Vania read: Where the wild things are

Read by Vania, edit by Yihong, the book originally written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

Book Reading: 10/28/2007

Five books Vania read recently by herself.

Once When I Was Shipwrecked. Written by Judith Womersley, illustrated by Kevin Burgemeestre, 1992.


The Teeny Tiny Woman. Retold by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by R.W. Alley, 1986.

The LITTLE INDIAN and the ANGEL. Written by Mildred H. Feague, illustrated by De Grazia, 1970.


Aesop's Fables. Selected and illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger, 2006.


Horace the Horrible. By Jackie French Koller (Author), Jackie Urbanovic (Illustrator), 2003.

Book Reading: 8/20/2007

Two books by Robert Lopshire. Put Me in the Zoo and New Tricks I Can Do! They are read by Vania herself.

New Progress, August 2007

Vania is now a First-Grade student at Pueblo Del Sol Elementary School. Recently, she has taken a STAR Reading(R) computer-adaptive reading test. The test result shows that Vania reads at a level greater than 90% of her same-grade peers nationally.

Book Reading: SAMMY The Seal

Story and Pictures by Syd Hoff.

Vania now has no difficult on reading this level of books all by herself.

We are back

It seems a long time ago we wrote here. I promise my darling we are back again for her reading.

Book Reading: The Christmas Story with Ruth J. Morehead's Holly Babes

Published by Random House.

Vania's comment: a story about Christmas, cute characters, but do not like Mary and Joseph.

Book Reading: Old Hat, New Hat

by Stan & Jan Berenstain.

Vania's comment: New ones are not always better than old ones.

Book Reading: Berenstain's B Book

by the Berenstains.

Vania's comment: This is a book about B words.

Book Reading: Pocahontas

Produced by Disney.

Vania's comment: Pocahontas was an Indian girl. She liked to talk to the Grandma Tree. She liked to discover. She was curious. She saved a man's life.