Straw Into Gold

Straw Into Gold is a continuation of the classic story ‘Rumpelstiltskin’. The book is written from the perspective of the main character, Tousle. Some people have rebelled and the king gives Tousle a chance to save them from being hung. He must solve the riddle ‘What fills a hand fuller than a skein of gold?’. But he has only seven days. He is given a companion, one of the rebels. His companion’s name is Innes. Innes was blinded by the King’s Grip.

And if one riddle to solve isn’t enough, when they go to find the queen, who is sure to have the  answer, they must also find the real reason the King’s Grip is following them. Then they are also given the question of where the queen’s missing son is, taken by a mysterious man who can spin straw into gold. And through all of this Tousle learns the gifts of his friends, but then wonders what his gift is. He starts to wonder who he is.

It isn’t very good, but the best I can muster right at this moment. If you think that anything needs to be corrected please leave a comment.

Straw Into Gold is a book I would suggest for you to put on your list of books to read. It was written by Gary D. Schmidt.

     August: In August three big things happened . We went to Galveston TX for vacation (my first time at the sea) (see Galveston). Then my brother and my sister had their birthdays

     I don’t know when: I don’t know exactly what month that this happened in but we got more fish and I started writing class (I think that I started writing class before August) (see Writing Class)

    November: NaNoWriMo. National Novel Writing Month. (see the post NaNoWriMo)

    When I started this post: When I started this post I named it Hello Again right off of the top of my head but then I noticed that I had decided to name it that in May.

     Right Now: Finishing Post.

Now down to business. A Drawing a Day is well a drawing a day.

Here is today’s drawing. (It’s cartoon)

This is the house of Jane, an imaginary character inside my head

During Christmas alot of my famliy came down. There was my Grandma and Grandpa,  Aunt Nancy, Uncle Winston, Great Aunt Pam, Great Uncle Walt, my Cousin David his wife and two kids, and that  was just on my mom’s side of the family. On my dad’s side there was my Grandmother, Aunt Dana, and my Uncle Cliff.

I got lots of stuff for Christmas, but I was happier about being able to see my family and play games with them. It’s what I call The Best Christmas Ever!!!!

Today is our first day back in school and I’m so excited. I love school.

My favorite authors is a series. Each chapter talks about one author. One section of a chapter is in each post.

Chapter One Section One

Marguerite Henry

The books that have a U by them I have not read. Books that a R by them I have read. Books that have a Ring by them I am reading.

Here are her horse books:

1. Black Gold U
   
2. Born To Trot U
3. Brighty of the Grand Canyon R
   
4. Cinnabar, the One o’Clock Fox U
5. Dear Marguerite Henry U
6. Justin Morgan Had a Horse U
7. King of the Wind R
8. Misty of Chincoteague R
9. Mustang, Wild Spirit of the West Ring
10. Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion U
11. Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague R
12. Stormy, Misty’s Foal R
13. Misty’s Twilight R
14. White Stallion  of Lipizza U
15. Album of Horses U

I love her books. I read Sea Star and Misty of Chincoteague in two days.
Lets face it Marguerite Henry rocks!

First off we will go to the Did You Know corner:

1. Did you know when you see some vultures going in circles it is riding a heat wave, called thermals looking for food?
2. Did you know that blue jays are not really blue it’s the sun reflecting of their feathers?
3. Did you know I think Marguerite Henry rocks?

O.K., I know I’m getting off of  the subject.

That is all in the Did You Know corner. Know off to the Here’s The Facts corner.

1. The Arctic Tern it  is the bird that sees more sun than any other bird. It flies from the north pole to the south pole when it is summer in the south pole. When it is summer in the north pole it flies there.
2. Some birds migrate a thousand of miles or more.

Well that’s all for today folks. Bye Bye. See you next time.

Close to the racing water he lies,
Watching fish with quick, keen eyes,
He lies very still in the grass as he spies.

He lives in walls of stone,
He calls that little cave his home,
He lives there all alone.

We are going to tear down this playground and doghouse.

We are going to keep this little box so we can grow herbs.

We are going to uproot these logs and move them so we can change it into a bird garden and study birds.

We are going to plant small Chinese privets in the bird garden.

We are going to put these into the bird garden.

I will keep blogging on this when we start doing these things.