We Give Books: Miss Rumphius

It is time for my Sunday book review. This week I read Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. I read this for school last year and I liked it, but I didn't pay too much attention to it. I just wanted to get the assignment over with. I really don't like language arts lessons, even when they have cool library books instead of just text books.

http://www.wegivebooks.org/books/miss-rumphius

This time, on We Give Books, I read about the author and why she wrote the story and it made the book really really interesting. It is based on a real person. After we read the book, mom and I did some research. We found some great articles about Mrs. Cooney and her story. She did a lot of the things that she wrote about. If you are interested in learning more you could try to google "Miss Rumphius" or you could look at these links. The first one shows a photo of her real house and it looks so much like the drawing in the book. I really like true stories so much better.

The Road to Miss Rumphius' House 

In the Footsteps of 'Miss Rumphius', an Inspiration to Solo Women Travelers

I especially liked the illustrations Mrs. Cooney made. They were really detailed and so pretty. I also really liked the idea of making the world more beautiful. I would really like to do that.

My book count for the summer is up to 22.  You can read about the campaign I am reading for right now here @ http://www.wegivebooks.org/campaigns/readingpartners. It seems to me to be great thing. There are already over 1500 hundred people signed up to read for it, and they all read almost two thousand books last week. We still have a long way to go meet our goal. 

http://www.wegivebooks.org

We Give Books: Shark Attack

It is time for my weekly WeGiveBooks.org book review

http://www.wegivebooks.org/books/shark-attack

This week I read a book called Shark Attack by DK Publishing. It was a really great book that taught me lots about sharks. I was really surprised to learn that there are more than 350 kinds of sharks but only 30 of those have ever attacked people. Sharks seems so scary. It is sad that they are becoming endangered because of overfishing. There were so many facts that the book was really fun to read. 

My book count for the summer is up to 21. I think that is more books than I have ever read, plus that is 21 books that they are going to give.  You can read about the Campaign I am reading for right now, here http://www.wegivebooks.org/campaigns/readingpartners.

We Give Books: Twisters

I am going to try to tell you about the books I read at We Give Books. They are really terrific. Plus, maybe if I talk about them I will read more of them. 

This week I read a book called Twisters by Kate Hayden

http://www.wegivebooks.org/books/dk-readers-twisters

This book told me lots of neat things about twisters. There is a  page that lists the sizes and another that tells about different kinds. There are really great stories, like the one about a baby that got picked up by a twister and moved 300 ft without ever waking up and another about a man who had his birth certificate blown miles away to land in his own friend's yard.  I also read about how they track twisters with satellites and how you should build a room underground to stay safe during a twister. 

The book had lots of great information and neat pictures. I have read it again already.

A Summer Adventure part 3

 Tell a Story Sunday

A Summer Adventure by Lian Nathaniel

  They went to the food court to get some lunch. While they were eating, Sally noticed the old lighthouse ruins on the hill behind her brothers. The children had heard all kinds of spooky fun stories about the lighthouse. It would be a great place to hide something. She told her idea to the boys and they thought it was a good one. They ran home and got some ropes and a flashlight. The ground around the lighthouse could be steep.

  They got to the trail and looked up at the ruins. Jerry saw that stones in what was left of the buildings were old and grey. Mike thought it looked like it might have been built by ancient elves like the towers in Lord of the Rings. Sally thought she could imagine the tower whole, when it still guided ships around the rocky barrier that made Gilmore’s beaches so calm. 

  The kids began to make their way up the trail. It was broken in some places so they climbed up the rocks to get around the rough parts. The kids were having a great time. “Race you!” Jerry called back. They kept going up laughing as they went and then, “AAAHHHHH!”.

To be continued…