Pipi Longstocking Creator called Claudia Voigt

By Claudia Voigt

I have spent the fall break in Sweden in town Gothenborg. It is
quite interesting country with lots of parks and museums. What
I liked the most is that the museums are kids oriented. When I say that I meen there are lot of activities for kids in each museum I visited. The character I have seen around a lot is Pippi Longstocking so I decided to read about the author.The author of Pippi Longstocking is Astrid Lindgren. She was born in Sweden on a farm near town Vimmerby on November 14, 1907 as Astrid Anna Emilia Ericsson. She died in 2002. She had nice childhood on a farm with her three siblings. They all had to work on the farm together with maids and farm helpers. Her love for books was born there on the farm. At the age of 18 when Astrid was working in the local newspapers she got pregnant. She decided to leave to Copenhagen where she had her son Lars. In 1931 in Stocholm she met Sture Lindgren and got married. Three years later their daughter Karin was born. It was Karin lying sick in a bed when the first story of Pippi Longstocking was told. Astrid used the name invented by her daughter and made up stories to entertain her. She wrote down the stories about Pippi Longstocking for Karin’s tenth birthday. Astrid also offered them to a publishing company but was rejected. The stories were published in 1945. She wrote many other books for children. Astrid
showed quintessence of Sweden through her characters. The time she lived in was quite hard, the
Second World War, her husband died and she was left alone with two kids. She used humor in her books to overcome adversities in her life. Pippi Longstocking made Astrid Lindgren popular all over the world. Pippi was the main character in many movies and series. Astrid is still the world’s most important children’s book author.

The Cults - What I am reading

The book that I am reading is called Cults. It is written by Karen Zeinert. I have only read the first chapter. This chapter was one of the longest and effective hooks I have read.

The first chapter was about a bombing in Waco. This chapter was called "Making Headlines".  There was a cult in Waco. The cult's leader was Koresh and he believed that the end of the world will be indicated by a fight between good and the evil as stated in the bible. To prepare for the battle he stared storing weapons and other illegal weapons. The ATF or the united states of alcohol, tobacco and fire arms. The agents had enough information to arrest the Koresh but his followers didn't let them do so. When things got out of hand the ATF contacted the FBI for help. The FBI tried their best to do everything they could to make the Dravidians surrender. However the quest to surrender turned to a violent bombing. Most of the followers and Koresh died in the bombing but now many people blame this bombing on the FBI especially the followers of the Davidian cult. During these bombing Koresh believed that this is the fight between the good and evil forces, but who knew that it wasn't the end of the world but only the end of most of the cult's followers. My question to you is who do you think is correct, the one who stored illegal weapons or the law?

The two words I didn't understand were:
stockpile: A supply of materials.
Before the apocalypse you should stockpile food and firearms maybe even painkillers.
grim: Sad or tragic
The play was very grim.


                                                               

What I am reading

The title of the article that I am reading/read is: Kafka on Books and What Reading Does for the Human Soul
The author of this article is Maria Popov.

The article that I read was about a belief that man Franz Kafka had about what, and why we read something. He also explained what reading does to the soul. This article explains the letter Franz compromised for his friend and historian Oskar Pollak in 1904. He had his own opinion which I didn't necessarily agree with. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. He didn't ponder about what other people thought and therefore his opinion was mostly personal. He quoted: "I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us." He mentioned that if a book makes us feel happy then that it is pretty much useless. I disagree with that because I believe that different types of books are made for us to feel different emotions. If we have the need to be happy, we would read a certain book which would make us feel happy.

Here is his letter: I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we’re reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. That is my belief.

Franz Kafka:

The two woordly wise words I used were:ponder and compromise.

Ponder means: To think about;to consider carefully.

Compromise: To form;to make up.

Fablehaven-Epidémia Tieňov What I am reading

Fablehaven-Epidémia Tieňov
Brandon Mull
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           Fablehaven-Epidémia Tieňov,  by Brandon Mull, is a translated version of the original Fablehaven-the Grip of the Shadow Plague. It is excellently translated into Slovak. So far, the two main characters, the twelve year old Seth and fourteen year old Kendra. At the moment, Seth is trapped in his grandfathers hidden haven for magical creatures for his own safety. The antagonist party, Spolocnica Vecernice, would like to get rid of him. His sister has traveled to another safe haven to retrieve a hidden artifact.  While she is away, a plague begins turning creatures of light into creatures of darkness. At the moment, two protagonist, Tanu and Coulter, are turned into shadows. The rest of the protagonists, Seth and his grandparents are baffled and have no idea what to do.  Fablehaven-Epidémia Tieňov is an amazing story that hooks you in and wants you to read more, it is wonderful.
            Two interesting words within the first 204 pages are malatny (page 178) and poskvrna (page 175). The first word means sluggish, slow; lethargic. Example: The surroundings made people sleepy and lethargic. The second word is the Slovak word for 'being looked down on, clean.' Example: their reputations were clean.

What I am Reading

The Candymakers
Wendy Mass

In this book four children (Daisy, Miles, Phillip, and Logan) were chosen to compete in the national candy making competition. They all come to the Life Is Sweet factory to create their own, new candy. They learn about different cooking techniques and ingredients to make candy. As they start to create their own candy they realize that the competitors they are competing with aren't just normal kids. They each have a secret that nobody knows. On the second night of the candy making they all find themselves trying to get the secret ingredient, which makes their chocolate better than other's. They find out the only way to make you candy good is if you put your love into it.they also find out that Phillips dad is going to try to shut down the factory. All the children agree to stop Phillips dad at the competition. They all go to the competition to present their newly made candies and the talk Phillip's dad out of shutting the factory down. In the end they all become good friends.
Two unknown words from this book are:violation-the act of doing something that is not allowed by law or rule-."...this is a serious health code violation, Transceiver-a radio that can send and recieve messages-"The tiny transceiver that fit into her ear..."

Hoot

This story takes place in Florida the Gulf Coast this book is by Carl Hiaasen in Florida where Roy meets two friends that are owls and a enemy which is a pancake house  that is getting built where the owls home.Roy is trying to save them by stopping the construction and trying to help the owls to stay in their habitat.

The story starts when Roy Eberhardt and Logan Lerman

 have moved so often he has lost track of how many times he has changed schools. After moving from Montana to Florida's Gulf Coast with his best friends Beatrice Brie Larson

 and her brother. The siblings show Roy their

secret place  where they secretly take care of  wild owls. When they learn that a restaurant will be built where the owls live, the three of them decide to get  help of a local policeman Luke Wilson to save the endangered birds.

What Book I Am Reading

The book I am reading is called "Dairy Of the Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney. You might wonder why I am reading a book that people read in third or second grade. Well I looked it up one day and there were two new books that I have not read so I searched them up and downloaded the whole series, Now, I am reading the books and am up to book five "Dairy of  a Wimpy Kid The Ugly Truth"
In this book Greg struggles with growing up and the beginning of puberty. He is very childlesh and thinks he is the best at everything. Greg also struggles with popularity. He gets invited to a big party but sadly cant go because his Uncle is getting married.

Words 

"he has a bunch of lackeys who basically worship him" lackeys : Man servants 

"when I said the Peachy Breeze "slogan"  Slogan : A short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising.

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The setting of my novel
My story takes place somewhere  in Canada  at the circus that is located near the sea .The time of my story is after 1974- modern time .
The main conflict  is when a diamond  necklace was stolen.
The mystery might be resolved by finding the stolen necklace.
The protagonist suspects the clown to have stolen the necklace from a very powerful woman.
 The protagonist thinks that the clown did it because Cubby, the clown, was very jealous of him.
The reason for his jealousy was because the clown himself used to be a high wire before the protagonist. Now, Zack , the protagonist is the high wire,which makes Cubby the clown steal the necklace, that will help him shut down the circus.
The conflict is Man vs Man because the protagonist fights against the suspect for justice. Since he doesn't want the circus to be closed, he fights for  justice.