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Great job of describing your favorite part!
 * === Grace, Amarican Tall Tales,Mary Osborne, 115 pages ===
 * === My favorite story is the Paul Bunyun story. He was shiped away because he was too big. He even coused an earthquake! ===
 * === My connection is that I went to The Gulf of Mexico. I'm shure that Stormalong did too. ===
 * === 3 out of 5 stars. ===
 * Grace, Rumpelstiltskin, By: Edith H. Tarcov, 48 pp.
 * My favorite part is when the messenger told the queen ( the one that had faked spinning the straw ) what he had saw that night. He said he had saw something very strange. He saw a little house. Infront of the house was a fire. And around the fire a tiny little man was dancing. Now my favorite part is when the messenger told the queen what he was singing. " Tonite my cakes I bake. Tonite my beer I make. Tomorrow, tomarrow, tomarrow, the quern's baby I take!
 * I connect becouse my dad likes beer. I collect the bottle caps.
 * 2 out of 5 stars.
 * Grace, Pinocchio, By: Freya Lttledale, 64 pp.
 * My favorite partis when Pinocchio was being sarcastic. I could defenetly see the talking crickit actually talking.
 * I connect because I am sarcastic like Pinocchio was.
 * 2 out of stars. Cheasy!!!!
 * ` McKenna,Little Women,Louisa M. Alcott,179.
 * My favorite part is when Mr.Brooks asks Meg to be his wife.Now Mr.Brooks didn't have any money at the time but Meg didn't care.Also Meg was not able to marry Mr.Brooks untill she was 20 yaers old,and that was 3 years away. Meg's family was happy for both of them, including Mrs.March,Mr.March,Amy,and Beth. But Jo was not happy because she didn't want her sister to move away from her.
 * My connection is when my mom or my papa is going out of town and I start to miss them like crazy,and sometimes I can't even go to sleep! When I read about Beth Jo missing her sister it made me think of how I miss my mom or my papa like crazy when they go out of town. Sometimes I can't even go to sleep, I miss them so much!
 * I give this book 4 stars

Combine with another book for credit.
 * Ellyana Norton, THE PERSIAN CINDERELLA, Shirley Climo, 30pp
 * My favorite part of the book was when the prince had broken the spell that Settareh's sisters had put on her .The way her sisters did it was with hairpins from a little jug. After Prince Mehrdad broke the spell from Settareh they were married.After they were married Settareh's name was changed. Settareh's name was changed to PRINCESS Settareh.
 * My connection was when Prince Mehrdad didn't talk to anybody, not even the queen, made me think of the time I didn't talk to my sister, Elizabeth.
 * 6 out of 5 stars.


 * McKenna,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,Mark Twain,180 pp.
 * My favorite part is when Tom,Joe,and Huck/Huckleberry run off to be pirate's.They all run off because they wanted to be free in other words they wanted to do what they wanted to do.Those things were like no baths,no school,and no clean clothes.But soon they became homesick,but Tom figured out a way to change Joe's,and Huck's mind even though Tom was homesick too.But soon all of them were really,really homesick even Tom,so they went back home.
 * My connection is once I was so mad at my mom,and dad that I thought that I should run away,but I didn't.
 * I give this book 4 stars

Great Connection!
 * Caden ,The Wizard of Oz by L.Frank Baun 186pp
 * My favorite part was when they were at their house went in circles and landed on the bad witch. The munchkins were greatful to Dorthy for her house landing on the witch because the Witch was mean to the little munchkins. Then dorthy just wants to get back home so the good witch tells her to follow the yellow brick raod to Oz and he can help her home. When Dorothy went down the yellow road she met a scarecrow who wanted to go to Oz for a brain She met a lion who wanted to go to Oz for courage She met a tin man who wanted to go to Oz for a heart
 * My connection is like dorothy I have friends and we work together to do stuff we want or like.
 * I give this 4 out of 5 stars


 * Sarah Gillespie ,pp.140 ,Jake,__The Call Of The Wild__
 * My favorite part is when Buke wins the 1,000,200 $ for pulling 1,000 pounds all by himself.This is my favorite part because I did not know a dog choud pull that much.
 * My connection is I am friendly to dogs to.Just like the owner of Buke.
 * 5 out of 5 stars
 * AubreyJones,TALL TALES BY: many different people 112pp
 * My favorite part is when they found Johnny appleseed was found sitting under a apple tree. This was my favorite part because he went around the world planting more and more apple trees and oneday he got tired and someone saw him laying there.
 * My connection to the story is that all of them went to different places and. I have went to more then all of them put together.
 * I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Trenton,Favorite greek myths,Mary Pope Osborne,81pp My favorite part is when the king had the golden hand.The king what ever he touch it turn golden.One thing was he touch a apple. My connection is when i went to dinsey world and i touch something and it turn gold. I give this 4 out of 5 stars.


 * Grace,Cut From the same Cloth,Robert d. Sansouchi,140 PAGES
 * My favorite part is when Old Sally Cato walks into that giants mouth. She dousn't even notice ( well she pretendes not to ) that she is in there.
 * I connect with the with Bess Call because I am also strong. The book says Bess is strong enough to lift a cow!! That would be cool to be able to do that kind of things. She would pobably be strong enough to lift a car!
 * 2 out of 5 stars

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 * 1) Aubrey,Cut From the same Cloth By:Robert D. San souchi 140pp
 * 2) My favorite part is when Old Sally catos boys go out to find some food\meat but when they were skinning it. They were really colse to the monsters cave so the monster got up and started chasing them. When they got home there mom told them to stay away from the monsters cave. This is my favorite part because they learned a lesson.
 * 3) My connection to this book is when Bess Call lifted threehundred pounds of a cow. She did it a cool way to show off, she got the same cow and held it up with one finger. I connect with this because she is strong and i am strong too.!
 * 4) I give this book 3 out of 5 stars.
 * Sarah Gillespie, 116, The Rumpelstilsikn problem﻿, Vivian V.
 * My favorite part is when Carleen took the dresser door handle and said it was gold. That was my favorite part because the king new it is not gold.
 * My connection is I do not know how to spin starw into gold, nather dose Carleen.
 * 4stars
 * Trenton,American tall tales, Adrien Stoutenburg, 112 pages.
 * My favorite part is when Paul said he was the best of every thing. Here are some thing running, hunter, and yeller. Paul said tallest man is the best.
 * My connection is when I said the stortest is the fastest.
 * 4 stars
 * Aubrey, Sir Lancelot the Great By: Gerald Morris 92pp
 * My favorite part is when the soldiers try to defeat Sir Lancelot because he is the greatest fighter. They cannot defeat him. This is my favorite because I didn’t think that a farmer could beat trained soldiers.
 * My connection to this book is that my Grandpa was a soldier in the Army and there were many soldiers like Sir Key that tried to defeat Sir Lancelot. Sir Lancelot was a member of the Knights of the Round table. He was very strict and my grandpa was too.
 * I give this book 5 out of 5 stars

picture of them beating up the bad guy robots.I could really look at it close and it would look real. This is not Traditional Lit. Repost under Science Fiction.
 * SAVANAH,Captain Under Pants,Dav Pilkey,121p.p
 * My favorite part is when in the book it said put your left hand here and right thumb here.Because there was a
 * My connetion is i've always pictured people in under wear like captain.......... you know.
 * 5 OUT OF 5 STARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Add another book to total 90 pages and let me know. Tell me what happened in the book that made you think about when you help get your sister out of bed.
 * Trenton,__Tikki Tikki Tembo__,Arlene Mosel,49pp
 * My favorite part is when the old man save the day.A little boy was running up a hill because his brother fell in a well.The boy was trying to find a old man.The boy saw the old man and he said i need your help.The old man said for what.The boy said my brother fell in a well.Well the old man had a ladder so he ran where the boy went.He saw the boy and he saw the well.The old man put the ladder down the well and he got the boy and the boy said thank you.He save the day.
 * My connection is when i help my sister to get out of a hole and i had to get a ladder to help her up.
 * I give this book 5 out of 5 stars


 * Zack,American tall tales, Adrien stoutenburg, 112 pp
 * my favorite part was when paul's dad made a boat cradle and sent him to sea. And the author said it was a lovely green blue place for a cradle. It made me sleepy.
 * my connection was when paul was born he was unusualy large. I had unusualy large toes!
 * 3 out of 5 stars
 * Trenton,__Cut from the same cloth__,Robert D. San Souci,128pp
 * My favorite part is when they talk a about sister fox and brother coyote.The fox and the coyote was in the southwest of the USA.The fox and the coyote live in the desert because foxes and coyotes most live in the desert.
 * My connection is when I read a book about coyote and foxes.
 * 3 stars

Don't forget to check your capitalization and spelling.
 * AJ Pando, cut from the same cloth, by Robert D. San Souci and Brian Pinkney, 128pp
 * My favorite part was when the fox tricked the coyote. she said that there was lots of food when he hears a loud bang but it was a gun firing at the coyote and he died. my other favorite part was when a girl beat a supper strong man in a wresiling mach.
 * my connection is that bess call beat a strong man that once I beat my dad in a wresiling.
 * 4 out of 5 stars


 * Sarah Gillespie, America Tall Tales, Richard .M.P,112
 * My favorite part is the Johnny Applseed story. I like that story because Johnny likes to plant trees and likes animals and thought are both good things for the earth.
 * I like animals and planting trees just like he do.
 * 4 stars
 * Sarah Gillespie__,The Legend Of The Indian Paintbrush__, Tomie Depaolu,pp.41
 * My favorite part is when every body gets to see the amazing art work, that he did.This is it because you fill happy when you are showing off your tallent.
 * My connection is I have painted befor.
 * 4 stars


 * McKenna, Black Beauty, Anna Sewell, 176 pp.
 * My favorite part is when the fire happened. John put Black Beauty and Ginger in the stable at the hotal, and the grooms came in. The groom told one of the man to go get more hay, so the man put his pipe down and went to go get the hay. Later a man called fire, John got Beauty and Ginger out. Soon John found out the man's pipe caused the fire.
 * My connection to the fire is my brother all most set the house on fire playing with matches.
 * 5 stars

Because the song was kinda catchy.Also a good song about her,but short. 5 OUT OF 5 STARS paragraphs change font back
 * SAVANAH,CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH,Robert d. SanSouci,141 p.p.
 * My favorite part is when in the book they started singing a song about sweet betsey from pike.
 * <span style="color: #16ff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">My connection is i always like to make up songs.Sometimes its about people.
 * Evelyn,The Korean Cinderella By.Shirley Climo Illustrated By.Ruth Heller.
 * My favorite part was when It talked about Omoni getting her hair pulled by sparrows it was funny.
 * I connected to this book becuse i like pretending to be a princess.
 * 5 stars out of 5 stars


 * Ellyana Norton, AMERICAN TALL TALES, Mary Pope Osborne, 109pp
 * My favorite story in the book is STORMALONG. When he was just a baby he was 18 feet! When he had just turned 12 he was 36 feet! He wrestled a 2 ton octopus that was as big as he was.
 * My connection is that I like to go sailing like Stormalong
 * 5 out of 5 stars

paragraphs > She didn't mean to KILL her it was on accadent they had a spear contest ,but zues well how she died was because of zues he distracted her to let her daughter win the contest....... > I was plying golf and i swung the pole and my bro was behind me and it passed him out.
 * <span style="color: #80000a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">SAVANAH,American tall tales,Adrien Stoutenburg,p.p. 112
 * <span style="color: #80000a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">My favorite part is when they talk about John Henry.Would it be cool to see him beat a machine.
 * <span style="color: #80000a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">My connection is i've always wanted to meet JOHN HENRY.
 * <span style="color: #80000a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">4 OUT OF 5 STARS
 * <span style="color: #d300ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">ATHENA,Jaden Wilson, 81p
 * <span style="color: #d300ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">My favorite part is when athena "accidentally" KILLED her friend. Witch i don't now the name but i think i started with a p but lets get back on track..
 * <span style="color: #d300ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">My conection is i almost really hurt my bro not purposely.
 * <span style="color: #d300ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">number of stars 5 out of 5


 * ZACK, Zeus,90pp
 * My favorite part was when zeus made his father burp all of his children. It was growsse. I don't even think my dad could fit me in his mouth. He can't even fit my brothers fist in his mouth.
 * my connecection was in the back it said that zeuses symbol is an eagle thats my brothers symbol.
 * 5 stars

<span style="font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Jaden Wilson,81p,Zeus ** <span style="font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">•My favorite part is when Zeus had to get the Cyclops to help him defeat the titans! And yet he did he smashed them like patos getting smashed into frenchfries WITH SALT but that would be good but Zeus smashed the titans and prisond his father who tried to eat him. ** <span style="font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">•My conection is i once had to beat up someone it was a potato not humam but a ?...food i helped mom smash potatos. **
 * ZACK,american tall tales, mary pope osborn,109pp
 * My favorite part was when davey crocket was stuck in a tree . He then told a lady if she got him out hed give her a pretty little comb. Then she went on and on that she didnt need a pretty little comb. It would have been awesome to watch 2 hillbillies fight!
 * My connetion was when it mentioned john henrey and he passed threw the ohio valley my dad was born in ohio.
 * 5 stars
 * Ellyana Norton, IRISH Legends for children, Yvonne Carroll, 63pp
 * My favorite story of the book was  Setanta. I liked this story because the boy in it had great strength. He was almost killed by a feroious,and faithful wolfhound. The wolfhound belonged to Culann, a blacksmith.
 * My connection is how I like to go on a boat like a princess named Fionnuala.
 * 5 out of 5 stars
 * Ellyana Norton, FABLES, Arnold Lobel,41pp
 * My favorite story in the book was The camel dances. I like this story because the camel in this story never gives-up on what she's doing. She doesn't even stop dancing when she is made fun up. She dances for herself.
 * My connection is how I love to dance, like the camel.
 * 5 out of 5 stars
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 25px;">**NUMBER OF ME STARS 5 out of 5**


 * Sarah Gillespie,Mother Goose,Tomie dePaola's,p.132


 * My favorite part is when it said If the bees stay home, Rain will soon come; If they fly away, Fine will be the day. That is my favorite part because I do not like bees and I like when it is sunny because I gat to play out side.
 * My connection is I know the pome It is raining its poruring The old man is snoring;, Ha Ha you know it, just like it says in our book at home. My dad reads it to us every night.
 * 4 out of 5 stars


 * Ellyana Norton, Hinds' Feet on High Places, Hannah Hurnard,116pp ( hinds' means female deer)
 * My favorite part of the story is when the shepard shows Much-Afraid that he can make her feet like hinds' feet. This story amazed me by how the water & flowers were talking! It was so funny and cute! In the end Much-Afraid had hinds' feet and her name was changed to ' Grace and Glory'.
 * My connection is when I get to go to feilds of flowers, like Much-Afraid.
 * 5 out of 5 stars


 * Evelyn Beckham, Ruby's Wish, Shirin Yim Bridges
 * My favorite part was when it talked about how many people were in Ruby's family.
 * This is my favorite part because the number of how many pepole he lived with amazed me.
 * My connection to this part was when I saw a show with a mother who had eight kids.
 * I give this book 5 out of 5 stars because it was so unbeileveable.


 * Jaden Wilson,BIG BAD PIG, #34
 * My favorite part is when the Rhino came by the 3 lil wolfes and didn't harm them hurt them didn't even show any bad body language. He just sat their leting them take his things and he even gave them extra things with no charge or any thing in return.
 * My conection is my gave me somthing for helping her in a bet and she gave $3 THATS MORE THEN I GET IN MY ALLOWANCE!
 * Number of stars 99 out of 100 %
 * if you hopped like a frog,#34
 * My favorite part is when well my farvorte thing is if you had the brain as a brachiosaurus and the pic was of a guy with a small head!
 * My conection is thought of things like that but mine was of a monkey brain!