This story takes place in a fifth grade classroom. Jill, Tracy, Wendy, Linda (Blubber), and Caroline are all students in Mrs. Minish's class. Wendy is the bossy one that makes jokes about everyone. Then everyone follows her because they're afraid she will make jokes about them. One day they were telling reports. Linda was doing a report on the whale and describring how the blubber of the whale keeps it warm. Wendy started to make fun of how Linda was fat so instead of calling her by the real name she called Linda Blubber. So from that day forward everyone followed too including Jill. Jill never thought it could happen to her too. But what do you think happens when everything switches around? Read to find out. (Julia Vidal - 3rd Grade)

Franklin`s Hallowen by Paulette Bourgeois

Franklin is very anxious for the Halloween party, because of the parade and the costume contest. He is trying out all the costumes, he didn`t like them because they are not scary. Beaver and Goose were keeping their costumes secret. Dad`s was reading a newspaper when Franklin tapped down his shoulder and Dad was scared of Franklin`s scary costume. Franklin thought the gosto was bear, because he always was it. But he made a mistake. He went to the haunted house. He wasn`t scary at the beginning, but when he found that the ghost was not beaver, he go afraid. So scary when the ghost flew away. He ran back to his friends, who were waiting in live for the haunted house. The ghost was flying and everybody was scared and Franklin told his friend to run. Then they founded out that Mr. Owl was the ghost and Beaver was sick at home, they delivered candies to him. His mom thought he had treats lost until next halloween, but Franklin wished would last until the end of the week. (Alex Armand - 1st grade, Gabrielle Ogata - 1st grade, Ehal Baggio - 1st grade and Danny Blair - 1st grade).

The Bus Driver from the Black Lagoon by Thaler, Mike

It was the first day of school. I wondered who my bus driver is. Mr. Yellow is supposed to be a real lion. I sit in my chair and suddenly the bus driver crawls in. He has sharp teeth and thin, puffy hair. He leaves fur wherever he crawls. João Bosco, Savannah and Victor Hugo are screaming in the back. Mr. Yellow stopped the bus, tied them to a giant rocket and sent them into outer space. Jason and Michael were karete fightinh on the bus. Mr. Yellow used them in a sandwich and gobbled it all up. Suddenly, the door opens and Mr. Yellow walks in. He looks really nice and gentle. His clothes are nice. And everyday Mr. Yellow gives out mangos.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett's

There was a rich girl named Mary who lost her family and had to live in England, in her uncle's house. There were in the house a secret garden that Mary soon discovered, with the the help of the bird Robbin, her new friend. On the next day, she met a boy named Dickon who could talk to the animals. They became friends and together took care of the garden. One night, she heard someone crying and found out it was her cousin, an invalid boy. She didn't know about him. Then, Mary, her cousin Collin, and Dickon began to play at the secret garden and Collin realized that he could walk and became very happy. When his father saw them playing together and found out about what was happening, he also became happy. (Isabela Lima -4th and Carolina Galvão - 3rd)

Teach us Amelia Bedelia, by Peggy Parish

My favorite part of the book is when she makes the children plant light bulbes instead of onion bulbes (Savannah Hall - 2nd); when they plant light bulbes (João Bosco Lucena - 2nd); when they practice the play (Victor Hugo Gomes 2nd).

I like this part because it is funny and very silly (Savannah Hall - 2nd); they plant light bulbes and they have to plant onion bulbes (João Bosco Lucena - 2nd); they have to practice a play not practice how to play (Victor Hugo Gomes 2nd).

The main character reminds me of Junie B. Jones because she understand things wrongly (Savannah Hall - 2nd); my brother because he does thing when my mom or dad tell him not do it (João Bosco Lucena - 2nd); Garfield because he is funny (Victor Hugo Gomes 2nd).

I think the author is good at writting very silly and funny books (Savannah Hall - 2nd); doing funny stories (João Bosco Lucena - 2nd); writting funny stories (Victor Hugo Gomes 2nd).

Hungry, Hungry Sharks by Joanna Cole

Millions and millions of years ago, strange creatures lived in the world. There were dinosaures, crocodiles, turtles, leopard, whale, wolves, blue sharks, white sharks and others. There are many kind of sharks in the ocean: basking shark, blue shark, hammerhead shark, white shark, whale shark, etc. The most dangerous shark is the great white shark. Most fish lay eggs but most sharks do not. The white shark has just had a bunch of babies that had to go away as soon as they were born. They coudn´t stay there because mom would eat them. They had to look for their own food.
What to sharks eat? Do sharks eat people?
Read the book to find the answer!

(Michael Baggio and Jay-Seoung Yu - 3rd)

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg

An afternoon, Judy and Peter were left alone by their parents at home . They were bored and decided to play in a park. There, they found a game box named "Jumanji" which is a jungle adventure game. They got excited and went back home to play the game. First, they read the instructions and found out that once you started to play the game, you could not be over until you reach the golden city of Jumanji. Peter started to play and shook the dice. He got number seven and, suddenly, a lion appeared. They got scared, but continued to play the game although other strange things would be happening - several monkey got there; a snake appeared; a volcano started to shake. They had to reach the gold city and kept going until they got there. When they did, everything went back to normal. Their parents arrived just in time.
(Carolina Galvão - 3rd, Isabela Lima - 4th, and Julia Vidal - 5th)

Polar Bears Past Bedtime by Mary Pope Osborne

Jack and Annie went to the frozen Artic but didn´t have proper clothes to wear. Luckily, they met a seal hunter who gave them coats, mittens and boots. The seal hunter had a dogsled with huskies. Annie and Jack thought they were wolves. So, they went to an igloo where the seal hunter told them stories about Polar bears and gave them two riddles. Later, when they were playing on the snowbank, they saw two bear cubs. Jack and Annie stayed there with the bears but suddenly they heard a crack and found out they were on a thin ice. Just then, there was another sound. It was the mother bear who had just arrived. Annie and Jack put bear masks to pretend they were Polar Bears and be able to go back to the igloo. Before they return to the magic tree house, they remembered about the riddles. One of them is: "Look at the letters: the first not the rest. Discover the place, that you love the best." Read the book to find the answer. (Isabela Lima-4th grade)

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Winter of the Ice Wizard by Mary Pope Osborne

Jack and Annie were tricked by a wizard. The wizard said he was Merlin and he needed help to get his eyeball. Jackie and Annie travelled to the snowy Land-Behind-the-Clouds withTeddy and Kathleen. Together they looked for the norns to ask them for the wizard´s eyeball. When they found the Nors, they said they had given it to the giant. (Carolina Abbot Galvão - 3rd)

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