The Name of the Tree is a picture book that was retold by Celia Barker Lottridge‚ and illustrated by Ian Wallace. It was the winner of the Elizabeth Mrazik Cleaver award‚ and also won the Mr. Christie’s book award. A drought throughout the jungle‚ made all of the animals hungry. As they were walking‚ they found a tree which held a lot of fruit‚ but in order to receive it‚ they would have to know its name. Because they were distracted‚ all of their attempts failed‚ until a small tortoise remembered
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Difference between my Grandmother and Mother During my child hood‚ I had to go live with my grandmother who I consider as my mom. I use to wonder what it will be like if I go stay with my mother. My grandma always told me her rules are not the same as my mom and I am going to wish I had stayed home with her. I thought to myself what will be the difference between them is. Until one day‚ I decided to go live with my mother to experience the differences. I found out that my grandmother is totally
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Blanca‚ my mother. That is who I admire the most and she believes in me when I don’t believe in myself at times. She always tells me “You must go through the rain if you want to see the rainbow”. When I was trapped in a situation where I am ready to give up and throw everything away‚ I always remember that quote my mother tells me. She thought me how to fight through the struggle and to chase my dreams no matter what it takes hard work always pays off. At the age of 10 I watched my dad get on an
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At the age of 13 my birth mother got pregnant with me. In September of 1998 3 ½ months early‚ I was born premature with no complications and then a month later in October I was diagnosed with spinal meningitis. Now for a 13 year old mom this was a lot to handle and all this just happened to fall on October 31st‚ Halloween (remember this for later in the story). Shortly after having me‚ my birth mom got pregnant with my sister. Many times me and my sister have heard “You guys are so close in age”
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for my mother both explore the themes of child parent relationships and the duties the parents have in protecting and caring for their child. Nettles is written from the fathers perspective and is about one event which occurred where his son fell in a nettle bed and the father helps him recover. In contrast to this praise song is written to the mother from her daughter although both are adults whereas nettles emphasizes the child’s young age and vulnerability from the very beginning where “my son
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essay “Still Learning from My Mother‚” by Cliff Schneider is a personal tribute to his seventy-nine-year old mother. In the essay Schneider shares his fondest memory as a young boy growing up in the 1950’s. During this time it was common for a young boy to “have a catch” with his father. This was a time to toss around the baseball and to talk about life. Schneider shared he had many catches with his father‚ but his most memorable were with his mother. Schneider’s mother was a fierce competitor. She
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‘Praise Song for My Mother’ written by Grace Nichols and ‘Morning Song’ Sylvia Plath both convey the emotional connection between mother and child‚ in the form of how a mother loves for and impacts her child. In ‘Praise Song for My Mother’‚ Nichols conveys the mother to be “Deep and bold and fathoming” as well as showing she is the “rise and warm and streaming” displaying the mother was a strong and bright figure in the Child’s life‚ through comforting and natural imagery. However‚ Plath’s persona
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My mother is the most important person in my life. My mother is not my whole life‚ but she is a really big part of it. My whole world does not only revolve around her‚ but she is the most influential person who inspires me. “Who is your best friend?” no doubt‚ my answer for this question is my mother. She is so considerate and generous that I admire her and realize her as my best friend. She taught me how to be a nice person since I was a little girl. She comforted me and helped me solve problems
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goodbye.” Not everyone is blessed with what I am blessed with. I have what many people in the world don’t have. I have a caring and hardworking mother‚ whom I’ve once taken for granted. My mother has two children which are my older brother and me. My brother and I has both has caused my mother pain and taken everything she has done for us for granted. My mother is currently sick and has been for the last few years. As the years progressed‚ she has become more and more sick with different health issues
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must be our mother. They are the one that carry us for about 9 month without a single sigh. They are the one who give birth to us without complaining about all the pains they have been through. Our mother is one of the people we must respect and love . for me ‚ my mother is the best mother in the world. My mother actually is an ordinary woman but in her tiny appearance lies an extraordinary fortitude‚ perseverance‚ a altruistic soul and a very kindly heart. The kind of mother who brought
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