Supergrandpa

I think that this story is very interesting. It is about Gustaf Hakanson who is sixty-six years old. Gustaf looked old, but he did not act old and did not feel old. People always saw him riding his bicycle. One day Gustaf read an interesting article about a bicycle race called "The Tour of Sweden". This tour is more than one thousand miles long which would last many days. His wife, son, grandchildren doubted him, but was determined to enter the race. The judges refused to put him in and ask him to go home to his rocking chair. Gustaf did not give in, but began to prepare for the race the following day. However all young cyclists were prepared, wore numbers, but of course there were no number for Gustaf. So he improvise cut out a red scrap of fabric and number himself number zero. Gustaf was not official but people were cheering and surrounded him by so much kindness. The thought of his many fan had help him to burst through the finish line. I personally think that Gustaf's story is encouraging and enjoyable. It illustrates the importance of being healthy, believing and trying hard in achieving your goals and would be appropreiate for grade K through third.

Dog and Bear

This book presents three easy to read for emergent readers. The first one is about a Bear in the chair who could not get down. On a beautiful day Bear's friend came to invite him to go outside but bear was too scared to come down. His friend Dog encourages him to get down step by step until bear became braver, but forgot his scarf on the chair.
In the second story "Play with me!" Bear's friend dog kept asking him to play but bear kept avoiding him. Bear decide to read a book even though the dog kept inviting him, but bear just needed time alone. As much as the bear tried to explain, the dog did not understand.
The final story is "Dog changes his Name". The dog want to change his name because he think Dog was boring. At the end the Bear suggest that his name could be his best friend Dog.
I think that the stories is very enjoyable and hilarious. It illustrates simple conflicts of a friendship. It could be enjoyed and shared with friend or for independent readers.

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