BR 2-05: The Leopard and the Sky God

“It's enormous,” said the tortoise. “He can climb inside it.”　(Mackinnon, 2007, p.35).

The Leopard and the Sky God

Today I will talk a book review, the book is “ The Leopard and the Sky God”. Have you read this book? I read this book for the first time. When I looked this book at first, I really think that this book is beautiful. This book's cover is so beautiful and colorful, I thought. So I think to borrow this book.

First, I will introduce characters of this book. There are a lot of character in this book. For example, the Sky God, the leopard, his drum, the python, the elephant, and the tortoise. They are so unique and funny, so the story is very unique and interesting for me. It makes me happy and enjoy.

The Leopard and the Sky God is a very old story from the Asante Kingdom in West Africa (now in the country of Ghana). I don't know the story, and I was surprised that the story of Ghana. The story is very simple. However I think that it contains many wonderful meaning. Have you ever read the book? If you have not read this, I recommend to read the book at least one time.

Next, I will talk about good points of the book. This book is cute and funny! The story is unique and interesting for me. There are a lot of characters in the book. One is the leopard, the trouble is that he is not considerate of others. He is not kind for other animals and Sky God. Everyone don't like him, I think. If I am a character of the book, I will not like him too. How do you think?

This book's picture is wonderful, I think. It is beautiful and colorful, so I was enjoy to read the book. I read the book twice! wow! Story is not real, so I don't think that the book is interesting. However I can enjoy to read the book very well. The book taught me that everyone must be equality. It is important, I think. Both Sky God and animals are equality in the book. I was surprised it very much. I want to read the book again!

This book is one of Usborne first reading series, and this book is three levels. I think the book is easy to read. The sentence is short, and the contents is easy for me. You can understand! This book is retold by Mairi Mackinnon, illustrated by Ali Lodge. Both story and illustration is good and wonderful, I think. I recommend you to read the book!

Reference

Mackinnon, Mairi. (2007). The Leopard and the Sky God. London, England; Usborne.

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