“There” is a interesting book written and illustrated by Marie- Louise Fitzpatrick. It’s about a little kid who’s very curious about the world, wondering about everything and questions “There”. “There” is referring to the future and what it holds, growing up and understanding the people and things around you. The kid asks about what’s “there” like, the kids asks are blueberries blue and sunflowers yellow “there”. I liked how creative the child was and how it looked at the future. I connected to this book because as a child I was curious to and I always wanted to do and know everything. My brother would play with his toys and I would be curious about what they were so I would come over to him and destroy everything. The book “Cerulean” was all about curiosity and the main character was trying to figure out her future and questioned everything she could see.

Wangari’s Tree of Peace: A True Story from Africa was written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter. Wangari was a girl who lived in kenya. She helped her mom and planted trees. Wangari was very good in school and got a scholarship in america. She was schooled for six more years then came back to Kenya. She saw how plain the land had become. There were no trees, no plants, no greenery. So she decided to plant her own trees. She planted nine trees and then the woman of Kenya joined in. They all planted tree and Kenya became green like it once was. At school we watched a video were lots of young girls got the opportunity to go to highschool and university. Oprah took the girls to the school and interview them on why they should go to her school, some of them had really sad back stories. I like the illustrations in the book and how she turned the problem into an organization for planting plants.

“The Fantastic Undersea life of Jacques Cousteau” was written and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino.  Jacques Cousteau was a week boy who didn’t eat much so the doctors told him to swim to bring up his strength. He learned to love the sea and swam all the time. When he was young he got in a car accident and hurt his arm. He swam to give it strength instead of wearing a cast. He created a gadget so he could breathe underwater. He created a team and they went on boat around the world, he made a TV show and showed the world the Fantastic life under the sea. When I went to maui we went snorkeling in the sea. We saw coral, turtles, fish, and other sea plants. There was lots to explore and see like Jacques Cousteau did in the book.  Jacques Cousteau went on lots of adventures around the world and was very curious, this reminded me of the book “Cerulean”. The main character is very curious and wants to know everything about the world below her. She ends up going down and finding everything she wanted to know, but most things she found were scary.  This book is about the sea and right now there is a lot of population around the world, mostly in the sea. Animal are being hurt and dying because of all the garbage. Everyone around the world is using social media and online websites to aware everyone about this crisis.

Enemy Pie was written by Derek Munson and illustrated by Tara Calahan King. Enemy Pie is about a boy who loses his first enemy by becoming friends with him. I can connect to the book Enemy Pie in four different ways. My first connection is from my own experience. I have judged people and heard things about people who are now some of my best friends. Other people have told me things about people that can cloud my judgement about who they really are. After I got closer to them I realize they weren’t as bad as other people had told me.

My second connection is from something I’ve read from a book. The book “Best Friends Next Door” is about two girls named Emme and Hannah with different points of view. They both judge each other but then realize that they are very similar, they become best friends. Till on day one of the Hannahs old friends came to visit but Emme and Hannah’s old friend become really close. Hannah tries to connect with them and they end but all being really good friends together.

My third connection to Enemy Pie is from the really world. Most people around the world celebrate anti-bullying day. A day where everyone wears pink. The story behind it was that a boy wore pink to school and got bullied. The next day a group of boys and girls wore pink to school in support of the boy who wore pink the day before. They stood up to the bullies and after that it became a annual things. My Fourth and final connection is to media. Online I have made a ton of friends. I connect with a lot of people online and I play with my friends friends. A lot of the people I’ve made friends with online are now some of my best friends.