The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl | Book Report

Title: The Magic Finger Author: Roald Dahl Illustrator: Quentin Blake  Characters:  A little girl Mr. Gregg Mrs. Gregg Philip William Location: The Gregg's House  Time: in span of 3 days About: A little girl who puts the Magic Finger on anybody who upsets her and makes her see red. Later on, after the Greggs shoot sixteen ducks and kill a deer, the little girl puts the Magic Finger on them and replaces their arms with...

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Growing Oyster Mushrooms At Home

Maybe you like oyster mushrooms, my family and I love them. Sometimes, when my dad goes to the fresh market he sees them on display and buys some right away. The only problem is, the pack of oyster mushroom is a wee bit pricey, for the small amount in a pack. One day, however, my mom received a package of mushroom kits from PotHed Inc. She told me that they were gourmet mushroom kits, which lets us grow our own mushrooms at home. It takes...

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Matilda by Roald Dahl | Book Report

Title: Matilda  Author: Roald Dahl Illustrator: Quentin Blake Characters: Matilda Lavender Miss Honey Miss Trunchbull Mr. Wormwood Mrs. Wormwood Location: Crunchem Hall Time: School year About: It's about a little girl named Matilda, who's parents think that she is a nuisance that should watch TV and read no books at all. But Miss Honey, her kindergarten teacher, knows that she is a genius. Matilda is more intelligent than...

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Happy 100th Roald Dahl

September 13 of this year marked one of my favorite author's 100th birthday, Roald Dahl. He wrote amazing children's books such as James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Fantastic Mr Fox, The BFG, The Twits, George's Marvellous Medicine and the Magic Finger. I have watched 2 movies based on some of his children books, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory plus Matilda which is one of my favorite films to date....

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Matryoshka Dolls | The Little Hulk's Thing

Most young little rascals prefer having the latest everyone-wants-this toy. Not my little brother! The Little Hulk seems to like wooden matryoschka nesting dolls. Now, let me share with you what I know about these Russian wood crafts: "Matryoshka" are Russian wooden dolls with smaller dolls stacked within the bigger ones. In the province of Russia, the name Matryona or Matriyosha was a very popular name for girls. It was derived(to obtain something...

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Boxcar Children

The Boxcar Children Series is one of the book sets that I collect for my library. These books are exciting mystery and adventure books. They are about 4 children who once lived on their own in an old boxcar. The eldest is named Henry Alden, and the second eldest is a girl named Jessie Alden, followed by another girl called Violet Alden, and the youngest is named Benny Alden. The Aldens now live with their grandfather, James Alden, a rich and...

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The Magic Tree House #37: Dragon of the Red Dawn | Book Report

Now here is my Book Report on Dragon of the Red Dawn, one of my favorite Magic Tree House books. This one, in particular, is a Merlin Mission. Title: Dragon of the Red Dawn Author: Mary Pope Osborne Illustrator: Sal Murdocca Characters: Jack Annie Teddy Kathleen  Basho Location: Edo, Japan Time: Early in the morning About: Jack and Annie go to Ancient Edo (now known as Tokyo) to find one of the four secrets of happiness, to help...

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National Book Store | My Personal Store

Other kids prefer getting toys on their birthday or as a reward for doing good deeds, I don't. I love going on a shopping spree at the nearest National Book Store branch for books, and supplies. Whenever my Loly or Honey, who are both OFWs ask me what I want for a gift, they already know that a trip to National Book Store will be my answer. Since they both live in another country, they ask my aunt Jaja to go with me to National Book Store...

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The Magic Tree House Series

After deciding to build our own library, my mom discovered a number of amazing book series that we could collect. One of them is the Magic Tree House series penned by Mary Pope Osborne. I already have a total of 19 books, the 3 you see in the photo are my mom's latest acquisitions for me from her book swap group she found on Facebook. She gets great deals by buying these secondhand books or what they call "preloved." I hope we get to collect...

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Charlie and Lola Book Finds

For those of you who are not familiar with this particular TV show, Charlie and Lola is based on an award-winning book series written by Lauren Child. I first saw the show when we lived in Zambia, a country in the continent of South Africa, for almost 2 years. It was a hit series on the BBC channel for kids, CBeebies. The story is about Charlie who is always teaching his 4-year-old little sister, Lola, all sorts of things. Whether it's trying...

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