Night of the New Magicians
by Mary Pope Osborne
Report by Breyana L.

Merlin's mission sends Jack and Annie to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, France. The Eiffel Tower was built especially for the fair. They visit many exhibits, including the one showing a New Year's Festival from China where they see an acrobat and a dragon. Merlin's assignment for them is to find four magician's and learn the secrets of their magic. They have to find the Magician of Sound, the Magician of Light, the Magician of the Invisible, and the Magician of Iron. The magicians turn out to be Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Alva Edison, Louis Pasteur, and Gustave Eiffel. The invention of the telephone, the light bulb, the process of 'pasteurization' and building with iron were the secrets found at the Exposition Universelle, 1889.

 

Dinosaurs Before Dark
by Mary Pope Osborne
Report by Isaiah H.

This diorama is for a story called Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne. It is a very good book. It is about a girl and a boy that go in a magic tree house. They travel to the dinosaur world. My favorite part was when Jack had to hide behind a tree because T-Rex was chasing him, but the Pteranodon saved him. It is one of my favorite books.

 

Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
Report by James H.

This is about two friends, a spider named Charlotte and a pig named Wilbur. Wilbur does not want to die and become Christmas dinner. Charlotte wants to save him so she started spinning good words about Wilbur into her web. People came from all over to see Wilbur and Charlotte's web. The farmer let Wilbur live on the farm happily ever after

 

The Last Pony Ride
by Jeanne Betancourt
Report by Julia L.

Little House on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Report by Lauren B.

'Little House on the Prairie' is a book about a girl named Laura Ingalls. She lives in the Big Woods of Wisconsin with her family during the late 1800's. In the beginning of the book, Pa decides to move the Ingalls family away from the Big Woods. The family begins a new life on the prairie in Kansas. Pa builds a new house for Ma, Laura, Mary and Baby Carrie with the help of their new friend, Mr. Edwards. Laura and her big sister, Mary, like living on the prairie. They explore an old Indian camp and find beads and feathers.

After living on the prairie for a short time, Pa suddenly decides that the family must leave. He finds out that soldiers are coming to take the settlers out of Indian territory. The Ingalls family did not know that the prairie belonged to the Indians. They are very sad about leaving their new house. They quickly pack their belongings and load up their wagon and move on once again. Pa decides to move the family back to the Big Woods.

Sign of the Seahorse
by Graeme Base
Report by Madison W.

This is a story about a Seahorse Cafe and how a bad group of fish got what they deserved. The Seahorse Cafe was a nice place for good fish to gather and eat, dance, listen to music and be happy. Then one day the bad fish came and made the owner leave. The coral reef where all the fish lived also had a poison, killing all the coral reef, so all the fish had to leave and find somewhere else to live. The catfish found out that the bad fish had helped poison the land and made everyone leave so they could take over the coral reef and make money when they returned one day. The good fish went a long way west and found a new reef and lots of seahorses. The same owners of the old Seahorse Cafe opened a new Seahorse Cafe and made the bad fish work and clean because they had been greedy and mean before.

 

The Titanic
by Robert P. Ballard
Report by Marcus M.

The Titantic sunk on April 14, 1912. The ship hit an iceberg near Newfoundland. The ship did not have enough rescue boats for the passengers. Some passengers jumped off the back of the boat. Some died. The ship sank in three hours.

Petunia
by Roger Duvoisin
Report by Meg W.

Petunia is a goose who thinks she can read. She tells everyone she can read. Her friends walk away from her. They are mad that she did not tell them the truth. She gets sad because her friends leave her. Then she figures out a plan. She starts to read for real. Her friends get happy for her. Petunia is happy in her barn and reads every day to her friends.

Little Freddie at the Kentucky Derby
by Kathryn Cocquyt
Report by Mimi C.

This story is about a horse named Freddie. In his first race when he was a kid, he beat Revolver in the pasture. Revolver was a bully. When Freddie grows up, he is a great race horse. He beats Revolver again in the Kentucky Derby. He wins the blanket of red roses. Then he goes back home to his mommy, Romantic Myth, and Patches, the kitten. Freddie's friend Thunderball is there and so is Romantic Myth's new baby horse. I named him Diamond.

 

Captain Underpants and the
Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty
Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space
by Dav Pilkey
Report by Shelby O.

This story is about two good students, George and Harold, who have special powers. When the other students drank milk, they began to have special powers too, but they used their powers for evil. One day the Naughty Cafeteria Lady aliens tried to come to take over the world. They turned the bad students into evil zombie nerds. George and Harold put a spell on their principal, Mr. Krupp, to help them save the world by making him a super hero. Whenever they snap their fingers, Mr. Krupp became Captain Underpants and would fly to the rescue yelling Tra La Laa. The Sunflower was the secret weapon of the aliens and the evil zombie nerds. It ate Captain Underpants, but because he drank super milk, the sunflower spit him out and died. George and Harold made the students drink root beer and they became good students again. Captain Underpants saved the day.

 

Ferno the Fire Dragon
by Adam Blade
Report by Todd B.

The story is about Tom and his beast Quest. Tom is a young boy. Tom was from a little village. The dragon was burning down the crops. So Tom found the king and he sent him on a quest, a dangerous quest. The quest was dangerous because there was Ferno, the fire dragon, controlled by the evil magician Malvel.

 

Amazing Snakes
by Dorling Kindersley
Report by Tyler J.

Baby snakes hatch out of their eggs. Sometimes they come out alive. Snakes hibernate in the winter. You can find snakes in the jungle, or deserts, or your own backyard. Snakes can live in trees, or in oceans, or underground. Some snakes, like vipers and cobras kill with venom. Some snakes can climb trees or swim in water. Some snakes can even jump off branches. They flatten their bodies so they fall slowly and land softly. Snakes can dig underground. There are more than 2,000 different kinds of snakes. Some are shorter than a pencil. Some are almost as long as a school bus. All snakes hunt prey to eat. Some hunt rats or mice or fish. Many eat other snakes. A few even hunt crocodiles or bats or birds in the air.