R J4, 蔡宗桓

English Reading Journal-4

Book Title: Flour babies

Author: Fine, Anne

Publishing company: Penguin Group

Year of Publishing: 1992

Number of pages: 41

Student: Chung-Huan (Allen), Tsai

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The boys in the class 4c were the worst students at school. They could not even write or read well. Once, they were asked by Dr. Felthams to do an assignment, and the subjects of the assignment were Food, Housework, Shopping, and Children. The boys must pick one of them and perform it. Finally, they picked "Children."

What's " Children"? The boys must take care of the flour babies. There were three kilograms of flour in each bag, and they were called "flour babies." The boys should look after their flour babies for three weeks and write about what have happened each day in a Baby Book. Most students gave up at last. But a boy called Simon Martin did well at this assignment. Actually, Simon's father left him when he was a child. He didn't understand why his father left him until he did this assignment.

Parents play the most important role in children's life. From young to old, parents always stand by us. They don't complain a bit even. I have a happy family, and I appreciate my parents much. But there are still many tragic families in the world. A lot of problems in our modern society are from families without love. Parents should be responsible for their children but children should also show respect and love their parents.

This is my first time to read English children's book. Although it's much easier to read and some pictures are in it, and I still think that reading is sometimes much fun when you enjoy it. I had a lot of fun in reading children's books. However, to challenge my reading ability, I will choose a more challenging book to enjoy at the next book.