A Letter to the Beautiful Grand Canyon Railway Train Conductor (by William)

                                                                                                August 23, 2015

Dear Ms. Shaundalee,

Thank you for an awesome train ride for the Grand Canyon.  In your car I had a very good view.  I saw cows, horses, birds, the Grand Canyon, the Marshall (from the Cowboy Show), and the Colorado River. 

(The day we took the train ride happened to be Ms. Shaundalee's birthday--Happy Birthday!)

(Good view from the train)

My favorite part about the train ride was when the train started moving.  But, now I am back in California, and if I go back to Arizona, I hope to see you again. 

You can contact me by email or you can visit my blog.  Welcome to visit me in California.

Yours truly,

William

Can you believe it?  Email from Shaundalee came during Labor Day Weekend!!!

Hi William,

It was so nice to get your letter today! I am so happy that you and your family had a great time riding with me. So glad you all had a fun time! 

If you and your family come visit Arizona again please come visit us. If you all decide to ride on the train again you can alway request to have me as your PSA.

I am happy to see you all had a safe vacation and made it home safely. 

I'm going to put my pictures in my train scrapbook along with your letter and the picture you drew me!

Thank you again! Be a good boy! Hope your doing well in school and having fun with your friends. Tell your mom and dad I said hi and thank you to them as well. Your family is amazing! Stay happy! Always smile. :)

Your PSA,

Shaundalee

Seella (by Jennifer, guest columnist from Sydney, Australia)

Jennifer, age 7, lives in Sydney, Australia. She has read a lot of William and Ethan's blogs. She likes reading, writing, drawing and dancing. She has a younger sister called Ashley who likes to build Lego a lot. Jennifer will turn 8 in this coming October.

One day an Arctic miracle is born and a great adventure awaits this polar bear family. Find out more in Seella.

Once in a cold ice cave, a female gave birth to two polar bear cubs, an Arctic miracle, a boy and a girl, twins.

After a few months, the polar bear family set out into the cold icy world. A snowstorm blew up. Seella, the girl twin saw her brother collapse. Seela's mother covered him with snow, he still did not wake up.

Seella and her mother had to leave him behind for that they had to find food.

Seella's mother spotted a seal, ran up, pounced and it was dead. For that it was the last meal they would have in a long time.

Weeks passed, Seella grew older but they still had no meal. Because of this, Seella's mother is forced to do something early.

The ice sheet was forming later and later in winter, so Seella's mother could not find enough food for two. Seella's mother grunted at Seella meaning for her to leave but Seella did not move. Seella's mother grunted again but fiercer and louder this time. Seella understood and ran away before her mother decided to chase her away.

Seella wondered alone on the cold ice floor, a Arctic fox was following behind her. Arctic foxes are scavengers and like to follow polar bears for they are the top predators in the Arctic. Nothing in the Arctic can kill a polar bear except another polar bear. Since then tilt of the earth has returned to where it started and Seella is able to find food.

When Seella is hibernating, she gives birth, another Arctic miracle twins, a boy and a girl.

Weather (by William)

Note: A book written and typed by William.

Front Cover

Weather

Author: William

Illustrator: William

August 10, 2015

Table of Contents

1. Bad Weather.....................................................p.1

2. Weak Weather..................................................p.2

3. Freeze!..............................................................p.3

4. Conclusion........................................................p.4

5. Glossary............................................................p.4

Bad Weather

Complaining about bad weather? Well in this story you will learn about weather and how it forms. So, off you go, to a world of weather.

First, I will introduce you to tornadoes. A tornado is formed by cold, dry air from Canada and warm, moist air from Gulf of Mexico collide on the Great Plains.

Hurricanes also known as Typhoons, are extremely dangerous because your home could be washed away. Hurricanes start in the ocean with a group of thunderstorms that get together and move toward the land.


Weak Weather

Remember about the bad weather? Well don’t worry this time I’m introducing the weak weather.

Dust devils are weak relatives of tornadoes and they suck up only dust and sand. They are seen in California and Nevada.

Waterspouts are also weak relatives of tornadoes. They are found in the Florida Keys and the Gulf of Mexico. Waterspouts are formed by clouds moving forward to the oceans or lakes, and by the unstoppable wind.

Freeze!

You never know what will happen when cold weather strikes. 

Blizzards are similar to snowstorms but much bigger. Blizzards are simply snow and hail. Blizzards form the same way as thunderstorms do, but with snow and/or hail.

Conclusion

I like what I wrote and I hope you like it too.

Glossary

Hail: frozen rain.

Rain: when clouds have too much moisture, rain forms and falls.


Back Cover

About the Author (written by mom with suggestions from William)

William is 8 years old and he lives in California.  He enjoys reading, traveling, and thinking of cool ideas for children’s books, and he is very sweet and diligent.  He is the co-author of the famous children’s blog: http://worldthroughchildrenseyes.blogspot.com/

Going to Las Vegas (by William)

Right after my summer camp, we went to Las Vegas and it was fun.  

We picked up my cousin and drove for a long time.  We arrived at Nevada and California’s border line, then quickly reached Las Vegas afterwards.

The hotel we stayed in was called MGM Grand, the 2^nd largest hotel in the world!  In the room, the curtain was opened so we tried to close the sheer layer of the curtain.  In the lobby there were many stores and one store had robotic walking cats, pigs, and dogs.

We also went to ride the High Roller, an observation wheel on the hotel strip.

(Source: https://www.caesars.com/linq/high-roller)

I really liked the trip to Las Vegas and I suggest you should go there too.

Cool Inventions (by William)

I thought about inventions yesterday and I am thrilled to write about them.

We will start off with the flying cars.  Flying cars are equipped with wings and can fly up to the thermosphere.  They can also fly over natural disasters.  Next, I thought about the Hoover Dam’s rockiness, so I am planning a climbing car.  Climbing cars can climb rocks.  Third, in case of heavy snow, I had the perfect plan of making a snowshoe car.  Snowshoe cars are cars that can drive through snow, and the wheels are on snowshoes. 

Now I will talk about house improvements.  Shields on houses are invisible and you have to press a button to turn them on. Flood shields make water go over your house.  Last, tornado shields make houses stay together when a tornado is passing through your house.

I hope you enjoyed my ideas.