BR 1-12; Heidi

Heidi is really famous story in the world. I have known this story since I was a child. I like this story very much because Heidi believed people in her life. People often suspect each other. I think we should believe each other like Heidi.

I like the relation between Heidi and Crala. Crala can’t stand by herself so Heidi encourages her. I think Heidi is really positive and active girl. Clara should be attracted Heidi. If I were Clara, I would respect Heidi because she has very tough mind.

By the way, I would like to live a house like Heidi’s grandfather’s house. It is really little but it may be comfortable!! The nature of Alps should be beautiful. I’m going to Canada to study next September. Then, I will go to Prince Edward Island. My friend says there are a lot of beautiful views there. I am really looking forward to see them.

Heidi is really nice story to think of friend and family. So if you have never read, you should read now!!

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BR 1-11; Percy and the Pirates

I think Percy is really kind boy because he took his action for his family. If my families are poor, I will depend on my parents. So I think Percy is really good boy.

Pirates are really terrible, but Percy obeyed them. If I were Percy, I would do same thing with him. By the way, Captain Crook is really bad!! He can’t do his work by himself. I think it is bad thing. He is like a child!! People always want a lot of money, so they sometimes do a wrong thing. But I think the most important thing is not money. Of course, money is really necessary for us to live and we can’t live without money. But we can’t focus on only money. We should think of our mind. Percy has a good mind, so he could get a lot of money!! People who get a lot of money bad way has poor mind.

This book tells us that we should not be greedy. Greed mind make our life bad.

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BR 1-10; Beauty and the Beast

This book is a princess story and princess's name is Beauty. I think this book is like Disney movie. Beast may feel lonely in the castle because he hadn't seen and talk with anyone. He didn't like himself so he couldn't open his mind. But, the princess, Beauty is different. She can understand his lonely mind, and she loved him. I think Beauty has really beautiful mind because people usually think the Beast is fearful. Of course, first she saw him, she was really afraid of, but I think it was really temporally thing.

I felt very happy after I finished reading this book because this book's ending is HAPPY END!! I love books which has a happy ending because they always make me happy. So I recommend you to read princess story. You will be able to feel happy :)

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BR1-09; TITANIC

Do you know TITANIC? I think almost people know about TITANIC because this ship is really famous. TITANIC was the ship which said it would never sink. But TITANIC was in accident during going from Ireland to New York, and it attacked the iceberg! I think this accident is terrible and sad.

I was the first time to know about TITANIC when I watched the movie in my childhood. Though I was a child, I cried very much when I watch that. It is sooooo sad movie. If I watch this movie now, I will cry, too. People who ride on TITANIC might believe that TITANIC was unsinkable ship so it was unbelievable accident. A lot of rich men and women ridded on this ship, and they might be proud of them. I think it was really trouble accident.

The accident like TITANIC must not happen. So people should not forget about this. I want to watch TITANIC movie after I read this book!!

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BR 1-08: The last of the Mohicans

This story is about Native American. We can learn a difference between Native American and Modern American. Mohicans are Native American in this story.

Long ago, America is under soldiers of England but Native Americans did not obey them. They had their own cultures and thinking so they didn't want to be taken them by force. I may think same things if I am in the same situation.

I think it is terrible to discriminate between Native American and Modern American. We should learn about Native American because they have own culture and they are proud of their own. So I would like to learn more about the history of them. It is important to study history of our country and our culture. I am going to go Canada to study so I may be asked about Japan by foreign people. I have to study Japanese culture and history!!

By the way, I was really surprised that there were Mohican in old age!! Did you know that?

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BR 1-07: Little red Riding Hood

Do you know AKAZUKIN-CHAN in Japan? AKAZUKIN-CHAN is really famous story in Japan. This book is that of English. This is by the Brothers Grimm.

A wolf is really hungry and he wanted to eat the girl. I think this is incredible thing!! It is too terrible!! But this story teaches us to keep promises. Before the girl left her home, her grandmother said to her, 'Do not talk to wolves and keep to the path. ' The girl couldn't keep her promise… she talked with a WOLF!!! I think to eat human is really terrible.

We have to promise our promise because if we can't, bad thing will happen. Sometimes we don't do that, and we broke our many relationships. It is too sad things. I think it is good for children to read this book because children may learn a lot of things from this story.

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BR 1-06: The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs

I think this book teaches people not to be greedy or we lose everything. The picture of this book is really cute so I think this story is happy one. But actually, this story is very cruel because a couple killed the goose.

First of this story, a husband and a wife were really poor. They had a lot of geese and one day, one of the geese laid a golden egg. The golden egg could sell really expensive. So a husband and wife became greedy day by day. They killed the goose one day because they wanted more money and thought that the goose might have more golden eggs in his body. I think it is really terrible and human can think terrible things. I do not think of things like that.

If children read this book, they can learn that it is bad to be greedy. So I think this book is good for children. BUT I hate this story!!

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BR 1-05: Little Women

‘Little Women’ is one of the famous novels in the world. It was written by Louisa M. Alcott. In Japan, this book called ‘Wakakusa Monogtari’ I know the title of this novel because it is famous, but I had never read it. So I think it is important to know famous novels. There are 4 sisters in Massachusetts and they are Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. They are really good sisters and they always be with. I think brothers or sisters are really important for us. In this story, 4 sisters are always thinking of each other. I have 3 brothers and I don’t have any sisters, so I envied to have sisters.

‘Love is more important than money.’ In this story, these words are written again and again. I don’t know about that because I don’t have knowledge about love.

I think Little Women was a really nice novel because I could sympathize with 4 sisters.

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BR 1-04: The Woman who Disappointed

Today, I introduce ‘The Woman who Disappointed’. This is a suspense story and it made me exciting!! The reason why I read it was that I like suspense stories. What kind of story do you like the best? :)

The hero of this story is Mike. Mike is a private detective and he can solve a lot of troubles. One day, a woman visited him to ask him to look for her sister. But it was really complex trouble and he confused. Finally, he could solve this trouble but there were many happenings…

I like the suspense story which the hero is a private detective. So this book was really interesting for me. But I think troubles which happening in the world are not good. So a trouble which is like in this book should not happen, especially a murder case!!

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BR 1-03: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Do you know Charlie and Chocolate Factory? It is a fantasy of chocolate factory. This story became a movie and became most famous movie in the world. Johnny Depp performed Willy Wonka who is a leader of the factory, and his acting was grate! I thank it was really interesting movie.

Charlie is a poor boy and he lives with parents and grandparents. Charlie has a dream…he want to go to the factory; Willy Wonka’s chocolate Factory. He has to get a gold ticket which is only 5 in the world to go to there. He can’t buy chocolates because he doesn’t have much money, but he found some money in the street. It was dropped by someone! He goes to the shop and bought a chocolate…the gold ticket is in the chocolate!!!! He is really happy!!!!! He goes to the factor with his grandfather. His grandfather worked at the factory when he was young, so he also was glad to hear tha he could go to the factory. There are another 4 children and their parents who can enter the factory. But Charlie is only poor boy in the 5. Other children are all rich and they are really strange girls or boys. Charlie has to enter and communicate with them. Willy Wonka is sooooooooo strange and crazy man. But I like his personality because he is very pure. Charlie experiences a lot of exiting things there!! Chocolate liver, so many Oompa-Loompas; which are really strange but cute dwarves, balloon gums, and so on!! Oompa-Loompas are Wonka’s friends and hey respect him. They are really small and interesting! I love them!!

I think this story is really interesting and fantastic! Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors, so I was very glad to watch the movie. He was really cool!! I think his acting is excellent!! Have you watched this movie? If you haven’t, you should watch soon!!

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BR1-02: The story of Flying

I love the sky when I was a child, so I like to ride airplanes. This book, ‘The story of flying’, is a story about how to begin to fly by plane.

In 1487, an Italian inventor named Leonardo da Vinci drew plans for a flying machine. He was sure it would fly, but he couldn’t build one that worked. He was the first person who wanted to fly. On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville invented the first plane. They were brothers who lived in America. They failed a lot of times. But all the time, they were learning about flying. I think they were really glad and happy when they could fly. But taking off wasn’t as easy as it sounds. Lots of people were building planes and there were all kinds of competitions to see who could fly the highest, longest or fastest. Planes were only the start of flying story. Like the first plane, the first hot-air balloon was invented by brothers. The Montgolfiers, who were French, noticed that hot air rises. Soon, they had built a balloon large enough to carry people. I haven’t ride balloon, so I would like to ride it! Helicopter is one of invention of flying history. Space shuttle is too.

I like airplanes so this book was really interesting for me. I respect to inventor of planes. If planes were not, we couldn’t take a trip to all over the world.

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BR1-01: The princess and the Pea

The reason why I chose this book is that the cover is really cute. Both prince and princess are so nice and I like these colors. I like a story about princess. My favorite princess story is Cindelera.

A prince, Patrick is looking for his REAL princess. He set out to travel the world, in search for a real princess. Then, he took with cousin, Fred and his maid, Peg. First of all, he visited to a witch and he asked her where the real princess is. The witch said that the princess is; politeness to one and all, kindness to rich and poor, very sensitive skin. She gave him a princess map and he left to find the princess. The first princess is Princess Prunella she was very excited to see the prince. But she was NOT polite to everyone. The second princess is Princess Pavlova. But she was NOT kind to poor. Patrick gave up and he thank he didn’t find a real princess. Then, one princess appeared. Her name is Primrose. But, she was NOT sensitive skin. Sensitive skin means that a real princess has such tender skin that she could feel a pea under twenty mattresses. The only girl who can be three things is… Peg!! She is polite to one and all, kind to everyone, and had sensitive skin. Patrick noticed that thing, and he married her!! So he could marry his real princess.

I think the prince is really pure. To believe is very important thing. I was also happy to marry themJ

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