling carpet, I want to ride on it. And I want to fly in the sky. How about you? Also, this story was very interesting adventure. So I want to read other books of this series, too.                
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Roderick Hunt, Alex Brychta
Oxford University Press, 2003

BR:1-12 Columbus and the New World

Christopher Columbus lived in Europe in the Europe in the 1400s. He wanted to find a new way to travel from Europe to Asia by sea. So Columbus went on a long sea trip, but he didn’t know what he would find. What happened to Columbus? What did he find? (Back Cover)

Do you know about Columbus? I didn’t know a little about him and I knew only that he found America. He was born in Italy in 1451 and at that time, a lot of people in the world thought that the earth was flat. However, many educated Europeans realized that the earth was indeed round. By the way, there are several reasons why he decided to find new way. It was a new sea route from Europe to Asia because at the time Europeans wanted spices from India and China, but it cost too much money to carry these products from the East using the traditional land and sea route. So, he left Europe for a new way in 1492. And a sailor on the Pinta cried out on October 12, 1492 so he could see land. It land was America. I think that he had courage and was very bravery. This story is very interesting.

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BR:1-11 The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs

Tom and Elena are poor but happy until the day Tom finds that their little white goose has laid a golden egg. Every morning they find another egg, every day they grow richer- but what happens when one golden egg a day just isn’t enough? (Back Cover)

I thought that this book has an important message. It is that if you were greedy, you might lose everything. At first, Tom and Elena were very poor and they had everything they needed, but they changed to rich life because they found golden egg one day. And they were greedy more and more, so they may have forgotten importance of the ordinary life. If they used importance of a lot of money, they might keep rich life. Also, I found importance of the money and I thought don’t want to be greedy. And I want to live and think about the future. Also, this story is one of Aesop’s and it is known all around the world.

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retold by Mairi Mackinnon ; illustrated by Daniel Howarth

London : Usborne, 2006

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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