【推荐1】There are many great books about nature scientists for kids. If you’re looking for such a book, here are some you can choose from.

Swimming with Sharks

This book was written by Heather Lang. It is the story of a girl named Eugenie Clark. She grew up to be known as “Shark Lady”. Eugenie was very interested in sharks from a young age. Her curiosity and courage — swimming into shark caves (洞穴)— encouraged her to be a marine (海洋的) researcher.

Price: $15.49

Charles Darwin Around the World Adventure

This book was written by Jennifer Thermes. It is an attractive retelling of the discoveries made by Charles Darwin when he spent five years exploring South Africa by ship. The book has maps that show Darwin’s exciting five-year journey. There are also “Fun Facts” and more.

Price: $18.95

Joan Proctor, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles (爬行动物)

It was written by Patricia Valdez. It is the story of Joan Proctor and her love for reptiles. Following her childhood love for unusual (不寻常的) animals，this book tells how she became known worldwide while she was working at London’s Zoo and the Natural History Museum.

Price: $14.49

Seeds of Change: Wangari’s Gift to the World

This book was written by Jen Fullerton Johnson. It is the story of Wangari Maathai who grew up loving the land, plants, and animals of Africa, her home. Wangari went on to become the first African woman, and environmentalist, to win a Nobel Peace Prize, for her work towards saving her homeland and its people.

Price: $32.21

【推荐3】Reading is a fundamental skill that is essential for success in many areas of life, including academics, work, and personal life. By helping kids form good reading habits, you’re setting them up for success in the future. Kids can start developing good reading habits at home even before they learn to read. Here are some simple tips to help raise a reader.

Make reading a daily habit.     1     Make reading a routine by sharing a book with your child before bedtime. Babies respond to the comforting rhythm of a voice reading aloud.

Read in front of your child. Whether you love books, magazines, or graphic novels, let your child see you reading.     2     If you’re excited about reading, your child is likely to catch your enthusiasm.

Create a reading space. Your reading space doesn’t have to be big or have a lot of bookshelves.     3     Picking a comfortable spot that has enough light and room to keep a book or two can help your child connect reading with coziness and comfort.

Take trips to the library. As your child gets older, the library is a great resource for exploring new books and authors for fee. Many libraries also have story hours or other literacy programs for kids. Trips to the library give your child a chance to develop good reading habits.     4    

Let your child pick what to read. That trip to the library can be extra special when you give your child time to look around and explore.     5     To help narrow down the choice, give your child a section of books to choose from.

【推荐1】Latin Music Festival

Sunday, 1 September

【推荐3】Irish dance: The Irish International Dance Company, one of the most dynamic dance troupes in the world, will tour China with its classic production “Spirit of the Dance-the New Millennium.”

The dancers include such famous names as Patricia Murray, one of the Irish dancing champions, and first-rate ballerina Claire Holding.

Sponsored by China National Culture and Art Company Ltd., the dancing troupe will give three performances at the Century Theatre.

Time: 7:30 pm, June 23-25

Place: Century Theatre, 40 Liangmaqiaolu, Chaoyang District Telephone: 6551-8888

Piano solos: Twenty Chinese and foreign piano music works will be played by three young, promising pianists from the China Central Conservatory of Music.

Programmes includes: “Consolation No 3 in D-flat major” by Liszt, “For Elise” by Beethoven, “Turkish March” by Mozart, “Waltz in C-sharp minor” and “A Minute Waltz” by Chopin, and “Hungarian Dance” by Brahms.

Time: 7:30 pm, June 16

Place: Beijing Concert Hall, I Beixinhuajie, Xicheng District

Telephone: 6605-5812

【推荐3】BRIEFLY NOTED

My Fourth Time, We Drowned, by Sally Hayden. In 2018, Hayden, an Irish journalist, received a Facebook message from a man kept in a refugee (难民) camp, which afforded her a window into the horrors faced by African refugees. Through interviews with people involved, Hayden learns they are abused and sold as goods without mercy and how Western institutions like the European Union turn a blind eye.

Dream-Child, by Eric G. Wilson. This exciting representation of Charles Lamb is the first full-length biography (传记) of the Romantic-era essayist and poet since 1905. Perhaps best remembered as the co-author, with his sister, Mary, of Tales from Shakespeare, Lamb cared for his sister, who was in poor health. While faced with depression, Lamb was identified as a pioneer and his essays exhibited a look at modern city life.

Run and Hide, by Pankaj Mishra. Mishra’s novel follows three college classmates desperate to escape their lower-middle-class situation, casting a critical eye on self-made men. While two of them struggle with the heights they have reached, the narrator avoids becoming trapped in similar situations by returning to a mountain village to work as a translator. Written clearly, the novel gives the readers an insight into the ideas of freedom.

The White Girl, by Tony Birch. This novel, set in a remote Australian town in the nineteen-sixties, centers on an Indigenous (土著的) woman, Odette, and her granddaughter. As Odette attempts to protect her granddaughter, she finds inequality in society. Birch illustrates how Australia’s policies treated the Indigenous people unfairly.