Linda Park

A Single Shard (Newbery Medal Book)
$15.00
A Single Shard By Linda Sue Park

Book Report by Jaden Ficklin


How I rate this book:

I rate it a 10 out of a 10 because it's one of the best books I've read in the whole entire world!

A single shard of What?
Pottery, but not just any pottery, this is ancient Celadon artwork

Who?
Tree ear: is a 12 year old orphan
Crane Man: is an old, homeless
man who takes care of Tree Ear
Min: is a grumpy but very good pottery maker
Min's wife: is a very nice woman

When?
1100 A.D. (about 900 years ago)

Where?
Ch'ulp'o, Korea


Why?
To let us know about the people who started Celadon pottery



Tree Ear has to eat garbage scraps and grass because he is an orphan and the only one taking care of him is Crane Man who is homeless. They live under a bridge.

One day, when Tree Ear is looking for food, he sees a potter named Min turning a lump of clay into an awesome vase on a spinning wheel. He wants to do it too, bad!


So he starts working for Min for free, hoping to learn how to sculpt.

After a year, the King's emissary comes, looking for the best in the kingdom. He likes Min's works, so he asks him to send some of his best pottery to Songdo, the capitol city.

But Min is too old to go, so Tree Ear volunteers to take it for him.

Then Tree Ear asks Min if he'll show him how to make pottery. Min says no. Only my son can, and my son has died.

But Tree Ear decides to still take Min's pottery to Songdo, because Min's wife has been so nice to him.


Songdo is a super long ways away. Crane Man tells him about this cool cliff on the way. When Tree Ear goes, he stops by the cliff to see it. Two robbers come up. They grab Tree Ear, steal his money and throw Min's pots over the cliff. They both shattered.

All Tree Ear finds is a single shard.
What will Tree Ear do to show Min's pottery to the Emissary? You'll have to read this yourself to find out what a great book this is.

Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
$2.99
I came across the Trailer Park Boys by the way of Netflix. I saw this movie first and after laughing out loud for almost the whole movie I went back to Netflix and ended up ordering the whole Trailer Park Boys series season 1-7!!
Shown mostly in Canada, but now available I believe on the Dish Network, they have to be the funniest series I have ever seen. The movie is so well written and acted it feels like you have been watching only 10 minutes when the credits start to roll!!
If you like to laugh this is a MUST SEE movie!!!

Winter Park's 50th Anniversary Poster By Linda Roberts

This poster celebrates Winter Park's 50th Anniversary. Signed by Linda Roberts. Size 20 x 30 inches.

Bee-Bim Bop!
$6.99
I bought this book to read to my four year old niece. She wanted me to read it over and over. She said, "I like bibimbop!" and she had never even tried it. We made a list and went together to an Asian food store to buy the ingredients and made it for dinner. (Using the recipe from the book.) Everybody loved it!