BR20: AMANDA PIG ON HER OWN

I will introduce about this story. This story's main characters are pigs. One day, there was Amanda with her mother in her house. She will go to school from next year. So she was still playing in her house. Her sister is Oliver. Amanda always plays with Oliver. But Oliver is student so Amanda can't play with Oliver. It was so boring for her. She feels lonely when there was not Oliver. But, she found that she can play alone. It is ballet. She likes dancing so she practiced for a dance. It was so fun time for Amanda. She found good spending time by herself. One day, Amanda felt so bad and sad and mad. So her mood was bad. Such a time, her mother told Amanda that is anyone has feel badly such a day. So Amanda glad when she heard it. She was growing for school days gradually. Her mother so nice father. I like this story. (162words)

Jean Van L. (1994). AMANDA PIG ON HER OWN. Penguin.

BR19: Tigger Comes to the Forest

I will introduce about this story. This story's characters are so famous. They are Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore and so on. I've known this characters but I've never read their book. One night, Pooh was sleeping in his bed. Then he heard someone voice from outside. But, Pooh had never heard such a voice. So he opened the door and it was Tigger!! It was first meeting for them. I was so surprised that was first meeting for them. After that, Tigger will meet Piglet and Eeyore and so on. They became a good friend!! In this story, they searched Tigger's favorite foods. To find someone favorite food is difficult. (115words)

Krensky, Stephen. (2002). Tigger Comes to the Forest. Penguin.

BR18: DANGER in the SNOW

I will introduce about this story. This story's main characters are polar bear. One day, there were mother polar bear and two cubs in the North Pole. A mother polar bear went into the water to get a fish. After she got a fish, she ran back in the ice. But, there were not two cobs. Then she found them. But, they in the snow and they were so danger because six wolves pointing at the cubs. So the mother polar bear fought with six wolves. At last, she won!! So two cubs also survive. This story was so thrilling!! When I am reading this story, I felt fear so much. But, it was nice story. (117words)

Mitchell, Julie. (2007) DANGER in the SNOW. Cengage Learning Australia Pty Limited.

BR17: Goldilocks and the three bears

I will introduce about this story. This book cover is so cute so I chose this book!! This story's main characters are three bears and one girl. The girl's name is Goldilocks.
There were three bears. They was a family. One day, the family went out for a walk. Then a bad girl came in their house while the family went out. Fist, the girl went into a kitchen. Then she ate bear's foods and she sits a chair. But, she broke it. After the family came back home, and bars were so surprised angry. So the father bear roar to Goldilocks by big voice. Goldilocks run away easily. The girl is bad. But, this story is fun a little. The bear so cute for me above all things. (132words)

Hughes, Annie. (2000) Goldilocks and the three bears. Penguin.

BR16: TINY'S BATH

I will introduce about this book. This book's title is "TINY'S BATH". This story's main character is Tiny. He is a cute and big dog. He is bigger than bike and chair and the master. Anyway, Tiny is a big dog. Tiny likes to dig so he often becomes a dirty. So he had to go a bath such a time. But, the pail and sink and bathtub were too small for Tiny. So the master gave his pool for Tiny. Then Tiny got a clean body. But, Tiny run away to dirt. So he got a dirty again. He had to wash his body again. Tiny is so naughty dog. (114words)


Meister, Cari. (1998) TINY'S BATH. Penguin.

BR15: TINY THE SNOW DOG

I will introduce about this book. This story's title is "TINY THE SNOW DOG". There was a dog. His name was Tiny. His appearance so cute and his body was so big. Tiny likes winter and the master likes winter too. One day, Tiny wanted to go outside so they went out. But, outside was so cold so Tiny wore hat of nit on his head. It looked like a reindeer. But, Tiny disappeared suddenly in front of the master. So the master worried about Tiny very much and searched for Tiny. But, there was Tiny behind of him. Tiny was hiding only. Finally, the master found Tiny and they came back home. Tiny is rogue. But, he is so cute!! I want to feed like a dog. (129words)

Meister, Cari. (2001) TINY THE SNOW DOG, Penguin.

BR14: The Giant Jelly Bean Jar

I will introduce about this story. This story's title is "The Giant Jelly Bean Jar". This story's main character is Ben. He has an older sister. Her name is Jill. He liked going to Jo-Jo's Jelly Bean Shop very much. He loved Jelly Beans so much!! The owner' name of the shop is Jo-Jo so the shop's name is Jo-Jo. The Jo-Jo's Jelly Bean Shop had a contest every weekend. The contest's detail is...if someone answer the question and it will be correct, the person can get a jelly beans. So Ben went to the contest every week. But, he had never answered the question because he was so shy boy and small voice. One day, the Jo-Jo's Jelly Bean Shop held a party because it had been open for one year!! So Ben went to the party and participates in the contest. He shouted a big voice to touch the question by Jo-Jo. Then he touched by Jo-Jo. When he touched him, Ben was so surprised. But, it was so happy and glad for him and Ben answered the question and his answer was correct. So He got a Jelly Beans. He became a Grand Prize Jelly Bean King!! It was so good story. He got a courage thanks for the contest. I like this story. (232words)

Aboff, Marcie. (2004) The Giant Jelly Bean Jar. Penguin.

BR13: THE BOOKSTORE VALENTINE

I will introduce about this story. I read this series of book before. The title is "THE BOOKSTORE HOST". It is same stage with this story. This story's main characters are one man and a cat and mice. The man's name is Mr. Brown. The cat's name is CobWeb. There was a bookstore. The store's name was "BLACK CAT BOOKSTORE". One day, the bookstore started to sell in the morning because Valentine's Day was coming. So a lot of people came to the bookstore. But, it made Mr. Brown busy very much so he put a sign that was written "HELP WANTED" in the window. Next morning, one woman came to the bookstore. Her name is Miss Button. She welcomed to work the bookstore. They fell in love but they were so shy each other so they can't profession. So mice helped them!! Finally, they spend a good day in the Valentine's Day. (160words)

Maitland, Barbara. (2002) THE BOOKSTORE VALENTINE. Penguin.

BR:12 A New House for Mole and Mouse

I will introduce about this book. This story's main characters are one mole and one mouse. The mole with in glasses. It looks so intelligence and the mouse is so cute!! One day, they moved to the same house to live in together. The house is in a tree. They like the house very much!! The mole especially liked the house. Then they enjoyed every day. They tried cook, washing and so on. But, they haven't heard the doorbell ring. But, one day, a doorbell rang!! When they heard the sound, they were so glad. It was balloons for them from someone, when the mouse opened the door. But, he was rising gradually, when the mouse received the balloons. So the mole popped the balloons to help the mouse by umbrella. So the mouse arrived. Everything was fine!! This story is so nice story. I like this story's characters and story. (154words)

Ziefert, Harriet. (1997) A New House for Mole and Mouse. Penguin.

BR11: Annie and Bo and the BIG SURPRISE

I will introduce about this story. This story's main characters are two mice. One mouse is a boy. His name is Bo and his body color is brown. Another mouse is a girl. Her name is Annie and her body color is gray. They are so good friend. One night, Bo couldn't sleep because he was going skating with his best friend's Annie. He wanted to give Annie a big and wonderful surprise. In the tomorrow morning, he made a big pancake to give a surprise to Annie. He wanted to give a pancake that is like a big moon. In Annie's house, she was also preparing to go skating. After that, Annie came at Bo's house. But, the pancake not ready yet so they went to skate circus at first. They enjoyed skating very much. It was so good time for them. After that, Bo came back to his house and Annie was waiting to come to Bo in her house. But, Bo didn't come to her house because Bo was making a big pancake to give a big surprise to Annie. After long time, Bo arrived at Annie's house finally. It was so big surprise for Annie so she was so glad. This story is so good. I like this story very much!! (222words)

Partridge, Elizabeth. (2002) Annie and Bo and the BIG SURPRISE. Penguin.

BR10: THREE BY THE SEA

I will introduce about this story. This story's title is "THREE BY THE SEA". What are you imagine when you hear this title? One day, there were three children on the beach. Their names were Lolly, Spider and Sam. They went to the beach to go to picnic in summer. Lolly had one book but it was so dull. So Sam made a story. The story is fun. So I will tell you about his story. There was a rat. He was going to a pet shop. There was a cat similar the rat. He had never seen like a pretty cat so he bought the cat. They became a friend. Then they talked about their favorite foods. But, the cat didn't want to say his favorite foods. After that, the cat said his favorite foods. First, I thought his favorite food that is rat. But, it was different. The cat's favorite food was cheese!! Then a rat had a cheese so it gave to the cat. So the cat was so glad. This is ending of this story. After Lolly had finished heard the story, she thought dump about the story of ending. So next, Sam made a story. His story was about monster. The monster stayed in the beach. He was so hungry so he searching for to eat something. He found jouicy eating. It was Lolly and Sam. Then Lolly and Sam were so scared!! After Spider said about his story, he laughed himself. Lolly and Sam also laugh. Spider's story is the best interesting story in of all. I like his story too. (271words)

Marchall, Edward. (1994) THREE BY THE SEA. Puffin Easy-to Read edition.

BR09: OLIVER & AMANDA AND THE BIG SNOW

I will introduce about this story. This story's title is "OLIVER & AMANDA AND THE BIG SNOW". This book cover is so cute and colorful so I chose this book to read. This story has four chapters in contents. This story's main characters are pigs. There was one pig family. The Children's names are Oliver and Amanda. One day, it snowed all day and all night in winter. So Oliver and Amanda went outside to play by snow therefore, they dressed them in a lot of clothes. It looks so cute!! In outside, everything and everywhere was snow. Besides, it snow was so deep so Amanda down in a snow. But, her father helped her so she survives. Then they went home once and they went outside again to make a fort. They made a big fort. After that, Oliver and Amanda made a snow pig. It looks wasn't good but they enjoyed to make a snow pig. Next morning, the snow pig became a small. So they felt sad. But, when they looked out of the window, it was snowing again!! They looked each other and smiled. They will make a good snow pig next time!! After I read this book, I want to do snowball fight. This story is right now winter season. I like this story. (222words)


Van Leeuwen Jean. (1995) OLIVER & AMANDA AND THE BIG SNOW. Penguin.

BR08: Why I sneeze, shiver, hiccup, and YAWN.

I will introduce about this story. This story was so long story for me so to read this book was so hard for me. But, this story is fun!! First, this story was written about why we do sneeze, shiver, hiccup and yawn. Paraphrase their meaning in Japanese, a sneeze is kusyami and a shiver is furueru and a hiccup is syakkuri and a yawn is akubi. No one except them when we do their. They are always happen suddenly. They relate to nerve of human. For example, there is often dust when we do sneeze so we do sneeze. It is happen when we don't want to do it. They happen reflexively. It is relate to nerve of human. This story was about relating to nerve so it was like a medical journal a little. I like this story.(141words)

Berger, Melvin. (1983) Why I sneeze, shiver, hiccup, and YAWN. HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

BR07: What's Alive?

I will introduce about this story. This story's main character is one girl. She narrates us about living things and not living things and different between human and another things. First, she narrates about different between human and a cat. A cat has long tail and four legs and we have two legs. But we have no fur. Besides, we can't run and jump like a cat. It is different part of between human and a cat. But, we are living and need an energy to live so it is same. All living things need an energy. For example, they are foods, water and air. They are necessary for our life. If they aren't in our life, we can't live and grow up. But, not living thing doesn't need an energy to live because they are not living so they don't need foods and water and air. This story was wide scale for children books. So I was surprised when I read this book first time. Besides, this book is not story so to speak, this book is narrated by one girl so I read such an English book first time. This story was very simple reading for me. So it was good for me. If you haven't read this book, please read this book♪(222words)

Zoehfeld, Kethleen Weidner. (1995) What's Alive?. HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

BR06: THE BOOKSTORE GHOST

I will introduce about this story. This story's main character is Mr. Brown. He had three his favorite things. It was ghost book, cheese and cats. His wish was to buy a bookstore and his dream came true. He likes a ghost book so he sold only ghost books in his book store. Then he wanted friend so he got a cat. A cat was one of his favorite things too so Mr. Brown and the cat lived above their bookstore together. The bookstore named "BLACK CAT BOOKSTORE" by Mr. Brown because his cat was black. There were mice too but Mr. Brown didn't about it. One day, a woman came in the bookstore. But, she ran out of the store quickly because she saw mice!! So nobody wanted to visit to the bookstore. Besides, there were sold only ghost books so Mr. brown told the cat to catch and run out with mice. A cat usually dislikes a mouse but her dislike thing was other cats. So the cat and the mice became friend and they played together. It looks happy but it was not happy for Mr. Brown because the reason why nobody want to visit to his bookstore with the mice. So he wanted them run away. So the cat and the mice thought of one plan. It was menace with visitor in the bookstore because their bookstore sold only "ghost books". So the mice hide behind a book and they pushed a book then visitor surprise so the bookstore became popular in a moment. It became popular bookstore through the mice. So Mr. Brown thanked for the mice. So they lived together in friendship. This story is very good story. I like this story very much. If you haven't read this story, please read this book. I recommend this book!! (307words)

Maitland, Barbara. (1998) THE BOOKSTORE GHOST. Penguin.

BR05: The Gingerbread Man

I will introduce about this story. Once upon a time, there was a little old man, a little old woman. They were livining happily. But, they had no children so it was sad things for them. So a little old woman made gingerbread!! She attached his eyes and a mouth and buttons. It looks a gingerbread man. When she baked the gingerbread after, he ran away. Finally, he was eaten a fox. It was unforeseen things for him. It was misfortune happening for him. I thought that he is pity. This story's end is sad. But, this picture is so cute. (102words)

Mackinnon, Mairi. (2006) The Gingerbread Man. Usborne Publishing Ltd.

BR04: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

I will introduce about this story. This story's main character is mouse. One day, there was one country mouse in countryside. His name is Pipin. His house is in a hedge. He lived easygoing every day. But, one day visited one mouse in his house. He was Pipin's cousin. His name is Toby. He came there from city because he lives in a city. So Toby took out Pipin to visit his house to city. They took a train. Then they walked to Toby's house by their two feet. When they arrived at the station, Pipin felt difficult smell with his country. Pipin's smell of country is flower. But, the city's smell was a sausage and a smoke. After few hours, they arrived Toby's house. It is in hole of big house. They found foods in dining room. So they ate a lot of foods. But, someone saw them and the table was shaken. It was a cat!! A cat purred and licking her lips. It was so terrible for them. A cat chasing them so Pipin and Toby run away from a cat. Toby told his house of hole. So they went into the hole quickly. So they survived. Toby's house is big and his town is city so Pipin attraction his city at first. But, he fit in his country house anyway. So he went home. When he came back home his house, he thought that this is the my life. I thought that this story was a rewarding book very much. I like this story very much and Pipin. (269words)

Davidson Susanna. (2007) The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. Usborne Publishing Ltd.

BR03: The RUNAWAY PANCAKE

This story's name is "The Runaway Pancake". It was interest title for me so I choose this book. Besides, picture of a book cover is so cute. I will introduce about this story. One day, there was once a family. There were seven children and their parents. There were always hungry so mother cooked a pancake for breakfast. But, the pancake jumped from pan and rolled out of outside when she tossed the pancake. The pancake was creature and it has a face. It looks so interesting. The pancake passed a dog's kennel. A family chased it by everyone. But, the pancake rolled and rolled. So no one caught it. A rabbit, a duck, a cat, a goat, a fox found the pancake when it rolled on the way. Then the family and the animals chased the pancake by everyone. Finally, the pancake was eaten one pig so the family envied the pig. This story appeared a lot of animal so it was so cute. I like this story. (171words)

Mackinnon, Mair. (2006) The RUNAWAY PANCAK. Usborne Publishing Ltd.

BR:02 The Old Woman who lived in a shoe

I will introduce about this story. This story is very funny. Because, an old woman who lived in a shoe with a lot of children. There was Hannah, Harry, Sara, Sam, Aisha, Abdul, Daisy, Dan, Gwen, Sean, Tom and Small. There are very spirits. But, the shoe is too full so an old woman searched for a new shoe. But, there wasn't a big shoe. One day, an old woman met a huge giant man. Then, she helped him so she got his big shoes of his gratitude. Now, an old woman and all children are staying an enough space in the shoes. So they can romp in them house. This story is very interesting.(116words)

Punter, Russell. (2008) The Old Woman who lived in a shoe. Usborne Publishing Ltd.

BR:01 The Mouse's Wedding

I am going to tell you about this story. This story is mice's story. The main character are Father mouse, Mother mouse, Miss mouse. Miss mouse didn't marry so her parents were searching for her good husband. They want to marry her like most powerful husband in the world. So they searched like him. First, Father mouse thought that is sun because he makes our days bright and warm so they talked him. But, the sun couldn't think that is the most powerful in the world by oneself. So they met cloud, wind and wall. They have powerful point each other. But, everyone couldn't think that is most powerful in the world by oneself. Finally, the mouse family met young handsome mouse. When they saw him at first, he was digging a wall. So he looks very strong and powerful for them. Then, he thought that is powerful by oneself in the world. So Miss mouse and Young handsome mouse married. The wedding ceremony came to the sun, the cloud, the wind. But, they didn't come all at once. It is right. This story is very interesting. Besides, picture is so cute. I like this story. (201words)

Mackinnon, Mairi. (2008) The Mouse's Wedding. Usborne Publishing Ltd.