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Room 27 Second Grade

Sycamore Elementary School

Orange, CA

Published and Edited by Helen E. Ramsay

Anaheim, California

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The Adventures of Sammy the Caterpillar

Copyright © 2011 by Helen E. Ramsay

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced

or transmitted in any form or by any means without written

permission from the author/publisher.

Printed in the United States of America by

InstantPublisher.com

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Authors and Illustrators

David Alvarez, age 8

Diego Anaya, age 9

Rogelio Arroyo, age 8

Brandon Cardenas, age 8

Janitzin Cortez, age 8

Jason Do, age 8

Luis Flores, age 7

Angelica Fortuna, age 7

Karla Mae Garcia, age 8

Mia Hernandez, age 7

Ricardo Hernandez, age 7

Peter Herrera, age 7

Darah Lopez, age 7

Jonathan Magana, age 9

Stephany Pelayo, age 7

Kiara Pineda, age 7

Alejandra Ramirez, age 8

Pedro Ramirez, age 7

Mark Serna Vega, age 8

Joseph Shumaker, age 8

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Introduction

Sammy the Caterpillar came to visit our class

during our science unit. Each student got their very own

caterpillar. We watched with enthusiasm each caterpillar

grow, molt, grow and finally turn into a chrysalis. Then

one magical morning, butterflies began emerging from the

chrysalises. And that began the story of The

Adventures of Sammy the Caterpillar. This book is the

result of the efforts of 20 second grade students. They

all contributed, not only story ideas, but they actively

selected just the right adjectives, verbs and dialogue.

They worked hard to make all the illustrations. I think we

all learned making a book was hard work – but it was fun

too! Congratulations Room 27!

Acknowledgements

Thank you to the Rotary Club of Orange, California

for the mini-grant which made the publication of this book

possible.

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NCE upon a time there was a

little caterpillar named Sammy.

Sammy was ‘born’ one beautiful

spring day. Actually, he hatched

out of an, itty-bitty, tiny turquoise

egg. The itty-bitty, tiny turquoise

egg was resting on an enormous

green leaf.

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Then he got SUPER hungry and

started chewing on the leaf.

“Delicious” thought Sammy.

“Yummy!” shouted Sammy. He ate

and he ate.

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While he was busy eating a dark

scary shadow loomed over the leaf.

He looked up only to see a huge

black wing and a giant sharp beak

only inches away.

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“Hide!” shouted a voice from

another leaf. Sammy frantically

scurried to the edge of the leaf and

dove under the leaf.

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“Wow that was close! Don’t you

know to hide from crows?” scolded

Lily. Lily was another caterpillar,

just a little bigger that Sammy.

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“Th—th—thanks” whispered Sammy.

He crawled over to Lily’s leaf. “My

name is Sammy,” he said and stuck

out all his legs to shake hands with

Lily. “I’m Lily,” she said. “It’s nice to

have a friend.”