The Second and Third Grade students in Mrs. Catanese's Class wrote and illustrated books to be read to Kindergarten and First Grade students. On December 14th they shared their stories with the eager listeners.

Louise and I felt very happy to get to read our story to Mr. K.'s class. Me and Louise had a lot of fun going to his class. Our story was called The First Christmas for Snowy. Snowy was the main character in the book. There were three characters in The First Christmas for Snowy. Louise and I are best friends. That is why I chose her to write the story with me. We had the most fun because we did the story together. ...Meredith

I read to Ms. Eichberger's class. I was really very nervous. My story is called The Cute Kitten. It's about a kitten with lots of fake stuff. At the end the stuff falls off. I liked it because I got to listen to other people's stories. I would like to do it again some time. The story I liked best was called By Santa's House. It was really fun. ...Katie

I went and read a book to Ms. Eichberger's class. I was nerves because we had to read to the whole class. I was frightened for a minute and then when we started I felt better. My book was called The Funny Monkeys. I made the book with Ashley. Ashley wrote the book and Alyssan drew the pictures. Ashley and I had a hard time to think about what we should call it. Logan told us what we could do. He told us The Funny Monkeys. When we heard the word "funny" we thought about them running into trees and rocks. I read a page. Then Ashley read a page. ...Alyssan

The class I read in was Ms. Eichbergers. My book was called The Animals at the Fair. My book is about animals and a bunny contest. Yes, it was ok to read to younger kids. I liked it. ...Courtney

This is about reading to Miss Schultz's class. I had fun. My story is called The House in the Valley. I wrote it with Braden. My story is about animals by the house in the valley. It is a good story! ...Jon A.

I love to read to Mr. K's class. It was fun. My book was called My Dog Name Fletcher. I was the last one to read my book. They clapped loud, very loud. My book was about Fletcher. I was nervis. ...Rhiaran

Meredith and I read a book to kindergartners. It was called The First Christmas for Snowy. We read to Mr. Kudlak's class. (a.k.a. Mr. K.) It was interesting. We wrote about a horse cause boys like horses and girls like horses and they know what they are. We went there to read to Sophie. She was sick. We still had fun though. I had butterflys in my stomach. ...Louise

I read to Ms. Eichberger's class. I was nervous about reading my book. The title is called By Santa's House. It was about anything that lives at Santa's house. I think everybody liked my book. ...Devin

We went to Ms. Eichberger's class. We read to them. They were barely listening. We did a very good job. I liked it. Our book was called The Funny Monkeys. The monkeys ran into trees. They even ran into a big giant rock. The first grade laughed the whole time. Our story was very funny. I was very scared. ...Ashley K.

Today I read a book Megan and I made to Ms. Eichberger's class. The book was called A Puppy Named Lilly. I enjoyed reading to first graders. I was nervous when I was reading. But inside I was really happy. My book was about a puppy and she finds a bunny named Fluffy. They search for a home together and then they find a home. They lived happily every after. All the kids enjoyed the book we made. ...Janique

I read for Ms. Schultz's class. I was nervous because I never read to kids before. It was scary. I was the third one to read. It was fun. My book is called The Dirt Bike Race. ...Elijah

We read to Mr. K's class. And they were really good. My book is about two monkeys. My book is called The Monkeys in the Jungle. The book is about a monkey that finds a friend. ...Brandin

I just got done reading to Mr. K's class. The title is Questions about Santa. I felt happy inside. It felt real good just to let it out. It was fun just watching them have big smiley faces and just laughing. ...Cheyenne

My book is called PENGUIN MAN GOES TO THE NORTH POLE! AND THE EVIL SANTA. I did not get to read it. I am not finished. I like my book. It is cool. He saves the world. ...Teddy