The two novels, Stuart Little, by E.B. White, (1944), and The Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden, (Newberry Honor Award, 1961), are similar in some ways and different in some ways. I think there are three main ways that the texts are similar. The three ways they are similar is that both of the Read more…
HUNDRED CAT This is Hundred Cat. He has 100 lives. Hundred Cat has only one problem though, it’s that he is really dumb. “Doy,” says Hundred Cat dumbly. He is soooo dumb that he likes to waste his lives. For example, it was Hundred Cat’s 99th life as he got ready to jump off a Read more…
Mona Lisa in Mona Lisa Out The guard watched as Mother Nature took over the scene; the birds were chirping making beautiful noises – it sounded like harmony to the guard, but he shook his head and continued his vigilance. He’d been on duty since midnight and his relief was late. Finally, his relief was Read more…
The adventures of Edgar the Bat and his sister Colette By Collin “the Magnificent” Aaronson All the way in Egypt where Edgar the bat lives, it’s over 109 F, which he is used to, and it’s 4:30 in the afternoon. It is a sunny day in summer and he is sad because there are many Read more…
The Roald Dahl novel-plus-sequel on Charlie and Willy Wonka, which are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, are hilarious, fun novels. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory features 6 kids who enter the factory, and have lots of adventures, but only Charlie ends up coming out. The Great Glass Read more…
