Dear Readers, Recently, we finished reading The_Hunger_Games, a 374 page dystopian novel by Suzanne Collins. This is the first book out of a trilogy. Suzanne Collins got many good reviews from the book and was a New York Times bestseller for a while. She also won The Dorothy Canfield Fisher children’s book award, the … Continue reading Collaborative Letter Essay #9: The Hunger Games
I have never seen Connor cry before, and seeing it now really makes me wonder why I always thought he hated me. I always saw him as an annoying older brother, but I was clearly wrong. – – – I was 6 or 7 years old at a church school picnic with my … Continue reading Memoir: The Church Party
Dear Readers, I have recently read Fantastic Mr. Fox, an 81-page fantasy book published in 1970 written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Roald Dahl is a famous British children’s book author who has sold over 250 million copies of his stories across the world. Fantastic Mr. Fox won the Read Aloud Bilby … Continue reading Cooper’s Letter Essay #5: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Maryland Trip In a black Honda filled with snacks and games Along all the way down to Maryland Along the streets were the grandest most wonderful-looking hotels To have fun by the ocean In a hotel with a pool, sleeping in a fold-up bed leaning down Between a beach to relax and a whole lot … Continue reading Cooper’s Prepositional Phrase Poem
Last weekend, I went camping, but on this campout we had to build our own shelters to sleep in. I got to the campground late along with two other kids, because we were working at the 43rd annual Pancake Breakfast. The shelter I was going to sleep in had some good progress on it already, … Continue reading FFFW#5: Cooper N
Dear Readers, I recently finished reading The Phantom Tollbooth written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Norton is an architect and planner as well as the author of a few highly acclaimed books including The Dot and the Line. He has collaborated with Sheldon Hanrick, who has written the lyrics to The Fiddler … Continue reading Cooper’s Letter Essay #2: The Phantom Tollbooth
Cooper Smart, funny, industrious and creative Son of Greg and Kirsten, brother of Connor and Samantha Lover of my family, my house and school Who is thankful for a loving family, enough money to have a good life and for food Who finds happiness playing videogames with friends, waking up in the morning and not … Continue reading Bio-Poem: Cooper