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 Today I introduce Gong! in the Literacy Land series.  This is the following story of the children's adventure to rescue their friend, Obby. Finally, they go to the Giant Gong's castle to help him, but they also capture by Gong before they rescue Obby. Children can meet him in the castle and there are other friends who they had been captured. So they all cooperate and try to escape from the castle. The Slippery-Slide Cream and the Strange Sweets are the keys to their adventure!! In this semester, I read all step 12's books of Literacy Land series! This series has very cute illustrations and is easy to read, so I recommend this series to you;)

 Hello, I would like to introduce The Problem with Cleo in the Literacy Land series.  Cleo, a younger sister of Donut always wants to play with Donut and his friends. They also enjoy playing with Cleo, but sometimes they want to play with only themselves. So it was a problem for them that Cleo always follows them. Cleo wants to join the older group and play together, but they don't think so. Cleo comes into their secret room without their permission, so they decide to climb up the tree as their new secret room to see Cleo coming. After that, Cleo comes there and she tries to climb it like them. However, she slipped on a trash can and fells to the ground. Cleo's mother comes and calls an ambulance. While Cleo, her mother, and Donut go to the hospital, the others are afraid her mother will find out that it's their fault.  What will do Cleo to join their group after that?

 Today's book is Mouse and the BULLIES Part 2 and it is the Literacy Land series. Tom and Danny keep bullying Mouse and it gets worse and worse. Mouse's friends think the solution to help him, but he doesn't think of getting back at them because he is not angry with them but afraid of them. A few weeks later, he gets sick and cannot go to school, so his mother takes him to the doctor. The doctor suspects that he is being bullied at school, but he doesn't tell his mother the truth. After that, he calls Childline again for help. Childline's woman, Melissa advises telling about bullies to the headteacher.   Mouse tries to solve the bullying himself and he is a very brave boy. How does he sort the problem out for himself? 

Today's book is Mouse and the BULLIES Part 1 and it is Literacy Land series.  Years ago, Tom and Danny teased Mouse about his hair, so their teacher told them off and made them say sorry to Mouse. They started ignored him even since. However, suddenly, they starts hanging round with him. He is supprised but glad. He tries to fit in with them, but they tease about his name, his clothes, and his bag. They laugh at all of him, whatever he does. He gradually feels unpleasant and teases his brother, Pip at home. Ton and Danny don't stop teasing Mouse, so he calls Chldline to ask someone for help. But he doesn't want his family to know about it and he hides the bullies to his family. One day, Danny keeps poking his ribs with a ruler during a class, so he can't concentrate in class. Then, their teacher, Mrs Duffy scolds only Mouse because he can't tell her the truth. But his sister, Jojo puts her hand up and tells her the truth in place of him. Therefore, all of them comes

"This dog is following us, What's -Going-On. But the real mystery is why ? "Can we solve the case, Moans?" asked Mouse. "The case of the small fat dog?" Today's book is The Case of the Small Fat Dog! It's Longman Literacy Land series. Every summer, the Macdonalds go camping. At night, Mr Macdonald read Jojo and Mouse a book about very famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his companion, Dr Watson. Next day, Jojo and Mouse pretend that they are Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Then, they find the small fat dog. The dog follow them everywhere they go, so they decide to research about the dog and try to find the reason which the dog follow them. At the end of this story, they make clear the mystery.  This book is very peaceful and easy to read! Longman Literacy Land is my favorite series for me now. So I will read this series' book next week, too!;)

"What do you do when you have a birthday?" "Have a party!" shouted Pip Macdonald. "Exactly," beamed Mrs Turner. "And since the school will be 200 years old we are going to have the biggest, most colourful, most amazingly fabulous party that Story Street has ever seen!" Today’s book is The Biggest Party in the Universe! Story Street School will be 200 years old, so students and teachers come to hold the party to celebrate its birthday. On the same day, Miss Cherry and Zak set their wedding, so everyone will celebrate school birthday and a wedding of Cherry and Zak at the same time. On the party day, the grounds of the school were full of visitors included old students of the school. However, unfortunately, Zak breaks his leg two days before the biggest party. Cherry and Zak are very sad and cry. Students and teachers also are depressed. Then, five students, Jojo, Mouse, Sam, Ben, and Donut try to hold their wedding on the party day! What do they p