Sarah Schroeder, Homeschool

Annelise Eckart, Tucson Country Day School

Aidan Frye, Sonoran Science Academy

Aidan Frye, Sonoran Science Academy

Eleanor Allen, Tucson Country Day School

Eleanor Allen, Tucson Country Day School

“UNICORN VS. GOBLIN” IS ONE OF THE BOOKS IN A SERIES BY DANA SIMPSON. IN THIS BOOK THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN, MARIGOLD. WHEN I FIRST STARTED READING THE BOOK I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ABOUT THE UNICORN AND GOBLIN FIGHTING, BUT AT THE END THERE IS A TWIST. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR KIDS AGES 8, 9 AND 10 BECAUSE IT IS AN EASY-TO-READ BOOK WITH A LOT OF PICTURES. I LIKE THE BOOK BECAUSE IT IS FUNNY. THIS IS ELEANOR ALLEN FROM TUCSON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL FOR BEAR ESSENTIAL NEWS.

Megan Griffith, Canyon View Elementary

SOMETIMES PUPPIES CAN BE HARD TO TRAIN. BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE HELP. GO TO PUPPY CLASS! YOU GET A PUPPY TRAINER. YOU BRING TREATS AND YOU LEARN TRICKS LIKE WALKING ON A LEASH AND MORE! NOT ONLY YOUR PUPPY LEARNS THINGS---YOU DO, TOO! AT THE END OF THE CLASS YOU GET A CERTIFICATE. PUPPY CLASS IS OPEN TO BIG AND LITTLE DOGS. YOU CAN ASK THE TRAINER QUESTIONS FOR ADVICE ON BATHING, BRUSHING AND POTTY TRAINING. AND THE DOGS HAVE FUN. THIS IS MEGAN GRIFFITH FROM CANYON VIEW ELEMENTARY FOR BEAR ESSENTIAL NEWS.

Rowan Griffith, Esperero Canyon Middle School

I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS LEARNED TO READ, WRITE, AND DRAW FROM COMIC BOOKS. FABIAN NICIEZA IS A COMIC BOOK AUTHOR AND THE CREATOR OF THE CHARACTER DEADPOOL. HE WAS BORN IN ARGENTINA AND MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY AT THE AGE OF 4 TO THE U.S. HE LEARNED TO WRITE AND READ ENGLISH FROM COMIC BOOKS! IN MY CASE I’M PART MEXICAN, NATIVE AMERICAN, SPANISH, AND EUROPEAN. I LEARNED SOME NEW SPANISH WORDS FROM CERTAIN BILINGUAL COMICS. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO DRAW VERY WELL, BUT FROM VIEWING AND ANALYZING ART FROM COMIC BOOKS MY DRAWING SKILLS ADVANCED.

I JUST FINISHED THE BOOK “CRENSHAW.” “CRENSHAW” IS A GREAT BOOK BECAUSE IT’S GOOD AT DESCRIBING FRIENDSHIP. THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS, JACKSON AND CRENSHAW, WAS REALLY FUN TO READ ABOUT. I REALLY LIKE THE CHARACTER CRENSHAW. HE IS JACKSON’S IMAGINARY FRIEND. HE HELPS JACKSON WHEN JACKSON IS SCARED ABOUT BECOMING HOMELESS. CRENSHAW TRIES TO CHEER HIM UP. I LIKE TO READ ABOUT IMAGINARY FRIENDS. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS, OR TO ANYONE WHO ENJOYS A GOOD BOOK ABOUT A FUNNY, IMAGINARY CAT.