Valerie L.

Excerpt from How to Take Care of a Dog

Supplies You Need for a Dog

There are many different things that you need for a dog. Dogs will always need something to play with so you have to give it a toy. You should give it a rubber toy and a squeaky toy. If your dog chews the squeaky toy in a minute then you give it the rubber toy. It will take a couple days or weeks. Also start with the little bones and when its a dog then you give it a big bone. It will take a couple of months maybe one or maybe in a weeks or a week! Dogs also need dog food because, dogs need to eat to survive. Also dogs need a dog bowl because, dogs need to eat out of something and if you use a normal bowl its fine for the wet food but the dry food its best with a dog bowl. Dogs need to drink so you have to get it a water bowl so they can survive you can get a water bowl or you can use a bowl in your house.

Dogs need a collar and dog tags because if it runs away and it doesn’t have a collar they will think its a stray and if it doesn’t have dog tags then they would take it back to the pound. Dogs need a dog bed so it can sleep. You can also use it for car trips you don’t always have to use a dog bed the dog can sleep on your bed. Dogs also need a cage for a punishment or if guests come over and are afraid of dogs or if the dog isn’t trained not to bite or is really hyper all the time then you put it in a cage.

Peter A.

Chess Versus Checkers - Chess Is the Winner

In Chess all the pieces have their own moves, but in Checkers all the pieces make the same move until they are kinged. That makes Chess more interesting.

Chess takes more strategy to play and is more suspenseful than Checkers. Checkers takes less strategy because the pieces only move forward and are also the same little discs. Chess was made in India. Checkers was played in Europe.

                              

Oliver P.

Excerpt from All About Snakes

All snakes need to eat but… what do they eat?  Snakes normally eat stuff depending on their size, like small snakes eat bugs. Big snakes eat meat and lots of other stuff. An anaconda can eat an alligator or a leopard.  Some snakes eat fish,  some snakes eat other snakes. After eating snakes don’t eat for a while. Here is a way snakes catch mice.The snake raises its tail.

Then the mouse goes to check it out. Then the snake lifts up its tail. The mouse is to scare to move. Suddenly the snake grabs the mouse and eats it. Catching a mongoose is a lot harder because they are faster. Snakes eat so much but how do they eat it all?

Melayha A.

Excerpt from Dog Info

Dogs have signals for different stuff. Like when they are wagging their tail they want to play or they are excited. Also if they look at you with puppy eyes they are hungry or they want to go outside. When they're angry they show their teeth. They prick up their ears when they're interested in something. They put their tail in between its legs when it thinks it's in trouble.  Those are the signs you need to know about.

Maya Z.

Excerpt from All About Carnivals

Pros and Cons

Now you know everything about carnivals, so in this chapter you will see the good and bad things about carnivals. One good thing about going to a carnival is they’re fun and fast. However, you might not be tall enough or you might not have enough tickets. A lot of people like the food there and eat it. But it could also be unhealthy. A fast ride on a hot day might cool you down. However, you usually have to go in the summer.

Luke P.

Excerpt from All About Football

THE POSITIONS

In football there are lots of positions there are 11 people on the field for each unit special teams, offense, and defense. These are a few of offense positions: quarterback, wide receiver, and running back.These are a few defensive positions: cornerback, defense of tackle, and linebacker.The quarterback throws the ball to the wide receiver the running back and offense of line block. Or the quarterback hands the ball of to the running back. There are 24 positions.There are a lot of famous players I will name some:

Cris Carter - Ohio State University

Jerry Rice - Mississippi Valley University

Peyton Manning -Tennessee University

Franco Harris- Penn State University

Joe Montana- Notre Dame University

Terry Bradshaw- Louisiana Tech University

Jim Brown- Syracuse University Lawrence

Taylor -North Carolina University   

Odell Beckham Jr- LSU.  

Calvin Johnson- Georgia Tech University

Lynn Swann- South Carolina University.

Lucas A.

Excerpt from Snow Ball Fights

Things You Need

When you’re having a snowball fight you will need many thing. For instance you will need snow pants.  You will need snow pants because if you don't wear snow pants you will get snow in your boots and in your legs. But if you wear snow pants it will keep the snow out of your pants and it will also keep your legs warm. Another thing you will need is a coat or a sweatshirt. They're both fine because they both keep you warm and keep the snow out of your shirt. You will also want gloves to keep your hands warm. If you want you could wear a hat but you don't have to.

When you’re having a snowball fight you will need snow balls to throw at each other. If you want to know how to make a snowball this is how you do it. You take clumps of snow and  make into a ball, see easy.

You will also need a snow fort to protect yourself from the snowball.You will also need a place to play and bases. A snow base is where you go before the round starts and it also can sort of protects you.

Keira G.

Excerpt from Swimming

Introduction

Are you are a person who loves to take a dip in the pool? If you are then you might want to try to swim.  In this book you will learn to start on a diving block, to in the water, all the strokes in the water, and all the equipment you will need.  

Strokes

Here are the strokes in swimming. Strokes are things that make you go fast and move and go somewhere not just sit there. The first stroke is Butterfly. To swim Butterfly you put your arms over your head  and you stretch out your arms you do two of them and then you breath. The kick is where you do two feet at a time right next to each other and move them up and down. The kick is called Butterfly kick or Dolphin kick. The next stroke is Backstroke. In Backstroke you are on your back and you put one arm back behind you back into the water then you do the next arm in the water and you keep doing that. The kick is just up and down still on your back.   When you do the kick you get your legs a little bit out of the water and you kick really hard. When you do the kick and the stroke for every thing you still stay on your back. If you were In a race competing you would be disqualified. If you are disqualified that means your time won't be there.  You always still stay on your back. The next stroke is Breaststroke. To do Breaststroke you are on your stomach. You do a kick where you do a circle shape with your legs at the same time. With your arms you do a small circle shape but you still have to see your arms when you do the small circle.  In I.M order the last stroke is Freestyle. In Freestyle you are on you stomach. Freestyle is the main stroke. To do Freestyle you put one arm over your head and put it back into the water smoothly and should only make a little splash. The kick is just up and down just like In Backstroke but you in Freestyle you have to stay on your stomach. In Freestyle you take 3 strokes then you breath.

Jacqueline M.

Excerpt from All About Tennis

Chapter one

Equipment

There is lots of things you need to know about tennis. To get ready you need to get a racket and  a ball. First if you’re going to get a racket you have to check what size it is because all different weights and heights are made to fit the person that is using a racket.Then you should get a ball. Sometimes the balls are orange,yellow, a greenish yellowish ball, and a red striped ball. There are two center lines on each side. In the middle there is the net. You can at least have two players but you can have up to four players. You can’t have one player because you can’t play by yourself. Last but not least tennis shoes. You gotta have tennis sneakers. No one can’t have flip flops because the ball can hit your feet. So that’s why you can’t have open shoes.   

Hope W.

Excerpt from All About Disney

 Rides at Disney

After you get everything set it is time to have fun.  First you have to pick the park you want to go first.  If you want to eat, then go to Magic Kingdom or Animal Kingdom.  If you go during a school break then the lines will be long. You can go back to the hotel and go to the pool or you can go to the kids' playroom.  If you want to ride the rides you can get a Fastpass. A Fastpass is a ticket that lets you go to the front of the line.  There are different kinds of rides. If you like water rides do not wear something fancy.

Some rides are dry and some are wet rides. A good princess ride is Snow White.  A roller coaster is also a dry ride. Some rides are super scary. What makes the ride so scary is you go up then you go backwards. You have to be a certain height to ride the scary rides.  

 

Grayson V.

Excerpt from All About Soccer

Equipment You Need                                         

                                        

People play soccer all around the world with just a ball and a makeshift goal.  For example, in Ghana two old shoes will do just fine for a goal. If you watch a professional game of  soccer on TV then you will notice they use much more equipment to play the game. You could play indoor soccer or outdoor soccer. Both of them are really fun. You need two goals on each half of the field. The younger kids usually have smaller goals than professional players and older kids. The younger kids ages are usually ages 2-5 with small goals. Ages 6-11 are medium goals. Ages 12-16 are usually a little bit bigger than medium goals. And ages 17- and up are usually large goals. You need a field, the minimum field is 90 meters and the longest is 120 meters {The 120 are usually for professional players and the smaller fields are usually for the younger kids.} You also need 3 referees. One of them is on the field watching the game. And the other two are on the sidelines watching for offsides and I call them the backup referees. But they are really called linesmen. Also, to play soccer you need 2 teams. How can’t you play without 2 teams? You need a ball to play soccer too. The size really matters. The ages 2-6 have size 3. Ages 7-14 use size 4.  And ages 15-and up  use size 5. Most balls are made of leather. You also need shin guards. Those go on your shins. They also go under your sock. They protect your shins from being kicked and getting bruises and injuries. Injuries are when you get hurt. That’s the equipment you need for soccer.

*If you didn’t have all that equipment then you can’t play soccer

Edison K.

Excerpt from Computer Guidebook

Secret Weapons- Great Solution to Fix Problems

After you go on your computer for a long time, you better start to get ready for some  problems. Did you know there are pop up screens that interrupt your website? A pop up screen is an advertisement that suddenly pops up in front of the website that you’re trying to look at. Two solutions can stop it. One of them is that you can press the x to close it. Another one is that you can go to your setting and press block-pop screen. These are great and possible solution.  Another problem is a frozen computer.  When you press anything, nothing happens.  A solution that can fix it is that you can shut down your computer and to close the screen to black. Then, you open your computer and then it may not freeze anymore. There are a another problem which is the valid update. These problems can block your screen and then you can’t press anything. Some solutions can work. One, you can shut down your computer when it is on the frozen screen. Also, you can unplug your plug and plug it back again. One more issue that can be on the computer is a virus. This problem can make your computer not work really well.  The problem may have happened because you may have pressed some other advertisement. A way you can take these viruses out is by asking your friend. If not, then you can go to a computer store. The service person can help you get it out. But, it will cost money. Or, the last solution is that you can do it by yourself if you know how to do it. The next chapter tells you how to shutdown your computer and logging off. This can help you by closing your computer without anymore issues.

Duncan M.

Excerpt from Beginner’s Guide to Origami

Did you know that Origami has been going on for thousands of years? In this book you will learn how to do modern day Origami, and if you practice enough with the Base, Structure, and Decoration you could be a Origami master in no time.

The BSD is important to use. BSD stands for Base, Structure, and Decoration. The Base can be the start or the whole thing of another Origami project, like take a regular puppet and fold some of it. That’s when you use the Structure by adding a few folds like folding some ears. Then you Decorate it. You don’t need to use the BSD but it is a good.

Damien M.

Excerpt from All About Chess

Chess Pieces

To play chess you need a lot of pieces. You need 8 pawns, 2 rooks, 2 knights, 2 bishops, 1 king, and 1 queen. All of those pieces are very unique. All of the pawns go into the front row the king, queen, knights, bishops, and rooks go behind the pawns. The pawn can only go forward  and take pieces diagonally. Diagonal is when the piece moves forward and sideways. The bishop can only move diagonally. The rook can only move and take sideways and move in any number of spaces in any direction forward. The king can only move one space in any direction. The knight can jump pieces. The queen is the best piece because the queen can move in any direction and in any number of spaces.

Chris W.

Excerpt from How to Make a Hot Wheels Wax Car

Introduction

Have you heard of the Hot Wheels Wax Car Maker? If you have or you haven’t and are interested this is the book for you. You can read how to get it and use the instructions when you get it or you can use this book, or you could do both! If you’d like, you should read on. Also, this seems like a half-book and half-list.

Other Advice

Here is some other advice in bullet points for the Hot Wheels wax car maker.

• The cooling cycle plays cool music and the heating cycle plays hot music.
• You can get refill packs for either a pack of wax sticks or a pack of wax sticks, molds, chassis’s, and decal sheets. 
• You can find the machine and/or the refill packs at stores like Target and/or Walmart.  (These might not be the exact stores.) 
• Put three wax sticks in the machine. There must be at least two to three wax sticks in the machine at all times. Three is the best. 

Cameron L.

Excerpt from Rules and Strategies for Football

Plays and Routes:

Plays and routes are the most important things you need on offense. They direct where the wide receivers are running. Plays direct the whole team where to go. Even the offensive lineman have a direction where to go. Some go left and some go right, or they just stay in there same position the whole time during that play and just block the quarterback. Routes are mostly just for the receivers because all it does is mostly help the wide receivers where to go. Routes are not as special as a play, and because of that is that the route is in a play, and because of that is because the whole play controls everything on the field. Now here are some routes, the post, the slant, and the fly. The post is you run up about 15-20 yards and then go diagonally to the center of the field. The slant is you run up 0-5 yards and slant the whole time to the center. And finally the last route, the fly is very simple all you do is run straight down the field for about 30 yards and see if the quarterback will pass to you. The quarterback throws it high into the air so its in front of you, and the defender will not block it or intercept it. On slants the quarterback will throw a bullet pass to you because if the quarterback throws a lob pass, it will give the cornerback enough time to run up to the ball and block or intercept the ball.

Brooke S.

Excerpt from All About Ice Skating

The Great Equipment

Introduction

Have you always wanted to do something in the summer or any other season that is hot and you want to get good exercise and stay cool at the same time? Then try ice skating! It’s a great place where you could have a great time. Now this book is going to teach you how to ice skate and what equipment you need but best of all you get to be a pro at it so that way if you go ice skating with a family member or a friend you could teach them. The best part about this book is that you get to learn some pretty awesome moves. Did you know that ice skating is the most active sport because you’re heart is pumping and that means that you’re body is getting pumped also. Before you start ice skating make sure you eat a healthy breakfast like yogurt with blueberries or with granola. Maybe you want a banana. 

I hope you enjoy my book.

The Great Equipment-

First you’re going to need a few things before you begin ice skating. Ok, this is what you need. If you want to ice skate you’re going to have to find an ice skating rink. Rink means that it’s where  there’s a lot of flat ice that you skate on. You’re going to go into the place to sign in. Then tell the people who work there the foot size you are. After they’ll give you skates and you need to tie your shoes tightly or if you tie them lose then it’s going to come undone while you’re ice skating and you could get started. Skates are boots with blades on the bottom of them.  Now you need one more material. If you’re a beginner you’re aloud to use these orange cones. They can help you for just in case you are a little scared and you’re afraid that you’re going to get injured but you’re not. If you want a help, there’s a wall that you could use because lots of people use the orange cones. You should wear proper clothes like clothes that are flexible but whatever you do don’t wear jeans because if you fall on the WET ice then your pants will be wet and it will sink inside of your pants. It’s ok if you fall because it doesn’t hurt.  

Anya K.

Excerpt from All About Tennis

In tennis there are a lot of rules. When you start a tennis game you have to serve, or hit the ball. You get two chances to serve. Your serve has to land in the service box that your opponent is the closest to and your serve has to be in or on the lines. If your first serve is out of the box or out of the lines you still have your second serve. If your second serve is out, then you lose the point. There is a special word if you get both serves out. It is called a double fault. If you were playing out a point and your shot goes out the lines person shouts, “out” and holds up their “pointer” finger to indicate the call. Otherwise, you would think the point was still going on. The scoring for tennis is pretty complicated. The score goes, love, which means zero in tennis, then 15, 30, 40. If you get to 40/40, which is also called deuce, whoever scores the next point gets a score called advantage. When it is advantage on T.V., the scoreboard says AD for the person who won the the last point. The person who lost the last point, there sign on the scoreboard looks like a dash. If the person who one the deuce but lost the advantage, they make the point go back to deuce. “After I play a tennis match, if I lose, I immediately go on the practice courts and practice whatever I think I did wrong that made me lose the game,” number one female tennis player in the world Serena Williams says.

Amelia C.

Excerpt from How To Run a Farm Stand

Setting Up the Farm Stand

You should always get the store ready to open for the day. Here are some of the things you need to do. When it is time to open the store you have to unlock the doors and water the flowers ,sweep the floor and you need to count the money. Sometimes you have to go into the cooler or freezer to get all the foods out that have to be cold so it is nice and fresh, and then put the fresh food out on display in the store. So that is how you set up a farm stand.      

Alexander W.

Excerpt from All About Skiing

Materials   

You need materials to ski. You need skis to get down the mountain. If you are older like over 7 years old you should use poles to go faster. You also need gloves to keep your hands warm and you might need glove warmers to be warmer. You need a helmet to ski so your head doesn't get hurt or you don't break your head open. You also might want a walkie talkie so if you got lost you can call someone.