The Bailey School Kids

The Bailey School Kids is a series of Books. I love the Bailey School Kids. It is so interesting. I am always after any of the books in this series. The adventures of the Bailey School Kids series are so fascinating.

My recommendation – pick up any book in the series, if you get a chance, you will be glad! I am sure about it!  

The books are about four children, Liza, Melody, Eddie and Howie. Liza and Melody are girls, while the other two are boys. The books are like mystery and adventure books.

There is usually a person, a weird person in the book. The kids suspect he or she is a monster, vampire, ghost, skeleton or something scary. Sometimes, the character might seem nice. I mean the ‘bad’ mystery guy. Though they might seem nice, they are usually up to something. In the stories, one or two of them say the weird person is a monster or something and the others argue, so to prove that the weird person is monster or something the kids who believe that the weird person is a monster do crazy and adventurous stuff. Then, at the end of the stories, the kids usually discover that the monster or something is really a weird person.

In other stories, they don’t really solve the mysteries or explanation of whether the person is a monster or something is not really so clear.

I am always feeling really glad that I read a book of this series. I read it because I love adventure stories and these stories are great if you are mystery or an adventure lover. I love both, so I say these books are totally great.

I usually like the plot, and the way everything turns out most in the stories. I sometimes feel scared when I read them, sometimes I laugh, sometimes I feel so sad and sometimes I am so happy. It is a roller-coaster ride of emotions.

I also like the way it is written by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones. The illustrations in the book are also very good and apt to the story.

Amazing Venice

Recently I went to Venice on vacation with my family. I loved it. Venice is a city of water. It has a grand canal, beautiful as it is and many small , narrow peaceful canals. The whole city is built on water. Its wonderful if you spend a lot of time in water (boats). So wonderful Venice is with all the water!

As the city of Venice has canals instead of roads, we went around by water-bus most of the time. Water bus is the main mean of getting around in Venice. On one of the water-bus ride, I saw a huge cruise ship. I was very excited to see such a huge cruise as I have never seen a real life cruise before.

On another occasion, I saw a small motor boat with a cute dog on the front deck. We then came up with a name of 'captain doggy' for him. Apart from the water-bus, there were many other kinds of boats with different color codes; water taxis, post boats to deliver letters, police boats, traffic police boats, very small sail boats to cross the canals, and the most magnificent gondolas! There were some boats loaded with boxes of goods and they looked kind of funny. I was told they are like water-trucks or goods carriers.

The system of water-bus is neat and there are floating bus stops! The water-bus stops and water bus scenery is really nice. One last thing, Venice would not be worth visiting at all without the wonderful water.
 

The grand canal is wide and winds straight through the Venice. Four water-buses and four gondolas can fit comfortably side-by-side in it. The beautiful waters of the grand canal are at their best at sunset. I love the grand canal. Walk along the grand canal, with a cone of Gelato in your hand is very good!

We also went to the Rialto bridge. The Rialto bridge is over the grand canal in the middle of the city.












It is the most famous bridge of Venice. The ancient Rialto bridge is magnificent. I love it. The view of the grand canal from the Rialto bridge is very beautiful, especially at night.
One thing which I did not like about the Rialto bridge is that it is always a bit crowded. At night its all lighted up and looks really nice and peaceful. On the Rialto bridge we also saw a bride and groom. They were there for a photo-shoot. The bride was looking very beautiful in her long white wedding gown.


We saw lots of bridges and small canals. It was wonderful. The gondola ride was the most memorable moment of my Venice visit. I think, it may not sound so wonderful, but if you experience it, it is! I wish we'd never left Venice.





























The little bridges which cross the small canals are also beautiful. I love these bridges. They are tiny, peaceful and the view of the small canals and the gondolas from them is very good. The first time I went on those little bridges, I liked them at once. They were so cute!











One thing, you must take a gondola ride when you are in Venice. They may be a bit expensive, but they are worth it! The teeny-weeny small canals are so good! There are only foot bridges and gondolas to let you have a peek at these wonderfully cute canals. Two gondolas can barely squeeze together in those peaceful and beautiful canals. On the side of the small canals are the walls of the buildings, beautiful water and bridges are up ahead.

Emily's New Class

"Oh, no!" Emily cried! She was really upset. Her dad had just showed her an e-mail he had received from her school. Emily went to Boxer Elementary School. She was in 4G, in Ms. Gealy's class. She had made lots of friends there and she loved her class. She did not want to move, and now there was a new 4^th grade section and she had been put there! Emily was really sad. She loved her classroom, she loved her teacher, and she loved her classmates. She, Emily did not want to go to the new class! Besides, she was not sure how her new teacher was going to be like. Also, they (everyone) were going to transfer tomorrow! Emily hoped her friends were in the new class. She would ask and find out tomorrow (hopefully).

When tomorrow came, she asked every one of her friends, but only one or two were in her class, she was so disappointed, she wanted to stay in Ms. Gealy's class, not go to the new teacher (Ms. Honey's) class. But, after thinking about it, maybe she will like her new friends, teacher and the classmates more than in Ms. Gealy's class. She would just have to wait and see. After lunch time, Ms. Gealy called for their attention and she told them sadly that the time to move to 4H (the new section) had come. She said that she will miss them and she gave Emily and all the other students who were moving a candy as a good-bye present. When Emily got an idea of who were moving, she almost burst out crying. She did not want to leave her friends! Her friends were also sad to leave her. They too almost cried. Everyone was sad. Some people who were leaving even started to cry! Emily soon joined in. She tearfully collected her belongings and lined up to go to the new class.

When she went in the new class, she was surprised. It looked so bright, cheerful and welcoming! Emily loved the classroom. Their teacher soon assigned them the seats and told them to put their stuff away. Then Emily's class did introductions and then they were introduced about the new classroom. Emily was delighted. They had a garden with a fountain just out the back door and they could have their snacks outside if they wanted to.

Emily was glad she had moved there, though she still missed her friends. Then Emily and her class went out to see the garden, take a quick look at the fountain and came back to class. After a while, Emily's class had recess. Emily was glad to see her friends and everyone had fun. After the recess they went out in the garden again and discussed the class routine and stuff.

Then it was time to go home. Emily loved her new class. Most importantly, she now knew that her new teacher was very nice. Emily loved the move.