Book name : The Red Pony (written by John Steinbeck , retold by Nancy Taylor)


1.new words learnt :
(1)bunk house
(2)poch
(3)edges
(4)saddle
(5)schoolhouse
(6)crypress


2.about this book....
The Red Pony tells the story of a young boy name Jody Tiflin, who growing up on a small ranch in California early in the twentieth century. Jody knows very little about the world outside his valley, but he dreams of something more something out there.
   In four stories in The Red Pony, Steinback shows Jody as a thoughtful , lonely boy. He doesn't have any brothers or sisters, and there are no neighbors close to the family ranch. Jody is often alone.
   Jody watches people and listens to their conversations, and he begins to grow up. He loves the people around him very much, but he doesn't always understand the things that they do. He thinks about what is right and wrong and learns some difficult lessons about life and death, about families and about getting old.
   Jody also feels strongly about animals and the natural around him. His love for the red pony, Gabilan, changes his life completely. The grat mountains also excite and scare Jody. Ther are almost alive to him. He becomes wiser, but also sadder, as he tries to understand some of mysteries os life.


3.my comments & though:
This book are very intresting and easy to read. It also have very good introduce of this book and its auther.  So, we can know what what the auther wanted to tell us and know the story more well. This book also have some excercise at the last of the book. This is another way to let us know the story book more well. T think I will  introduce this book to my class becuse it is suitable to us!!!