Guest blogger and Beach Day reminder

Can you believe our Book Beach Day is already (almost) here?  Tuesday is looking like a perfect day. Come and meet Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Rushia, Mrs. Monsell, and me, Mrs. Smeltzer at Newcastle Beach from 10 - 2 on Tuesday, July 28th.  We will have a bright pink sign so you can find us.  I will post a picture once I make it. ;) Don't forget to bring your book!

And now for our fabulous guest blogger:

If you like fantasy this is a great book for you! This book is THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW. It is about how two people named Digory and Polley go on so many adventures. One of those adventures is how they were in Narnia and they had to get home. They put on their yellow and green rings and they tried a couple times but it did not work. They tried one more time and it worked. Read the book and find out more. By J.B., Grade 5

Camp Google

Looking for something cool to do on a hot summer day? Camp Google starts on Monday, July 13th.  It is a free online science camp designed for kids ages 7-10. There are lots of hands on activities and experiments that you can try at home.

Here's where you can find out what Camp Google is: https://camp.withgoogle.com/about

This week is Ocean Week. Check it out here:https://camp.withgoogle.com/

Have fun!

Guest Post and Great Stone Face update

Great Stone Face update:

Be sure to check out our Great Stone Face page.  Many of the books now have reviews, with more coming soon! Here's one now:

Entering a new school is hard enough, but when you strap a big hearing aid to your chest it makes it A LOT harder .Meet Cece, a girl with superpowers. In fact she is a super hero and she calls her self the Mighty EL DEAFO. She can hear what her teacher is saying and doing anywhere! But life is not always easy for this superhero. She encounters a bad friendship, struggles with making new friends, and some hard choices to make. What is in store for this super hero? Read El Deafo to find out! This is without a doubt a five star book it will embrace the superhero in you!    By E.P. Grade 5

Guest Blog: Dash by Kirby Larson

Dash is a heart warming book that will make you want more and more. Its about Mitsi Kashino and her family when they get taken to a interment camp around the time when the attack on Pearl Harbor took place. She is separated from her friends and her beloved dog Dash. She has one connection to the out side world in which she sends and receives letters with the kind neighbor who is taking care of her dog Dash. I give this book FIVE STARS after you read one page can not stop. If you have a spot in you heart for dogs you will get a extra bad case of Dash fever. by E.P., Grade 5     

Our first guest bloggers of the summer!

While Fly Guy was busy vacationing at Hampton Beach, some of you have been busy reading and blogging!

Ava Anderson can't stop worrying. She worries all the time, she even worries that she can't stop worrying! When Ava gets her hands on a pencil that can answer your thoughts she makes the pencil answer all the questions she wants. It seems great at first but soon Ava realizes that some questions remain better unanswered. I recommend this book to people who like books where something magical happens and the characters become better people because of it.

By S. I., Grade 5                                                           

The book The Wide Window is the third book in the Series of Unfortunate Events.  I loved this book because it is exciting and mysterious. The series is about three kids whose parents perished in a fire. Each book is about them living with a different relative because something had happened to the relative that they had in the last book, but in every book the first relative, named Count Olaf keeps appearing in every book with a disguise so that the children wouldn't recognize him, but of course they always recognize him. In this book Count Olaf is disguising himself as a sailboat seller named Captain Sham. In the book Captain Sham forces the children's guardian, Josephine, to give the children to him. Josephine is scared of everything so she writes a note to the children saying that she went to Curdled Cave, so the children steal a sailboat and sails across the lake in a hurricane. Will they make it across? Oh yes I forgot to tell you about the Lachrymose Leaches who will eat you alive!

A.I., Grade 4

Bunker Hill Day

Fly Guy is at a site that was very significant on April 17, 1775.  Fifth graders, you may know where he is. Hint: It is in Charlestown, MA.

Here's a book hint:

Fly Guy was at Breed's Hill, at a Bunker Hill Day parade.  The first major battle of the Revolutionary War took place here on April 17, 1775.  The British won control of the hill, but lost half their their men in the battle, 

Follow the Adventures of Fly Guy!

Fly Guy will be on a reading road trip this summer. Be sure to check here often to follow him on his adventures. How many books do you think he'll read? He's still at school, so this one doesn't count!