Books

I have just recently finished 2 books. One for a book group and one that I chose myself. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Jacobson. Number the Stars is a great book. It is placed in a time when the German troops are relocating all of the Jews. So the Johansens take in a friend and hide them from the Germans. Though this book is a short read I really liked reading it with a book group. Small as an Elephant  is a really good book. One day, Jack wakes up and realizes his mother is gone and has left him. This is not the first time this has happened but the car is gone and so is all of her stuff. Then you learn all about where Jack goes hoping to find his mother. These are both really good books though short.

 

Poetry

What I Want The World To Know About Me

by Sadie

I am blue,

the color of the sky and ocean.

I am a dog,

sniffing,curious about everything.

I am your brown fleece,

soft, fuzzy, warm.

I am the sound of the piano,

notes fast, slow, drifting from room to room.

I am the kitchen,

I am the room that you come to,

to bake pies,cakes,cupcakes,cookies.

I am the smell,

that wafts through the house,

The smell of baking chocolate chip cookies.

I am the striped couch,

that you sink into with a book.

I am the person who bakes,

desserts for different occasions.

I am the slippery piece of pasta,

you slurp into your mouth

and the piece of pasta twisted in your bowl.

I am the bright shining sun,

blazing high above with warmth and energy.

I am the memory of you and your dad making paella,

with spices, clams,and other ingredients.

I am the repeating dream,

the dream where you can fly,

without anything helping you,

through the clouds.

This is a poem I wrote in class for a poetry picinic that we had in school.

We taught our parents how to write poetry and shared some of the poems that we had written. This is one of my favorite ones that I wrote.