There

“There” by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick is about a young child wondering what the future will hold. One connection I made was when the child wondered if their teddy bear could come along on the journey to There. It reminded me of my 7 year old sister who takes her elephant stuffy everywhere. Another connection I made was when the child was unsure of whether they should go to There. When I was younger and wasn’t sure about what I wanted to do with my life, I really didn’t want to grow up because I was scared of all the things that could go wrong, and eventually that led to younger me becoming an avid over-thinker.  This story was really hard to connect to for me, personally because as I mentioned earlier, I tended to overthink things and was too scared to ask questions, unlike the character in the story.

Wangari’s Trees of Peace

“Wangari’s Trees of Peace” is a book written by Jeanette Winter about a Kenyan girl who started planting trees after returns home to see the forests disappearing. A connection I made with this book is a text to world connection. In the story it tells us about how Wangari’s home was being deforested and it reminded me about how this was also happening in other parts of the world. Another connection I made was text to media. Wangari reminded me of Malala and how they both stood up for what they believed in even though others didn’t like their opinions. The last connection I made was text to text because this story reminded me of a book I read a while ago about a girl planting a tree that would tell her the truth about anything in exchange for a lie. This story was inspiring and spread awareness to deforestation which is very important in this generation.

The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau

“The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau” is a biography written by author-illustrator  Dan Yaccarina about Jacques Cousteau’s life and discoveries. A connection I made with this book was when he tried to make civilization underwater, it reminded me of “Aquaman” movie I had watched a while ago. In the movie there are huge cities underwater and civilians with the ability to survive there, which is opposite of what Jacques ended up doing. Another connection would be between Jacques’s awareness of ocean pollution and a field trip I went on last year. Last year we got to learn about marine life and go paddle-boarding down at Ambleside. The last connection I made with this book is how he was passionate about the ocean and how the ocean is polluted. Jacques had an organization to protect the ocean and now there are many that have the same goal.