RITHIka's Thoughts on Book 7:

JUNIE B.,FIRST GRADER
SHIPWRECKED
By Barbara Park.

It was an original day and next thing happened unexpectedly that Roger threw up!The nurse,Mrs.Weller came to get Roger to her officer.Then the janitor came and cleaned up everything.Mrs.weller told the class about stomach V-I-R-U-S and gave them certain instructions to stay healthy.Sheldon was too cautious to be away from virus.He covered his head or hand with a paper bag.And he couldn't think of any germy fellow sneezing on his face.May was also overacting about the virus thing.

Mr.Scary, the class teacher then announced about the Parent's Night and the play the class is going to do on that night.It was about Christopher Columbus.He sent a paper to the parents to inform the play and also who got the most facts got to choose their part first.Junie B. wanted to be the star and collected many facts from the computer.Guess what!Junie B. collected the most facts,actually eighteen facts and she chose "the Pin ta,the fastest ship"!Lucille was Queen Isabella,Jose was Columbus,Sheldon was Nina, May was Santa Maria and Roger was the land.Many kids were sick, but Mr.Scary made the class practice the play many times.

All the parents were excited to visit the class and they were waiting the play to start.Lucille and Jose did their part well.The boys playing the part of the ocean waves and Roger, the land came upon the stage and introduced themselves.After the sailors,then it was the turn of the ships.May tried to squeeze in and Junie B.wants to be the first.When she speeded up,she accidentally nudged May's ship on her side.May nudged Junie B. back.And one after another the three ships tripped and fell flat on the floor!And the scariest thing also happened!Roger sneezed at the face of Sheldon!!.

Everyone froze.Columbus would never get to America,and it was all the fault of Junie B. and May.But Columbus wanted the show to go.Jose hollered,"wait!",and he jumped right into the waves and swam to America!He then landed on Roger, the land.He did it!!The audience clapped in delight.The next day they had a "Yay Columbus Party!".
But some kids were still angry at Junie B. and May.So Junie B.wrote an apology letter(Herbert helped her.Good friend!)to the class.Then she thought of playing a mouse play next time because the mice won't sink like ships,they would only float!

PS.I remember the play of pilgrims we did in first grade for our parents on Thanksgiving.At church,my sis did a play called "the farmer and the Seeds".

NAMitha's Thoughts on Book 7:

DRAGON TALES.
STORY # 2
By Dav Pilkey.

Iam going to write on the second story from DAV PILKEY.The story is DRAGON GETS BY. It has five chapters.

One warm day the blue dragon woke up very groggy.He was so groggy that he did everything wrong.He read an egg and fried the morning newspaper.He buttered his tea and sipped a cup of toast.Dragon opened the door but it was the closet!He didn't see the sun or the flowers or the sky.He didn't notice the trees or the hills.He saw only shadows and thought it was night and went back to bed.

When he woke up, he was still groggy.He started to sweep the dirty floor with a broom.He swept all morning and into the afternoon.He carried out dirt in wheelbarrows and all that sweeping left a big hole in his floor.When the mail mouse came,he saw a big hole in the dragon's house and a pile of dirt outside.He told the dragon that the floor of the house was of dirt.The mail mouse said the dragon messed up everything,but the dragon said he made a basement.Then he dug a big hole in his backyard and scooped the dirt in it, but it piled up again over the hole!

Then dragon went for food shopping in his car.He bought lot of stuff.he couldn't fit it all in his car.so he started eating some food.But he ate all the food and became very big.Now dragon could not fit into his car!So he pushed his car home.It rolled faster and faster down the hill,messed up all the way and landed right in front of his house.He became hungry again,but there was no food in the cupboard.

It was then bedtime.Dragon was still very groggy.He brushed his head and combed his teeth.He watered his bed and crawled into the plants and fell fast asleep.

PS.Goodnight Blue Dragon.I think tomorrow you won't be groggy anymore.Or else you are going to mess up yourself.

RITHIka's Thoughts on Book 6:

JUNIE B.,FIRST GRADER
AT LAST!
By Barbara Park.

Yesterday was the first day of school for Junie B.,so she was still new there.Today Mr.Scary handed out journals.Junie B. wrote in hers as,"My teacher has muscles and mustache".When Junie B. got to the classroom she was very nervous.She was happy to see her best friend from kindergarten,Lucille.But she became sad when Lucille told her that they can't be best friends anymore.

On Monday morning,Junie B. got into the schoolbus and thought of sitting with her second best friend,Grace.But Grace was sitting with another girl.Then she found Herbert,a new boy sitting behind her and they became friends.When they got to school she got a fun assignment of drawing a picture of one of the words on the board.She read the words.She did the word "cluck".Actually the word was "clock".

Mr.Scary found that something was wrong with the spelling and reading of Junie B.He took her from recess and made her to read three long sentences on the board from her seat.She read them all wrong!He sent her to Mrs.Weller,the school nurse.She did few tests with Junie B.Jones.She did perfect until she came to the small letters.
Ms.Weller informed Mr.Scary that Junie B. need glasses!!!

Mr.Scary told Junie B.'s mom over phone about the need for glasses for Junie B.She told to Junie's dad and they couldn't stop talking about the glasses,even during dinner time.Junie B. got upset thinking about the glasses.The next they went to the eye doctor.He did some eye tests with Junie B., put eyedrops in her eye and finally she got a new pair of glasses!

The next day at show and tell,Junie B. shared the class her glasses.Everyone loved it except May.May started to tease her.Then Herbert came for her rescue. He took the glasses from Junie and put them on."Wow!,he said.I can't see anything clearly.You must have some x-ray vision to see through this".Everyone felt happy for Junie B. and started to give her High-Fives.Then she thought herself,"May be first grade is not bad after all!"

PS.I did the first semester of my first grade at Lasposas School,California and the next semester at Longacre Elementary Michigan.I was nervous on the first day for both times.

NAMitha's Thoughts on Book 6:

DRAGON TALES
STORY # 2
By Dav Pilkey

This book has more than one story.This has three stories.

The first story is A FRIEND FOR DRAGON.It has five chapters.

The blue dragon felt so lonely and he went out to find a friend.He asked a black squirrel, a gray fat hippo and a grouchy crocodile to be his friend ,but they all said NO.He became so sad and sat under an apple tree.Then an apple hit his head and landed in his hand.

There was a green snake close by to him and he wanted to play a joke on the dragon.The snake hid behind a rock and said, "Hi Dragon".Dragon looked around,but no one was there."Who said that?" asked Dragon."I did" said the snake."Where are you?" asked Dragon "I am in your hand." said the snake.Then Dragon asked the apple,"Will you be my friend" and the snake said "yes".Dragon took the apple home,he made a cozy fire and started to talk to the apple.He talked day to night.Dragon made a midnight snack,he mixed cookies,orange juice and catsup.

Dragon woke up and tried to wake up the apple.But the apple did not wake up even when Dragon shouted at it.So Dragon called the doctor.Dragon took the apple to the doctor's office.They sat next to a big walrus.Dragon needed to have a drink,so he asked the walrus to take care of the apple.When Dragon was back,no more red apple was there.But he saw a white mushy thing..He became very sad.He covered it with a paper and ran all the way home.

When he reached home, dragon opened the paper and saw that the apple was brown. Dragon started to cry.The next morning,he dig the apple in a hole in the backyard. Dragon made a sign, and it said "FRIEND".He cried and cried for his friend.
Many months later dragon was sitting in the backyard lonely.He wished for a friend.Something hit his head.It was an apple!

PS.I am sure that the apple won't talk.

RITHIka's Thoughts on Book 5:

JUNIE B.,FIRST GRADER
TOOTHLESS WONDER
By:Barbara Park.

Hi!Iam back with Junie B.Jones and another fun filled day in her life!

Junie B. and her class were waiting for a speaker to come in their room.The speaker, Ms.Chris was supposed to speak on recycling.Her teacher,Mr.Scary told them to write in the journal till Ms.Chris came.Junie B.wrote in her journal,"Recycling is when you wash your trash,I believe".She didn't feel like writing anything more because she had a loose tooth and it was driving her crazy.Also,everytime Junie B.writes in the journal she had to look up for words in the dictionary.She felt so bored and started to wiggle her loose tooth.

Ow!She cried in pain when she pulled it a little.

Junie B.Jones went upto Mr.scary and told him about her loose tooth.He started to chuckle and told her,"And it's on the top too.",Junie B. looked puzzled."Why Mr.Scary,why?Because I lost a bottom tooth and I didn't get a kick out of it."Because when you lose your tooth your smile will be cute and when a new tooth comes in you will look like a big kid!".Junie B.felt so relaxed and happy on hearing his kind words.

At recess lots of kids came around to see her loose tooth.And Sheldon told Junie about his toothless uncle Lou.That story made her upset and she tried not to think about Uncle Lou.While she was walking home, Junie B. thought of a plan not to look like Uncle Lou.She planned not to wiggle her tooth any more so it would tighten up and won't fall off. She told her plan to Grandpa Miller but he thought it was a bad idea..Then he started wiggling her tooth.But Junie B.closed her mouth tight and bit Grandpa's finger.Ouch! Grandpa pulled his finger out and guess what happened?!Junie B.spit her tooth out!!

She didn't want to put her tooth under her pillow for tooth fairy.She just asked her parents what the fairy would do with her tooth.Her mommy told her the fairy might turn it to jewellery.That made no sense and Junie kept her tooth with her.The next Monday, Junie B.smiled at everyone.The whole class was happy about Junie B., her loose tooth and silly smile.

But her friends wondered why she didnot put her tooth for the fairy.They all told her the exciting stories of tooth fairy and cash.Still Junie was not convinced.Finally Lucille told her that tooth fairy had a hobby of collecting teeth and Junie B.found it sensible.That night she put her loose tooth under pillow!
The next morning she was surprised to see lot of money under her pillow.Another surprise was waiting for her.Her little brother Ollie got his first tooth!

Finally she understood everything .The tooth fairy "recycled" her tooth to Ollie!

PS. I lost my first tooth when I was a first grader.My sis slapped my face for fun with her stuffed dog Brawny and my loose tooth fell out.That's my tale for the day!

NAMitha's thoughts on Book 5:

PINKY DINKY DOO
WHERE ARE MY SHOES?
By Jim Jinkins.

Pinky Dinky Doo is the most creative girl in the Doo family.Tyler is her little brother.Mr.Guinea Pig is her pet.She is really good in making up stories.Everyone is fond of her made up stories.

This time she made up a story for Tyler and Mr.Guinea Pig.She named her story as "where are my shoes?".The main character in the story was Pinky Dinky Doo herself.She woke up in the morning,had her breakfast and dressed up for school.But she couldn't find her shoes.She tried on chairs,two canoes,pair of clocks for shoes.Finally Pinky got an idea!She put on two pieces of baloney from her sandwich and hold it with string beans.

When she got on the bus to school, she saw her best friend Nicholas in meat loaves shoes and ketch up socks.They went into the clasroom.Everybody was wearing food as shoes.Even the teacher,Ms.Maganza had roasted chickens as shoes!

Then the Principal made an announcement that slipper salad,barbecued boots, frozen flip-flops would be served for the lunch.Yuck!No one want to eat shoes for lunch.So Pinky had to think big.Her head became big as the classroom.Then she came out with a great idea!She told everyone to eat their food shoes and to wear their shoes lunch!!
Tyler liked her made up story.I liked the story too.

My first grade teacher gave me this funny book.I want to read more stories of Pinky Dinky Doo.

RITHIka's Thoughts on Book 4:

JUNIE B.,FIRST GRADER
CHEATER PANTS
By Barbara Park.

Here comes the world's funniest first grader,the one and only Junie B.Jones.I was introduced to her on my 7th birthday.I got a whole stack of Junie B.Jones' books from my parents.

"Weekend"-that is the nickname of Saturday and Sunday.Those days zoomed by quickly.
That's why Junie B. had got no time to do her homework.On Sunday night,Junie B. begged to stay up and do it,but her daddy just said "no" and turned off the light.
Now,at school Junie was wondering what to do without homework.Then she got this crazy idea of just copying down from the paper of May.May was sitting next to her, but she was never been nice to her.When she went to office,Junie copied from her paper.After that she turned her homework in.

Her teacher Mr.Scary,was not pleased about what Junie did.They had a long talk and a note was sent to Junie B.'s parents.Her mom and dad warned her not to be a "cheater pants" again, and signed the paper.

The next day Junie gave back the signed paper to Mr.Scary.On that very same day,she cheated on the spelling test!She sneaked into the paper of Herbert who was sitting in front of her.Herb saw how upset Junie B. was because she couldn't spell the word "would".So he showed his paper to her.

That night, Junie B. could not sleep well.She did cheating two days in a row.She became a "cheater pants" again.

On the next day, when she got on the bus,she saw Herb,tired,just like her with puffy eyes.They were feeling bad because they cheated.It was a horrible feeling!!.They told Mr.Scary what they did.Mr.scary was happy about their honesty.He was sure they won't cheat again.

Mr.Scary called Junie B.'s parents on the phone and told them what happened.Now Junie B.'s parents are happy about her honesty and Junie B. slept well that night!!

The lesson I learned is we should not cheat or we can't sleep at night.Cheating bothers us and others.So be honest.This is the moral.

NAMitha's Thoughts on Book 4:

PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
By Peter Arrow and Lenny Lipton.

This book is not just a story.It is a song too.If you are reading it,the words you read can turn into a song.

The book is about Puff the magic dragon who found a boy in the land of Honalee.His name was Jackie Paper.They became best friends.They both had a good time together. The Kings and Pirates respected them.

One night Jackie paper went and did not come back.Puff was so sad that he did not even go out of his cave.He became very silent.This is the story.
But from the last two pictures,we can see that Puff and a little girl became friends.Puff is not sad anymore.

PS. I want to name the girl, Sarah.Do you like it?
Can you think of another name for her?

RITHIka's Thoughts on Book 3:

MAGIC TREE HOUSE #22
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ON WEDNESDAY
By Mary Pope Osborne


I am again with Jack and Annie and their Magic tree house.They wished and reached in the revolutionary war!

Last time they were in the Amazon,now this?In colonial time!Wow!!

Well,Morgan Le Fa gave a mission to Jack and Annie.They had to find something to...
Follow
Send
Learn
Lend
When they got out of the tree house to explore,they met a group of patriots and their General.Guess what?Their General was George Washington!

They followed and now they had to find something to send.They found one!
Surprisingly,it was a letter sent by one of the soldiers in the group to his son,Ben and daughter,Molly Sanders.

They got a message from Morgan to meet them on next Tuesday.They came out and went home.

How exciting it will be to meet George Washington! He is the first President of the United States.Take a dollar bill and look at it.It has the face of George Washington.

NAMitha's Thoughts on Book 3:

THE GIRL,THE KITE,THE WIND
By Virginia King.

This is the story of a girl who loved the wind.The girl said to the wind to blow her hair.The wind blew and tangled her hair and she loved it.The girl ran with the wind and the wind loved it.When the girl went home the wind became sad and it stopped blowing.
One day the girl came out with a kite with cheeky face.The girl said to the wind to blow her kite.The wind blew the kite and it started to dance in the sky.The wind wanted to take the kite from the girl.But the girl wouldn't let go off the kite.The wind became mad.Then the wind blew so hard that the string broke off the kite.
The girl cried to the trees to save her kite.The kite got stuck in the tree.She went home with the kite.The wind said,"she will come back to me".
I think the wind is not mad anymore.And I think the girl and the wind will be friends again.

RITHIka's Thoughts on Book 2:

CHARLOTTE'S WEB
By E.B White.
This is the story of Fern,Charlotte and Wilbur.
Fern , a very smart girl saved a pig from an untimely death,from the hands of her father.She got to keep it and she named it Wilbur.Then,Wilbur was sold to Fern's uncle who wanted to kill and eat him.
Luckily, Wilbur met a spider named Charlotte and she promised to save Wilbur.Can you imagine how she did it?
She tricked them,she wrote a message in her web saying that "Wilbur is terrific,radiant and some pig.soon he went to a fair and won the 1st place.
Charlotte went too and she laid an egg sac.Charlotte dies but before she did Wilbur took her eggs.The eggs hatched in spring,there were 514 baby spiders.Everyone left,
except 3.They were named as Joy,Aranea and Nellie.Even they had children, but none of them replaced Charlotte the greatest of them all.
I read the very same story just as a storybook and now as a chapter book.I even watched the movie with the same title.But whether the climax was the same,I doubt!
P.S If you look closely on the book,you could see 2 pink pig squishies from my collection.
PSS. Unfortunately one of the sqiushies covered Charlotte...I will be careful next time.

NAMitha's Thoughts on Book 2:

GIANT PANDAS:GIFTS FROM CHINA
By Allan Fowler

I got a lot of information about Pandas from this small book.I will share it with you.Giant pandas eat bamboo.Lot of Pandas live in China and the Chinese people think that pandas are special gifts to China.A new born panda is tiny with white fur and pink skin.The panda cubs are cute ..I love them.

Pandas and raccoons are relatives.There is a panda called lesser panda which looks like raccoon.Some Pandas live in zoos.

I know a Panda.He is kung fu panda. I watched the movie many times.My mom says we saw a real Panda when we went to a zoo with my cousins Beth and Mary in Washington.
But I don't remember.I want to see them again in real life.

RITHIka's Thoughts on Book 1:

MAGIC TREE HOUSE # 6
AFTERNOON ON THE AMAZON
By Mary Pope Osborne

"Oh-Oh",said Annie.
"What?",asked Jack and looked up.A raindrop hit him in the eye.
"Oh-no,I don't believe this",Jack said.
"What'd you expect",Annie said,"It is a rain forest".

The above written is my favorite part from the book "Afternoon on the Amazon".This paragraph grabbed my attention because it was silly.

This book is about a boy and girl who named Jack and Annie who found a tree house.Soon they found that it belonged to Morgan Le Fa,and she was magical.She was under a spell.What will Jack and Annie do to free her?Let's find out..

This book is from the collection of my summer reading books.I liked it because while reading this book I felt like I was there with them.

NAMitha's Thoughts on Book 1:

HOW CHIPMUNK GOT HIS STRIPES
by Joseph Bruchac & James Bruchac.

This book is about a bear who said he can do everything.So a squirrel told him not to let the sun come up.But it came up !!

The squirrel teased the bear.The bear was so mad that he wanted to eat him.When the squirrel knew about it, he tried to run away.But the bear was fast and the bear caught up the squirrel.He laid his big paw on the squirrel and about to eat him.
Then squirrel said ,"if you let me go a little, I will say sorry".So the bear did so.

At that time the squirrel tried to run fast to his grand-mother.But the bear was right behind him.He was about to be eaten, but he only got some of his fur.Then he had stripes on his back from head to toe.He then looked like a Chipmunk !!

I got this book from Ms.Goodlesky, my first grade teacher.I like this book very much because it sounds real.My favorite part was when the squirrel got stripes to become a Chipmunk.