2011/07/26

The Quicksand Question

The Quicksand Question
ISBN: 9780375802720
Series: A to Z Mysteries No:17
Word Counts:9333 words
Level:Level3

すみません、仕事、超繁忙期なんですけど...
最近、すきま時間で読むようになってきて、
読めてしまいました。
さすが、AtoZ...

動機が、何よりいいです。
事件は単純なんですけど、「読める」ので、ありがたいシリーズです。
あー、いいなぁ三人組。
うちの子にもこういう仲間ができたらなぁ、といつも思います。

2011/07/24

Jake Drake, Teacher's Pet

Jake Drake, Teacher's Pet
Written by:Andrew Clements
Illustrated by
Series: Jake Drake No:3
Word Counts:13060 words
Level:Level3

Teacher's pet...again!
Jake in this story hit the wall same as Nick in "Frindle"
but in case of Jake, it is more serious to overcome.
How?

Truly to me, it is serious. I've got shocked as Jake felt down.
Unlike most of the book,in the last part, I've shouted yay!!
Whew, what a relief!

Words and sentences are really easy to read, attractive, so I couldn't put this book down.

2011/07/21

Frindle

Frindle
Written by: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Brian Selznick
ISBN: 978-1111111113
Series: --none-- No:-
Word Counts:16232 words
Level:Level3

I've moved completely...
Unbelievable beautiful story.

Old-fashioned teacher met new kid(it seems like no wonder, anyway) in 5th grade, smart kid named Nick went beyond his teacher, who behaving like as "a bad teacher", learning social life around him.

She have been just watching him for 10 years since then. When he became 21 yeas old, two of them contacted through letters.
We readers find the truth out from the letters.

Wow...
Besides, the story is told by easy words and sentences.
I have not met this kind of story yet.
Lucky to get this opportunity, I do read another Andrew Clements' books.




Three Little Kittens

Three Little Kittens
ISBN: 978-0547575759
Series: --none-- No:-
Word Counts:175 words
Level:Level0

(have sang this last meeting...forgot to post)
Paul Galdone!, well-known author, among our Japanese read aloud volunteer group member,
This is my no.1 favorate↓


In Japanese, this is the one,


To me, as it's said in sub title, it's a little bit scary, my daughter don't like one because "this is not scary at all.." sigh...

Anyway, "The three little kittens".
I've long been gettin familiar with this "Song", have first met at Radio Program "Kiso-Eigo" in 1980(maybe, '81?).



I was 6th grade at that time, new to English as a foreign language opening the door to the world..
This song made me getting goose-bumps and my eyes wide opened, I think now though, it shocked me.
How many times I've been listening to over 30years since then?
Countless!
The book, was truely of my image, the mother cat looks so angrily, that's the point really love.
Last two parts of the story I don't know in my memory as it never appeared in the lyrics.
Have fun with the new parts now!

Carnival at Candlelight

Carnival at Candlelight
ISBN: 9780375830334
Series: Magic Tree House No:33
Word Counts:10800 words
Level:Level3

なんと!お借りしてから、二週間かかってしまいました。
手にとれない日が多くて(言い訳)
昨晩、「遊んでくれない」と娘に邪魔されながら読了。
(読了後、Chantsでたっぷり遊んだけど。)
後半一気に読みました。

MTHは#1~6と#17~20に引き続き、11冊目。
飛ばし読みで今回#33です。
なんというか..10000wordsを超えると、導入がしづらい感があり、
入ってしまうと早いんですが。
4,5000wordsくらいだと楽なのは、文体がなじめないからなのか?

そこのところ、10000wordsを超えるAtoZはそんなことないので、
相性もあるのかも。

概観はさておき、記念すべき70万語突破本となりました。yay!
JackとAnnieもレベルアップしてきて、人間(?)関係も複雑になってきました。
Annieは相変わらず向こう見ず、Jackは慎重派で、そのへんの成長ぐあいが
今後楽しみではあります。
舞台はLagoon city of Venice! 知らないことだらけで、
そういう意味でMTHは刺激になるんですよね。
こんなことが自分に起きたらいいなぁ、といつも思います。

2011/07/11

Tuesday

Tuesday
ISBN: 978-0395870822
Series: --none-- No:-
Word Counts:6 words
Level:Level0

ほかに類を見ない絵本です。
大人向けと言ったほうがいいのかな。

娘は、生き物好きなので、こわいとか、気持ち悪いとか一切なく、
かわいい~♪
でした。
私もすごく好きなタイプの本です。

2011/07/06

Peanuts 2000

Peanuts 2000
ISBN: 978-0345442390
Series: Snoopy No:-
Word Counts:11900 words
Level:Level3

買ってしまいました。
Comic stripsというらしいです。
Graphic nobelsとの違いは、お話の長さでしょうかね。

2011/07/02

White House White-Out


White House White-Out

ISBN: 978-0375847219
Series: A to Z Mysteries Super Edition No:3
Word Counts:13504 words
Level:Leve3

長めですが、先が知りたくて早く読めました。
やっぱりA to Zはいいですねぇ...

スリル満点!
Dink大活躍、大統領の養女とその飼い犬も大活躍のストーリー
凍えるような寒さの中、5人の子供達が難局をいかに乗り切るか、
実際にとった行動もとても頼もしく、よかった!