Smelly Peter

Smelly Peter                     (picture by website)
The Great Pea Eater       

by Steve Smallman                                       
illustrated by Joelle Dreidemy

Young Perter Pod is a little bit odd. He eats nothing but peas.
Then one morning, Peter turns green-and he can't stop tooting!

His classmates tease him, but some aliens spot Peter and make
him their king! On the planet of Krell, Peter is loved for being
green and incredibly farty.  The only problem is the planet lacks
peas, and Peter is slowly turning pink and smelling sweeter.....

That's ok beacasue Peter is missing his mom and dad. One problem
is he doesn't like peas again, he likes to eat baked beans..........and
that smell really......

I like the books "Eat your peas" and "I will never eat the tomato"(??),
but this book warning me that don't eat one kind of particular food
too much, right? I don't want to turn to green (I love durian) !

Chicks and Salsa

Chicks and Salsa      (picture by website)
by Aaron Reynolds    illustrated by Paulette Bogan

The chickens are tired of eating the same thing every day, and the
rooster knows only one thing can stop their grumbling...a FIESTA!

The only man in the hen house is rooster.  Can he solve the problem
with new recipe for all hens and chicks??? Yes, the rooster watched
TV cooking show, oh...no...no...not the rooster, actually is
Mrs. Nuthatcher, the farmer's wife but the rooster was perched on a
fence post outside the farmhouse window when he discovered the
solution to his problem.....SALSA!!

Do you like SALSA??? I love it. I remembered that I tasted it in USA
serveral times. I like the fresh tomatoes, onions....And, the chickens
also love their new food. Hooray!
Then, the same problem was happened in duck pond.....the ducks
decide they wer tired of fish.....and the rooster encouraged them....
Next will be the pigs.....

Hahaha....So funny,  is there any other animal tired of the regular food?
Find the rooster, he will help!

The fish who could wish

The fish who could wish   (picture by website)
by John Bush & Korky Paul

In the deep blue sea,
In the deep of the blue,
Swam a fish who could wish,
And each wish would come true.

He wished for a castle,
  He wished for a car,
But one day he wished
Just a little too far......

Want to know what wish he made? I bet  you will never get his thought!!!!!
What a silly fish!
You must read it!

Little brown bushrat

Little brown bushrat   by Georgie Ripper   (picture from website)

The story was happened in Australia, here a little brown bushrat
made his way home. On the way, he came across a group of animals
talking loudly. they were busy discussing what it was that each of them
did best.

"I am by far the most beautiful," said the lyrebird and he displayed his tail...
"I can jump higher than anyone else," said the kangaroo....
"I can hang upside down by my tail,", said the possum and they all agreed....
"Well, I can run the fastest,' said the emu....
Bushrat was amazed. He couldn't run very fast, or jump well and despite what
his mother said, he didn't think he was very beautiful....
He was wandering sadly off into the bush when suddenly he heard a commotion
behind him.....Fire! the wompoo fruit dove come bursting into the clearing"Fire!"
she squawked....Everyone was silent....PANIC!.....what will happen next to this
bushrat??????read the book by yourself....
Surprise ending.

Please say please

Please say please!  Penguin's Guide to Manners
by Margery Cuyler   illustrated by Will Hillenbrand   (from website)

When friends are invited to Penguin's house for dinner,
1. They should barge right in without knocking......LET'S EAT
     -> Is that right?
    No....they should knock first, wait until Penguin opens the door
    and say "Hello"....

2.When a pig comes to the table, he should wipe his muddy hooves on
    the tablecloth........Oh, Yuck!
     -> Is that right?
    No....that's wrong.
    When a pig comes to the table, he should wash his hooves first until
    they are squeaky clean.

See, are they all you kids manner on the table? I guess not, but this is
really a nice book to teach our little friend how to act correctly when
you visti someone in someday. Nice pictures, nice story.
I like it.

  

The copy crocs

The copy crocs  by David Bedford / Emily Bolam   (picture from website)

Crocodile knows how to have a Good Time; he's always thinking
of fun things to do.  But he gets tired of all of the other crocs following
him around and copying whatever he does.  They bash into him in
the pool, crowd him when sunbathes, and squeeze onto his mountain.

Can he ever escape the copy crocs? And if he does, will he still have fun?

就像這隻主角鱷魚一樣,小朋友有時會一味的copy別人的各種行為舉止,
有時候被copy的人不喜歡,有的人則喜歡當領袖的感覺,我想作者這些話
很貼切的說出了小孩的心聲喔....

"Why do you keep copying me?"   - Crocodile shouted.
"Because you're always doing new, fun things," said the other crocs.
"Anyway, we can sit here if we want. It's not YOUR mountain."

哈哈哈,妙哉!

A pair of socks

A pair of socks   by Stuart J. Murphy    illustrated by Lois Ehlert

由鼎鼎大名的Lois Ehlert 所畫的圖,色彩線條十足~
構圖在畫面中道出了一隻襪子的心聲啊!

文字說:
I'll never be worn.
It doesn't seem fair.
I'm missing my match-
I'm not part of a pair.

便開始的尋找他的"失落的一半"....是不是有點熟悉呢?Yes,
我要去找失落的一角....
過程中,稜稜角角要去適應別人喜不喜歡自己,
自己又能不能找到跟自己一模一樣的另一半???充滿著想像,
害怕,有冒險....終於....
你以為故事結束了?還沒,還有另外的問題要解決....
很棒的書
還有match game可以玩,也可以自己準備2堆襪子,讓小朋友來配對囉!!!
期待入荷~

The cow that laid an egg

"The cow that laid an egg"~ Any Cutbill   illustrated by Russell Ayto


WHAT? Don't worry about it. It is just a rumor between the farm animals
 but check out Marjorie who is an insecure cow and she wishes she had some
 special talent.  She can't ride a bicycle or do handstands liket the others.
Then One  morning (thanks to a bunch of scheming chickens and
paintbrush), Marjorie is astonished to discover something extraordinary:
She's lad an egg! But does the baby inside the egg really belong to Marjorie?
Emotions run high in the farmyard as everyone waits to find out. (from book)

Next time, when you her a goat or a sheep laid an egg, don't surprise!

Take care of the baby,
Marjorie(麻吉)!

Hippo

Do you like Hippos? If you do, that's wonderful! Here I have a question
for you! Can you reconize the diffent between Hippo and Rhino???
Think befor you Answer!! Ha, this story is quite interesting and I like to
share with you.

Hippo by Jeff Newman (picture from website)

One day, the zookeeper gives Rhino the wrong sign "Hippo"! Read this
book to find out what happens next!

Here come many visitors to see the Rhino....oh....no...no....that sign said
"Hippo", then every visitor called the Rhino:" Hippo", you could image how
angry the Rhino was and nobody cares. Even the little bird tried to help but
still useless. There was a smart boy who knew the wrong sign and he change it
into a correct one. He is the hero, he saved Rhino.....Hurry~

But, the other side, for hippo's sign is................."Porcupine"...........oh...no!!

Oh, my God....again???