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v Gracejane Stanfield, __Pets in a jar__, 91pp. v My favorite part is when the book talks about caterpillars. It says they are picky eaters. There is a picture with a caterpillar trying a leaf. There is a word bubble that is to the caterpillar. The bubble says “ Ugh” v I connect with this book because I love keeping animals. For certain, bugs. They’re just so cute. v 5 out of 5 stars. This is the best informational book ever. 

Great review using an informational book! Thanks for setting a great example for others.


 * Preston Mercer, Skateboarding Guide, Tracy Maurer, 48 pp
 * My favorite part is when it showed this guy going up a big ramp. I like watching people get high in the air and doing flips. It helps you learn how to do some tricks.
 * This book made me think of Tony Hawk because a picture in the book showed Big Air and Tony usually does Big Air.
 * 4 out of 5 stars
 * Skateboarding, Rennay Craats, 24 pp
 * This book shows the different parts of the skate board and how to keep your board in good shape. It said to not push down on the tail and make it slide. It also said to keep your board from getting wet.
 * This book made me think of the other skateboarding book I read.
 * 4 out of 5
 * Bicycle Stunt Riding, Chris Heyhurst, 64 pp
 * My favorite part is when it showed a guy doing the pogo. I think it's cool how they just jump off the bike and land on the pegs. It told you how to do the bar spin too.
 * This made me think about my friends brother who could do bar spins.
 * 4 out of 5 stars

· Jaden Wilson,,bmx, AUTHOR???, 47 pp • My favorite part is when I learnd how to do a bunny hop and how to wheelie and nose wheelie and pogo and they were hard to do I maen really HARD. • My conection is I alredy new how to do a wheelie and I have the same bike a bmx bike same as in the book it was a mongoose • number of starz 5 out of 5. • rad sports skate boarding, AUTHOR?? pp 48 • My favorite part is when it tought me how to do a ollie It was my favorite part because it shoud me how to do a ollie a different way. • My conection is I know someone who is a really good skater and snow bouarder just like shawn white. • Give this 5 out of 5 : D :D : D : D : D : D

v Grace Stanfield, __Bugs__, 253 pp. v My favorite part is when the book talks about how spiders build there nests. Spiders are a bit creepy, (Ok, ok. They’re really scary. ) but they are a little cool. v I connect because I love keeping all sorts of bugs.
 * 3 out of 5 stars


 * Mikah Stabeno, Cowboys Essential,Frank Last Luska,172
 * My favorite part is when the guy for the Cowboys loses and cries in the locker room.I like this part because in basket ball LeBron James cried when he lost agianst the los angelas Lakers.
 * CONNECTOIN:It reminds me of when we played witney and lost and td lane cried.
 * I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
 * ** ﻿Grace, __space facts__, 90pp. **
 * ** My favorite part is when the book talks about ploto. Ploto is my favorite planet. It is almost all made of ice and freazing water. **
 * ** I connect because i went to Nasa this one time and learned about all the planets. **
 * ** 4 out of 5 stars **
 * Aubrey,Animals By: Hugh Westrup 47pp
 * My favorite part is that the biggest animal that has ever lived on Earth is a blue whale.An adult blue whale is so huge that an elephant chould walk into it's opened mouth.This is my favorite part because I didn't know that a elephant could walk into a blue whales mouth.
 * In the book they were talking about tadpoles and how they form. This made me think about the tadpoles we had in my class last year. They didn't turn into frogs at all.
 * I give this book 5out of 5 stars
 * Aubrey,true or false Pets By: Melvin Berger 48pp
 * My favorite part is that Cats have mirriors in the back of there eye.I had no idea that cats can't see in total darkness. they only can see in dime light.
 * My connection is that my dog has two coats and it was talking adout the dogs who have those kind of coats
 * I give this book 5 out of 5 stars
 * Trenton,__One handed catch__,Mj,Auch,pages248
 * My favorite part is when Leon said fireworks to night.When Norm said wow is that a rocket Leon said yes.Leon said there was cherry bombs to.
 * My connection is when he said cherry I really want a cherry.
 * I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

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 * Ellyana Norton,GOING TO THE HOSPITAL, Fred Rogers,27pp
 * My favorite part is when the little girl gos to get her HOSPITAL pj's on.Than she gos to the weight and height measurer to see her height and weight.The doctors take her to her bed in the HOSPITAL.The bed is very high and soft.When she's done she gos home.
 * My connection is how I saw my sister with her arm in a cast,I found out she broke her arm and had ggone to the HOSPITAL.
 * 3 out of 5 stars
 * Mikah Stabeno,Inline Skateboarding, pp 35,Tracy mourer
 * My favorite part is when they teach you all these facts about famous skateboarders like tony hawk!!! My other favorite part is when it shows you who made up the ollie witch was allen ollie gelfheld!!!!My least favorite part is when theres a guy and he's doing a FS boardslide.
 * i can connect because i can do a bs boardslide and a fs boardslide.
 * 5 out of 5 stars
 * Mikah stabeno
 * Mikah stabeno,guide to skateboarding,tracy nelson maurer,pp48
 * my favorite part is when he was doing a ollie and he was getting really high and he was only like eight years old.i like this part because it looked really cool because i have never seen someone that old do an ollie that high before.i also like this part because it looked like it was a picture becuse the way it was all flat.
 * 5 out of 5 stars.


 * McKenna,Worlds Dumbest Laws,90 pp.
 * My favorite law is... in Arkansas it is illegal to mispronounce the states name in that state.The dumbest law is Princeton,Texas makes it illegal to throw an onion.The funniest law is in Hartford,Connecticut, you can't cross the street walking on your hand's.The wierdest law is that in Hillsboro,Oregon it is unlawful to allow your horse to sit in the back seat of your car.
 * My connection is when I was little I was jumping of the side many,many times and my friend said I was doing something illegal,but she was 8 yr. old I was 6 yr.old.But anyway she was just saying thet to fool me,and you can see that I believed her.
 * 5 stars
 * Xtreme pets,193,Jaden Wilson,
 * My favorite pet is the hegehog i like him because he doesnt shoot out spikes like a porkiepine so its like haveing one at home and their easy to care for but a BIG cost factor.
 * My conection is i saw a monkey that i wanted..
 * Number of stars 4 out of 5.
 * Maddie, Ancient Egypt, by Heather Adamson,112
 * I liked this book because Heather the author made me feel like I was the main character.
 * She put scrips like '' you went to work and got rewarded with bread and beer.
 * My connection was when the main character put eye paint on princess Cleopatra.
 * It reminded me of when i watched face off, and the painters put make up on random people.
 * 5 out of 5.
 * Aubrey,The Awesome Egyptians By: Terry Deary 128pp
 * My favorite part is when they told me about the ancient pyramids. They were supposed to be graves for the kings of Egypt. They used the pyramids for hiding treasure, like gold and silver. Scavengers went down into the pyramids and they found a tomb that was empty. This was favorite part because I like to learn about old stuff.
 * My connection to this book is that my friend Nathan did Egypt for World Party. When I saw Mr. Kelly’s room they had the same fact from my book on the table.
 * I give this book 3 out of 5 stars.

 This is informational, not poetry.
 * Ellyana Norton, FUNNY BUT TRUE SPORTS STORYS, pp151
 * My favorite poem is called shooting your age. There was a man that was 103 years old. He had played golf his whole life. In his last game his total was 103!
 * My connection is that I have played golf before. I did it with my dad at Buffelo Nickels.
 * 3 out of 5 stars

What a great Text to self connection!
 * Maddie, Ancient Rome, 112,
 * My favorite part was how I was the main character. There was not a name for it i got to choose. what i really liked about this book was i felt like I was really in the book.
 * My connection was when the town felt that when the queen died they had lost every thing.It made me wonder how I would be if I lost my mom or dad.
 * 5 out of 5.

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 * Zack, Air plains of world war 2,nancy robinson 90pp
 * My favorite part was when the author wrote the pilot code alphebet. v meant victor,a meant about and the other letters went along with the other words.I have made one before.
 * My connection is the code alphebet. I have made one
 * 5 stars

Complete this post and let me know. Author, # pp, a paragraph with complete sentences for your favorite part and your connection.
 * Bailey, 101 Anamal secrets
 * my favorite fact was that the grafe cleans its ears with its tong
 * i liked it because my favorite wild anamal is a grafe
 * 4 out of 5 stars


 * Evelyn, owning a pet rabbit By: David Glover, #PP?
 * My favorite part was when it talked about taking care of a bunny. This was my favorite part because I love bunnies, and I had a bunny once.
 * My connection is to when they had a bunny. I can connect to this because I had a bunny. I had a bunny until she got frightened.
 * 5 out of 5 stars.

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 * Caity Jenkins, Worlds Dumbest Laws, 90, Dick Hyman
 * My favorite part is when it say in Glendale, Arizona it is against the law to back up in a car.


 * Trenton, __101 Animal Secrets__, Melvin Berger, 112 pages.
 * My favorite part is when they talk about Mosquitoes. Mosquitoes do not haves no teath and no mouth. Females Mosquitoes has long tupes that gets in mans,womens,and kids blood. The blood helps in Mosuitoes have thier baby.
 * When I read about how mosquito females need blood to make their eggs, it made me think about when my brother and sister bit a lot in the summer, but mosquitos don't actually bit, they suck the blood out.
 * I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.


 * McKenna, Frogs, Greoge H., 48 pp.
 * My favorite frog they talk about is the Glass Frog. The picture showed the bottom of the Glass Frog it showed the heart, lungs organs, and the tummy,but not the rib because frogs have no ribs. The Glass Frog also has similar organs as we do. The reason they call it a Glass Frog is because their clear.
 * My connection the Bull Frog soaking up water is when washing paint off my face, the wash cloth soaked up all the water.
 * 4 stars
 * McKenna, Mummy, Eyewitness Books, 63 pp.
 * My favorite part of the book is when it talks about The Iceman. Over 5,000 years ago The Iceman was surprised by a snowstorm, so he took shelter between two ridges of rocks. But he the storm was men and strong, and he died because of the cold. Years, and years past till one day the snow melted, and some men found The Iceman. It turned out that The Iceman was the oldest mummy ever, he died between 3350 and 3300 B.C.
 * My connection to The Iceman is when I was littlle got stuck in mud, and almost never got out.
 * 5 stars

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 * ZACK,Swimming 96pp
 * My favorite part was when it said that boys usualy wear short speedos. I thought that was funny beacuse my parents told me know one wears thoughs any more.They wear ones with bigger shorts.
 * My connection is when there was a picture of a boy in a small speedo I saw an old guy in one!
 * 4 stars


 * AJ Pando, Cowboys, by Martin W. Sandler, pp91
 * My favorite part was when it said cowboys in the movies had a gun. In real life if you had a gun you would not get hired to do the cattle drive if you were a cowboy. I thought that was funny because cowboys didn't have a gun. I also liked that some cowgirls were better than the boys.
 * My connection it cowboys had to rope and I learned to rope.
 * 4 out of 5 stars.

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 * Ellyana Norton, wild, wild world, WHALES and other sea mammals,Anita Ganeri, 31pp
 * My favorite fact of the book was when it said :Walruses can get sunburnt. I thought that was hilarious! When they do get sunburnt they turn into a bright shade of pink! The book showed a drawen picture of a walrus on a rock in a pink sunburn. HA! HA! HA!
 * My connection is that I get sunburnt a lot. yeeooowwww!!
 * 5 out of 5 stars
 * CADEN,BAD PETS,ALLAN ZULO,112
 * my favorite part was the army brat when it said "no dog caused more trouble than a dog"


 * AJ Pando, skateboading,Marilyn Gould, pp48
 * My favorite part was when he said you might get dings, which means you might get a bruise. when I first heard that I was laughting so hard I could not breath. My other favorite part was when he said to flex which means to bend your board because I didn't know that.
 * my connection the book taught me to skateboard and it remmined me when I tried to first learned to skateboard.
 * 2 out of 5 stars
 * learning how skateboarding,jane mersky leder, pp47
 * my favorite part was when he said most people make their own skateboard. I thought that was funny because I got my skateboard already made. then I read the rest of the page, it said the pros make their skateboard.
 * my connection is that some people buy theirs made that remminded me when I got my skateboard made.
 * 4 out of 5 stars
 * Ellyana Norton, CAT, Juliet Clutton-Brock, 63pp
 * My favorite part of the story was when it talks about the mother cat having baby cats. The book said that the baby cats born from //__BIG__// cats are called __cubs__. The book also said that the baby cats born from //small// cats are called kittens. I like that part because I love cubs/kittens!
 * My connection was when I got kittens from the pet store.
 * 5 out of 5 stars

CADEN,WORLDS DUMBEST LAWS,90
 * MY favorite part was when it said its illegal to look at a moose from a airplane.
 * my other favorite part was when it said its illegal to wear spurs in a hotel if you are a cowboy