Alfred Nobel the Man Behind the Peace Prize

“Alfred Nobel the Man Behind the Peace Prize” written by Kathy-Jo Wargin and Zachary Pullen is a book based on a real story made for 9 to 10-year-olds. The book is about this man named Alfred Nobel whose brother, Emil died due to a nitroglycerin explosion that erupted randomly by itself. After this tragic event happened Alfred Nobel studied Nitroglycerin. After 2 years of studying this object, Alfred made a safer type of explosive object called dynamite so that people don’t die to these random explosions. But people didn’t use it the way Alfred Nobel wanted to, they used it damage countries and people. Alfred was very depressed. Then one-day people made an article about him dying even though he wasn’t. He realized there were talking about his brother, Ludvig. After a few years who died himself in Italy in his home country, Italy. I liked the book a lot since I even learned something new, and that is pretty rare since it is a picture book. I also really liked the illustrations. In conclusion, I think it was a very good book and I really enjoyed reading it.

I Used to be a Fish

“I Used to be a Fish” written & illustrated by Tom Sullivan, is a book aimed for an age rating of 5 to 8-year-olds. In the book, it is about a fish who turned into a human.

The book is about this, fish who gets tired of swimming in the water so he evolves into a reptile and starts walking on the ground. Then he grows fur so he can be hidden at places. Then one day a huge volcano erupted. After that, he changed a little more and started looking like a homo Erectus. Then he started to look like a modern human and built a tent. After that who made a house and lived happily ever after. I liked the book because it was a kid version of evolution. Some of the words rhythm too which made it a little better. Overall, I think it was a pretty good story and if I was 7 I would really enjoy reading it.

Bat’s Big Game             By Seena

“Bat’s Big Game”, retold by Margaret Read MacDonald and Eugenia NoBati as the illustrator is a book for 7-9-year-olds. It is about this Bat who was going to play soccer. One team was birds and the other team was anim als (Mammals). Since Bat had wings like a bird and fur and teeth like mammals he knew he could get into any team. He chose the mammals since he thought they would win, but then when they were losing he switched to the winning team, birds. Then again, he switched back to the animal team since they were winning again. Then the ref stopped the game and told each team to come to him/her. He asked the bird team if Bat was on their team, then he asked the other team if Bat was also on there. After that everyone noticed he was switching team and he got kicked out the game. After that day, Bat practiced every day. I kind of liked the book since I can kind of relate to it. (That’s what one of my friends does). But it was a little repetitive since he kept just switching teams.

Overall I think it was a pretty good story and if I was 7 years old I would enjoy reading it.

Enemy Pie

         “Enemy Pie” by Derek Munson and Tara Calahan King is a children book that is aimed for an audience of 5-8-year-olds.

The book is about this boy who hates this person and tells his dad to make an enemy pie so that his hair goes away or something. But really the pie is delicious, but the boy doesn’t know that. His dad said, “The way this enemy pie works is only if you are nice to him for a whole day”. So the boy went to Jeremy Ross’s houses (The enemy’s house) and asked him if he wants to play and Jeremy Ross went inside and dressed and came out ready to go outside and play. They played, Basketball, boomerang and many other games. At the end of the day, the boy actually liked Jeremy Ross. They went in to eat dinner and dinner was the enemy pie. But the boy didn’t want Jeremy to eat so he gets poisoned our something so he stopped him from eating and says “Don’t eat the pie, it’s probably poisonous or something” But then Jeremy replies by saying “If it’s poisonous why is your dead almost already finished. That’s when he realized the pie isn’t bad it’s good. I liked the story because I liked what the story is trying to tell. I also really liked the illustrations since it looks like it was painted.

The Sweetest Fig

By: Seena

“The Sweetest Fig” by Chris Van Allsburg as the author and the illustrator is a book for 8-10 year old kids. It is about this french man (Mr. Bod) who is a really picky  and is mean to his dog Marcel and who is also a dentist. One time he when finished checking a person’s teeth, the person didn’t have any money to give to him, instead the person gave Mr. Bod two figs. Mr. Bod was furious he shouted at the woman “GET OUT” and he pushed the woman out of his house. Then he took a bite of the fig and he loved it. It was the best thing he had ever eaten. Then one night one went to eat the other fig, his dog Marcel jumped up and snatched the fig right of Mr. Bods hand. Then the dog ran under the bed. (Next Day) When Mr. Bod woke up Marcel was saying “Come Here Buddy” and the only thing Mr. Bod could say is bark bark (Dog Noises).

I didn’t really like the book because there was just to many random things happening all the time and it got kind of confusing. For example how did he go outside when he doesn’t have clothes on and how did he wake up being the dog and Marcel being the man.

 Sept. 28, 2017                                                                                  Stolen Words                                                                                  Seena

“Stolen Words” by Melanie Florence and Gabrielle Grimard as the illustrator is a book that is made for 7-10 year old kids. It is about this grandpa telling his granddaughter about what happened when he was young. He was talking about residential schools and how the white people forced them to forget their language and many other things. But then the next they somehow the granddaughter learned how to speak Cree (A first nation language). Then the grandpa also remembered how to speak Cree too. I like this story because of how they summarize what happened in residential schools in a way that kids can easily understand. The one thing I don’t really like about the story is how the granddaughter just magically know how to speak Cree. Overall, though I think it was a really good story.

Sept. 14, 2016              Hey Little Ant                Seena             

            Hey, Little Ant by  Phillip + Hannah Hoose as the authors and Tilley as the illustrator  is a picture made for 7-9 year old kids. It is about this boy talking to this ant. The boy wants step on the ant and the ant is trying to make the boy leave him alone. I liked the story because it teaches  people that don’t do bad stuff. In the story the ant also says “Imagine you were me and I was you, would you like to get stepped on which I think is pretty good away making people bully. Something I didn’t like is the illustration. The reason I didn’t like it is I don’t painting drawing for books. I would prefer it, if it was made of like markers are something. Overall I think it wasn’t a bad and if I was 7 I would read it.

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