1. Southeast Literature Magazine Space Craze 2010

2. By Mairi, Grade 4 Space Haiku By Lydia, Grade 4 Darkness, shining light Planets rushing by my ship Flying by the stars By Mykaila, Grade 1 p. 2

3. By Katie, Grade 4 Crazy Bob Who Lives on Mars By Nina, Grade 1 Once upon a time, there was an alien named Bob. Bob lived on Mars. He made everyone laugh. One day he went to school, wondering why everyone laughed at him. He learned so much in such little time. Soon he was smarter than any other alien! Then he went home to Mars and never got laughed at again. By Fawn, Kindergarten p. 3

4. Space By Finn, Grade 4 S pectacular P art of science A mazing C ool E mpty Space By Jesse, Grade 1 Space Big dark Spinning, shooting, moving Planets orbit the sun Outer space By Lydia, Grade 4 Rockets & Asteroids By Dylan, Kindergarten p. 4

5. By Emerson, Grade 1 Stella Luna Con By Katie, Grade 4 Stella: Twinkling like a diamond A tiny speck of light Yet nothing compared to the greatness Of the darkness of the night Luna: A silver orb of beauty Shining in the night Portrayer of great romance And also of terrible fright Con: Two beautiful objects Both bringers of shining light Peaceful, gliding in the sky Sunshine in the night By Ruby, Grade 2 Venus By Noam, Grade 1 If I went to Venus, I wouldn’t fly because Venus is a hot planet and I could catch on fire. By Madison, Kindergarten p. 5

6. By Erica, Grade 4 By Rumaysa, Kindergarten Space Haiku By Carrie, Grade 4 Earth orbits in space While the sun beats down on it Space is amazing! Space By Caitrin, Grade 4 Dark, Mysterious Spinning, Twisting, Shining Known as the Final Frontier Scary, Unknown Peace p. 6

7. By Hannah, Grade 1 Once upon a time we went to the moon and the stars and space. I was hungry and went home and played with my other fairies. By Raghad, Kindergarten By Jacki, Grade 3 p. 7 By Lydia, Grade 4 Grade 4

8. In Space By Braden, Grade 1 There are millions of stars in space. Space is a very dark place to be. There are a lot of planets in space. Aliens live in space. Space has no air. The moon is bright white. Space is cool! p. 8 There’s never any life out here ! ? Oh my gosh! Aaaah! Let me get this straight, you’re an alien? Maybe we can be friends. Yah! Yes! Minka Who is he? The chief. Come Hi, Parents! Where did the humans go? Burp!! Space Comic By Brandon, Grade 4 By Caleb, Grade 4

9. Space By Keith, Grade 4 Space Perfect Awesome Cool and fun Everywhere outside of our planet By Aaron, Kindergarten By Ali, Grade 1 By Ben, Kindergarten p. 9

10. Spaceship By Andrew, Grade 4 Supremely Popular Amazingly Catchy Efficiently Super Hope Is Perfect By Ali, Grade 3 The Moon By Sarah & Smaranda written in Grade 3 By Ricky, Kindergarten p. 10

11. By Annie, Grade 2 Background illustration by Brooke, Kindergarten Snow By Kobe, Grade 4 Snow falling to the ground White snow falters all around The snow is like a meadow of white It looks beautiful when it hits the light Some people like to stay warm But little kids think its mold p. 11 Work that is "out of this world"

12. Random News By John, Grade 4 “ The tubbies are attacking! Random resources show they came in a tubby carrier from the far reaches of the galaxy. Who knows how many more there are? AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! They’re coming this w---“ BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!! (Mechanical voice) “WE ARE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES PLEASE STAND BY… “ RUN EVERY ONE!!!!! PANIC AND RUN IN CIRCLES!!! AAAAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! ***faint***” By Caroline, Grade 2 By Brooke, Grade 4 p. 12

13. Space Tanka By Annie, Grade 4 Crystal white stars Spaceships blasting off to space Gigantic black sky Planets spinning in orbit Black holes sucking everything By Catherine, Grade 1 By Bridget, Kindergarten By Lizzie, Kindergarten By George, Preschool p. 13

14. The Moon By Amy, Grade 1 I wish I could go to the moon. I would love to. But we need an air suit. By Leah, Grade 4 By Scott, Grade 1 I visited the smallest planet in the world. I was scared at the beginning. When I got closer I wasn’t scared. Maddie’s Space Trip By Maddie, Grade 1 One day Maddie got to go on a space trip. Then Maddie was all rady (ready) in space so cuik (quick). She looked at everything even the aleene (alien) ship! Then the end. p. 14

15. La la la Mars Adventure By Travis, Grade 4 I have been staring at red rocks for 7 years. Hello Ha Ha Ha Ahhh!! Yea! No! p. 15

17. Space By Annie, Grade 1 I went to the stars. I see the moon. I see the sun. I see Mars. I want to go home. By Kim, Grade 3 By Caitlin, Grade 4 Pluto By Gavin, Grade 1 Pluto is dark blue. Pluto is not a planet. It is far away. p. 17

18. Lego Star Wars By Ethan, Grade 1 Lego Star Wars is a game, not just a movie. There are 6 movies of Star Wars. Some of the Star Wars movies are funny. By Ethan, Grade 1 The Event of White Space By Simone, Grade 4 By Bianca, Grade 1 By William, Grade 1 One day I wanted to go to another planet. To help me make the special ship, we decided to go to the rings of Saturn. We made the ship and took off once we landed. p. 18

19. By Kim, Grade 3 By Carrie, Grade 4 Harry Potter in Space By Layne, Grade 1 Once upon a time, Harry potter went to Mars. It was beyond awesome. There were reading books everywhere. Ron and Ron’s brothers were there. Then Harry, Ron and Ron’s brothers flew back to Earth. But when they got back to there was nothing to do except play video games and they hated to do that. So they went back to Mars. Space ! By Ryan, Grade 4 S uperbly Alien Infested P ampered By All Of Its Dwellers A mazingly Big C ontinues On And On E ternally Dark By Michael, Kindergarten p. 19