Emma Long

For my third blog post, I decided to read a book I would not usually pick up. I was going through my books and decided to read Flat Stanley. I wouldn't usually pick up this book because it doesn't look like it really interests me. I have to admit I am guilty of judging a book by its cover. Flat Stanley is written by Jeff Brown and has some amazing pictures by Scott Nash! Flat Stanley is about a boy in a family that had a bulletin board fall on him when he was sleeping and it made him flat. The doctor said he would be fine, but he would just be flat! Throughout the next few chapters Stanley finds out how being flat can come in handy like sliding under doors, sliding in small spots where people drop things, getting sent in the mail instead of having to buy an airplane ticket, or even be rolled up so he didn't have to walk. Soon, Stanley brother was found putting books on his body to try and become flat like Stanley because he was jealous of all the cool things he got to d...

T his week I was finishing up   "The Couple Next Door," w hich I HIGHLY recommend.  So after finishing that book, I was in a slump on what to read next since I was so impressed with that book. Thankfully, I nanny for a 3rd-grade teacher who generously gathered up 20 of her favorite children's chapter books to give to me to read. So I decided to look in the bag and I grabbed the first one I saw.   "Junie B., First Grader Cheater Pants."   Unlike most elementary students in the early 00's, I never read Junie B Jones book. So I decided to sit down with a vanilla iced coffee and dive into this book. Junie B., First Grader Cheater Pants was written by Barbara Park and beautifully illustrated by Denise Brunkus, and I'm officially hooked on this series! Junie, a first grader, seemed to march to the beat of her own drum. The book begins with her writing in her journal that she forgot to do her homework, and that it was all her dad's fault. The teacher...

I'm so glad I chose to read A to Z Mysteries: The Absent Author by Ron Roy as my first book in our challenge. As I sat down Friday night with my cup of coffee (no party animal here!) I  reflected back on my elementary years,  I LOVED mysteries books so I knew this would be nostalgic. The way Roy captures your attention is fantasying. I truly did not want to put this book down, I finished it in one night. The three main character Dink, Ruth, and Josh all who are avid readers planned on going to the local library to see their favorite author. As the anticipated the author at the library, he never showed. So, therefore, they went on an adventure to find the missing author. They followed clues around the town in hopes to find the missing author.  Dink was quick witted when it came to thinking on his feet. Roy brings you through these young minds thinking process and how they think through these problems within the book. Although this was a children's book, I had to...