Recently I’m reading a children's picture book which is called Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. And I feel confused with the sentence “Everybody running to the coconut tree.”. At first I thought it as a noun phrase and "running to the coconut tree" is used to describe "everyone". But there is a period at the end of the sentence, so I got puzzled. I think this is not a sentence because the verb 'be' is removed. The complete sentence should go like “Everybody is running to the coconut tree.” as to my understanding. But then someone told me that maybe this is a kind of "Eye Dialect" which I've never heard before. I checked the wiki and the term is described as a commonly used way to “indicate that a character's speech is vernacular (nonstandard), foreign, or uneducated”. I think this could be the reason because the book readers are very young children. And then I've found a song called “Everybody Running to the Carnaval” , which shares the same sentence pattern with the texts in the book. And this song belongs to the album called "100 Years of Calypso". Then I checked the wiki and found out that Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music. And West Indian dialect seems to be Caribbean English! The song’s original singer is Walter Ferguson who is a Panamanian-born Costa Rican calypso singer-songwriter. So the story could be set in the Caribbean? There are coconut trees and flip-flops… “Skit skat skoodle doot. Flip flop flee. Everybody running to the coconut tree.” And as to the flip flops mentioned in the book, "Skit skat skoodle doot" could be the sound word for walking in the flip flops?

I’ve been reading children’s books for quite a long time. I’ve recently started to make a study of onomatopoeia and I tried to write some onomatopoeia poems by myself. Since the classic Goodnight Moon book is my favorite, I want to start with it. I took the panoramic color picture of the great green room as my inspiration. If there is someone would correct it for me, I would really appreciate that! So the poem goes like this: In the great green room Squeak, creak, chair rocks Snap, crackle, wood burns Bringgg, bringgg, phone barks Tick-tock, tick-tock, clocks talk Cow goes moo, kittens go meow A little young mouse squeaks out loud The moon rises, stars shine The band in the room plays every night

Book Review: Hello Lighthouse Recently I’ve read a new book called Hello Lighthouse written by Sophie Blackall. I knew this book because it won the prize of 2019 Caldecott Medal. I’ve sung this book unaccompanied and made the video with subtitles for it. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD8DR7k3jPo I really like this book! The story is very simple but touching and quiet but powerful. It describes the daily life of a lighthouse keeper. He spent most of his life guarding the lighthouse. Also the lighthouse witnessed the life track of the keeper. At first he is alone and then his wife came and at last they had their child. The whole family lived their life in the lighthouse. Together they watched the horizon. But at last because the technology has advanced, the work of lighthouse keeper is replaced by machine. The keeper and his family had to wave farewell to the lighthouse. As time goes by, something will change but something will remain. Something will leaver but something will stay. We cannot control it but everything will become the precious memories of us. Nevertheless, the illustration of the book is very beautiful. The details are great. Hope you enjoy this story as much as I did.

【Hope to get corrected:)】A short story This is a short story I wrote for my friend who always wants to be good and work hard but upset by the result. I think sometimes it's okay to quit and rest for a while. I used the sentence structure of the classic rhyme "The Owl and Pussy Cat". And I used to read a kids story called Puffin Peter, so I named this story Eagle Edward. Originally I wanted to call this story "Edward wanted to be a good eagle". And the "cloudy heart" mentioned in the story is not made up. I actually saw it once by myself and the photo I taken is attached. Here is the singing version of this story (tune by Susie Tallman): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QV4CFUyMH4Jqfv5-qQf_3aAy3f5Tr0S1/view?usp=sharing Thank you for your correcting! Eagle Edward There once was an eagle called Edward He made a little wish upon a star He wanted to be a good eagle And fly up high in the sky Edward wanted to see the best Scenery in this big big world So he flew and flew Flew day and night No matter what happened couldn't stop him, stop him, stop him No matter what happened couldn't stop him Edward flew through the huge mountains And across the glistening seas Oh he just kept flying Too long he has taken But where would be the destination？ After he flew for a year and a day, He landed on an island feeling weary Suddenly there in the sky a cloudy heart appeared Like a gift sent just for him, for him, for him Like a gift sent just for him "It's nice and sweet!" said Edward and He started to look around It's the first time he stopped flying and observe The things going on around him The sea was jewel-blue With wild dolphins jumping And deep blue sky with cumulus zoo At last he knew Sometimes quitting to get ahead Makes him see the best scenery, scenery, scenery Makes him see the best scenery

Is this nursery rhyme related to Battle of Vinegar Hill? "I’m Dusty Bill From Vinegar Hill" Recently I'm reading the book of My Very First Mother Goose. But there is not much information about dusty bill on the internet. I've found one post that said this nursery rhyme actually is related to Battle of Vinegar Hill. It describes the people who were suffering in the war and due to the war they could not take bath even they wanted to. Is that right?