“There”  written and illustrated by Marie – Louise Fitzpatrick is the name of the book that we did for our picture book blog today. This book is about a little kid who is wondering what it will be like when you get there. The kid is also wondering how he will be able to get there. I had two connections to this book, one was a text to self connection, and the other connection was a text to text connection. The text to self connection was when the kid was wondering when he will get there and how he would get there. This reminds me of when I went to London and Rome and I was wondering how long it would take to get there and how I would get there. The other connection that I had was a text to text connection. The part in the book where the kid was wondering how to train a dragon reminded me of a book that I used to read a lot when I was a little kid. The books name was “The Paper Bag Princess” and it was about a little kid and there friend that was a dragon. I really liked this book because it was really deep and you could leave your mind imagining what he was talking about. I really enjoyed this book.

Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story From Africa is the name of the book we did for our second picture book blog of term three. This book is written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter. This book is about a girl named Wangari who really cares about the environment. So she decides to plant a whole bunch of trees. The government doesn’t like that she is doing this. This doesn’t stop her though. One of the connections I had with this book is a text to world connection because the environment and global warming is a big topic of discussion in the world right now. The second connection I had was a text to media connection. This book reminds me a lot of the news because they talk about global warming a lot. The third connection I had was self to text connection because last summer In was driving through Kelowna after all of the fire was gone and I saw so many forests that were missing their trees because they have burnt down. This book really opened my eyes and showed that if you put your mind to something it can happen.

“The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau” written and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino is the book we did for our first picture book blog of the third term. This book is about a man who was very weak when he was a little boy. Doctors told him to swim a lot because that would build up his strength. One day when he was older he was in a bed car accident and was told that he would have to wear arm braces for the rest of his life. Jacques said no. One day he borrowed some goggles from a friend. He had never realized how pretty under the water was. So Jacques decided to create scuba gear. Jacques became very famous and very rich. The first connection I had to this book was a text to world connection.  In the book the oceans were starting to get polluted. The oceans polluting is a big topic in the world right now. The second connection I had was a text to self connection. I remember when I was in hawaii and I went underwater with goggles for the first time I was amazed too just like Jacques. The third connection I had was a text to text connection because I have read about Jacques before in lot’s of books. The last connection I had was a text to media connection. I have a text to media connection because I have watched different clips of Jacques Cousteau’s tv show before. Jacques Cousteau spent his time exploring different types of underwater creatures and saving the oceans.

There are many connections between my life and the book “Enemy Pie”. Enemy Pie written by Derek Munson is a book a about a boy who has a enemy so he talks to his dad about it. The boy’s dad tells the boy to go spend the day with his enemy. The boy and his enemy had a great day together and they decide to not be enemies any more. The first connection I have to this book is a text to self connection. The connection I had was to the part where the two boys are riding their bikes around the neighborhood. This reminds me of the time my friend Sienna and I went bike riding around our neighborhood. The second connection I had was a text to world connection. I think that this book connects to the world a lot right now because there are a lot of enemies in the world at this point in time. The last connection I made was another text to self connection. In the book the boy and his dad were making a pie, this reminds of the time I made a pie with my dad. The only difference is that the boy thought that it was a poisonous pie and my dad and I’s pie was not poisonous. These are a few of many connections I had to the book Enemy Pie.