These Happy Golden Years

I like this book. This is about Laura Ingalls Wilder. She wrote this book. This book is about Laura falling in love with Almanzo Wilder. He gives her an engagement ring. She also wrote a story about Almanzo. It is called Farmer Boy. She marries him. I am reading The First Four Years now. They have a baby named Rose in that book. I think I would have liked to be there and find out what it would have been like to be Laura. In winter, Almonzo always comes and gives her a sleigh ride, in his cutter, back home from the school she is teaching. Even after that, he takes her on sleigh rides, and when spring comes, then he just takes her for buggy rides. She might have felt sad leaving her home to teach. I think that I want people to know about my life, too. People like to know about different people, and what their life was like. Was it scary? Sad? Happy? Weird? Nobody could answer those questions, unless I wrote a diary. I wonder if it felt weird to be in love.

Blue Willow

This a good book. It is about a little girl named Janey. This story is about how Janey lives in her new home making friends, and doing things. I think that the author is very talented. I wish that I could be as talented as the author is. As soon as I had my nose in the book, I didn't want to get my nose out of it. I imagined I was there. And boy! It was almost as if I was. That's what happens when I find a book that is really good. It takes me somewhere amazing! When I grow up, I hope that if I become a writer, my books can take whoever is reading to the exact time, place, and scene. I want them to know what it is like to be the main character. I would like it if my books were able to inspire other people. I would like to read Blue Willow again. I think I would tell people about this story.  

New Puppy on the Block

This book is a "Littlest Pet Shop" book. A new dog comes into the shop. Nobody offers to do things with him, they laugh at him. They think he is funny. The dog's name is Dally. He makes friends with a tabby cat. Her name is Tabby. By the end of this story everyone is friends. I think that Dally probably felt happy to finally have other friends besides Tabby. I liked this book. It reminds me of when I made friends with someone in my church, when I was new. I hope to read more "Littlest Pet Shop" books.

Shim Chung: The Blind Man's Daughter

I liked this book! Like Daphnis and Chloe, this has been adapted as a ballet. This story is about a blind man's daughter. When the blind man is nearly drowned, a monk saves him. He makes the blind man promise to give three hundred sacks of rice to the temple. Poor man! When his daughter Shim Chung finds out, she wants to help. She finds out that a man on board a ship is offering so much money to one person who will become a sacrifice for the sea dragon king. Shim Chung offers and goes to the sea. She wears a beautiful white dress. She jumps into the sea. The sea dragon king comes and helps her breath. He will let her go back to the land if she visits him. Shim Chung agrees. When she gets back she marries a king. Her father comes and she is reunited with him. I hope that I can see a ballet of this. I think this story is very interesting.

The Wright 3

I like this book. It is about the two kids in Chasing Vermeer. When Calder's friend moves back into the neighborhood, after having left for a time, Calder wants him and Petra to be friends. But that doesn't really happen very easily. It takes a good mystery and an old house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, to bring them all together. I think that making friends can be hard, even if it is a good thing. This book was just as good as the one before it. I think that it would be cool to be the kids in this story. I hope that the author writes a third book.

Chasing Vermeer

I like this book! I think that it was very mysterious. It was a great book because there was mystery, adventure, and interesting information about the artwork of Vermeer. I wish I owned it! If you read it, you will think this book is a really good one. Books like this are why I want to be a writer. I want my books to inspire, like this author was able to inspire me.

Daphnis and Chloe

This story has to do with the gods in Greek mythology. When going to the temple of the forest god Pan, a young man named Dorcon, scoops up a young woman named Chloe and tries to kiss her. A shepherd named Daphnis saves Chloe. The men decide to have a contest. Whoever dances the best will win Chloe's kiss. Dorcon is drunk and he dances clumsily. But when Daphnis dances, he dances gracefully, smoothly, so very well. After Daphnis wins the contest and receives his kiss, Chloe stands in a clearing in the forest.  A group of Vikings come and scoop up Chloe. They make her dance. When Chloe tries to escape, the biggest pirate scoops her up and carries her above his head. Daphnis finds out Chloe is gone and rescues her. He is rewarded with another kiss. I think this is an interesting story, I had never heard of this ballet. Perhaps one day I might be able to see it on stage.

The Edge Chronicles

The Chronicles are about a boy named Twig. He is raised in a home by wood trolls. He learns he is not a wood troll and he goes off to find out who he is. In the second book, Twig has found his father and he learns that when his father was a young man, another young man (by the name of Vilnix Pompolnius) had decided he would rule and have a lot of power. Twig finds some of the substance his father had been searching for. He solves the problems in all these books. There are four books in all. The author and the illustrator wrote other books that I have read. They created Fergus Crane, Hugo Pepper, and Corby Flood. I like their books.

New Competition

I like writing. My mom helps enter me in contests. My current contest is to win a trip to a dude ranch. I have not yet sent this in, but once I color the illustration and scan it on thicker paper, I will. I hope I can win! The contest is sponsored by a Christian company. I had to write an essay about a Bible question and illustrate my answer!  I can enter this contest as many times as I would like. I can illustrate and write an essay for all the other questions. I have a chance of winning seven times! I hope that even if I don't win, I show people how to worship the Lord. I really think I can show people how being a Christian (I'm a Christian) is great, and that you can worship the Lord in many different ways. But, it depends on your attitude. You must willingly praise the Lord. I wish you would wish me luck!

Royal TQ 620 Typewriter

I really wanted a typewriter. I went to the store with my mom and we got  one. I have been writing a lot on it. I think that I will do all kinds of things on this typewriter. I am happy I got it. I wrote two stories on it. I also plan to make a Waste - Not, Want - Not Almanac. I hope to write a lot more on this.