Reading for the Love of Books

This book is so universal in its appeal, focusing on Peter and the big snowy city. Peter is awaken to discover snow which has covered everything in sight. After breakfast he puts on his red snowsuit and runs outside for an adventure, he is amused at first by his footsteps in the snow. Peter makes a smiling snowman, he made snow angel’s and he pretends to be a mountain climber (so imaginative). Peter then made a snowball and put in his pocket for the next day and returned home. Peter then communicated to his mom about all his adventures in the snow and before he went to bed he looked into his red suit pocket and saw that it was empty, the snow melted! As Peter slept he was dreaming that the sun had melted the snow away and when we woke up the snow was still everywhere! and once again he set sail for another snowy adventure, but this time with his friend!  It reminds me of the first time I ever played in the snow! (I indulged in my imagination and built a snowman, ...

Growing up, I sadly didn’t get the chance to read Where the Wild Things Are and boy did I miss out! This book focuses on Max who put on his wolf suit one night and starts to be mischievous, he is also known as the “wild thing” (according to his mom) the night he was sent to his room for punishment without supper a forest started to grow and grow. It grew until his ceilings hung with vines and trees were everywhere. An ocean tumbled by with a private boat for Max and he sailed off through the night and day, he was sailing to where the wild things are. When Max arrived he saw the wild things and they roared, showed their teeth and rolled their eyes. Max said “be still” and showed them his magic trick of starring into their yellow eyes without blinking once. They were freighted and called him the most wild thing of all, they made him king of all the wild things. However, eventually Max Sent the wild things off to bed without super, he was lonely and wanted to be where some...

The Lorax written by Dr. Seuss is a such a classic! (One of my favorite picture books) The book consists of rhyming verses, beautifully illustrated pictures and the message of how important it is to take care of your environment. The Lorax is the keeper of the beautifully colored Truffula trees. the Once-ler (entrepreneur) then begins to produce thneeds (which have multiple use's) out of these Truffula trees and once he sees he is making profit he becomes greedy. The once-ler begins chopping a small number of trees down, but when he realizes that more and more people are buying the thneeds he expands the business by building a factory and producing a machine that will chop down huge number of trees. The Lorax who speaks on behalf of the trees warns the Once-ler that this will cause serious harm. A variety of creatures start to leave the area because there is now a lack of resources (food : the tree once provided food) and there is pollution in the air ...