A River Dream

Mark was laying in bed, sick with a fever. His uncle heard he was sick so he sent him a present, which was a fly box. When Mark opened the gift it made him think of the time he went fishing with he Uncle Scott and lost his catch. When mark opens the box the flies all fly out of the window, when Mark looks out of the window he realizes he isn't looking at the city anymore, but he is looking at a river with a forest around it. He climbs out of his window to go explore and finds a boat, so he gets in it. Turns out the boat is his uncles and him and his uncle fish. In the end you realize that this is just a dream of a sick child. This is a good book to teach children that they should dream and how significant dreams are. ( )

Mark is not feeling well, and his uncle takes him out on a fishing adventure to make him feel better. What I really liked this story was the lesson Mark learned from his uncle. My favorite line of the book goes, "I like to leave the river the way I found it. It's like cutting trees. You keep cutting trees and soon you're going to have bald mountains". Our youth really needs to learn to conserve the environment because we only have one planet. I would read this book for Earth Day, or combine it with a topic on fishes. ( )

A little boy has a high fever, and his name is Mark. His uncle gives him a fly box. When he opens the box, the magic appears. The river has replaced the road in front of his house. He goes outside and get into the boat. There he and his uncle catch fish. But his uncle doesn't kill the fish. Then he gives the fish back to the water. Mark does the same thing like his uncle. It's a interesting book for children to keep our plants and animals not to be extinct.

This book shares the story of a young boy who is unable to go finshing with his uncle because he is too sick to leave his room. As he opens up a present sent to him from his uncle, his room turns into a fantasy dream and he sees his uncle catching fish off of his boat. The lesson taught in the story is that it is important to return these fish back to their natural habitat so that they can live as well, which the uncle does in the book. This is a great way to talk about nature and conservation of the environment within the classroom. It also can be used to incoporate imagination into the classroom through artwork and written accompaniments. The illustrations are also beautiful and really stand out among the words.