Bejamin Franklinstein Meets The Fright Brothers

Bejamin Franklinstein Meets The Fright Brothers
By Matthew McElligott and Larry Tuxbury

Are you ready for a scare?  Two vampires, under the control of the evil emporer, are terrorizing Philadelphia.  They have zappers that put people under their control.  Ben Franklin comes back to life to save the day.  A little boy named Victor helps Ben Franklin defeat the vampires who are known as the Fright Brothers.  This book can be hard to follow and is a little scary.  If you like ghosts and vampires, you will enjoy reading this book!


By Telanie
Fourth grade

Delicious Day

It was so much fun getting together at Memories yesterday.  I loved hearing about everyone's summer of reading and visits to beaches and amusement parks.  If you went home with a new book, enjoy!  Here are a few pictures, I'm sorry that I missed some of you.

Meet us at Memories!

Today is the day!  Mrs. Brown, Mrs. MacBride, Mrs Monsell, and Mrs. Smeltzer (that's me) are meeting at the Memories Ice Cream stand in Kingston today at 2:00.  We'll be chatting about all of the Great Stone Face books we've read so far and we're bringing some books to swap.  Come on down, tell us what you've been up to, and bring a book to swap.  And of course, there may be some ice cream eating too!

The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

A real mouse riding a toy motorcycle?  That's odd!  Find out all about Ralph and all his adventures!   Ralph is a mouse that was born to ride!   He lives in a mouse hole with his family in the Mountain View Inn in room 215. He watches a boy enter the room.  The boys name was Keith and he settled in to room 215.  Keith had a toy motorcycle that he loses under his bed.  Ralph finds the motorcycle one night and he can't resist taking it for a ride!  

Opinion:  My opinion about this book is it was old fashioned and and an adventure.I love this book.

 I would recommend this book to  boys and girls who like fantasy, adventure, and animals. 

Will any thing happen to Ralph on his exciting motorcycle ride?

by charlotte, grade 4

Accolades for a Swasey Student

One of our very own Swasey fourth graders, Alexis, just received news that her poem, A Dog at your Door, is going to be published!  The book of poetry is called Accolades, and will be coming out in the fall. We'll have to wait until then to read her poem, and check out this awesome book.  In the meantime, check out this series that Alexis has been reading:

This is a great book for good readers. I would recommend it to most fourth-graders. In this book, Tanya can see fairies. But not the fairies you and I imagine. Evil fairies. Her mother sends her to live with her grandmother at Elvesden (elves meaning fairies!) Manor. While trying to solve a mystery about a missing girl, Tanya finds herself dangerously close to disappearing herself. This book is by Michelle Harrison. I am now reading book 2 13 Curses. ~Alexis, Grade 4

Happy Fourth of July!

After two weeks of summer vacation, I have finished three more GSF books, (read the reviews here), gone to Six Flags New England with my son Dylan and his friend, and Old Orchard Beach with my family.  I also got a summer job - I'm working at a local farm stand!  I hope you all are doing fun things too.  Don't forget to send along your summer updates and book reviews.  I can't wait to hear all about it!

Our first guest blogger!

Counting by Sevens is a great book. Willow Chance is a genius kid that is obsessed with medical conditions and plants. When a horrible event happens in her life she gives up trying. The event also causes her to end up with an interesting group of people. Can planting a sunflower garden help bring them together and save Willow from her devastated world? I would recommend this book to people who like to read about oddballs and heartbreak. You were right Mrs. Smeltzer, keeping reading this was all worthwhile.

By Sheala, Grade 4