Задание
Match the titles to the book reviews. One title is extra.
The book is about a little girl and her grandmother. Rosalba and
her grandmother spend time together and travel all over New
York. Riding on a bus Rosalba imagines they are in the sky and
are flying over the city. Her grandmother tells her about her
girlhood. They imagine they go to the past. The story ends with
Rosalba and her grandmother climbing into a boat for one more
adventure. Abuela by Arthur Dorros (illustrations by Elisa Kleven,
1995) is a fascinating book for boys and girls.
The Button Box by Margarette S. Reid (1990) is good for age 5-8.
The book is about the boy who loves a box with buttons that his
grandma has. The boy likes to look at buttons. He imagines they
are precious stones. At the end of the story the boy learns about
the history of buttons. It tells us that one time a king had a suit
with 13, 600 buttons. The buttons are so colourful. The collection is amazing. Some have animals on them. There are leather ones and cloth ones and metal ones.
Daddy, Will You Miss Me? By Wendy McCormick (1999) is for
little children. Daddy’s business trip to Africa will be only four
weeks, but his son thinks it’s forever. The father and the son think
how to feel close to each other over the ocean. They mark
calendars and blow kisses. It helps. When the boy and his mother
feed winter birds, the boy imagines his father who is watching
giant African birds. The story is full of love.
Meet Zenon Kar. She lives on a space station in Milky Way. Her
parents send Zenon to her grandparents’ farm on the Earth for
summer. She’s a typical elementary school kid, but she lives on a
space station in 2049! Zenon’s teacher leads her fifth grade class
on a very special field trip off Space station 9 Zenon loses her
way. She finds out what it’s like to be stuck (застрять) on Earth!
Enjoy Stuck on Earth: Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century by
Marilyn Sadler (1996).
The Fantastic World
The Magic Box
Love is a Family
Life of the future
Son’s Love