Caleb

2/8/10 HI CALEB - YOUR WIKI IS AWESOME! I REALLY LIKE THE SUMMARIES OF THE BOOKS YOU HAVE READ THIS SIX WEEKS! MRS. PETTY P.S. I LIKE YOUR DOG TOO! Caleb's Reading Log This book was great! ALL the E.B. White books are great. The book is about a swan with a disability, and a great talent. Everyone in the universe should read this book. That's how good it is. READ THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW!!!

My Goals:

Plants, non-fiction=Carnivorous Plants text by Elaine Pascoe and pics. by Dwight Kuhn

This book talks about carnivorous plants, such as the pitcher plant, sundew plant, venus fly trap, bladderworts, and more. The book tells you how to grow and take care of a venus fly trap. Here are some interesting facts about carnivorous plants. You can not feed hamburger to a venus fly trap. They can not digest fatty foods. You can not use tap water. It must be distilled or rain water. Bladderworts have little hollow bladders attached to them which allows them to trap their prey. Some very tiny insects may be able to escape from the venus fly trap. The venus fly trap has little sensitive hairs sticking out of it. If the bug touches one it will closes part of the way. If it touches two it will close all the way. This makes sure that the trap won't close every time a piece of dust falls on it. The book has many activities to do with the venus fly trap. I am going to get a venus fly trap in the spring, and try some of the activities. Anyone who likes plants and things that eat other things will enjoy this book. I know I did!



Animals, non-fiction=Elephants, a Zoo Book

This book tells you all about elephants. There are cool facts like: there are more than 600 ancestors of the elephant, elephants are NOT afraid of mice, elephants are GREAT swimmers, the story of the cyclops probably started by someone looking at an elephants skull. __Elephants__ was a great book! I hope sometime you will get to enjoy it too.



Historical fiction=The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox

I thought this book was a little bit challenging. It was still a good story. It's about a little boy who gets captured and forced to help Captain Cawthorne transport slaves. The little boys journey was very difficult. The crew tortured the slaves. CAUTION!

Donna Griffy *
 * Note from mom: Caleb was not allowed to read this book alone. The subject matter and language was too harsh for a young child. Many things had to be explained to him. Some things were skipped for inappropriate content for a child. However he did learn alot about the harsh reality of slavery.

I think Caleb's choices sound great! Donna

I think so too! Mrs. Petty 1/24/10

Bionicle #1: Rise of the Toa Nuva This is the first Bionicle book. It was really, really, really good. It's a graphic novel about as it says on the back, 6 heros, 1 destiny, to restore the island of Mata Nui! Mata Nui is an island but somehow he has a brother. I know it sounds confusing, but there are a lot of weird things about this book. That's what makes it so great. I'm going to read all the Bionicle books, I think they make 24. Mata Nui's brother is NOT an island but he is a bad guy. If you like weird but cool things, READ IT!!!!!!!!!!