The Doll People

 Annabelle is not an ordinary doll; she is a doll that can talk. Annabelle has a mom, dad, brother named Bobby, an uncle, and a long lost aunt. Annabelle, Uncle Doll, and Bobby go outside the dollhouse, which is incredibly risky, to find Annabelle`s aunt. They are so desperate to find her they end up in the cat`s bed. They don’t find her there. But they don`t give up hope.

I really like The Doll People. The action and adventure that`s in this book makes it an interesting story of cause and effect. The cause of why Annabelle`s aunt left was spiders; she wanted to study everything about spiders as she left the doll house to search for them. And the effect it had on Annabelle and her family was there was a missing person that they missed, loved, and wanted back.

I would recommend this book for action loving readers. I give this book 5 paws!   

Posted by: Chocolate Cupcake

The Black Stallion

Horses come in different varieties, big, small, or weak horses. The Black Stallion is about a boy, Alec, and a wild big stallion that is on a ship called “Drake”. Alec is in India over the summer to visit his Uncle. He gets on the Drake to go back to New York and sees a large stallion. Alec was shocked at how beautiful and big the stallion is. That night a storm hits and the ship wrecks. The Drake crashes, they go out to the open sea. A group of men see them swimming and help them on the boat. They get back to New York and Alec gets to meet he parents. Alec tells his parents about the horse and they let him keep the horse.

This book was recommended by my fourth grade teacher. I read a little of it in fourth grade, but I didn’t like it. However in the beginning of fifth grade I started reading it again. I liked it more than I did in fourth grade. 

I liked this book because Alec is determined to train the stallion and make him enter a big race with other famous horses. Alec and his horse practice on a track at night without telling his parents. The stallion runs so fast Alec can’t hang on the whole time. They get better and better each night. When the day of the race comes, the black stallion gets nervous and gets a little wild. The author uses a lot of action when the stallion is in the race. The author described a lot of what was going on in the race and I thought I was right there sitting on a bench and looking at the track.

If you don’t have a book to read right now and you like books with action, I highly recommend this book. Overall I give this book 5paws. 

Posted by: Runner7

Five Paws for Ginger Pye!

The book “Ginger Pye” is such an amazing book. It is written by Eleanor Estes. There is a family, and their last name is Pye. Everyone calls them the Pyes. There is Mama Pye, Papa Pye, Rachel Pye, and Jerry Pye. The Pyes are planning to get a pet. They go to the animal shelter and find a puppy that they all really like; they get home and come up with a name for it, Ginger Pye. They all love the new pup. One day Rachel and Jerry Pye were playing with Ginger Pye outside, and she accidentally got away. The family sees puppy prints, and then they see human footprints behind the puppy prints. They figure out that the puppy prints were from Ginger Pye, but they couldn’t figure out who the human footprints were from. They turn the corner and finally find Ginger Pye standing in front of them. The Pye’s take Ginger back home now knowing that she was safe. The family keeps thinking about the footprints that were behind Ginger for the rest of the week, hoping that no one was trying to steal their dog, but they thought wrong. Things get a little stranger after that for the Pyes.

I like this book because I like the way that Eleanor Estes really brings the characters to life. The person in the yellow hat that tries to steal Ginger Pye is very mysterious. Estes also shows the love that this one family has for their dog. She shows that this family loves Ginger Pye when they protect Ginger from the danger that awaits her outside in the world.

I would recommend this book for everyone!!! I would give this book 10 paws!!!!

                                                     

Bye for now!

Posted by: m&m