By The Shores of Silver Lake

The Beauty of Silver Lake

The beginning of the book was sad because everybody got sick and then everybody got better and all the sickness went to Mary’s eyes. Then Jack died! I cried when Jack died.  And then they had to go on a train ride. They were going west to the shores of Silver Lake.

Laura and her cousin Lena went horseback riding. I wish I could. WithOUT the back things for the horses and they had to hold on to his mane (or her mane).

Mr and Mrs Boast, the Boast family, moved in to their house. It was great, it was wonderful. She taught them how to make a corner whatnot. It’s a shelf that goes in the corner.

Pa put trees and then Grace got lost. They found her in a big huge place with daisies and daises and daises or whatever flowers they were. The end.

On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder



The characters are Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mary, Carrie, Ma, Pa, and the good old bulldog Jack. We met a new character in the story. I don't know what his name is. We'll just call him "Boy" he said "snipes!snipes! snipes!" Nellie Olsen is always bragging like about her pretty coat. The teacher was kind. Laura and Mary never went to school before.

The setting was mostly in their house and the school and the church, on the prairie, in the water. Laura and Mary got to sleep in the attic.

They didn't have much. They were poor and they are real if you tell me!! The wheat died because the grasshoppers came. They were eating the wheat. Pa needed the wheat to sell so they could have the money.

There were problems in the winter time because there was a big storm and they put in all the wood! Pa couldn't get back. He was so hungry! He ate all the Christmas candy.

Pa came back. Pa walked one hundred miles to get a job if you tell me! And he gots hundreds and thousands of money!

The doll, her loving true doll, she didn't like that doll but she wanted it. Then Ma said to give it to her and Laura wasn't really happy about that. And then one day when Laura got the mail she saw that Anna had thrown her away and took her one eye off and so she put it in a mud puddle to drown. Laura Ingalls got her up and brought her to Ma and Ma said I'll fix her up. And then she put it all back in her box. And that was the end of that story.

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder



Almanzo is a boy that doesn't like going to school because he doesn't like the bullies there. The bully leader- he got snake whipped! The teacher is another teacher's friend. And when they get home, they are cutting sheep because the wool is too fat and they need clothes.

They had a fair. It was a town county fair. And there were instruments playing. Almanzo brought a pumpkin. The pumpkin was like 50 pounds and 200 feet. He got the winning prize.

The story is set at the house doing the chores. He had cattle and at the end he gets a horsie.

Almanzo has a choice. His choice is to live with Mr. Paddock, a person who helps farms by getting a buggy, or live on the farm with Father and Mother. Almanzo picked to live with Father and Mother. I would pick to live with Mr. Paddock because I love painting.

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.