BR 2-12:Lions! (Wallace-Mitchell, 2007)

"Do you think they are hunting us?" (Wallace-Mitchell, p. 5)

This is a thrill story that some kids are surrounded by threatening lions. A boy asked another the question above. As a result, no one was hunted and they thought they were too skinny for the lions. However, if I joined this trip in the grass, I couldn't help having a scare. It's too close for the kids.

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Reference

Wallace-Mitchell, Jane. (2007). Lions! Melbourne, Australia: Thomson Nelson.

BR 2-02: French Adventures Part 1 (Strong, 2001)

"Ouiiiiii!"

This is the story that English children have a field trip to France and I read the first edition. They go by coach to Dover, take a ferry and at last can see the coast of France. From chapter 4 to 6, they arrive at an old chateau and are so excited! They eat nice dinner and go to bed. The nest day, they visit Paris for sightseeing and go to the church with small groups. Then, a person in charge is taken by two angry men and two kids of his group are upset. 

 

I think that the funniest part of this book is chapter 5, "The French Ghosts". Two boys with their blankets to pretend ghosts break in a girl's room and go 'whooo'. Girls in that room are of course surprised and scared, but the women in charge do never behave scared and let the ghosts reveal themselves. They know the difference between British ghosts and a French one, but I've never heard of it. I found it interesting, though it's not clear whether it's true or not. English ghosts say "whooo" and a French one says "ouiiiiii"!

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References

Strong, Jeremy. (2001). French Adventures Part 1. London, the United Kingdom; Literacy Land.


 

  

 



BR 1-12: The Mad Teacher(Ivaldi, 2001)

'RAVING MAD!!!'

There is a bit boring teacher called Mr Robson. Many students sleep in his class because he speak and speak. He seems to be an English teacher. He is strange, for he repeats the same words and asks children to say and do absurd things. However, he looks stranger than usual that day because he does nothing but speak more! Then, one of them got an idea and she asks her tall friend to do that and the teacher becomes silent. Though he becomes normal, he is a bit boring and the students get sleepy again. That's why, they press the button again and they make the teacher mad again!

Though the story is too far from reality, it is reflected on some strange English teachers around us, I think, so I found it exciting to read the story.

Reference

Ivaldi, Cristina. (2001). The Mad Teacher. Genoa, Italy, Canterbury, England: Black Cat Publishing.

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BR 1-10: Who Is It? (Hunt, Brychta, 1998)

No, it's Dad.

This is a story that exciting children are playing a shadow puppet show by using a lamp and his or her dad joined in. They make a guess who it is. At last, a big stuff seems a spaceman, but actually it's someone's dad. He is wearing some sleeping bags, a float, a bucket and wrap some scarves around his chest. They all are laughing.

However, when you get a better look at the picture of page 5, a male is holding a sleeping bag quietly and seeking to pop out while 2 people are playing in the tent. That's why you can guess that he is a dad.

Reference

Hunt, Roderick, Brychta, Alex. (1998). Who Is It? Oxford, England. Oxford University Press.

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BR 1-08: The Bully (Roderick, Alex, 1994)

"Nobody likes bullies,"

This is the story of a bully girl learns not to bully others through a magic key. At first, she bullied many friends around her and called them by strange nicknames. Then she got to know a magic key, but it didn't work as she hoped to. She was laughed by her friends and after that, she was also bullied by older children. She was really sad but two of her friends found her bullied and they helped her. She really thanked them and swore not to bully anyone.

Especially in childhood, I think there are a lot of bullies, but the older they grow, the kinder they become. The reason is that most of them have also been bullied and then they learn that "Nobody likes bullies." It is really important to learn it to mature.

Reference

 Hunt, Roderick, Brychta, Alex. (1994). The Bully. Oxford, England. Oxford University Press.

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BR 1-05:In the Garden (Hunt, Brychta,1987)

"There must be giant slugs round here."

One day, a boy called Kipper finds the magic key. When he and his friends are playing in the garden, the magic begins and they get smaller and smaller. They enjoyed the small life so much. For example, the regular-sized strawberries are bigger for them so they ate a lot! After they become their former sizes, Kipper's father wonders why the strawberries are took a bit and says the sentences.
I really enjoyed reading this book because Kipper's father doesn't know who ate the strawberries!

References 

Hunt, Roderick,Brychta, Alex.(1987). In the Garden. Oxford, England. Oxford University Press. 

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