Magic Tree House Essays

Text Features Assignment The First Misadventure (The Chicken Squad, Book #1) by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Kevin Cornell is the story of four little chicks: Dirt, Sugar, Poppy, and Sweetie who live in the backyard along with a retired search and rescue dog named J.J. Tully. J.J. tries to keep them out of trouble but often takes naps and that is when the trouble starts. When an adorable, though frightened squirrel named Tail enters the yard yelling “Help!” the chicks do their best to solve

influenced me in one way or another, some have inspired me to improve myself, such as iWoz, and others have expanded my knowledge of the world, like The Great Gatsby. One of the most influential of these would have to be Mary Pope Osborne’s Magic Tree House #1 Dinosaurs Before Dark, which transitioned me from reading picture books to reading short children’s novels and cultivated my love of the fantasy genre.

Despite my somewhat difficult personality and little quirks, I believe that Aza Holmes, the main character of "Turtles All The Way Down" by John Green, would greatly enjoy a friendship with me and I with her. Throughout the story, there were many ideas presented that prove our friendship compatibility. For instance, she is know for having OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) and anxiety. Although I don't share those same mental illnesses, I believe we would get along on the fact that we both dislike

Imagine if a character from your book appeared in front of your eyes. They acted just like you in every way. What would you do if this happened? A book named “Squashed” has many characters that represent many different traits. Mostly some sad and happy traits are used in this book. Also, not many people have read this book, but it is very interesting. A character from a book who is similar to me is Ellie Mogan from “Squashed” because we are both fun, helpful, and kind. To begin, Ellie and I are

The Korowai, also known as Kolufo are individuals who reside in southeastern of West Papua in the Indonesian Province, very close to the border with Papua New Guinea. They are known to be one of the wildest tribes in the country. Their population number is usually around three thousand to four thousand people. The Korowai are forgagers and horticulturalists who practice shifting cultivation. The hunting and fishing is performed by the men. The men hunt for wild pigs, cassowaries, and small insects

It worked, and the faceted design in the middle made it a solid crystal. What I don’t understand is that the crystal feels ice cold, but yet I feel a different type of magic coming from it. Healing magic. Does this mean that I can use this crystal heal others in much the same way a circle would? But if that is so; can it heal as much as that healing circle would? This is something I have to test! It worked! The healing was as strong

mad at you, You’ll hear her cluck, Cock-a-Doddle-Do. MAN SHE’S A ROOSTER. Duane Sears June 11, 2008   What does Santa get for Christmas? On every child, he sees joy and delight, He sees the whole world, in just one night. He sees every light on every tree, And every present for you and me. He sees every stocking on every fireplace,

Chapter 1: In the first chapter the author introduces you to Treegap. It explains how the Fosters owned the wood. No one went into the wood because it belonged to the Fosters. Then it tells you about Winnie. The Fosters only child. It also tells you that if humans decided to venture off and populate the woods, "That would have been a disaster so immense that this weary old earth, owned or not to its fiery core, would have trembled on its axis like a beetle on a pin." Chapter 2: in this chapter the

4.1.1.6. Fighting the Witch of the Waste and breaking the spell When Howl is so busy moving the house of the castle, the Witch of the Waste has attacked his family in Wales. After getting the news, Howl quickly goes back to Wales to save his family. Not long after Howl has saved his family and comes back to Ingary, Howl’s acquaintance whom Sophie and Michael meet in Wales, Miss Angorian, suddenly comes to Howl’s castle. She turns out to be the Witch’s fire demon who wants to take Howl’s heart. Sophie

Anna Tikhomirova Courtney P2 2/13/2018 10 on 1 “It’s a tree, Lu. A chokecherry tree. See, here’s the trunk - it’s red and split wide open, full of sap, and this here’s the parting for the branches.You got a mighty lot of branches. Leaves, too, look like, and dern if these ain’t blossoms. Tiny little cherry blossoms just as white. Your back got a whole tree on it. In bloom. What God have in mind, I wonder.” (Page 79) Over the course of reading the novel Beloved, I came across a fascinating

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. This saying is true in many cases and happens to be true in To Kill A Mockingbird. Throughout the book you see children of certain characters start to grow up and act like their father. This essay will be looking at three families in To Kill A Mockingbird, the Finches, the Cunninghams, and the Ewells. These three families are key examples that a father’s influence has a significant impact on the character of his children. Atticus is a morally upright person

The American Pioneer Johnny Appleseed If you like apples then you owe a thank you to Johnny Appleseed for helping spread them throughout America. Johnny Appleseed was a make believe character that was based on John Chapman. Although many of the facts told in the story did happen, most did not occur in John Chapman’s real life. Even though Johnny’s plantings were minimal, the impact to America was large. He not only helped the world by providing apples, he also with his kind heart and personality

Insects scurried under the pile of leaf litter. While the crickets chirped, frogs croaked, and birds sang, the waterfall can be heard in the distance. Then a great misfortune happened, the forest began to die slowly. It was the evil men using tree cutting machines that teared up the once leafy paradise. They were cutting down the trees that were full of life. They sheltered many and now they are lifeless stick of charcoal and nothing else. The land that once used to be green and full of life

Old growth forests are rare to come by, especially in the United States. The Camillus Unique Forest Area, located in northeastern New York, has many characteristics of an old growth forest. It is unclear how old the forest actually is, as the tree species that reside there have a life span of 100-200 years. This could mean that the forest is thousands of years old, with hundreds of generations of these species, or only a few hundred years old, with the first generation just reaching maturity. Either

To break an epic drought on Earth, a meek teenage boy is commanded by the Tree of Life to enter a parallel earth, fight an evil wizard and rescue the spirit named Star Child. BRIEF SYNOPSIS Sixteen-year-old James learns that the spirit Tree of Life needs him to fight the evil wizard We-neg. The wizard has captured Star Child, the spirit daughter of the Tree of Life, causing a massive drought on Earth. Saving Star Child requires James to enter a parallel world to fight We-neg, father of Re-neg.

Bimba was now running without any thought toward moving quietly. His foot was beginning to loosen up and his pace through the dense brush and thick fog picked up considerably. The mists wove an impenetrable wall of concealment rising inches above his head. It only reached waist high on his pursuers so he got an occasional glimpse of their whereabouts in addition to his sensing them. He could hear the chopping of the machetes to the either side and behind, as the men battled the bush to outflank

Covered in Snow White Blooms All Summer Long Looking like snowfall in summer, Snowdrift roses covers itself in pure white blooms all the way to the ground all summer long. The gorgeous, very full, cup-shaped blossoms are a delicious creamy white with just a hint of apricot noticeable in the center, quite reminiscent of English roses. Each cluster of blossoms keeps its pure color before dropping cleanly off the bush. No need to stay on top of deadheading for Snowdrift to keep its clean look! Why

• Nut grass o Represents harmful/ hurtful rumors and gossip  “She picked up the limp sprout and squeezed her thumb up its tiny stalk. Microscopic grains oozed out. ‘Why, one sprig of nut grass can ruin a whole yard. Look here. When it comes fall this dries up and the wind blows it all over Maycomb County!’” (Lee 56). • Nut grass is allelopathic (meaning it releases toxins to surrounding plants). Similarly, rumors and gossip, which spread rapidly throughout Maycomb, are harmful to those the rumors

All kids that grow up in Morcoast are often told the stories of the tree with a scar in it’s trunk. This is one of those stories that can be passed from generation to generation, and told over and over again without getting old. Of course it wasn’t long enough ago to be passed down to even a generation. The most popular telling of this story opened up with the line. I could have swore I was there that morning a few years ago.... The sky was dark almost pitch black, the roads were filled with rain

There's little to no challenge in chopping a tree down, but what kind of challenge would be faced when putting back together a tree that has already fallen? Clear concise instructions are required, and that's what W.S. Merwin (292) provided in his essay "Unchopping a Tree.” Merwin clearly suggests an insightful meaning with his absurdity in his instructions of actually unchopping a tree. Merwin’s thoughts are implying that after ecological destruction of sorts, the efforts to restore our environment