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Congratulations to our first place winners. |
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By Shruti P. Kindergarten
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"Winter Feelings"
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"The Polka Dot Problem" |
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Congratulations to all our great young writers and illustrators.
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Here are the four first-place winning stories.
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Three Little Birds Flocked Together There was once three birds Woody, Picky, Sweety. They played in the sunshine and flew high happily. Suddenly there came a heavy rain. The birds flew away from home and did not know where to go.
The birds flew to find some shelter and found a small nest. Woody asked the bird in the nest “Will you please allow us inside?” The bird said “Yes, I can. But only one of you.” The three little birds said “If two of us have to stay out, then all of us will stay out in the rain.” It rained and rained and the little birds grew very wet. The sun behind the cloud heard it all and knew what good little birds were. So, he pushed his face through the clouds and shone brightly.
The sun dried the wings of the birds and warmed their bodies. Then the three little birds few home happily together. |
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Winter Feelings Howling winds scooping up the snow.
Long icicles waiting for a child.
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My Great-Grandpa Lawrence Hanusa is 103 years old. He was born January 14, 1905 on the Waterfall Farm in Leland, Wisconsin. The doctor came by sleigh to help with the delivery Great-Grandpa had many brothers and one sister. They had to do chores. Elsie would help Great-Great Grandma Helena, while the boys (Ed, Ted, Carl, George, Hank and Lawrence) did chores with Great-Great Grandpa Carl. Lawrence also had to go to school. School was held in the winter months. The farm was very busy in the spring, summer, and fall. Grandpa’s school was very different than my school! He had about thirty children in his one-room school. I have five-hundred children at my school!
The family had two farms and raised many animals. Dick and Bob were two favorite work horses. They helped pull logs from the woods, and also ran a pulley system to help get hay up into the hay mow. Working around the farm are great memories for Great-Grandpa. He also liked to listen to the radio. The Milwaukee Braves would be on or a guy named Gabriel Heeter would tell about world news. TV did not come until many years later. Lawrence met Florence at a dance hall in Loganville called Joe’s. They married and raised their three children in Lime Ridge. One memory Grandpa had was how cold the winters could be. He said that they would come down in the morning and the water in the tea kettle would be frozen. Brrr! A special dog also lived on the farm. Teddy was very smart and he helped herd cattle. Teddy could find his way from farm to farm even though they were miles apart.
Years later they sold the farms and moved to Reedsburg. Grandpa started driving truck just like my dad. Grandpa also liked taking my dad, his brothers and cousins fishing. Now I enjoy fishing with my dad and brother too. Grandpa is always happy and kind. When I grow up I want to be just like my Grandpa Hanusa—Happy! Grandpa is 103 years old and now lives at Maplewood Nursing Home in Sauk City, WI. |
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One day at school nine-year-old Claudia Winters checked out a huge book about flowers from the school library. Claudia was glancing through the book when she came across a page that showed a multi colored flower called the polka dot daisy. It was very unusual and interesting. For the rest of the day all Claudia thought about was the polka dot daisy. On her way home from school, Claudia saw something in the grassy field up ahead. She went towards it and realized it was a polka dot daisy. Claudia carefully picked the flower and took it home. She got a vase, put some water in it, and went up to her room. When she placed the flower in the vase there was a colored flash of light and all the polka dots disappeared from the flower petals. Claudia turned around to get her library book out of her backpack but noticed everything in her room was covered in spots! She was amazed at the sight of all the polka dots.
Claudia ran downstairs and saw that her whole living room was polka dotted too. Claudia examined the rest of the house and looked out her window. As far as she could see, everything was covered in polka dots. Claudia was worried. She hurried back to her room to check in the library book about flowers. She way in a footnote at the bottom of the page to give polka dot daisies orange juice instead of water when you pick them, because water will make everything else polka dotted. Claudia rushed to the refrigerator to get a glass of orange juice. When she got back to her room she took the flower out of the vase of water and put it in a glass of orange juice. All of the polka dots in her room swirled around and slowly drifted back onto the petals of the flower. Claudia looked around, everything was back to normal.
“Next time I’m going to checkout a book about rocks, you don’t have to take care of them,” declared Claudia.
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Here are all the winners of the 2008 Wisconsin Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest. 
