Beth recommends: ROBERTO THE INSECT ARCHITECT by Nina Laden

Hi Kids & Parents everywhere!

Beth would like to share with you about a book she borrowed from the National Library.

She has been making Mummy read it over and over again cos she loves the story.

After 2 readings, Mummy has come to love the story too!

It's about ROBERTO the termite and how he dreams of becoming a famous architect.

What's great? It's witty ("Don't bug me", said Antonia Gaudi to ROBERTO), wise, and speaks hope and wisdom to all who've ever dreamed of doing something they love.

Above all, the story has heart.

ROBERTO's success comes as a by-product of helping others. He has a very simple passion: to build. When he meets rejection after rejection from industry icons, he doesn't just give up and go home. Instead, he puts that passion to practical use by building free homes for the poor and displaced members of his community, and he does it anonymously.

Lessons learnt:

• Success can come in many ways. Sometimes it takes a long detour from your original plan to bring you to where you're meant to be.
• Don't give up. Even when things don't go your way, if you have a dream, keep at it and it will come true someday.
• Be creative. When ROBERTO was recceing for a plot of land to build his dream neighbourhood, he found the perfect spot in the local dump!
• Meet real needs. When you go about your daily routine, keep your eyes open for service gaps, product deficiencies, human needs. Do you have a skill or talent that you can use to make life better for someone else? Use it.
• When doing good, do not let your right hand know what your left hand is doing. Good works are so much more fun when done secretly.

This book gets a 9/10!