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After The Fall Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again is a fiction book written and illustrated by Dan Santat. After the fall is about an egg named Humpty Dumpty, Humpty loves birds and he likes to watch them fly. He spends lots of time on a very tall wall, one day he slips and fell off. The king’s people patch him up but he does not ever want to climb the wall again. One connection that I made was that I fell off a tree in my backyard. When I fell off that tree I wanted to get better at climbing so it would not happen again. Another connection that I made was that have read the original Humpty Dumpty and this was a good spin the old one.

 

There is a story book written and illustrated by Marie- Louise Fitzpatrick, This book is about a kid that is very curious. The kid wants to know things about the future, he wants to know things like what is it going to look like and who is going to be there. One connection that I made was used to believe in dragons and how to slay them. Another connection that I made was that I watched a show about how infants always wonder about everything. The last connection that I made is that everyone has a lifelong journey to tomorrow. The theme of this book is future and how to not worry about it.

 

Wangari`s Trees of Peace: A True Story From Africa is a true story written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter. Wangari`s Trees of Peace is about an African Woman that plants trees. She inspires other people all over Africa to plant trees. Wangari is awarded the noble peace prize for her green belt movement. A connection that I made was that my mom got a new garden and I helped her plant trees and plants in it. My second connection is that I read the book Jhonny apple seed and he plants trees too. My final connection is that I read on the new that the trees are growing back in Kenya because of the green belt movement.

The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau is a story written and illustrated by Dan Yaccarina. The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau is about a man that loves the ocean. He explores the ocean and finds new things, all captured on the television show that he made. A connection that I made when reading this book was that I love exploring the ocean and all of the life that is in it. Another connection that I made was that I read a news article that talked about how Jacques Cousteau made the first dive suit that did not have to be attached to a boat. My final connection is that I watched a movie that showed how bad ocean pollution really is and how to save the oceans.

Bats big game is a children’s book written by Margaret Read MacDonald and illustrated by Eugenia Nobati Bats big game is about a bat that is eager to win, he wants to win so bad that he goes on the animal team even though he is a bird. The birds are winning so bat changes teams then the animals score another goal so he tries to switch to the animal team but gets rejected now he plays for no team. One connection that I made is that I am a competitive person I know the feeling when you want to switch teams because your team is losing. Another connection that I made was when I read the book Dino-soccer I recognized that the books were similar. My final connection is that I watched the world cup and the tournament had a lot of unexpected goals and outcomes.

Circumference and The dragon of Pi is a children’s book written by Cindy Neuschwander and illustrated by Wayne Geehan. Circumference and The dragon of Pi is about a boy and his dad eating lunch, the dad gets a stomach ace. His son goes to the doctor to find a cure, his son get the wrong cure and when the father drinks the potion he turns into a dragon. The knights see the dragon and plan to slay the dragon in the morning. So the son races to the doctor but he is nowhere to be seen. The poem says that the son needs to find the numbers of pi to give the right dose to his dad but is given incorrectly he will stay a dragon forever. So the son goes to a carpenters shop and a bakery and figures out that if you times the diameter by 3.14 etc you get is circumference. While reading the poem again the son falls asleep he wakes up just in time to save his father he gives him the right dose and saves his father. They have a party and name 3.14 etc pi. The theme of this book is to problem solve, and the message is to not give up and if you don’t succeed try try again. I liked this book because I thought it was cleaver that they used the names in the book were related to circles such as diameter, circumference, and radius.

Spoon is a children’s book written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Scott Magoon. Spoon is a book about a spoon that is not happy because he does not think that he is useful and that his friends have life better than him. So one day his mom asks him why he is so sad, He said that his friends have a life better “than his like the knife he can cut and spread I can’t do anything like that” said spoon. Also, like the fork, he gets to move around all over the place such as he gets to help in the bbq.

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress is a children’s book written by Christine Baldacchino and illustrated by Malenfant. Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress is a book about a boy (Morris) That acts like a girl. One day he wore Tangerine dress to school he got bullied for it. The next day his mom painted his nails before school. When he arrived at school his classmates told him that boys don’t were dresses and paint their nails. Some of the boys said that he could not play space ship with them because he was wearing a dress. The next day Morris faked sick. When he came back to school he made his own spaceship, his spaceship was cooler than the other kids so they wanted to go in his. They went on a cool adventure the boys liked Morris now and they decided that it does not matter what people wear its how they act. The message of this book is to don’t judge a book by its cover because the boys did not know that Morris was so cool. The theme is to be nice to everyone.

On Friday I went to my dad’s office downtown to help him with his work put all of his client’s files in alphabetic order and I put them in a new file cabinet. I think this made him feel less stressed and that was not one more thing he had to do. This made me feel helpful because I was helping my father. I chose this because I like to be positive and by me doing this my dad can focus on his work.

Today I was downtown I was thirsty so I bought a smoothie with the change that I had extra I gave to a homeless Man on the street. This made him feel happy and less hungry because I saw him walking into the Mc Donalds around the block. This made me fell Caring and grateful I felt grateful because I was not homeless. I choose this act of kindness because I think that it is important to stop homelessness.