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Lela Star Oct 28, 2020 · 4 min read

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on March 15, 1933. Her birth name was Joan Ruth Bader, but she started going by her middle name as there were so many Joans in her class. Like the other fathers in the neighborhood, Nathan Bader, Ruth’s dad, made a living selling fur hats and coats…

Lela Star Oct 14, 2020 · 3 min read

During Queen Victoria's childhood, she was not allowed to play with children her age. She was never left alone, not even at night, so she shared a bedroom with her mother. She did not talk to adults unless her governor or her mother was present. She wasn't even allowed to walk…

Lela Star Oct 8, 2020 · 2 min read

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (4/5) This book, "Interstellar", by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, tells the story of an astronaut named Cooper who leaves his children Murph, aged 10, and Tom, aged 15, to take a look at a wormhole situated near Saturn. The wormhole cannot have occured…

Lela Star Oct 4, 2020 · 1 min read

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ (3/5) The Summer Olympics were very interesting to read about in this illustrated book, What Are the Summer Olympics. These events first took place around 2 700 years ago, around 700-800 BC. A lot has changed since then. Now, every four years during the summer…

Lela Star Sep 25, 2020 · 2 min read

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ This book, Where Is The Congo, is all about a place in Africa that is mostly known for its lovely nature landscapes and its chimps, gorillas, and bonobos. However, don’t judge a book by its cover, literally, because there is a deep and dark history behind this…

Lela Star Sep 21, 2020 · 1 min read

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ This book, Défense D'entrer #5 - Pizza, pasta et Sofia, is all about a boy named Lolo who travels to Italy for a vacation with his friend William and his cousin Joje. Lolo is really satisfied with his Italian on the big day, but when he arrives, he has no clue…

Lela Star Sep 18, 2020 · 2 min read

Average Rating: 4/5 My Rating: 5/5 This book, La Plus Grosse Poutine du Monde, was assigned as a book for reading at school. After asking them, I found out that lots of my classmates enjoyed reading it, and I loved reading it too! This book tells the story of a boy who wants to…

Lela Star Sep 15, 2020 · 2 min read

Hi everyone, Since this is a book in French, I will be offering a French edition of this post as well as the English one. Happy reading! Rating: ★★☆☆☆ (2/5) This book, Raconte-moi Julie Payette, is all about the first female Québecois astronaut: Julie Payette. Since she was 10…

Lela Star Sep 14, 2020 · 1 min read

Rating: ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ (5/5) The Martian - Classroom Edition by Andy Weir is a great science-fiction book about a botanist and astronaut called Mark Watney. He was one of the first people to walk on Mars, but in a vicious dust storm, his crew left him on Mars, thinking that he was dead…

Lela Star Sep 9, 2020 · 1 min read

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (4/5) This amazing book, Where Is The Vatican, is all about Vatican City, which is the smallest country in the world! Vatican City is where St. Peter’s Basilica is located, along with the Sistine Chapel, whose ceiling was painted by Michelangelo himself! It is…