This book “Wanted the Perfect Pet” is written and illustrated by Fiona Robertson. There once a boy named Henry who wanted a perfect dog that had waggy tail, floppy ears, soft wet nose, warm fluffy tongue and most of all, can do tricks. He decided to advertise. A duck that wore like a dog came to him and wanted to be his pet. He played with the duck but he is not good at tricks and catching frisbees. Suddenly Henry noticed that he is a duck instead of a dog but ducks can do more things than dogs so he wrote a list of what ducks can do. After all the duck is his perfect pet. I can think of a connection between me and this book because I always wanted a pet and this little boy also wanted. Overall I think this book is very good because I always wanted a pet.

This book “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” is written by William KamKwamba and illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon.William lived in a small village called Malawi, where they are no money for lights. The only food came from farming crops and without the rain, they have no food to eat. One day William found some science books filled with brilliant pictures, he learned that windmills can produce electricity and water. So he decided to try building the windmill, he find something he can use the build a windmill and after several days he finally finished it. People cheered for him. After all, they don’t have to worry about no foods and no lights.

This book is written and illustrated by Dan Santat. Humpty Dumpty is a famous egg that likes to sit on the wall and watch the birds fly, but one day he fell of the wall and changed his life. He walked through the streets without seeing any birds until one day he got an idea. He decided to use the latter and climb back to the wall. He felt really scared and nervous if he fell of again. Finally, he was on the top of the wall. He wished that he can fly like a bird until one day he became a free bird that can fly and no more like an egg. I learned that Humpty Dumpty was an egg that was about to hatch. Overall I think this book is very good because I like Humpty Dumpty. 

This book “There” is written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick. This book is a concept children’s picture book. I think this book is very creative and thoughtful. This book is about a little girl who is thinking of “How to get there?”, “What is there?”and “When do I get there?”, but “No, maybe tomorrow.” It think the author wants us to use our imagination to figure out what it means. I can think of many connections to this book. This book makes me think of another book that I once read called “The Little Prince” that is also very imaginative and the main character is also a little child that is very thoughtful and creative. I can also think of a connection from myself, we are always walking to “there”, which is connected because this book is about “there”. Overall, I think this book is very good because it is creative and the pictures are good.

“Wangari’s Trees of Peace a True Story from Africa” is written by Jeanette Winter. It is a true story from a girl named Wangari that lives in Africa. There used to have trees in the forest where they live, but when they came back, the trees been cropped from the forest. So Wangari decided to plant the trees back, she called all her friends to help plant them through the forest. After a long period of time, the trees grew bigger and so do Wangari. The trees been cropped again and this time Wangari tried to block their way. So the police send her to jail for not a long time. After this, Wangari decided to plant the trees again. The trees grew bigger and they become “The Trees of Peace”. I learned that a black women has the right to plant trees and trees are very important.

“The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau” was written and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. In this book, Jacques Cousteau was a real person that discovered the ocean and however loved the sea. In this book is about Jacques’s life in the ocean, it started when he has a he broke his arm in a car accident so he swam the sea everyday. One day his friend gave him a swim goggle and changed his life. He wished that people could see the beauty of the ocean. He did lot of stuffs in the ocean.

This book reminds me of a book that also is about a man who loved the ocean, this is text to text. Text to self, I remembered my mom and dad once dived in the ocean with their friends and discovered lots of cool sea creatures. In text to world, many people love to dive in the ocean. I can think of many connections to this book.

“Enemy Pie” is written by Derek  Manson. It is about friendship that teaches us how the character and his enemy became friends. Through the book, the main character has an enemy and he wished to get rid of him. So his dad made an enemy pie for his enemy, he told him that to make his enemy eat this pie, you’ll have to play with him a day. However, the two boys played with each other and after all they became friends. This book reminds me of friendship and I can make connections with the book. It reminds me of a friend that however just hates me and I hope we can be friends again, so I decided to be nice to her just a while and we were friends again, this is one of the connection called text to self. Other three connection is text to text, text to world and text media. After thinking of all the connections I learned that almost every book has connection.

This book “Sir Cumference + The Dragon of Pi a Math Adventure” is written by Cindy Neuschwander and illustrated by Wayne Geehan. This story is a tale of the pi, circumference, and radius. It started when Radius’s father called Sir Cumference stomach hurts and he feels like fire in his body. Radius gave him a medicine, but his father turns into a dragon after he drinks that bottle. So Radius decided to find a medicine that can turn his father into himself. However, he finds a medicine that has a poem on it, he need to figure out the Pi of a circle. After all, he finally finds out the Pi of a circle, it is 3.17. He gave the dragon 317 spoons of the medicine and, it worked!

After this story, I learned that the names of a circle and the Pi, which is 3.14.

On Monday and Tuesday, I have to stay after school. So I told my sister we can’t walk together to home, she said okay. Soon I realized that there won’t be anyone at home plus she don’t have a key. I decided to finish my work as soon as possible so that she won’t be waiting so long outside the house. After I finished my work, I walk quickly toward my home. Luckly, she had a good mood that day, I saw her using her laptop at a bench and was hoping that I will come back soon. She said hi to me and that was the end of my school day.

This week, I help my sister, my mom, and my dad. I did lots of helpings. I poured some water to my sister, I helped my mom get her stuff, and I dry clothes with my dad. I think helping my family is a great choice, and I learned that helping is also kindness.