the light princess by george macdonald

the golden key by george macdonald

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james and the giant peach by roald dahl

- what was your favourite part of this book?
- when they were catching all the seagulls, because they needed to lift the peach out of the water before the sharks ate any more of it. they used the silkworm and miss spider to make silk for the strings, and they tied these strings around the seagulls' necks. they used the earthworm as bait to trick the seagulls. i like intense things.

- did you have a favourite character?
- the glowworm! because she didn't quite say a lot, but the narrator talked a lot about her.

- would you like to be the glowworm?
- well, no, because maybe i should pick a boy character if i was going to be one for the rest of my life. but never mind, i could pretend to be the glowworm. great.

- if you were making your own movie of this book, how would you do it?
- i would do it stop-motion. i mean claymation. but i wouldn't make the claymation bugs look realistic. i would make it look as much like the pictures in our book as i could.

- whom do you think would love this book?
- my friend henry. because he likes really crazy intense things.

the memory bank by carolyn coman and rob shepperson

- what was your favourite part of this book?
- ending. i like the end because they all cuddle together in the dream vault and go to sleep.

- is there anything you didn't like about the book?
- no.

- really? not even any characters?
- no, not even any characters.

- why do you think the scroggins parents were so awful?
- they have to be awful for the story to work. she wouldn't want to stay at the memory bank if she had nice parents.

- what room of the memory bank would you want to spend the most time in?
- the nursery. i would love to see all the memies (a person's first memory) being formed. i could take care of them and put them in their safe boxes.

- do you think final moment flashbacks are real?
- i think so. and i think that i will find out when i'm that old.

- which side of the war are you on?
- the remembering side. because i like to remember. remember remember.

- is there anything good about the clean slate gang? is there ever a good time to forget?
- maybe some horrible things. i don't know anything i want to forget.

the little prince by antoine de saint-exupery

- what was your favourite part of this book?
- the ending. there are lots of things to think about and i like thinking about lots of things. like up-pointing arrows, because he went up.

- the little prince meets several other characters on different planets. which one did you find most memorable?
- the lamplighter and the lamp. i remember it most because the little prince liked it the best.

- do any characters remind you of someone you know?
- no. i don't know of anyone who thinks he owns the stars, like the businessman.

- if you could be in any scene, which one would you be in?
- i would want to talk to the fox. i think getting poisoned by the snake wouldn't be the best, even i got to go to another planet. maybe there is a little prince movie.

- did you ever find the little prince frustrating?
- no. but did he ever bug the narrator!

- if the plot was a shape, what would it be?
- a square. the story is only one line, but they go around the different parts together. a square has one more line than a triangle, which represents that it is a long story.

- is there anything that you have tamed, like the fox?
- well, flash-sisk is certainly tamed, that's for sure.

ribsy by beverly cleary

- what was your favourite part of this book?
- the ending. i like how they rescued him off of the fire escape.

- of all the people that found ribsy, who do you think took the best care of him?
- the last person, larry. mrs. frawley was nice, but she got him to do stuff that he really didn't want to do.

- what would you do if your pet got lost?
- i would probably call the people who made ribsy. they might have some ideas. or i might call the pet fish farm, if it was bluey or dorothy. maybe if i lost a bird, i would call beverly cleary.

- do you think that ribsy is realistic? do dogs think that way?
- no. i think that because in some parts he knew human language, like what mrs. frawley said and i'm pretty sure that dogs don't know words.

- who do you think would enjoy this book?
- henry.

- what would you say to convince someone to read it?
- the dog is really funny.

elephi the cat with the high iq, by jean stafford

- you usually do interviews about chapter books.
- but this is about a very long story. it had no chapters.

- what was your favourite part of this book?
- the ending, where the family gets another kitten. because then elephi was finally happy. you see the book started with a very smart lonely cat, and then at the end they got a silver kitten from some children and they were going to deliver it first thing in the morning. isn't that wacky?

- do you think this story could actually happen?
- i do not think so. because no car could fit in an apartment. and especially the car could not talk.

- if our van could talk, what would it talk about?
- it would talk about car races. or talk about the cars movie.

- would you like a pet cat?
- i don't think so. because mama would not like a cat.

- would you read another book by this author?
- yes.

- whom do you think would like this story?
- soleil. because it is so ridiculous.

the twits by roald dahl

- what was your favourite part of this book?
- well, you see, it was about these grown-ups, these adults that the only thing they did was play mean tricks on each other. my favourite part was at the end when their heads got glued to the floor.

- do you want to grow a bristly beard and never wash it?
- i don't.

- c'mon, why not?
- because it wouldn't be fun.

- are you planning any tricks?
- nope. {pause} well. . .maybe.

- do you think hugtight superglue is real?
- i think so. maybe. daddy, is it real?

- what else should everyone know about this book?
- there were talking monkeys.

- whom do you think would like this book?
- i think ted. i don't know why, but it just came to me that he would think it was hilarious.

nanny piggins by r.a. spratt

daddy - what was your favourite part of this book?

faz - the chapters we read when i was sick.

daddy - tell me a bit about nanny piggins' character.

faz - silly, crazy ideas.  one time she threw all this stuff off the roof including a radio.

daddy - tell me about her eating habits.

faz - one time she eats pie constantly.  she never eats vegetables or anything that is healthy for her.

daddy - would you like nanny piggins as a nanny?

faz - yes.  she would be a good one, who would let me eat all of my halloween treats.

daddy - what would do with boris the ballet dancing circus bear if he lived in our garage.

faz - i would probably make seventeen roofs.  because he is scared of the dark and might break the roof in an emergency.

daddy - what did you think about the ending of the book?

faz - i hated it.  because open ending = me sad.  make sure to use an equal sign in that.