October 2009 Archives

BOOK NAME: Guinness World Records 2010: The Book of The Decade

If you like to see real-life weird things and lots of cool pictures, you'll want to read this book. I've been a big fan of the Guinness World Records ever since I first learned about them when I was 7. I received the 2008 book from my parents for Christmas last year and really enjoyed looking at all the pictures and amazing records. But the 2010 book is even better because it has cooler records. My favorite record in the new book is the "Fastest Time to Solve a Rubik's Cube by a Robot," which is 1 minute and 4 seconds. (How is that even possible?)

I thought the most unusual record was "Most Underpants Worn At The Same Time," which was 137. The photo in the book shows the winner wearing all the underwear and he looks like a baby wearing a huge black diaper. Another favorite is the "Highest Popping Toaster," which is 8 feet and 6 inches. I don't know why someone would need toast shot as high as the ceiling, but the photo in the book of the toast high above the inventor's head is amazing. I've spent hours looking at all the pictures and records in this book and I can't get enough of it. I might set a new record for most time spent looking at one book.

BOOK NAME: Escape from the Carnivale: A Never Land Book
AUTHOR: Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Hi, it's Reed again. For my next book, I thought this was a really good adventure book. I hope you like my blog.

This book takes place in Never Land - an imaginary place that has mermaids and other mythological creatures. I'm pretty sure that all of you have seen Peter Pan or at least heard of it. This is the same Never Land from Peter Pan.

It all started off when this little girl, named Scallop, went down to play with the mermaids. The mermaids wanted to play "Deep Pearl Diving". While they were playing one of the mermaids got lost. They didn't notice until they got back to the shore. Scallop thought it was all her fault, but the other mermaids and her dad said it was not her fault.

Scallop is a princess of beautiful Mollusk Island. A pirate ship called the Carnivale is going to attack the island because they want the land to make a show with all the beasts that they've captured from Never Land - including mermaids.

The lost Mermaid, Surf, was caught by those pirates who were looking for weird beasts. The Captain of this ship is Captain Hook.

You'll have to read the rest to know more about this fantastic story.

Thank you for reading my blog. Have a nice day! 

BOOK NAME: Mummies (National Geographic Kids)
AUTHOR:  Elizabeth Carney

Mummies is about how mummies are made, and some famous mummies and different kinds of mummies. If a person is buried in a bog, they will be protected and can turn into a mummy. A mummy's hair color can even stay if it's buried in a bog.

Other mummies are wrapped in linen. It's a special kind of cloth. They put them in a giant box called a sarcophagus. They stay in there for a long long time. You can find them in deserts, caves and other places. But you mostly see them unburied in museums like in Washington, D.C.

Two hikers found a very famous mummy named Otzi. Scientists found an arrow in his back and they think that's how he died 5,300 years ago.

The book also tells you how Egyptians made mummies:
1. You take out the organs.
2. You take out the brain with a long hook and stick it up his nose and pull his brain out of his nose.
3. You wash his body and put salt on him.
4. You let him dry for 40 days.
5. You rub special oil on the body.
6.You wrap him up with linen and then put him in the sarcophagus.

In 1922, King Tut was found in a cave. He was 15 years old when he died and he was a king 3,300 years ago. Sometimes they find special gold and money where mummies were buried. You can see King Tut in his cave where he was found.

There can also be animal mummies. There can be dogs, cats, monkeys and even crocodile mummies!

I liked this book a lot. It was a really good book for my age.

BOOK NAME: The Get Rich Quick Club
AUTHOR: Dan Gutman

This book is about three 12-year-old friends named Gina, Rob and Quimby, who want to become millionaires by the time they're teenagers. They start their own club to come up with different ideas on easy ways to get rich, but they couldn't come up with anything. That is until Gina said they might as well just sit in her yard to wait for a UFO to land and Rob yelled "That's it! We could make a UFO!" They then made a photo of what appears to be a UFO by throwing plates and other things in the air and taking blurry pictures of them. They took their best photo to the boss of a newspaper company who paid them for it and then they became famous and were on TV. It ended when Rob feels guilty and tells everyone that the picture is fake.

My favorite part of this book is the very end, when there's a huge surprise. I don't want to give it away, but let's just say that they don't end up with a lot of money, but they do get to see something very amazing that I think most everyone would want to see.

I liked the whole story because I thought it was funny how these kids made everyone think there had been a UFO.