Fantasy

__Tale of Desperaux__ Knives, mousetraps, humans. Unlike every other mouse, Despereaux was not afraid of these. This book about a small, brave mouse is written by Kate DiCamillo and is called __The Tale of Despereaux__. It is fantasy fiction. I chose this book because it is interesting with it’s storylines, characters, and events. I am about to read you the part when Despereaux’s siblings are teaching him the way of mice, and he starts reading. media type="file" key="Colin Tale of Despereaux.mp3" width="240" height="20" By Colin
 * 2010-11 Fantasy Book Talks**

 **Drip, drip went the tears of the Velveteen rabbit’s eyes. The Velveteen rabbit was old, but not that old, the cloths softness was worn out. The pink on it’s nose turned brownish. But it didn’t start that way. I read the book** __**The Velveteen Rabbit**__ **by Margery Williams. This book is about a rabbit that’s made out of Velveteen. He was a Christmas present to a Boy. He meets an old rocking horse that tells him about being Real. The rocking horse was Real to the Boy’s Uncle. One night, the Boy needs his china dog to sleep with. Nana, the person who takes care of the nursery, can’t find it. So she pulls out the Velveteen rabbit. That night the rabbit becomes the Boy’s prize possession. He sleeps with him, plays with him, and goes every where with him. One day, the Boy gets Scarlet Fever. Scarlet Fever is Strep Throat that is untreated. The cause of the Scarlet Fever was the Velveteen rabbit. So they had to burn it, but the doctor said that they should just get him a new one. So the rabbit went in a bag behind the fowl-house. (chicken coop) A couple days later, the “nursery magic Fairy” saw the rabbit in the garden and wanted to make it real. That fairy makes old kid’s toys Real. What happens to the Velveteen rabbit?**  **This might look like a little kid book, but I think it is great for a 3rd or 4th grader. I recommend this book because it is one of my favorite books. It has at least one picture on the right or left side of the page. Sometimes a little picture in the middle of the page. I’d say this book is a mix of a picture book and fantasy. At some parts of the book it is really sad and at some points it’s really happy. I chose to read this book, well, I can’t remember because I had it since I was really little. Now I am going to read you the part when the Velveteen rabbit is in the garden and the wild rabbits are trying to get the Velveteen rabbit to jump. Then they notice something...**

Savvy

 __Savvy__  by Ingrid Law "Swish!" went the wind as it swirled around Mibs' older brother, Fish, on his 13th birthday. That was when he discovered his savvy, his special power to make storms near a big body of water. And what exactly would happen to Mibs on her 13th birthday, she wondered. What would be her savvy? I read the book __Savvy__ by Ingrid Law. The genre of this book is fantasy. I chose this book because my friend recommended it to me. This book is about a girl named Mibs who can’t wait to turn 13, the age the Beaumonts discover their magical power - their savvy! But right before Mibs' 13th birthday, her dad gets in to a terrible car accident and her parents can't be with her on this special day. During Mibs' birthday party, she decides to sneak onto a bus to get to the hospital to see her dad. On the way, Mibs, Fish, her brother, and two of her other friends run into many difficulties. The part of the story I will read to you is when Mibs possibly discovers her savvy. It takes place at her 13th birthday party, when Mibs is shocked that a angle/devil tattoo on the back of a bratty teenager named Bobbi starts talking to her!

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Billy The Fish Wham, just like that Billy Fin was a cod. I just finished reading the book called __ Billy the fish __ by Charlie James. The genre is fantasy fiction. I choose this book because my brother read it when he was in fourth grade and he recommended it to me. This book takes place all over town. The main places are the aquarium, the Finn house/backyard and school. The main characters that take a place in the story are Billy, Ned, Stacey, the Fin’s parents, and the school bully Joe. In the book Billy’s dad works for a top secret fish food company. So one day his dad got a box of the secret fish food so they had to hide it so that the fish farmers won’t steal it. The reason why it was secret is that it was a very rare fish food that fish farmers can’t have it, is because they will just throw it in the ocean. The part that I’m going to read to you is when Ned, Billy, and their older sister Stacey are at the aquarium for their dad’s meeting, and Billy gets really hungry. media type="file" key="Michael T-Billy the Fish.m4a" width="300" height="50" by Michael T __The Last of the really great Whangdoodles __ by Julie Andrews Edwards Are you ready to enter an adventure of your life. I’ll take that as a yes. This amazing book right here is __The Last of The Really Great Whangdoodles.__ It is by Julie Andrews Edwards. She is an actress too. The story is about a wonderful, kind and wise Whangdoodle in his wonderful land. His land was called Whangdoodleland. Then he disappeared and no human remembers him. Professor Savant is the only one that remembers him. When Lindy, Ben, and Tom Potter hear about the Whangdoodle they want to go on the adventure with the professor. Along the way, they see creatures like the oily’ Prock and a whiffle bird. There are many more creatures too. The Prock is trying to keep the professor and the kids away from his beloved king. They also have to wear these sympathetic hats. They call them scrappy caps for short. The question is, is the Whangdoodle real or not? I chose this book because my teacher in 2nd grade read it to her class and it was good. So I read read it again and it was still good. I also know that some of you read this in 2nd grade too. I liked it because the genre was fantasy. That is one of my favorite genres. It was also very interesting and adventurous. This book has no pictures. I think that is good because it leaves it up to your imagination. I would say this book is on the harder side. I think that because of the words. I also think that because there are a lot of words on one page that makes the writing small. Now I am going to read you the part when Lindy tries to get across the bridge and get the professor. They need him to get their scrappy caps from the Prock. Here is where the adventure begins! By Gabrielle __11 Birthdays__ By Wendy Mass If you like a fantastic fantasy then this is the book for you. I chose this book because a friend recommended it. 11 Birthdays is about a boy named Leo and a girl named Amanda. They were born on the same day at the same hospital. Leo and Amanda celebrated all their birthdays together, but at their tenth birthday Leo said something mean about Amanda. They celebrated their eleventh birthday separately, but it wasn't like the others. When they woke up the next morning their birthday was happening all over again. Only Leo and Amanda knew the day was happening again, but they didn't know why. What will Leo and Amanda do to stop this birthday curse? media type="file" key="Brooke-11 Birthdays.m4a" width="300" height="50" By Brooke __The Adventures of Ook and Gluk Kung-Fu Cavemen from The Future__ The Adventures of ook and gluk kung-fu cavemen from the future is a very good funny fantasy book. There are some exciting parts like when they are running away from the most dangers dinosaur in there village a mog mog. There is also a lot of funny parts like when there pat dinosaur barfed in the bad guys mouth. This is a grate book by dav pilkey. I chose this book because it had karoty in it. I no that because it is in the title. The part I am about to read to you is when ook and gluk make goppernopper mad and cranky. By Ben __The Sixty-Eight Rooms__ By Marianne MaloneI I read the book __The Sixty-Eight Rooms__. For people that like a good adventure/mystery this book is for you. The author is Marianne Malone. In this book there are 2 kids named Jack and Ruthie. They are in sixth grade. They went on a field trip to an art institute in Chicago where there are sixty eight thorne rooms. They discover a secret which leads them on a mission to explore the rooms. I chose this because I love an adventure. media type="file" key="Emma 68 rooms.m4a" width="300" height="50" By Emma M. __The End of the Beginning__ By Avi The end of the begining is about a small snail named Avon, who gets himself stuck with salamanders, dragons, crickets, and even another snail!On his adventures ,Avon finds an ant named Edward.Edward dosen't seem to be much help for Avon when he gets lost though,but he is still a big part of the story.They both became great friends and they continue the adventure. The genre of this book is fantasy. I recommend this book because this is one of my favorite books. This book is one of my favorite books because it really pulls in the reader. The part im about to read is one of the funniest parts in the book. I hope you like it! By Mark __The Red Pyramid__ By Rick Riordan __The Red Pyramid__ by Rick RiordanThe type of book is: Fantasy and adventureThis book is about a brother and sister(Carter and Sadie)They are trying to save the world from the Egyptian god, Set. With a little help from their cat/god Bast they are ready to face off against the Egyptian god of war.I choose this book because I thought other people would like it. This book is similar to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.The most exciting part is when Carter fights Set on the Red Pyramid. The Red Pyramid is where people like gods and goddesses and special people that are an offspring of a god or goddess can gain a lot of power. Set goes there so he can get the power but Carter is there ready to fight. I hope you enjoy this book. media type="file" key="Andrew-Red Pyramid.m4a" width="300" height="50" by Andrew

__Half Magic__ By Edward Eager

The book I chose was Half Magic. If you like books that have adventure in it you would like this book. I chose this book because I heard from somebody that is was really good. This book was written by Edward Edgar. This story is about 4 children, Jane, Katharine, Mark and Martha. It is summer time and they have nothing to do so they decide to go to the library. On their way they spot an object on the ground. Jane was so bored that she wished there was a fire. It came true. Overnight Jane thought and decided that the object must be magic. She thought a little more and figured out that you would have to wish for twice as much as you wanted. Like if you wanted a dog you would ask for two dogs and that would get you one dog but if you only asked for one dog it would only get you half a dog. I am going to read you the part where the children’s mother has something mysterious happen to her. By Meredith

__//**The Strange Case of Origami Yoda**//__ //By Tom Angleberger// If you want to read a funny mystery book then you shuld choose origomie yoda by Tom Angleberger. I chose the book beacause my friends recemended it. the book is about a kid named Dwight, he has a paper puppet called origomie yoda. people at Dwights school are trying to find out if origomie yoda is real or not beacause yoda keeps giving people advise and people dont know if Dwight is saying it or yodas saying it. then Dwight got really mad and threw yoda out then yoda came back to life then this happend... By Donald

In the Monsters of Morely Manor, Bruce Coville creates a madcap adventure about 2 kids, and a bunch of monsters. It all starts when 2 kids open a wooden book filled with mini brass figures. When the figures touch water they come to life. The figures were monsters. One figure was a vampire, a lizard scientist, a snake haired lady, a hunched backed man, and a were man named Bob. As the monsters tell about their life, Sarah and Anthony notice that the monsters weren't always monsters. So Sarah and Anthony have to go on a exciting adventure thru Morely Manor to race the clock to get the monsters back into human form. Some things stand in their way. not mystical, well if you include contractors, and builders. Oh, and did I mention that they are going too knock down Morely Manor? If you like mystical books, then this book is for you. I choose this book since I like mystical, but funny books. This book's genre is fantasy. media type="file" key="Gianna-Monsters.m4a" width="300" height="50" By Gianna
 * __The Monsters of Morely Manor__ by Bruce Coville**


 * __The Sea of Monsters__**
 * By Rick Riordan**

If you like a lot of adventure, fantasy, and a different hero every chapter, you would like “The Sea of Monsters” by Rick Riordan. The Sea of Monsters is about Percy Jackson rescuing his friend from danger and saving his summer camp. The only way to save the camp is to get the Golden Fleece. The Golden Fleece is a heavy, golden blanket that cures anything it is near.

Percy Jackson is a 13 year old boy who is half human, half god, who goes to camp Half-Blood. Camp Half-Blood became an evil place when Luke, a former camper, became evil and decided to destroy the camp by poisoning the camp’s magical pine tree. The camp’s good leader Chiron was replaced by the evil Tantalus. Trees and plants started to die too.

Percy’s friend Grover had been searching for the Great God Pan when he was captured by a Cyclops who had the Golden Fleece. Meanwhile Percy had a dream about Grover in a cave with a Cyclops. Because of this dream, Percy and his two friends sneak out of camp in the middle of the night to save Grover and the Golden Fleece.

My favorite part of the book is when Percy and the rest of his group battle the Cyclops get the fleece and escape the island. I like this part because there is a lot of excitement and all this adventure. I really like this book and if you read it I hope you will, too!

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If **2009-2010 Fantasy Book Talks**

**__Deltora Quest__** by Emily Rodda

Do you like big series with excitement in every chapter? If you do hopefully you'll like the book I chose to present. The book is called Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda. Don't be afraid by the size of my book, this is 8 books in 1! This book is fantasy. It is about a boy named Lief that lives in a kingdom called Deltora. The king of Deltora should always be wearing the magical belt of Deltora that has 7 special gem stones. But the kings start wearing it less and less and got less power from it. Then it was the perfect time for the evil Shadow Lord to attack. he took the belt and scattered all the gems into different dangerous places. That's when Leif and ,who he previously thought was a old man, actually a big strong man, Barda set off on the quest to save Deltora. media type="file" key="chris pod.m4a" width="300" height="50" Booktalk by Christopher N.

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 * __Spellbound by Anna Dale__**
 * Have you ever met a talking animal? Or maybe a gnome? This book is called Spellbound by Anna Dale. It is Fantasy. I choose this book because I read the back and it sounded interesting. Spellbound is about a girl named Athene who goes on vacation with her annoying little brother. One rainy night, Athene's brother, Zach sneaks out and follows her. He accidently falls into a stump which takes him underground to the world of bad gloams (Low Gloams.) Gloams are gnome-like beings. Athene tries to rescue her brother with the help of talking animals, good gloams (Humble Gloams) and other creatures who fell down the stump. The part I am going to read to you is when Athene mets two Humble Gloams a few nights before Zach falls down the stump.**
 * Book talk by //Lindsay C.//**

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 * __Dear Dumb Diary am I the Princess or the Frog__** by Jim Benton
 * If you like funny books then this is the book for you. The book I have chosen is Dear Dumb Dairy am I the Princess or the Frog. Written by Jim Benton. The genre is Fantasy.**
 * This book is about a girl named Jamie Kelly, who has a __huge__ and hilarious imagination! When she grows up she wants to be a princess or a ballerina spy. Each day Jamie writes something about her day but changes it to something funny. I chose to read this book because a friend read me a few pages and I really liked it, because it was funny. I hope you like the part I will read to you!**
 * Will she ever write a normal sophisticated dairy? Okay you have guessed it, probably __not__.**


 * Book Talk by Ashley**

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 * __Charlotts Web__**
 * The book I just finished is Charlotte's Web by E.B.White.**
 * The genre is fantasy. If you like books with talking animals this is the book for you. This book is about a pig named wilbur and a spider named Charlotte. Charlotte promises she will save wilbur when his horrible fait comes in winter. Charlotte saves Wilbur. Wilbur feels sad when Charlotte dies, but she has babies and Wilbur takes them back to the farm. I picked this book because people said that it was really good.**
 * BY JAKE!!!**


 * __The Bad Beginning__ by Lemony Snicket**

If you like books that have a unfortunate event then this is the right book for you. The book I am about to tell you about is The Bad Beginning. It is by Lemony Snicket and the genre is fantasy. I choose this book because I was trying to choose between Half Magic or this one and I decided to do this book. I picked this book instead of Half Magic because it looked more interesting. I liked the cover and it looked like there was a problem and I like to stories that have a problem. This book is about 3 children who have the worst lives ever! Their names are Sunny, Klaus, and Violet. First their parents died when their house caught on fire. Then they go to their neighbors and he finds out about their 3rd cousin Count Olaf. They go to live with him but do they know about his terrible plans to steel their fortune?

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Will Count Olaf let Sunny go safely or will Violet have to face his evil plans to let Sunny down?

- book talk by Jillian

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 * __Flat Stanley__**

- book talk by Destiny
 * The book Im about to share with you is called Flat Stanley. This book is about a boy named stanley who gets flatned by a bulitin board. And his parents are worried so they took him to the doctors. The doctors siad he would be fine. Stanley got to do lots of things he couldn't do befor.Like being able to get used as a kite get mailed to his friened. Sanley had fun doing the things he got to do. Stanley saw the owner of the museam in the elavtor**

__The Boggart__ by Susan Cooper If you are intrigued by magic and would like to befriend a special kind of ghost called a boggart, this book is for you. __The Boggart__ by Susan Cooper is a fantasy set in Scotland and Canada. It is the story of an ancient ghost and two children who accidentally transport him thousands of miles from his home. At first the boggart enjoys playing tricks on Jessup and Emily but soon finds the modern world too hard to bear and wishes more than anything to return to his ancient home. Will Emily and Jessup figure out who is playing all these tricks on thme? Will they be able to help him return home? If these questions interest you, you should read this book and if you love this book there is a sequel called __The Boggart and the Monster__. I chose this book because I don't think a lot of kids know about it and it is a great mix of fantasy and realistic fiction. You just need to know that it has a lot of computer references in it, but the computers aren't as modern as the ones you are used to. I selected an excerpt from the book that I think captures the personality of the boggart. Press play below to listen as I read the excerpt. media type="file" key="The Boggart.m4a" width="300" height="50" __Charlottes Web__ This book is Charlotte's web by E.B White.This book is fantasy.I got this book because I saw the movie and I wanted more detail.this book is about a spider Charlotte and a pig.This book is allso about a pig named Wilber at the farm.He's gona get killed in the winter.Wilber becomes a spechel pig.this is the part I want to share. Wilber grunted.
 * 2008-2009 Fantasy Book Talks**

__Jackie and Me__
 * If you are a fan of history and sports with a twist of time traveling then this is the book for you!I just finished Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman. This book is fantasy. I chose this book because in a book order it looked good I got it and I was right. This book is about a sports crazed kid named Joe Stoshack. His teacher gives his class an assignment to give a report about a famous black American. Joe can time travel with baseball cards so he immediately wants to do Jackie Robinson. But soon he has two projects. His dad wants him to get some baseball cards from that time. When he gets to Jackie’s time he’s a black kid. But this is only one of his adventures. If you want to find out more about Joe & Jackie read this book.AB J ||