The Good Octopus If you are like me, then the first thing your grandfather told you when you were young was to stay away from octopuses. It’s not that octopuses are bad; they are just tricksy. It’s all their arms. Most people have two arms, so you can see what they are doing, but octopuses…
Tag: Elementary School
First Flight
First Flight I look out the window, down at an engine so big I could stand up inside it. Of course it has to be big to move something as big as a building: a building that will be flying miles up in the air in a few minutes. I tighten my seat belt. This…
Bumbles in Time #1: The Mayan Girl
Bumbles in Time: The Mayan Girl Felix hated Thursdays because Thursdays were time-travel days. Every Thursday after lunch, the 4th graders at Rina Patel Elementary School walked to the locker rooms of the History Room and changed into their history clothes. The four students in Felix’s group lined up while their teacher, Mr. Summers, handed…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 