Tuesday, July 30, 2013
The Tale Of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The tale of Desperaux is about a mouse named Despereaux,who one day read a book about a brave knight and a beautiful princess. One day Despereaux just happened to cross pathes with a real princess and immediately fell in love. Because of this he was thrown into the dungeon to be eaten by rats by the other mice. Luckily he was saved by a merciful jailer. He returned to the other mice who believed that he was a ghost. When he heard that the princess got kidnapped and thrown into the dungeon, he grabbed his needle and saved the princess. And that is just one of three stories i the tale of Despereaux!
Superfudge by Judy Blume
Superfudge is about a boy named Peter Hatcher , who has a little brother-Fudge. Fudge is Peter's worst pain! Horrible news comes up that Peter's parents are having another baby. But wait, it gets worse. To top it all off they are moving from New York to New Jersey!!!! Surprisingly Peter likes it there. He meets a new friend-Alex. Fudge also gets a new friend. Peter's best friend from New York comes to visit. And Fudge gets a bird.
Then one day Peter's parents asks him if he wants to move back to New York . Peter doesn't care so his new baby sister speaks up,"Nu Yuck!" So Peter and his family moves back to Nu Yuck!
Then one day Peter's parents asks him if he wants to move back to New York . Peter doesn't care so his new baby sister speaks up,"Nu Yuck!" So Peter and his family moves back to Nu Yuck!
Monday, July 29, 2013
NO Talking by Andrew Clements
NO Talking is about a boy in fifth grade-Dave Packer . In a homework assignment , Dave reads about a man named Gandhi. Gandhi was silent for one day a week. This caught Dave's interest and he decided to give it a try. But when he hears a girl, Lynsey , talks and talks and talks , he shouts a nasty comment. So like that a challenge starts. Who can talk less for two days? The boys or the girls? During the contest everybody is in the lunch room is silent . That amazes the principle because she usually has to use a bull horn to quiet everybody down . Some teachers like the music teacher, don't approve of the little "game". While others like the language teacher, are so fascinated that he wants to write a book on it. Eventually the challenge ends in a draw. A tie. And the fifth graders are free to talk again! ages 8+
Monday, June 24, 2013
The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park
The book The Kite Fighters takes place in Korea. It is about a boy named Young-sup Lee who loved to fly kites more than playing with any other toy or invention! He wanted nothing more than to win a kite contest. The New Year kite competition coming soon. Young-sup and his older brother Kee-sup enter it. The brothers are flying for first place despite the fact that hundreds of children are entering it. It is tradition that the elder heir must come in first and the younger in second.
While practicing for the contest, the two brothers cross paths with the young king of Korea. The king admires Young-sup's skill of flying a kite and asks the two brothers to make him one. Kee-sup who is a better artist than any one in the family comes up with many designs for the soon-to-be king's kite, but he can't find the right design! Then his father offers an idea and everybody agrees that it is perfect. Soon the kite is finished and the two brothers present the kite to the king. He loved the red and gold dragon kite. Then he told them he was thinking about entering the kite contest. But he said he would not for two reasons. One was because he wasn't very good yet. The second reason was because if he entered it, the other competitors would let him win because he was king. So he had Young-sup enter for him. In the end Young-sup reached his life long dream and won the contest!
While practicing for the contest, the two brothers cross paths with the young king of Korea. The king admires Young-sup's skill of flying a kite and asks the two brothers to make him one. Kee-sup who is a better artist than any one in the family comes up with many designs for the soon-to-be king's kite, but he can't find the right design! Then his father offers an idea and everybody agrees that it is perfect. Soon the kite is finished and the two brothers present the kite to the king. He loved the red and gold dragon kite. Then he told them he was thinking about entering the kite contest. But he said he would not for two reasons. One was because he wasn't very good yet. The second reason was because if he entered it, the other competitors would let him win because he was king. So he had Young-sup enter for him. In the end Young-sup reached his life long dream and won the contest!
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