Little House on the Prairie

At the very end they had to move. I was so sad because they had to move two times in the story, from Wisconsin to Indian Territory and then well, I don't know because we haven't gotten that far yet. It's kinda just like us because we had to move two times, too!

Pa. It was a long journey for Pa. They had rushing water next to them and they had to cross it to get to their land (well, not really their land, but Indian Territory in the middle of nowhere.) Well, Ma she said in a very screaming voice "lay down, Laura!" Well, Pa, he went in the water to drag the horses and Ma was taking over and she didn't really like Indians. So the place in Indian Territory was scary to Ma. There was a big huge line of Indians and Laura said "I want that baby!" She wanted a real Indian baby.

We met the guy that took the cattle away, Mr. Scott. Mr. Scott thought it was foolish to put a light in the well before you go down. But you know what? It wasn't! He just noticed after he got down there there was this thing down in the ground, a gas, that makes you like drunk or almost dead and Pa had to quickly go down there and get him and everybody helped and Ma lowered the bucket down into the well and he got Mr. Scott!  And in the well one time Pa went down there to dig. And guess what? There was quicksand and Ma said quick girls!

Santa gave the Christmas presents to Mr. Edwards for Laura and Mary. And Mr. Edwards danced! Mr. Edwards climbed up the stacked pile of wood. The doggie, Jack, growled at him.

In the log cabin they were staying in, two Indians who had skunk skins on them went in the house that Pa made. And they ate the cornbread that was supper. They felt scared and worried.

Mr. Scott says the only good Indian is a dead Indian, but I say the only good Indian is an alive Indian (it's the other way around). There were lots of good Indians that helped Pa and told motions to Pa that said we already killed the panther.

Well, the book was EXCITING! And they finally had to say good-bye because the judge said "you white poeple have to leave!" But they had a garden and they were planting in the garden. Mr. Edwards said "we have to move."

The Canada Geese Quilt by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

I remember they had a quilt blanky and they made it with the girl and Grandma. Mommy and Daddy didn't help made the quilt. They were making the quilt for the little baby. Grandma got sick. She had a stroke.

I liked the book a little. I didn't like that they had a baby. I did like about it that Aerial liked Grandma and Daddy liked the Mommy. I didn't like that Aerial wasn't sure about the baby and Aerial wasn't sure about Grandma. The book felt happy and sad.

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

        

    About the Hobbit. One day a man went to Bilbo Baggins and the man (you can call him Bilbo-I just call him Bill) Bilbo let that man come to his house. So it turned out that Balin, Dwalin, and Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bombur, Bofur, Thorin Oakenshield, that was the most important dwarf of all of them. One night they planned to go and get a treasure the dragon was guarding. It was a secret hill. And Bilbo could come if he wanted to. It was early in the morning and he was in his pajamas eating breakfact and Gandalf said "Hurry, hurry, don't be late!" He had no time to get his clothes on. So he was out the door before he even knew it! And he was on a horse. He was a-galloping off.

        One night they ran out of food completely, they had no food, only crumbs. And it was raining completely so they were just tired from the long journey. They get to the treasure. It's just that it's a long trip.

        Bilbo is like "I'm not really part of this journey.  Balin just wants me to come. Why does he want me to go? I just want to stay at my home."

       Bilbo did lots of stuff-he did ALL the stuff! He found the key to the den where the treasure is.

       The ring! The secret ring isn't really a secret. It just makes you invisible. I wish I had that ring to be invisible and touch other people.

       And first they went into the forest. It's not just a normal forest-it's an ouchy forest!

      When he gets back to his hobbit home, they think he died. He didn't die! They were selling his stuff and his hobbit home.

       There were lots of songs. The songs were sometimes cheerful, sometimes mad, sometimes lots of things. We singed the song and the last thing my mom thought was a song ("oh my! it's another song") But when we got to that part it was a poem!

The Best Christmas Pagent Ever by Barbara Robinson

The problem is the Herdmans were the worst people ever!! Until the end. Imogene actually cried at the end! I can't believe it. She actually knew Jesus at the end. The wise man actually brought ham. Why didn't they bring gifts? Like gold, frankinscence, and myrrh!

There were more people of the Herdmans, not just Imogene. There were all kinds of people. The people were in the play. Imogene played Mary in the play.

If you look close there is an x on the worst. It turns out to be the best. I like Mary a lot. Well, Imogene.

And if you look at the book there is an angel who said "Shazam! The black night!" and she said "Hey! Unto you a child has been born!!!"

I got to go see the play! It was good. I liked where I sat because the Herdmans were like piling up in the aisle next to where I was sitting! I had to, like, move over. In the play there was cigar smoke, but not in real life. Whoosh! Good thing it wasn't in real life. That would be scary.

Betsy Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace

Once we did this before. Anyway, they didn't be friends but then they turned up to be friends. The characters are Betsy, Tacy, the mom, and the dad, and the mom, and the dad of both of them. Betsy is like an ordinary girl. She has brown hair and she has little blue bows. Betsy is good at climbing trees. She is good at making friends. Tacy is just a girl that doesn't want to go school. It says in the book once they went to school and Tacy was crying. She put her head down. She keeped it down. When it was recess time she planned to run home, but Betsy went to go get her. And then they stopped in front of the candy store and they both cried together. But the chubby owner went out and she gave them free candy. (Someday I want to do that!) Then the chubby owner said "Go to school!" They walked and cried to school. Recess was done and they went in their school and they weren't sad anymore.

This happened on the planet earth maybe near England or near America. I don't know. It happened long ago. This is just a pretend story. A fake story. The Daddy drives a horse to work.

Thanksgiving on Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne

The book was awesome. They had the first Thanksgiving. I was dissappointed because Samoset wasn't in there. I like that Jack said "Annie's nuts." The Pilgrims said "nuts?" And they said "Indeed!" I like that Annie and Jack put the turkey in the fire. It was an accident. He ruined it. They had squash, corn, and the feast.

The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Sarah and her father are on a journey with their horse, Thomas. And Sarah is hearing these noises. And now they are out of the woods and they went to a house which had four children. And then Sarah keeps saying along the whole journey "keep up your courage, Sarah Noble, keep up your courage." Now they are with the horse again and Sarah keeps saying in her mind, "keep up your courage, Sarah Noble, keep up your courage." Sarah's dad said to Sarah Noble that those are south Indians. And they will be kind. So they ate supper which I think was beans and they stayed in a cave last night. Now it's the morning and the father is building the house. Sarah Noble was just sitting under the tree and these kid Indians come up. Sarah keeps saying "keep up your courage, Sarah Noble." And she picks up the Bible and begins reading. So Sarah Noble and the two Indians like a couple and they were picking some berries. So they are with the father again and Tall John. Her dad says "you are going to stay with the Indians until I come back with Mom and the children." So she is living and she keeps saying "keep up your courage, keep up our courage." And this night she combed her hair and prayed. And the Indians were looking at her strangely like she was speaking a strange language. And in the morning she had mocassins and they got off their mocassins and they played a game with these mocassins. And they were talking with Mom and the children and Sarah Noble said "I have to take my baby doll to bed."

I liked that they have a safe ending. I am like Sarah Noble because I like time with my mom. I am brave because I am not scared of the dark.