Winning Poem

My Poem

Here comes the bride
Nice and bright
Who likes to drink lovely wine
Went for a ride
Thought of a slide
Made up her mind
Rush to the side
To catch a fly
Bought some fries
to share with her friends

By Michelle, age 8, who goes to Exeter Central Library

Winning Jokes

This funny joke was sent in by Ariel, age 14, who goes to Barnstaple Library

Q. What do you call a cross between a sheep and a kangaroo?
A. A woolly jumper !

This joke was sent in by Natasha, age 10, who goes to Newton Abbot Library

Q. Why was the Egyptian boy confused ?
A. Because his Daddy was a Mummy!

Lola

Once upon a time there was a lovely little girl called Lola.

Lola was 6 years old, her birthday is tomorrow and she will become 7 years old.

Lola lived with her brother Sam and her mum Mrs Valentines. Lola had a dog called Goldy. Goldy loved to play and spend time with Lola.

Chapter 1

On Lola’s birthday she opened her first gift from Goldy. Goldy gave Lola a picture of a puppy eating a bone, Sam gave her a make up set and Mum said she will give her present to her at the circus tonight. Sam, Lola and her mum were going to the circus tonight to celebrate Lola’s birthday.

Chapter 2

Lola, Sam and mum got dressed to go to the circus. Lola wore a beautiful glittering dress. Sam wore a suit and mum wore a top and skirt. They hopped in the car and drove off to the circus. When they got there they gave the tickets to the lady. She gave them a number, it was 46 the lady said it was the best seat in the circus. When they found their numbers and sat on their seats, they could see everything. After a while Lola’s mum went to the circus ring and bought three packets of crisps, three smoothies and three packets of candy.

Lola’s mum went back to her seat and gave Lola a packet of crisps, a smoothie, and a packet of candy. Lola’s mum gave Sam the exact same.

Chapter 3

Finally the show began, a clown came and started telling very funny jokes like what do you call a sleeping dinosaur.............A dino-snore and many more. After that some acrobats came and did some roly-poly and back flips and somersaults. Then a man did some juggling with some knives. For the big finale a man brought a elephant to the stage, suddenly the elephant went MAD!        

It started to jump and kick and scratch. The audience were terrified but Lola knew what to do she ran as fast as she could to the telephone and called the animal control services. In a minute the animal control services came and controlled the elephant. The panicking stopped and a man came to Lola and said “Well done little one, you are very clever to know the animal control services phone number” and he gave Lola a badge. On the way home, Lola’s mum gave Lola a pencil case for her present, it had a pencil, a rubber, a sharpener and a pen. The next day Lola played with all her gifts and lived happily ever after.

THE END!

Natasha, age 10, who goes to Newton Abbot Library, reviewed The Twits by Roald Dahl

The Twits front cover took me in and I could not wait to read it. They played tricks on each other and they got bigger and better. They were ugly and they had no friends. The pictures that were in there were really funny, the pictures got me to read the book. When I started reading , I could not stop. They caught birds to eat in piess and stuff like that , they tried to catch little boys, but they got away. The story was funny and I would read it again.

This review of The Declaration by Gemma Malley, was sent to me by Deborah, age 8, who goes to Barnstaple Library.

This book is about a teenage girl called Anna. In the begining, she hates her parents, but everything changes when Peter arrives. The book is set in the future where there is a drug which makes you live forever! Anna is a surplus, which means she wasn't meant to be born because of everyone living forever; but she was. I loved this book because of it's fast moving pace.