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BR 2-18: Percy and The Pirates

“And the Pike family was never hungry again.”

That story was easy to read. I could read smoothly. That story was what a boy tried to help family to get money. But he met a pirate. I don’t write about the result of the story. Please read the book if you want to know about that. That content of story is like a movie, “Home Alone”. The boy in the story is clever. He did wonderful way to escape from the pirate. I can’t do like him even if I’m in the case.

Russell Punter, 2007, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd

[101 words]

BR 2-17: Elizabeth I

“Rich ladies liked to have pale skin, so Elizabeth always painted her face white.”

I was interested in Elizabeth I, so I read this book. However, I knew nothing about her. It was good chance to know about detail of her. There were many things I didn’t know. I thought that she was ordinary queen, but that was wrong. She faced many hard scene. Also, I was surprised she was eager to study. She read many books, and she was very clever. The picture she has a red book in the book was wonderful. She looks very cool. She was wonderful queen.

Stephanie Jurnbull, 2004, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd

[110 words]

BR 2-16: Why the Sea is Salty

“There it has stayed, pouring out salt to this very day.”

Do you know the reason why the sea is salty? I knew this story, too. However, I didn’t know about the thief detail in the book. The story I know is what a vicious grandfather use a millstone to get salt from the millstone. Then, he fall the millstone in sea by wrong. I know that story. In this book, a thief use and fall the millstone. That is interesting difference. I know the existence of millstone, but I don’t know the way to use it, so I don’t know how the things appear from it.

Rosie Dickins, 2009, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd

[115 words]

BR 2-15: The Inch Prince

“They both knew that small things can be special too.”

I have read this story when I was young. I like this story, and I wanted a hammer which is used in the book. I didn’t know how the boy appeared detail. When I finished to read the book, I felt some strange. A princess fell in love when the inch prince became big. I know she likes his character, but I think she can fall in love before he won a ogre. I was surprised to hear the story is traditional Korean story. I think that story is Japanese story.

Russell Punter, 2008, London, England, Usborne Publishing ltd

[109 words]

My Favorite Book

I like reading books recently, so I read books I have again and again. My favorite book is “Domino”. The author of the book is Onda Riku. The kind is mystery, I think. The book is a famous work of her works. I was surprised at a lot of number of people who are characters in the book. Twenty seven people appear on it. I couldn’t understand the content of the book when I read it for the first time. It was hard for me to remember names of many people. I could understand all of the content when I read it again. There are stories of individual lives in the book. Then, each lives are connected with a trouble. The story is carried out like a domino. I want a movie director to make a movie of this book. If the movie were showed, I would go to a theater to watch the movie absolutely.

[157 words]

My Favorite Great Person

My favorite great person is Ryunosuke Akutagawa. I like his books. Especially, I like “Kumonoito” and “Rashoumon”. The works’ kinds are little horror. Therefore I like them. “Kumonoito” tells us not to be selfish and be kind to other people. When I was elementary school student, I read “Kumonoito” for the first time. I was interested in the story. After that, I read it many times. When I was young, I didn’t know the book’s author. I knew that’s author is Ryunosuke Akutagawa when I was high school student. I studied about “Rashoumon” in high school. The story is long, but I wasn’t bored to read, and prepare for next class. He wrote about character’s feelings deeply, so it is fun to read it. Recently, I read books again. I want to read other his books when his books are sold in a bookstore.

[149 words] 

BR 2-14: Volcanoes

Volcanoes may become disaster in the future. I learned many things about volcanoes from this book. And I knew volcanoes are fearful. Magma's temperature from volcanoes is about two thousand degrees. I can't believe this! That is too hot. I haven't see real magma. I saw picture of magma in the book, but I can't image that real magma's high degree. I was surprised with the way ancient people were killed by volcanoes. That was very cruel way. There is a picture how they were died in a volcano's disaster. Although volcanoes make land, they break land. I heard that Mt. Fuji will bomb. I don't know that is fact. If that is real, we have to know what we should do in the disaster. 

Stephanie Turnbull, 2005, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd

[133 words]

BR 2-13: Egyptians

Egyptians have very long history from ancient era. I'm interested in ancient Egypt, so I read this book. I know little about ancient Egypt's culture, habit, and king. When I finished to read, I was moved of tomb of kings. There are many treasures in the tombs. They are very beautiful. I thought that is strange "eyes"are drawn in tombs. I want to know the reason and mean. It is hard to make a pyramid. Not only make figure of pyramid, they had to make mammy and decorate inside pyramid. Ancient Egyptians were loyal to their king, but there were people who didn't like their king. I want to know how they feel when they make their king's tomb. I was surprised that there are many Egyptian gods. I like an Egyptian god of sun. It is cool. Also, I'm interested in ancient Egyptian letters. The letters are called "hieroglyph". It looks pictures, but ancient Egyptians read and wrote the letters. That is mysterious.

Stephanie Turnbull, 2004, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd

[172 words]

BR 2-12: Dogs

"They sleep close together to keep warm."

I read this book because I like animals. Especially, I like dogs. I have a dog. There are many kinds of dog in this world. They have very cute figures when they are baby. Pictures in the book is wonderful. I read the book about three times because the dogs in the book are so cute. Dogs have their greeting. I learned many greetings of dog from the book. When is the dog angry, when is the dog happy? You can know from this book. Dogs give about six birth to baby. The number is larger than human. I imaged that all dogs are pet. However, that thinking is wrong. There are dogs which is had in warm house. On the other hand, there are dogs which live in very severe environment. Dogs have many interesting points. Please read this book if you are interested in this book.

Enna Helbrough, 2003, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd

[163 words]

BR 2-11: Under The Sea

"Jellyfish have no bones and no brains."

There are many kinds of sea and fish. For example, there are shallow and deep seas in the world. Do you know that colorful fishes living in shallow sea? I was surprised to know that. Dark color fishes, called deep sea fishes living in deep sea. Colorful fishes are cute, but deep sea fishes look strange because they have peculiar parts of of their bodies. Some fishes have big eyes, keen teeth, and big mouth. If you see deep sea fishes, you may be afraid with their figure. When you visit an aquarium, please set them carefully. you can find many unique things fishes have. I want to do diving in a sea when I have finished reading this book.

Fiona Patchett, 2002, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd.

[135 words]

BR 2-10: Eggs and Chicks

"Penguin chicks stay close together to keep warm. Their parents stand nearby."

There are many kinds of bird in the world. Do you know how the birds are born? They have individual ways to give a birth. Also, there are many kinds of eggs. When you look a ostrich egg, you may be surprised. That size is very big. You have a chance to touch the egg in the zoo of Kumamoto. Also, the color of American robin eggs are gray! I was surprised when I saw the egg in this book. This book write about nests of birds. They have strange shape nests. They are like architecture. There are many pictures of birds. Especially, pictures of chicks are very cute. I like a picture of penguin's chicks. I hope they will grow keeping the figure of chicks.

Fiona Patchett, 2002, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd.

[155 words]

BR 2-09: Horses and Ponies

"Pet horses trust people and like being stroked."

I thought there are some difference between horses and ponies, but this book hardly wrote about difference. Ponies are just small horses, but not children of horses. I have image that ponies have longer coat than horses. They have roles in herds, so they can live safety in wild. I like figures of horses running. This figure is very beautiful in this book, I think. My dream is riding horses in a vast plain. This book tells us the way we ride on horses, so that is very helpful for me. In this book, there are many pictures of horses. I like their eyes because their eyes looks are very kind.

Anna Milbourne, 2004, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd.

BR 2-08: Cats

"New kittens cuddle up to their mother to keep warm."

Contents in this book is about cat as you know. This book told me many things I don't know about cats. Do you know how many teats cats have? Do you know expressions of cats? I didn't know about them. I have little knowledge about pet cats, but I didn't know about wild cats. Pet cats usually eat their feed, but wild cats have to hunt their food. The way wild cats hunt is like the way lions hunt. The figure is very beautiful. Do you know the reason why pet cats scratch things in a house? I thought the reason is to sharp their nail, but the fact is showing that the things are their home, too. There are many cute pictures of cats in this book. For example, there are pictures of kittens, cat jumping, etc. I recommend people who like cats reading.

I don't have cats now, but I have dog. When I finish reading, I want to have dogs and cats sometime.

Anna Milbourne, 2003, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd.

[184 words]

BR 2-07: China

"Some of the world's busiest cities are in China."

This book tells us about China as you read the title of the book. You can know how long China has history. That is very long history. Also, you can see many Chinese cultures in the book. There are many colorful clothes. dragons. In China, there is a building, the Grate Wall of China. I haven't seen the building, but I saw that in this book. The building is very big. I was surprised. And, I knew the way Chinese fight with enemies in the building. I thought they were very clever. Sometimes, I thought that there are some points looks like with Japan. However, there are little difference points between the two cultures.

Leonie Pratt, 2008, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd.

[131 words]

Essay 2-02b: My Grandmother's House

My favorite place is my grandmother’s house. The house is in Sasebo[,] in Nagasaki [Pref.]. The house is near a town. My family goes the house to meet my relatives in sumer and winter vacation, like summer vacation and winter vacation. I like there because I have some reasons. There are many comics in the house. Dishes my grandmother makes are delicious. My

grandfather has many books I want to read. Therefore, I like the my grandparent’s house.

We go there by driving my parent's car. It takes about three hours from my house to the house. It takes long time to go there, so we go to the house resting at a rest area. I have a driver’s license now, so I drive my parent’s car on a highway to my ground mother's house. That makes me nervous because I haven't driven a car many times, but it is a good practice for me.

There are many comics in the house. Every year, my cousins bring their comics to the house, so I can read a lot of kinds of comics for free. Almost all my cousins are men, so there are many boys comics. For example, there are Prince of Tennis, Yuugiou, and, so on. There are many comics of  girls comic in the house.

My mother bought them when she was a junior or high school student. I don’t have offensive kinds, so I have read almost  all comics in the house many times. It is exciting for me to read new comics.

Seond, dishes my ground mother makes are very delicious. Especially, I like the croquette she makes. The coating of them are very crisp. I can eat the croquettes only in my grandmother’s house because she readys to cook them before we go to the house. I'm looking forward to eating them when I go there. I like a miso soup she makes. I asked to her to tell me about the miso she uses, but she didn't tell me about it. She said to me I have to find the miso by myself. I tried eating some miso, but I haven't found it yet.

We meet relatives every year as I

wrote. I’m looking forward to seeing them. I am very happy when we meet them. I like playing video games. My cousins like playing, too. When we see in a summer or winter vacation, we play many games with all my cousin. We play Bomber Man, Monster Hunter, and Puyopuyo. I enjoy the time very much. Everyone is good at playing them, but I'm not god at playing them. One of my cousin is very good at playing, and he always helps us when we are in trouble in some games. He looks like a hero for us!

My grandfather has many books. He read mystery books, textbooks of  Japanese tests, and pictures of animals, and so on. I take his books to my house sometimes. His books are very useful to know trivia. I like the novels he has. When I’m interested in the books, I ask him to bring them to my house. If I take his books, he can’t read the books for about half of one year. However, he lends me them.

My grandfather grows many plants. There are many plants in the garden, for example, there are roses, aloes, oranges, and so on. Good smells come from the garden. Sometimes birds eat the oranges, but he dosen't care about that. Moreover, he made a nest of bird, and some birds live in the house. He is very kind person.

When we visit the house, we can eat many delicious dishes. I can eat croquettes my ground mother makes. I can eat pizzas in the house. In my house, I can't eat pizzas because pizza delivers can't come to my house. I can eat pizzas only in the house or some restaurants. My relatives take us to some restaurants.

We and my relatives meet in winter vacation. My relatives give me money as "otoshidama". Otoshidama is one of annual ceremony in the New Year. I can have many money. We eat "Zouni" with my relatives. Zouni is a soup which rice cakes are in soups.

The Zouni my relatives make is delicious. We make rice cake from glutinous rice in her house. That time is very interesting for me. Rice cakes we made in this year were more delicious than before.

There is a turtle as my ground parents' pet. The turtle is in a tub. It is happy for me to see the turtle when I visit there. In winter, he falls asleep so long, we call it hibernation. However, he comes out from the tub sometimes. We are worried about that whether he would die or not. He lives for more than ten years. I want to see him this winter :)

This year, I went there in this summer vacation, and I couldn’t my relatives in there. I was very sad, so I want to meet them in this winter vacation. When we go there, I will eat croquettes my ground mother makes. We will make rice cakes this year, too. Then, I will eat delicious zouni my grand mother makes.

[897 words]

BR2-06: The Baobab Tree

"His head was in the ground." He couldn't open his mouth to talk."

This story is about baobab tree. He was made by three gods and he can talk. However, he is little chatty. Three gods are disgusted with him because he is very noisy. At least, they grabbed him and turned him upside down. This story tells us not to be noisy in a circumstance everyone is quiet. Also, you may be scold when you say many selfishness things. By the way, do you know baobab trees? I like figures of baobab standing on the ground in Africa. If you have a chance to go to Africa, I want you to watch baobab trees.

Louie Stowell, 2009, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd.

[123 words]

BR 2-05: MOUSE MAKES WORDS

When you read this book, you will notice the fun of English. For example, there is a word, "Hat". Then, if you change the "H" into "C", the word become "cat"! This book introduces playing with English letters. I thought the other example. There is a word, "Map". Then, if you change the "M" into "C", the word become "cap". It is very interesting for me to think about making words which are resemble rhyme each other. Not just the content of book, but also the way a mouse introduces words is fun. The illustrates are cute, so you may memorize English words if there are words you don't know in the book.

Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook, 2002, United States, Random House of Canada Limited

[125 words]

BR 2-04: The Dragon Painter

"They flew higher and higher, until they disappeared into the clouds."

I read this book for the first time. I think this story is look like a story of a proverb, "Garyoutensei" in Japanese. This proverb came from China. The mean is the finishing strokes. Maybe, the book refers to the proverb. Main character in this book is Chang who is good at painting. I like a scene when two dragons which he painted flew away into cloud sky. I think he can put lives into his paints when he draw imaginary creatures. Therefore, he didn't draw eyes of dragons until last. He is a sad person because he can't draw imaginary creatures perfectly. If he draw perfectly, the imaginary creatures would start living.

Rosie Dickins, 2006, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd.

[132 words]

Essay 2-02a: My favorite Place

My favorite place is my ground mother’s house. The house is in Sasebo in Nagasaki. The house is near a town. My family goes there to meet my relatives in long vacation, like summer vacation and winter vacation. I like there because I have some reasons. I'll introduce about my favorite place.

There are reasons I chose the place. We go there by our car. It takes about 3 hours from my house to the house. It takes long time to go there, so we go resting. I have license now, so I drive parent’s car on highway. That makes me nervous, but it is a good practice for me.

First, there are many comics in the house. Every year, my cousins bring their comics to the house. Therefore, I can read a lot of kinds of comics for free. Almost my cousins are men, so there are many boys comics. For example, there are prince of tennis, yuugiou, and, etc. Also, there are many girls comic in the house. My mother bought them when she was junior or high school student. I don’t have dislike kinds, so I have read almost comics in the house many times. It is exciting for me to read new comics in a time.

Seond, dishes my ground mother makes are very delicious. Especially, I like croquette she makes. Outside of them are very crisp. I can eat the croquettes only in the house because she ready to cook them before we go to the house. I'm looking forward to eating them when I go there. Also, I like miso soup she makes.

We meet relatives every year as I wrote. I’m looking forward to seeing them. I am very happy in the time we meet them. I like playing video games. My cousins like playing, too. When we see in a long vacation, we play many games with all cousin. We play bomber man, monster hunter, and puyopuyo. I enjoy the time very much. 

My ground father had many books. He read mystery books, workbooks of tests, and pictures of animals, etc. I took his books to my house sometimes. His book is very useful to know trivia. Especially, I like novels he has. When I interested in the books, I ask him to bring them to my house. If I take his books, he can’t read the books for about half years. However, he lend me them.

This year, I went there on this summer vacation. We will go there in this winter vacation. In this summer vacation, I couldn’t my relatives in there. I was very sad. I want to meet them in this winter vacation. When we go there, I will eat croquette my ground mother makes.

[461 words]