Sister Act

I like this movie! I watched over ten times. I like their voice. The story is an singer of woman become sister to be hidden from gangs. However, sisters spend frugal time. The singer couldn't the life. Then, she was entrusted a conductor of choir. I like their improvement. They are very well to sing by the singer. Sisters' pure hearts make change to her. That movie was made in 1992. I think that is little old, but I think good movies are loved forever. I can watch the movie with enjoying now. CD of their songs are sold. They sing songs pleasantly, and their songs make me cheerful.

Emile Ardolino, Josepf Howard, Scott Rudin, 1992,

[116 words]

Unstoppable

This movie is based on a incident in America. When I saw a preview of this movie, I decided to watch this. I like action and horror movies, so I haven't watched many such them. This story is about accident of a freight train. Two rail workers tried to stop the train. The train carry dangerous material, so they should stop the train not to ran off the tracks. When I started to watch this, I thought this wasn't interesting. However, the story become very interesting in the latter half of the movie. Cooperation among the workers are wonderful. I was moved their heart to stop the train. When I heard about real story with Japanese TV program, I was moved moreover. And, that was interesting to find differences between the movie and real story.

Tony Scott, Mark Bomback, Chris Ciaffa, 2010, Scott Free Production

[145 words]

AVATAR

I was interested in this movie because this movie was the first movie which can watch with 3D in theaters. Also, I heard that the movie was beautiful, so I decided to go to watch the movie. I went with my friend. I thought that 3D was not clear 3D I thought. I felt movie preview was clearer 3D than main movie. 3D grasses was heavy for me wearing another grasses. The content of the story was little interesting. There were love story and action I like. This movie is opened in 2009. The sales of this movie exceeded sales of Titanic. It takes for two hours and forty two minutes to finish watching this. I thought that is long to watch, but the story is interesting. Therefore, I felt the time is not so long.
James Cameron, 2009, Colin Wilson, Lightstorm Entertainment

[143 words]

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]

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]

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]

BR 2-03: There Was A Crooked Man

The book use a word many times. The word is "crooked". I think this book tells us ways we use the word, "crooked". It is easy to read this book because individual sentences are very short, but all sentences have a word "crooked". Even if you don't use a dictionary, you may understand the mean of "crooked". The pictures in the book are very fun. The pictures look like animation in America, so it is easy to understand the content of the story. Everything in this book is crooked. For example, a man, a mile, and a house are crooked. That world is strange.

Ressell Punter, 2009, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd.
[111 words]

BR 2-02: The Magic Pear Tree

The story is very interesting. When I read this book first time, I couldn’t understand the content of the book. However, I could understand about the story when I read few times. I thought that the story tells us not to be selfish, or you would get nothing. I wonder why a beggar chopped down the pear tree. If the beggar didn’t chopped the tree, the tree grew many pear people eat by free. But if the tree of pear wasn’t chopped, many people would fight to get more many pears, I thought. Therefore, the beggar chopped the tree. I have a question about the beggar. He can use magic, but he is poor. That is a riddle for me.

Rosie Dickens, 2009, London, England, Usborne Publishing Ltd.

[127 words]