Matilda Glascott, 6McLeans, VA Fish Matilda Glascott, 6 Being at home is no fun I’d much rather be at school I bet the fish are already in one Fish are pretty cool. Fish get to eat yummy things. Fish get to go to the pool. I wish I was a fish. I wish I could go to school.
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Reviewed by Kathleen, 10
The book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy, is a book about friendship, love, and accepting each other. There really is not much of a story line, but you do learn so much about all of these characters. “One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things.” (Excerpt from when the mole is talking to the boy.) The horse just wants to be accepted for who he is. The boy thinks he is ordinary but loves love. The mole loves cake …and cake. And, the fox just thinks he has nothing interesting to say. Together, they learn that love can bring them together and that friendship can show love. And, they find out how friendship can bring them together. They teach the readers all about it, as well. The characters teach how friendship can show love and how love is friendship. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a very positive book and it’s a quick read. This book is for all ages, no matter how young or how old you are. The story radiates positivity and would make you happy any old day. As well as being positive, it also has a good motto: Even if you do think that you’re ordinary, you do not need to change. Being ordinary or strange in a certain way can be good. This book has a lot of pictures. The art is so much fun to interpret as you read into its unique style of pictures and text. The text in the book is kind of like cursive but sort of looks like someone hand wrote it? Maybe someone did! Lastly, I think this is a great book for anyone to pass around friend to friend as I received it from my neighbor yesterday (wrapped in a sterile bag to protect my grandfather, parents and I in case of any transmission of Covid-19.) Now I am going to try to draw a cat and dog in Mr. Mackesy style! The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. HarperOne, 2019. Buy the book here and support Stone Soup in the process!
Going to the Beach, a poem by Katie Yang, 11
Katie Yang, 11San Jose, CA Going to the Beach Katie Yang, 11 YESTERDAY Beautiful day. I went to the beach. The beach is beautiful too. Shining brightly like it has just won a million dollars. Shining brightly over everyone at the beach Like it is the luckiest sun in the world. There are gentle waves And the ocean is as smooth as glass and as shimmery as a mermaid’s tail Occasionally a big wave to sweep us off our feet But making sure that it eventually spits everyone back on shore. The beach is so beautiful With the floury sand and the smooth waves TODAY I want to go to the beach. I’ll bet the water is perfect And the sand will be like powdered sugar I’ll bet the beach is beautiful The powdery sand and the flat waves With the sun shining brightly like it just won a million dollars But The sun does not care for all the money in the world Having all the gold and jewels will not make it happy So perhaps the sun’s not shining brightly Perhaps it is sulking Sulking In its blanket of clouds As it tries to convince itself that everything will be okay Sulking Over all the people dying Everyone who will not go to the beach again ever TOMORROW Perhaps there is beautiful weather All the time It is not special anymore But maybe There are no beaches to go to Despite the good weather Living in our own protected bubble worlds Maybe we will be there At that time We will perhaps ask ourselves, What did the beach look like again? And someone will respond, The beach was beautiful With gentle waves And the ocean is as smooth as glass and as shimmery as a mermaid’s tail Oh I wish I could’ve gone one last time It was so beautiful The floury sand and the smooth waves . .
