Henry and Mudge by Anna & Cassidy

Do you like fiction books? If you do you should read Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps. Henry and Mudge are going to the country to see his grandmother. Mudge has never seen Henry's grandmother so Henry is nervous because what if Henry`s grandmother doesn't like dogs.Read to find out if Henry`s grandmother likes dogs. If you like dogs you should definitely read this book!!! By: Anna Johnson and Cassidy Libby

Harry Potter By Lauren

If you like Dragons and magical creatures you should read Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets. My favorite part is when the Basilisk comes out. Read the book to see if Harry survives. If you like this one you should read the other 6!

By: Lauren A.  Bye!                                            

Henry and Mudge by Micah & Reilly

If you like funny books Henry and Mudge is the right book for you!It is about Henry and his dog named Mudge.Henry and his very BIG BIG dog Mudge were having Henry’s cousin Annie over to his house Henry had NEVER seen his cousin before!!!Read the book to find out if Henry likes his cousin!

                 By:Micah and Reilly

Fly Guy by Allan B.

If you like fiction books you should read Hooray for Fly Guy. My favorite part was when fly guy flew up the quarterback's nose.

By Allan B.

March Madness!

It's that time of year again.  We are celebrating March Madness with a reading competition. All classes have been assigned a NCAA team to follow through the tournament.  Each student is reading to earn points for his or her classroom team and they earn points for submitting book reviews as well. I'm proud to share some of their reviews with you!

Boris Sees the Light

Boris Sees the Light!!!!!!

By  Andrew Joyner

Reviewed by: Lila

                 

In the book, Boris has a sleep-over. His friends come over. They make a fire. Then they toast marshmallows and even do a burping contest. They see a scary light!!  What is it?

Read to find out….

Letters From Rifka

Letters From Rifka

Karen Hesse           

Reviewed by Emily Meaney

Do you like historical fiction  books? Then you might like the book called Letters From Rifka. Rifka, as you might have guessed, is the main character. Rifka’s family has to run away from Russia because her brother is in trouble with the army.  They want to sneak into the train that is going to Poland. Since Rifka looks more Russian than Jewish she distracts the guards while her family gets on. What happens next? Read to find out!

Titntin in America

Tintin in America

By Herge

Reviewed by Alexis

If you like comics,then you should read TinTin.  It has a lot of adventures and problems that TinTin has to work through. For example, this one time TinTin got tied to a post and another time he had to get away from men that tried to kill him. So if you like that kind of stuff, I suggest you read TinTin.Tintin is a good series!!!!!!

The Red Pyramid

Do you like action, comedy, and good writing? If not then turn away now, but if you do then you should read The Red Pyramid.

This book, by Rick Riordan, is about a brother and sister who get possessed by Egyptian Gods. Their mother died when they were very young, leaving the sister with their grandparents. They only see each other twice a year. But this time their dad does something very dangerous, will they make it out alive? Also, if you like this one check out the other 2 in the series.
Reviewed by Elliot

The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin  

By Herge

Reviewed by Kaelin    

TinTin is a great book! It has three adventures  in one. It is really cool because it has a dog that can talk named Snowy. TinTin saves people. So get it today at the EES Library!

Sam the Minuteman

Sam the Minuteman

By Nathaniel Benchley

Reviewed by Joe

Sam is a boy that is ready for trouble in a minute's notice. The story takes place in during the American Revolution. Sam has a friend named John. One part is intense, but the book is still awesome. What will happen to Sam and John?

This is a great book!

       I recommend this for you guys, so I hope you like it!

The Jumbies

The Jumbies

By Tracey Baptiste

Do you like to read about scary things? And adventures, too? Try this book!

It starts with Corinne Le Mer chasing an agouti in the forest. She thinks she sees eyes blinking in the woods .Her heart is pounding……

You should read this to find out what happens next!

By Karleigh

 

Happy Birthday Bad Kitty

Happy Birthday Bad Kitty

by Nick Bruel

Reviewed by Carley

The book Happy Birthday Bad Kitty has a ton of funny and silly parts in it. A couple of characters are really weird kitties that come to Bad Kitty’s birthday party. There are Stinky Kitty, Pretty Kitty, and even Strange Kitty, who reads comic books all the time with a mouse. In the beginning, all Bad Kitty wanted was the World's Famous Cat Scratcher!!

This is a cool, entertaining, fiction book!!

Video Book Review

Alexis' Video Book Review

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwC1pMdvbHy4c3VwZWN5ZTV2Z3M/view?usp=sharing

It's the First Day of School Forever

It's the First Day of School FOREVER!

By R.L.Stine

Reviewed by Kayla

This book is about a boy named Artie H. He thinks the first day of school is going to be horrible.

He gets hurt in the  morning and he has the worst day ever. His little brother squirts syrup everywhere!

Also, a big truck splashes him so it looks like he wet his pants! He gets hurt more and his day gets worse.

Over, and over, and over again it happens, but worse.

What will he do? He has to find his way out of the haunted school!

Beware: Creepy Fiction!

P.S. If you like scary books this is the one!

The War That Saved My Life

The story, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, is all about a girl and a boy that were in  time of  World War II. All the kids in the town go to the train because Germany is bombing London. Ada, the girl, did not go to school but her brother Jamie did.

I really recommend this book. You should read this book.  I have not finished this book but I am on chapter 8. It is a really good book so that is why I think you should read this book.

                      

By Miya

Book Review by Anders

The  Land Of Stories is a series by Chris Colfer. It’s a book about 2 kids named Alex and Conner and they travel through a book to this place called the Land of Stories. That's the first book. The one I am reading is book number 3: A Grimm Warning.

         This book is very jumpy so if you're someone who reads at night and only at night you are not going to be able to fall asleep. This book has 469 pages.

    I like The Land Of Stories because there are so many pages in a chapter, in each chapter there are so many exciting parts that you just can't stop reading. That's why I like The Land Of Stories.

The End of a Trilogy

Somehow I forgot to post this one so here it is! So after contemplating which book I would choose from the large pile of books I brought home for my summer reading I ended up going to the library and I came home with The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau, the third book of Ember.  I read the first two Ember books over the spring after Allie recommended them to me.  Mrs. Perkins had recommended them to me also. I really loved The Book of Ember and I liked The People of Sparks, but this book, which supposed to explain the existence of Ember, did not live up to my expectations.

The Prophet of Yonwood tells a story of a young Nickie Randolph's journey to Yonwood a small town did not really get to the point for me until the final chapter when the main character, Nickie, explains that her father was working on the underground city as part of his super secret work, and Nickie herself, when she was sixty years old, was one of the first residents of Ember and wrote the journal that was found when the kids escaped out the river from Ember.  It was meant to be a "letter to the future" but there wasn't much that was written.  Nickie had much more to tell than she did.
 Now I've found out that there is a fourth book The Diamond of Darkhold.  I guess it's not a trilogy after all.  Would it be a "quadrilogy"?

Slow Summer Reading

Well I've recently (like 2 weeks ago) finished the second book for my summer reading, and I've also finished my professional pick, The Book Whisperer by Donna Lynn Miller. I'm not setting any speed reading records by any means, but I'm having a fun filled summer and enjoying some great books too!

For my fictional pick I chose The Raft by S. A. Bodeen. It was another recommendation by Allie, she read it and then said I HAD to read it! She was right, I loved it! The Raft had lots of action and adventure and a strong character named Robie. She's a typical teen except for the fact that she lives on Midway, an atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  She's visiting her aunt in Hawaii and she thinks she can be on her own when her aunt has to leave for a few days, but gets scared and decides to go home on her own. I don't want to reveal too much but as you can tell by the cover Robie is adrift on a raft and has to survive the unthinkable.  With only a bag of Skittles and her knowledge of  the ocean will she make it home?  You'll have to read it to find out!

I really enjoyed The Book Whisperer too!  It was an enjoyable read highlighting the importance of student choice in independent reading.  Ms. Miller's classroom library seems as if it would rival Mrs. Viens', with shelves upon shelves of books and she knows which will be just the right ones for her sixth grade students.   She also includes a great interest survey for students and an end of year evaluation too.

Now I'm working on Closer Reading by Nancy Boyles, who presented at a conference recently.  I appreciated her insights on reading and wanted to follow up with her book.  For my fictional tastes it will be Hurt Go Happy to satisfy my desire to read about apes who can use sign language. I've read quite a few of these in the recent past. Happy reading!