Emma Long

I couldn't decide which book I wanted to write about for my last blog post. It was between Matilda or The City of Ember. I loved reading The City of Ember because my favorite elementary teacher read it to us and it brought back nostalgic feelings of elementary school. The City of Ember is an amazing book, and I highly recommend it. However, Matilda wins the cake. This is one of the books that beat the movie. (Which happens a lot) I loved reading this book and imagining what I would think Matilda would look like or what the cake Trunchbull made the student eat looked like. This is such a good story that everyone should read. Matilda is by Ronald Dahl. Matilda was an extraordinary child, however, she was nothing like the family she was born into. Her father owned a car dealership and did illegal things to cars to make the most money. Her mother was only worried about her looks, tv shows, and her husband. Matilda also had a brother that was just like her dad. Matilda basically tau...

While picking out books, this was one of the books I really wanted to read during Halloween time. However, it got lost in my backpack so I figured better late than never! I know they say not to judge a book by its cover, but I did with this one. It is so colorful and very eye-catching. "The Peculiar Pumpkin Thief" is by Geronimo Stilton and illustrated by Lorenzo Chiavini. First off, just by opening this book anyone would be intrigued. The illustrations are very in depth and so colorful. Not only are the pictures colorful, some of the words throughout the text are bolded and colorful. Every page is unique with different colors, designs, and pictures. While reading this books I wanted to keep reading to not only see what happens but to also see the colorful pages. Here is a picture just to show the amazing artwork and time the author and illustrator put into making this books. "The Peculiar Pumpkin Thief" starts out by describing who each main character is. I t...