Alice's Adventures in wonderland

Author: Lewis Carroll
Illustrator: John Tenniet
Genre: Children's fiction
Plot: Episode
Character: Alice and all of the characters that Alice met during her trip in wonderland

Reflection:

              Almost every children read the fairy tale named Alice's adventures in wonderland when they were just 6 or 7 years old and so do I. When I was a little girl, I read Alice. I was falling in love with Alice at that time. In that time I love Alice not only because I love the clothes that Alice wears but also the story. I wanted to become another Alice. So, I raised a little rabbit and hoped one day he can take me to adventure in wonderland. Now I am a 19 years old girl. When  I read this book again, I have different feelings. In the beginning, Alice was sitting by her sister on the bank. Then she saw a rabbit and she felt curious so she chased by the rabbit. Then Alice fell down in the hole. When she stopped falling, she saw a bottle labelled "drink me" .Then she drank it and shrank. Then she eat a cake labelled "eat me ". Then she ate it and became big. Alice became very big so she was unhappy. Then, she cried so her tears became a river. She swam in her tears and met the mouse. Time flies by, more and more animals were swept away by the rising water so they decided to tell a dry joke in order to let the water dry. The white rabbit appeared again in search of the Duchess's gloves and fan.After that,  Alice met a blue Caterpillar smoking a hookah. This caterpillar told Alice that one side of the mushroom will make her taller and the other side will make her shorter.  A Fish-Footman had an invitation for the Duchess of the house, which he delivered to a Frog-Footman. Alice became a guest at a "mad" tea party along with the March Hare, the Hatter.Alice left the tea party and entered the garden, where she came upon three living playing cards painting the white roses on a rose tree red because The Queen of Hearts hated white roses. Then, the Queen of Hearts dismissed her with the threat of execution and she introduced Alice to the Gryphon. The Mock Turtle and the Gryphon danced to the Lobster Quadrille, while Alice recited"'Tis the Voice of the Lobster". Alice attends a trial in which the Knave of Hearts was accused of stealing the Queen's tarts. Then, Alice was called up as a witness. She accidentally knocked over the jury box with the animals inside, and the King ordered the animals to be placed back into their seats before the trial continues. The Queen shouted her familiar "Off with her head!" but Alice was unafraid, calling them out as just a pack of cards, just as they start to swarm over her. Alice's sister waked her up from a dream, brushing what turned out to be some leaves, and not a shower of playing cards, from Alice's face. Alice left her sister on the bank to imagine all the curious happenings for herself. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland inspired me with its fascinating, persuasive and authoritative in tone. The beauty of this story is that it allows us to have a lot of imagination about it. Many best-sellers does not have such a strong influence on me as it. I must recommend it as one of my favorites. It opens up my mind to discover the concept of Wonderland and know why it is the so-called "fantasy work." With 100 percent sure, this book is definitely will be read again and again in order to enrich my vision about Wonderland and create my own Wonderland. 

Swimmy

Author: Leo Lionni
Genre: Picture book
Characters: Swimmy and all the little red fish
Setting: backdrop
Plot: Dramatic Plot


Reflection:

               They were many fish living in a corner of sea. All of the fish were red but only a black fish. This distinctive fish named  Swimmy. One day a giant tuna came out so all of the little fish felt scared. They wanted to swim out of the giant tuna in order not to be eaten. But, those little fish can't swim as fast as they thought. So, Swimmy thought an idea which was making all of fish swimming together in order to cheat giant tuna that they were big fish. This idea worked. In the end, the giant tuna scared by those little fish. After reading this story, I learn a very important thing which is very useful in our life. Although the power of one person is weak but if we get many people together we have enough power to solve the problems. Just like this story, those fishes are little and powerless but once they get together, they become powerful. In our society, many people are afraid of being different because people will focus on them. This story also tell readers that we should not be afraid of being distinctive. We should not too care about what other people think. Once you are not afraid of being different, You will see the new things with differnt kinds of viewpoint that you never saw before.

Guess How Much I Love You

Author: Sam Mcbratney

Genre: Picture book

Characters: little nutbrown hare and big nutbrown hare

Setting: backdrop setting

Reflection:

This story is taking about a little nutbrown hare and big nutbrown hare. One day, little nutbrown hare asked big nutbrroen hare that guess how much I love you. Then, little nutbrown hare said that he love  big nutbrown hare as high as he can reach. And then, big nutbrown hare said the same sentences to the little nutbrown hare. This story tells children how to love a person. When you love a person very very much, you want to find a way of describing how great your feelings are. The pictures in this picture book are very beautiful and exquisite. When I read this book, I feel very interesting because the characters of this book are rabbits so you can see the words are not placed tidy. Those words are jumping like the rabbits. When rabbits was bouncing and down, those words followed the rabbits bouncing and down. The colors of this book are bright and making readers feel comfortable. In this book, you can see different kinds of rabbits postures. I can read the story and watch many beautiful pictures at the same time.