sung jin by Sung Jing Kwon https://padlet.com/sung_jin_117160/ync4d2e1bwpv Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2017-10-26 00:07:09 UTC 2018-01-02 11:32:48 UTC hello@padlet.com My book review no.1 sung_jin_117160 https://padlet.com/sung_jin_117160/ync4d2e1bwpv/wish/200338028 Reviewed by: Sung Jin Kwon
Details of the book
Title: Edgar & Ellen Under Town
Author: Charles Odgen
Number of pages: 141
Genre: Fiction

Book Summary
The story is about the twin called Edgar and Ellen. They find out that the mayor want to build a big hotel next door. Edgar and Ellen do not like the mayor’s plan so they are going to stop it. Then, they try to prank the mayor, but someone else called “The Mason” use their prank plan to hurt the people who work to build the hotel. “The Mason” is actually a person who work in that building a long time ago. Then, Edgar and Ellen ask Eugenia to help them stopping the mayor to build the hotel. But, they fail and the mayor still build the hotel.

Book Review
The story is fun, but there are some difficult words. My favourite  character is Edgar because he is a boy and he is smart. I really enjoy reading chapter three "Flung" when Edgar and Ellen are making fun to each other.

Conclusion
I think this book is good for children from 9 to 12 years old because story is funny and full off pranks.


]]> 2017-10-25 11:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sung_jin_117160/ync4d2e1bwpv/wish/200338028 Book review No: 2 sung_jin_117160 https://padlet.com/sung_jin_117160/ync4d2e1bwpv/wish/202077798 Reviewed by: Sung Jin Kwon

Book Details
Title: Ninjas Don’t Bake Pumpkin Pies
Author: Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones
No. of Pages: 71
Genre: Fiction

Book summary
There was a new baker in town who made the best pumpkin pies. He used a sword to cut the pies. The Bailey School Kids (Eddie, Liza, Howie and Melody) thought that the baker was a ninja. They followed the baker to see what he was doing all day. They also went to museum about Japanese things. In the museum they learned about samurai. They tried to trap the baker but they failed. It turned out that they were wrong. The baker was a good guy.


Book review
I liked the book because it was funny and exciting. The Bailey School Kids had interesting ideas and imaginations about other people. The best part of the book was when they visited the museum. It was nice to see different stuff about samurai.

Conclusion
This book is good for primary year students from 8 years old to 11 years old. The story is easy to read and full with fun adventures.


]]> 2017-10-31 11:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sung_jin_117160/ync4d2e1bwpv/wish/202077798 Book review No: 3 sung_jin_117160 https://padlet.com/sung_jin_117160/ync4d2e1bwpv/wish/206181171  Reviewed by: Sung Jin Kwon
 
Book Details
Title: The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone
Author: Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black
No. of Pages: 108
Genre: Fiction
 
Book summary 
This is the second book of Spiderwick Chronicle. The story began with Simon, Jared and Tibbs at home. Then he saw his brother got caught by invisible things. Then they went to the seeing stone. In the way they had to fight many monsters. After that, they saved Simon and ran away from the monsters. They went home and Mom was angry to them so they stayed in their room. The room became so messy.
 
Book review
I really enjoyed reading this book because there was adventure and fantasy. Although it was a little bit scary but the story also funny. My favorite part of the book is Chapter 1 because it told you about the house and interesting things around the house. I also liked how Jared saved Simon.
 
Conclusion
I recommend this to children about 9 years old or older. The book was a little bit scary but also fun because the characters were children too.  There were also a lot of monsters in the story, but it made the book more interesting.
]]> 2017-11-13 11:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sung_jin_117160/ync4d2e1bwpv/wish/206181171 Book review No: 4 sung_jin_117160 https://padlet.com/sung_jin_117160/ync4d2e1bwpv/wish/206182379 Reviewed by: Sung Jin Kwon

Book Details
Title: People and Places
Author: National Geographic Team
Publisher: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
No. of Pages: 283
Genre: non-Fiction

Book summary
This book was about people and places in United States of America. It had five units. In the first unit, it had the facts about American family events and rules. In the second unit, it gave the information about maps and weather across the US. In the third unit, we could know more about American symbols and world leaders. In the fourth unit, there were stories about jobs and the last unit was about history of USA.

Book review
I liked reading the book because it told me many things about United States of America, especially about Halloween and why it was celebrated there.

Conclusion
I recommend this to children about 8 years and older because the sentences and simple and easy to read. It also has some fun facts about American culture.

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Book Details
Title: Who Was King Tut?
Author: Roberta Edwards 
Book summary  
No. of Pages: 112
Genre: non-Fiction

Book summary 
This book covers the history of Pharaoh Tutankhamen, a king in Egypt long time ago. In this book, you could find a lot of pictures about the life of King Tut. There was also the story about the tomb and the mummy curses. My favourite part is when the book told the story about the story about the treasure. The king in Ancient Egypt was buried with gold things. . 

Book review
I like the book because it gave me information about the pyramid and King Tut life story.

Conclusion
I recommend this book to children about 9 years old and older. The sentences sometimes a little bit hard, but the pictures helped.

]]> 2017-11-13 12:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sung_jin_117160/ync4d2e1bwpv/wish/206187023 Book review no: 6 sung_jin_117160 https://padlet.com/sung_jin_117160/ync4d2e1bwpv/wish/208662702 Reviewed by: Sung Jin Kwon

Book Details
Title: Little Kids First Big Book of Animals
Author: Catherine D. Hughes
No. of Pages: 128
Genre: non-Fiction

Book summary
This book was very good because it had a lot of information about animals around the world. We could read the facts about tigers and other wild animals in a fun way.  The book was full of pictures so the children would like it so much. From the small animals like frogs, to the cutest animals like penguins also the scary animals like wolves. We could know the animals’ food, sizes and also homes.

Book review
I liked the book because it told me how to take care or baby animals and because it had a lot of pictures.

Conclusion
I recommend this book to any children because it had so many pictures. Parents could also read for the little kids. 


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