this story is written by William Kam kwamba and illustrated by Elizabeth zunon this story is about a little boy named William and is a citizen in a small village in Malawi. his dad owned a farm, it had everything they needed and was going well, until. there were less rain and the crops they had died so they didn’t have money anymore for William to go to school. he started to observe the trucks so he wanted to know how it worked so he went to a library that the American charity had donated to the village so he started looking at some of the science books he found out that the engine of a car was very similar to a windmill so he went to his local junkyard and started to search through what he could find to build a windmill from the knowledge of the book. he built the structure first using wood to support the hight then built the router which spun villagers gathered around and the villagers started teasing and lighting but that didn’t stop William he still kept going and finally, it was done. William plugged a light bulb in, first, it just flickered then it started shiny like the sun and finally it shined his entire village. I had a connection with this story when I was 10 years old, I lost my ballon and was sad so I started getting used to losing my ballon even when my mom offered me every time to get another one for me but I refused like William when just ignored the fact that he couldn’t go to school. my second connection is when my friend made fun of me of my shape  but I just kept going and ignored them liken when william was teased at for his windmill

this is a children’s book about an egg and is illustrated and written by dan santat the story starts by an egg fell from on top of a wall and was hurt and cracked but was saved in the hospital. from then the egg was afraid to go up the wall again and sometimes couldn’t even enjoy the things that he wanted. so he had an idea, he created a paper bird that could fly in the wind but it flew away so he wanted to climb the wall again, even though he was scared he didn’t want to admit it so he didn’t look up or down he just kept climbing until he reached to the top and became a bird. my first connection to this story was when I was in the amusement park with friends and i went on a roller coaster that i was scared of and then I didn’t go on any of the rides that my friend had gone on. so I went on less scaring rides by myself until I had the confidence to go on bigger rides. my second connection is that I lost my parents in the mall I tried to find them but I couldn’t, so I stayed where I was and then my parents found me.

This book is about a kid and is written by Barb Rosenstock illustrated by mary grandpa the book begins with a little boy named vasya Kandinsky and did every normal Russian boy thing he could do he studied books went to school until his aunt gave him a paint box. he would go upstairs and paint but when he paints he could hear the paint whispering to him so he tried to draw what he was hearing after he was done he showed it to his family but none of them knew what it was so his aunt suggested him to go to art school. after that, he stopped art simply others didn’t know what he was drawing years past he went on to get a job but one-day he went to an orchestra he could hear the colours whispering again so he continued painting he went to his famous art teacher but he was not happy what he was painting he had a meeting with his friends and talked about how they could express feelings so vasya taught his friends how and later he died and became famous for his painting in my. I had a connection with this story when i was little and could also hear voices calling me 

This children’s book is written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick. This book is about a little girl that wants to go places and wonders about a small town and a jungle she wonders if she will ever go there and has obstacles. I had a connection when I was a kid there were times I didn’t know where to go but eventually I found my way just like the little girl did in this book

this is a book that talks about a man who explored underwater and is written and illustrated by Danyacarrina the book begin with a man named Jacques he loved the see but he broke an arm and doctors told him to wear an arm cast but refused. one of his friends gave him a pair of goggles and that changed his life. jacques loved the sea so he wanted to stay in it longer so he got a suit. in the olden days, the diving suits wear bulky and didn’t allow much movement so he wanted to invent a suit that was not bulky, allowed more movement and had a bigger air tank. and now he was free to explore the sea. he found out that the sea was really beautiful and wanted to share with the world so he made a cover for his camera to film underwater he explored the water more and went around the world and even invented mini-submarines when he came back from the home town he found out that the water was heavily polluted and began his own organization to protect the environment. 

this story was written by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by G. brain karas this is a true story base on a real gorilla named Ivan the story begins with Ivan in a jungle then moments later animal catcher captured Ivan and another gorilla named Burma the two gorilla was bought by a mall owner to attract the customer sometime later Burma died shortly after entering the USA when Ivan was small the owner would bring him and treat him like a human when he grew up he was a display in the mall. years and years passed he was getting old and so did the people thought that Ivan should be put back into the wild. This time Ivan was sent to an animal shelter the animal shelter had other gorillas and had real grass so that was where he spent the rest of his life

the sweatiest fig is a children book written and ilustrated by  Chris van Allsburg the book starts with a dentist named monsieur bibot who is fixing an old lady’s tooth. after finishing the old lady didn’t have any money to give to him but the old lady did give him two figs. some time later he tried one of the figs he found out that whatever you dream and eat the fig it becomes a reality later he he wanted to dream to be rich later he was going to eat it and went to get a fork the dog of his ate it the next morning he found out that he was under his bed a person’s hand  reached for him and it was himself he tried too argue but only could bark this book gives people a jmessage not to be disrespctfull and be kind to other or you are going to pay a price

Bats Big Game is a children’s book that teaches you not to betrayed your team the book is by Margaret Read Macdonald and illustrated by Eugenia the book starts off with a bat trying to join a team, one team were birds and the other were animals. Bat saw the birds team, it was weak so he joined the animal team because it was stronger and faster. the animal asked bat if he was an animal the bat showed his sharp teeth so the animals gave him a shirt the bat was excited, as he was playing he realized that he made a mistake the bids were winning so he switched to the birds.. bat did the same proses as the animals he showed the birds his wing so the birds gave bat a t-shirt he was thrilled that he was playing in the birds side he was playing he saw that the ANIMALS WERE WINNING!! so he threw his t-shirt into the bush and switched back, but this time he was not peaceful, the bear gathered the birds and the animals around and asked the birds if he was playing on there side and asked the animals if bat was playing on there side and they said yes as well they asked bat why he was doing this he said he wanted to be on the winning team so the birds and the animals kicked him out in my opinion i think that’s what bat deserved and the book teaches young children not to be foolish

Morris Micklewhite and the tangerine dress is a children’s book written by Christine Baldacchino and illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant this story is about a little boy that is gay and wears dresses and girl shoes he likes to solve puzzles and sing the loudest but at school the girls and boys and girls would bully him by his appearance they didn’t let him sit with them and didn’t let him play with them either so he faked that he had a stomachache his mom let him stay in bed but she still did fun things like solving puzzles on Sunday she had a dream the night before she dreamed about elephants and space ships so drew about it after he was done he showed the painting to her mother on Monday she went back to school the other boys still didn’t let her go in to their spaceship/hangout so Morris built his own he hanged his painting that he painted the day before Eli and Henery asked Morris if they could join at the end the explored the planet together later a girl asked if she could borrow the bress and said, ” boys, don’t wear dress” and the book ends with roast by morris saying  ” this boy does”.

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