Book Summary: Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
The mouse, Mrs. Frisby's child Timothy, has pneumonia and the farmer of the farm they live on will plow the farm in 5 days. Timothy has to recover and 5 days isn't enough. Fortunately, Mrs. Frisby contacts the rats of NIMH - huge, smart and strong rats, who move her house to a particular spot on the farm which didn't get plowed. But the farmer ordered a doctor to remove the rosebush where the rats of NIMH lived. Most of the rats escaped to their new home in Thorn Valley, a nearby valley where wild animals grazed. There were ponds in Thorn Valley for water and soil for planting crops.
The most surprising part of the story was when the mice gnawed the iron wire to escape from the NIMH lab to the city outside it. Who knew that the rats can gnaw through iron!
In this story, a doctor uses cyanide gas to remove the rosebush. Using cyanide gas to kill a rosebush is crazy and unnecessary! A pair of big garden shears would have done the job very well.
No. of pages in the book: 233
STATUS: READ
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Book Review: 21 Balloons by William Pe'ne du Bois'
Book Review: 21 Balloons by William Pe'ne du Bois'
Summary by Shreyes Nallan, 6 1/2 yrs old
"Let's go to Gilroy Gardens", said Daddy. "And, by the way, I created a problem for you, Shreyes", he said. After we climbed into the van, we took off. I looked at the problem.
It said:
"Shreyes is travelling on an airplane going at 622 mph. Roshan is travelling at 7 mph on his scooter. He sees Shreyes on his airplane and notices that he is coming down to land. Shreyes has an altitude of 797.2357346 ft when Roshan saw him. The distance to the airport to where Roshan saw him is 15.28 miles. How much time will it take for Shreyes to land?"
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You might now say:
Sorry for interrupting, but
there's nothing about 21 Balloons here!
Your book review style is also rarified!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \
______________________________
"Uh!", I said. I never did any work on that problem. Finally, we arrived at the awesome theme park. Daddy and I got onto the STRAWBERRY SUNDAE ride. When we got onto #6, Mummy and Sugi climbed onto #7. Suddenly, the two strawberries collapsed into one. I looked around and noticed that the background had changed. Gilroy to San Francisco. 2009 to 1880 or 1875. On the side of the road was a building labeled HIGGINS BALLOON FACTORY. Mummy opened the door. We all saw a giant balloon attached to a small house. The balloon soared up in the sky. We decided to follow the balloon. The balloon flew over the Pacific, over the Phillippines, over Borneo and the balloon popped on an island called Krakatoa. It looked like it was uninhabited because of a volcano. The man inside the house, William Waterman Sherman, was greeted by a man who called himself "Mr.F". We walked further and saw restaurants and houses representing 20 countries. We realized that each day all 80 people ate at one restaurant. The order was alphabetical. One day the volcano blew up the island and all 81 people escaped. Of those, 76 people escaped to India, 4 to England and one (Prof. Sherman) to the Atlantic and later back to San Francisco. After watching this adventure, we came back to Gilroy. Then, I woke up from my dream.
Summary by Shreyes Nallan, 6 1/2 yrs old
"Let's go to Gilroy Gardens", said Daddy. "And, by the way, I created a problem for you, Shreyes", he said. After we climbed into the van, we took off. I looked at the problem.
It said:
"Shreyes is travelling on an airplane going at 622 mph. Roshan is travelling at 7 mph on his scooter. He sees Shreyes on his airplane and notices that he is coming down to land. Shreyes has an altitude of 797.2357346 ft when Roshan saw him. The distance to the airport to where Roshan saw him is 15.28 miles. How much time will it take for Shreyes to land?"
_________________________
You might now say:
Sorry for interrupting, but
there's nothing about 21 Balloons here!
Your book review style is also rarified!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \
______________________________
"Uh!", I said. I never did any work on that problem. Finally, we arrived at the awesome theme park. Daddy and I got onto the STRAWBERRY SUNDAE ride. When we got onto #6, Mummy and Sugi climbed onto #7. Suddenly, the two strawberries collapsed into one. I looked around and noticed that the background had changed. Gilroy to San Francisco. 2009 to 1880 or 1875. On the side of the road was a building labeled HIGGINS BALLOON FACTORY. Mummy opened the door. We all saw a giant balloon attached to a small house. The balloon soared up in the sky. We decided to follow the balloon. The balloon flew over the Pacific, over the Phillippines, over Borneo and the balloon popped on an island called Krakatoa. It looked like it was uninhabited because of a volcano. The man inside the house, William Waterman Sherman, was greeted by a man who called himself "Mr.F". We walked further and saw restaurants and houses representing 20 countries. We realized that each day all 80 people ate at one restaurant. The order was alphabetical. One day the volcano blew up the island and all 81 people escaped. Of those, 76 people escaped to India, 4 to England and one (Prof. Sherman) to the Atlantic and later back to San Francisco. After watching this adventure, we came back to Gilroy. Then, I woke up from my dream.
Rating: 98.99371 Status: READ
Poem: Lunch Choice Today
Lunch Choice Today- by Shreyes Ram Nallan
Crunch and munch
Hatch a plan with it
Oh, the delicious pizzas,
Olives, lettuce and jello
Salads, ice-cream and soup
Endless choices of food
Fruits, breads and carrots
Red jello is the top pick
Eating there is the best
Soup comes in random choices
Hot pizzas are the best
Carrots directly from farms
Hard to beat the service
Oranges with a sweet taste
Interlocked are the chairs
Cucumbers directly from plants
Easy to create your own food!
Crunch and munch
Hatch a plan with it
Oh, the delicious pizzas,
Olives, lettuce and jello
Salads, ice-cream and soup
Endless choices of food
Fruits, breads and carrots
Red jello is the top pick
Eating there is the best
Soup comes in random choices
Hot pizzas are the best
Carrots directly from farms
Hard to beat the service
Oranges with a sweet taste
Interlocked are the chairs
Cucumbers directly from plants
Easy to create your own food!
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