The Reporter (Vacaville)

Smiles are always in style

- Marilynn Anderson

A funny fill-in story is all about laughing, so have a good time filling in the blanks.

Hello! Here I am, Mrs. ________, your school's librarian here at _______ School, home of brave and ________ students! You filled in a survey asking for certain _______ books, and I need to talk to you again before I place my order online.

HEY! Why do you want to read about _______? Why do you want a book with at least _______ pictures of this, and directions for building a _______ using old ________s and ________s found in the creek after a big rain? That's just really _______!

YES, we did just have a big rain one year ago, but as far as I know, nothing that ________ washed up. True, a few ________s were seen floating downstream and a huge ________ fell into the creek, plus a box of _________ that slid down the embankment and clogged the creek, causing water to overflow onto people's _______. One family had a _______ in their yard and a cage with a _______ in it, and they lost it all.

NOW: I have ordered everything found in the last school Book Order pages, so that should make you feel very _______. There will be ______ copies of each book, and by far the most exciting book is “Maybe Baby,” that tells the ________ story of a baby ________ who lost his memory and thinks his mother is a _______.

ALSO: I've ordered “Mr. _______ Marries a ________!” This book has true scientific informatio­n that you may find useful if you want to grow up to become a _______ !

NEXT: A popular author named “Pam Demic,” has written a _______ book filled with pictures of ________ wearing ________s and running away from ________ that are trying to _________! Yes, this is a mystery book and even if you read the book _______ times, you will never understand the ending.

AND: I ordered _______ copies of “Santa Claus Morphs Into a _______.” Yes, Santa can do magical things, and this book features The Elf on the Shelf, who is already sitting all over our campus. This year, the Elf is invisible and sees every ______ thing we do, and is constantly sending messages plus pictures to The North Pole.

WOW! The Tooth Fairy is really a small, flying _______! This informatio­n, plus other _______ facts, is found in a book I ordered titled “U R A _______!” Everything in this book is _______ and can help you to feel _______ just before you go to bed each night. Good reading and `Bye for now!

— Marilynn Anderson is the author of “MustKnow Words ~ 100 High Frequency Sight Words for Each Grade: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 ~ Words all Set in Sentences by Grade Level for Quick and Easy Proficienc­y Practice,” found at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

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