Topaz Town

Cate Gaul, age 8

Ann Arbor STEAM at Northside

Once there was a leprechaun named Albert Clooney and he had a loyal friend named Magic Corney the Unicorn. They were travelling to Topaz Town to pick up something for the leprechaun king. They had to travel across the orange part of the rainbow to get to Topaz Town. They were almost at the end of the orange part, but suddenly, Albert and Magic Corney ran into the Transylvania Trio. So Albert used telekinesis to move the part of the rainbow that the Transylvania Trio were standing on and they fell off. Albert Clooney rode on Magic Corney to the other side and they finally got there.

Lily

Eloise Cras, age 8
Thurston Elementary

Once a polar bear named Lily went to school at Wayside School. Everyone teased her because she was the only polar bear with white fur at school. She felt bad. But she felt much better after a whisker-licking good meal of dinosaur-shaped mac and cheese. Then she played golf with a light green ball. Light green was her favorite color. Then she went to sleep. The next morning, she went to school. On her way, she met a fox. Her name was Eliza. She was very wise. She told her to just ignore the other bears. And that’s what she did.

What do the Elephants do at Midnight on the Moon?

Mikah Skye Lowrie-Miuccio, age 8
Daycroft Montessori

What do the elephants do when it is was winter at midnight? Well, that is what Lora was wondering. So she went on a rocket to the moon where there was a zoo. The elephants had rainbow polka dots. She took her pajamas. They gave her special powers so she could mesmerize people. She had to go throw a firework tunnel to get there. Finally, she got there. She found a giant guarding. She defeated the giant and took an ice cream couch to the elephants. Then she asked, “What do you do at night?” “Why, we brush our teeth.”

The Rocket

Evelyn Leeser, age 7
Bach Elementary

Me and my brother went to the park to get our stomp-rocket down out of the tree. My friend Marina blasted it really high into the pine tree. When my dad climbed a ladder to get it, it disappeared from the tree branch. It was inside the tree trunk. It appeared in the tree and it fell in. A door appeared in the tree, and Louie and I went inside. There was a dragon balancing the stomp-rocket on his head. It was dark. He made the stomp-rocket glow. He wanted to use it for a lamp because his lantern totally ran out of batteries. My dad didn’t know where we were. The dragon gave us Halloween candy. He told us to sit on logs inside the tree. He was a nice dragon. He said he would bring the door and give us the stomp-rocket back. We said if he gave it back, we would cut a hole in the tree to let the sunlight in. My dad had a saw, and I told him to cut the window. The dragon said, “Thank you!” We showed my dad the inside of the tree so he could see what he did for the dragon. The dragon said, “Thank you” again! We played with the stomp-rocket again.

Jack, A Tiny Ant

Edwin Li, Age 7
Ann Arbor STEAM at Northside

Jack, a tiny ant, is going to school and he needs a car. So he walks to school, he goes into a classroom, but he can’t see the car. He checks in the kitchen. Still no car. Finally, he goes to the bathroom. He finds the car. Now Jack can pick up his friends for school. The end.

An Apple

Zalie Burnstein, Age 7
Angell Elementary

An apple has a green leaf and the apple part is red but only on the outside but the inside is yellowish.

And when you take a bite you hear a crunch and it tastes so sweet and juicy. When the juice of the apple gets on your fingers, your fingers get sticky and icky.

And it smells so fruity. If you look at it, it’s smooth on the outside and rough on the inside.
You should try an apple.

It tastes good!

Popsicle Part One

Julia Cross, Age 7
Honey Creek Community School

I ate a popsicle and
I made a big slopsicle
So I had to mopsicle
The whole housesicle
‘Til a mousesicle
Ate me upsicle
I wish I could stopsicle
But I can’t stopsicle
Because I am a popsicle

Books

Qistina Adzni, Age 8
Angell Elementary

Books can sometimes be hard or soft but are always entertaining
You should always read inside when it is raining
It tastes disgusting so never eat a book
It smells like paper and sometimes teaches you how to cook

My Sister

Qistina Adzni, Age 8
Angell Elementary

In September of 2012, my mom gave birth to my sister, Amani Qairina Adzni. She started walking at ten months old and learned the alphabet at about a year and a half. My sister can scream louder than she cries and sometimes gets chocolate in her hair. The first thing she does in the morning is sing. She loves princesses. Especially Cinderella. Now she is two and a half. She will turn three in two months. My sister is a crazy woman and I love her.

Ziggy The Cat

Eloise Cras, Age 7
Thurston Elementary


Once, I was in bed and I heard a grrrr prrrrr brrrrr trrrr crrrrrrrr. Then, my sisters Brittney, Bella, and Ella came. They said, “What’s that noise?” I thought hard, really hard.
Then I said, “Let’s tell Mom, she can do something.”

“Then let’s go tell her.”

“What are we waiting for?”

Then we went to our mom’s room. When we explained everything. Our mom went to see what it was. She said it’s only Ziggy the cat. Then we heard clang, clang, clang.

Our mom went to see what was happening. “It’s only Ziggy--he’s fixing the toaster.”

“Tell him to stop.”

“Okay.”

Then, KABOOM SWOSH SHOS!

“We’re in space.”

“I wanna go home! Home to EARTH. Yes, yes, yes, Earth.”

The Loud Library and The Louder Airport

Qistina Adzni, Age 8
Angell Elementary


There once was a library next to an airport. A loud library. There was lots of shhhhs and zooms. Everyday, everyone who came to the library was annoyed of the loud sounds.

One day, an inspector came and said, “I will shut down your library if you don’t keep your library quiet!”

“Shhhhh!” Everybody yelled back. Suddenly, a VRROOOM and a WHOOOSH went by. Then the inspector stomped away stomp! stomp! stomp!

The next day, the inspector came again. This time, when he came, everybody was quiet. So quiet, no one made a peep. You couldn’t even hear anyone’s footsteps. The inspector thought they were so quiet, he left and didn’t close down the library.

After he left, they had a big celebration! KAAABOOM! They had fireworks. Then they never made a peep in the library again.

A Visit to a Haunted House

Zalie Burnstein, Age 7
Angell Elementary

I was walking through the forest, and I came upon a house. It looked terrifying, but I walked up the steps. As it creaked like a rat hissing, terrified, I opened the door and walked in.

Suddenly, I heard a slam! But, it was just the door as I walked up the steps into the house. But then, I heard a whoosh, but it was only the furnace near the steps. So, I walked on to the next floor, but then I heard a scatter, but it was only a rat, but I was terrified of rats, so I quickly ran to the attic. But, I heard a hooowwwl, but it was just a wolf. But, just in case, I ran to the basement. But then, I saw cake, and I saw eyes and then I heard a voice say: “Go away, this is my cake!!!” So I just ran out of the house screaming and scared.

But then I saw another house, so I walked up the steps and I heard a creak!

Once There Was A Cat

Qistina Adzni, 8
Angell Elementary

Once there was a cat
who had 1,000 hats
and her name was Pat.
She lived in a skyscraper
that had 79 floors.
In her room,
she had a big broom.
She loves to sweep
wheat in her room.
She lost 100 fundred hats
but she didn’t like those hats
anyway.
She loves to eat geese feet
and she drinks cheese juice.
She has a friend named Bob
and he likes to eat lobster.
Pat the Cat drove a
star car.
She had a cuddly snake
that loved to bake.
She had a T.V.
that lit up with LED lights.
Her bed was wet
because she had a chemistry set.
Her set was broken
because a toad took it.
The toad took the set to the road.
Pat loves reading books
that have Captain Hook.
One day Bob married Pat
and there were lots of cats.
They had lots of fat kitty cats.
Then, they lived happily ever after.

Rocks: A Dialogue

Joey Brar, 7
Northside Elementary

The first rock said, “I’m bored! I want to move!”

“I’m not -- no homework!” said the other rock.

“We can move if someone kicks us, but who will kick us?”

“A rock can’t.”

“I mean a person.”

“Oh.”

“I just got kicked! Whoo! That was fun, see? But I want to move myself….”

The Mystery of the Sick Farmer

Zalie Burnstein, 7
Angell Elementary

There once was a pig, but not just an ordinary pig: he was a detective. Here, let’s start at the beginning.

So, there once was a farm. The farm had lots of animals, but only one pig! So, one day at the farm, the owner didn’t come out to feed the animals because he was sick! But, how did he get sick? So, the detective snuck out of his pen and started on his case.

He started looking. He started at the farmer’s house. He went inside and he was so amazed: muddy footprints! (And, they looked like deer prints, fox, and dog!) But, he also saw some liquid and mud leading out the window.

He followed them, then the footprints led him to a fox’s cave! He went in and got the fox! And said: “Go, you!” But the fox was uninterested and the pig went back to his pen and no one ever knew about it. The farmer and the pig lived happily ever after.

Butterbraputercheeantraffeman

Qistina Adzni, 8
Angell Elementary

Once there was a piñata that came alive. It had wings like a butterfly and the body of a zebra. It also was as smart as a computer, as fast as a cheetah, had legs as small as ants, a neck as long as a giraffe’s, and the head of a human. It was black, pink, green, and brown, had glasses, and had long hair. The creature was called a butterbraputercheeantraffeman.

It was a secret pet of a kid named Blafarood. On Blafarood’s 9th birthday, he told the butterbraputercheeantraffeman he had to turn back to a piñata so his parents didn’t have to buy a new one. But, instead of turning back in a piñata, he turned into a robot statue.

A curator once found the robot statue and put it in a museum. The robot statue turned alive again one night and snuck out of the museum and turned back into a piñata just in time for Blafarood’s party. 

The End!

The Pie Competition

Zalie Burnstein, 7
Angell Elementary

I look for a book -- a cookbook in specific --
so I can cook.
But my table just shook!
How?
I have an idea!
I’ll bake a pie…
wait, but why?
Well, I have to compete,
but mine’s too sweet!
Well then,
I’ll beat the batter!
Will it matter?
Wait, what’s that patter?
It’s the ladder!
Wait, it’s the judge
and he has a smudge
of fudge.
But he is not my friend
and, by the way,
that’s the end!

A Book Named Hoice

Harmony Morales, 8
Angell Elementary

Once a cook had a book, a magic book.
The book can talk with a normal voice; its name was Hoice.
Hoice always says nonsense words:
“Love cupcake,” said Hoice (that is a recipe).
You need flour, eggs, and a big pink heart.
(A big piece of candy is the big pink heart.)
“Sart,” said Hoice.
“What?” said the cook.
The cook, he thought and thought and thought.

The End

Moving to Michigan

Daniel Han, 8
Thurston Elementary

First, I was in Ohio, but I came to Michigan. So, I was happy to go to the new school and have new friends--and the new school and new friends were nice to me. I was so excited to have nice friends, so I was nice to them too. Even my teachers in the school are good to me.

I am happy to be a second grader. When I was in first grade, my homework was easy, but in second grade, it is hard to do even though the classes are the same size.

Two Weddings

Harmony Morales, 8

Angell Elementary

Once there was a Princess. She had the longest hair in the whole world. One day, a Prince came up to her and they met in a store. The Prince said, “Can I marry you?” The Princess said, “Yes!”

The next day was the royal meeting. At the meeting, she met a different Prince. The Prince said, “Can I marry you?” and she said “Yes!”

The next day, she looked at her calendar and was shocked. She screamed, “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! I planned two weddings on the same day (which is today) at the same time: 3:00AM - 6:00PM!”

So, she decided to go to the Prince she met in the store and told her best servants to lift her up in the air and take her through the crowds to find the Prince. When they found him, she said, “Sorry, I cannot marry you.” The Prince was sad. 

“But you promised me,” he said. 

“I know,” she replied. She gave him an invitation to the other wedding and she and the second Prince lived happily ever after.