BR#10 "Beef Stew"

Barbara Brenner. "Beef Stew". United States: Random House, Inc., New York.

BR#8 "Carla Crocodile's Knitting"

Ben Smith. "Carla Crocodile's Knitting". Australia: Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd. 2004.

The crocodile, Carla, knits a lot of thing to the monkey. She is very gentle and nice. She makes the monkey happy. (35/7921words)

BR#9 "Arthur and the School Pet"

Marc Brown. "Arthur and the School Pet". United States: Random House Inc., 2003.

BR#7 "A Hot Day at the Farm"

Murray Pile. "A Hot Day at the Farm". Australia: Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd. 2004.

In this story, there are Pig, Cow, Horse, Sheep, Duck, and Dog. They live with Farmer Fred together. One day, Fred tells Dog, "I'm going to the beach to cool down so you guys stay here and look after the farm", and leaves. The animals are jealous of him so they decide to get out farm and go to somewhere for cool down. They find trees. They across the farmyard, past the hayshed, past the tractor, up the hill, and up to the trees. But Cheep says, "It is not cool here, so shall we go on?" They go on and on, finally they find a stream. Pig can't swim well but other animals help her. They cool down and back to the farm.


I think the farmer Fred should take them to the beach because it is hot so they might be die. When Pig went under in the stream, other animals helped her. It is beautiful thing and it moved my mind. I didn't know the cheep can swim. (189/7886words)

BR#6 "Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy"

Mark Brown. "Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy." United States: Random House Inc., 1997.


"Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy"'s characters are Arthur and D.W. Arthur is D.W.'s brother.
One day's morning, he finds a dollar from under his pillow. He says to her, "look, the Tooth Fairy left it for me!" He is very happy. D.W. asks Arthur, "but why?", and he says, "she takes baby teeth from me and leaves money." She is jealous of him, "that's goofy", says D.W. So she tries to deceive for getting money. She lies him, "my tooth is loose!", but Arthur knows it is not truth and he says, "no you didn't, you are too young to lose teeth." "Not fair!", says D.W. One day's evening, Arthur comes back to home and hears that house was very noisy, like slam! Slam! SLAM!! and he goes D.W.'s door and he says, "what are you doing?", and she answers, "pulling out my loose tooth." Of course he stops her. But that night D.W. says, "mom, my tooth needs to be pulled out because I have a toothache." At the time Arthur says, "no, mom. she's making it up", but she says, "am not!" But their mother says, "o.k. guys, let me talk. If her tooth still hurts tomorrow, we'll visit the dentist on our way to the museum." Next day, they go to the dentist, but the doctor says, "her tooth are perfect, I don't think the Tooth Fairy will visit you for a year or two." But she can't stop to think about teeth and she gets an cool idea. She buys a shark's tooth at the museum shop. She put it under the her pillow and Arthur knows about it because she tells him but he decides that and he takes out the teeth and put a dollar near her pillow that night, of course during she is sleeping. The next morning, she runs and jumps around and says, "look! Look what the Tooth Fairy left me!", and sings, "I tricked the Tooth Fairy! I tricked the Tooth Fairy!" She looks so happy, and her smile makes Aurthur happy too.


In this story's truth is Aurthur tricks D.W., but who put a dollar under the his pillow? That is the question of me. I can't understand. But I like him because he is a nice brother of D.W. Don't you think so? (423/7697words)

BR#5 "Buzz Takes Over"

Carmel Reilly. "Buzz Takes Over." Australia: Thomson Learning Australia. 2007.



In this story, there are two of aliens, Buzz and Zip. They are heading home to planet Zero.
Zip was driving long time but he wants to change to Buzz. Buzz doesn't to drive because he is "a terrible driver." But Zip teaches Buzz how to drive and he tries to do it. However, when he sat down the computer suddenly lit up and it says, "warning! Black Hole!" Buzz waves his arms around and he says, "what am I going to do?" He screams. But Buzz crashes onto the floor. After a while, he picks himself up off the floor and looked out the window. And there are skeletons and they scared him. He runs away from them and helped. When Buzz drive to safety place, Zip wakes up and come to him. Zip asks Buzz, "what's going on?", and Buzz says, "nothing, doing good."

First of this story, Buzz was coward, but he changes mind and challenges. I think he did nice try and cool. I should not be coward to anything like him. (188/7274words)

BR#4 "Pinocchio"

Carlo Collodi, "Pinocchio". England:Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2007



As you know, "Pinocchio" is a puppet in the first time of the story, but he becomes a real boy in the end of the story. "Pinocchio" is funny, amusing, and comical. However this story is not only good scenes.

In this story of first, "Pinocchio" is just a wood, but the wood talks to the old men, who is a woodcraft, "I don't get hurt," says Pinocchio. So the old man changed the wood to a puppet.
The man lets Pinocchio to study and let him go to the school but Pinocchio doesn't go to school and goes to somewhere. He walks far away and there are fox and cat. They lie to Pinocchio. He is deceived by them. However he knows that the fox and the cat are bad so he runs far away again. At the far away place, someone helps him. But one thing happens, and he drops down into the sea. He is eaten by the shark. However, he meets old man who made Pinocchio. They try to go out and it successes. End of the story, the fairy comes to Pinocchio's home and makes him a person, means real boy.


I loved to read this book. I like the old man who made Pinocchio. He is really gentle to Pinocchio anytime. There are a lot books and stories of Pinocchio, so I don't know which is the real and which is not real. I didn't like Pinocchio first time because he runs away from old man, but when Pinocchio lies and his nose be long, it is so funny. I like this idea. I would like to watch this story's movie sometime. (292/7086words)

BR#3 "Billy and the Queen"

Stephen Rabley, "Billy and the Queen". England: Pearson Education Limited in association with Penguin Books Ltd,. 1996

This story's main character is Billy Parker, who is fourteen years old and "he has got brown hair, green eyes and a small nose." He has a sister, Roxanne. Rox is younger than Billy. In August, means in summer vocation, "they are staying at their grandmother's house in Brighton." One day, Billy looks his biccycl and he says, "My bicycle is too old, I need a new one, but I don't have any money for getting new one. How is possible to get a new bicycle? New bikes are so expensive for me." "It is all right for you, I have not got a bike at all", says Rox. At the time, "Tea!" says their grandmother, opens the back door. Billy consults to his Gran, "how can I make a lot of money, do you know?", he says. And Gran says, "why do you want to get some? What do you need to?", "'cause I want to buy a new bicycle!", he says. Gran thinks a few time and she says, "I have an idea." She shows to him the newspapers, 'Palace', and she says, "there's a competition here and the first prize is £500." Rox surprises and says, "we can buy two of bikes!" The papers' report says, "take a picture of you and the Queen, and then send us!" So Billy and Rox decide to go to take a picture with the Queen.
Taking the picture is not so easy to them. By the way, they try and try, and then, they can take a picture with her, and get bicycle two of them.


I read this book, and I thought that if i were Billy or Rox, I might buy not bike but other stuff. I don't know how much £1 is, but £500 are expensive, possible. How lucky boy and girl. I'm jealous of them very much.(334/6794words)