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What an awesome and amazing, wonderful story!

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I think the mood of the stories Chris Van Allsburg made are about how what you want isn't always the best choice, and I loved when Peter tried to tell his parents about what happened and they just laughed. I thought he ended the story in a fine way of the two kids running away with the game. I've watched the movie, I have the game and played it, and now I've read the original book! I've also seen the two other movies, and I love the story line. Chris made it to where I can't stop reading/watching. The thing with good books is that you feel a very strong bond with the characters, and feel what they feel. This is definitely one of those books. I recommend this book seventy-four out of five, which is accurate. There are very few books that top Jumanji, and he has a great way of telling the mood. Another book that gets it across better is Just A Dream. It shows it by showing the future, which is what he wants, but ends up not wanting to, and changes his life. He learns to not do anything bad, and plants a tree. He sees it in the future, and everything is OK. I think this was also a very good book and gets a good point across. I think the themes go together, because Just A Dream's mood was patience is key, because he wanted the future, but it ended up bad. Jumanji was patience is key, also because they just needed to wait until their parents arrived.

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I think that Jumanji is a beautifully written book that talks about adventure and not to do things that you aren't supposed to. I would totally jump into the game if I could (assuming I don't get hurt) and I would probably love the adventure. I would recommend this book to so many people and kids who love fantasy and adventure. I think the theme of Jumanji is be careful. I say this because of the discription of the book and the pictures.

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The mood of Van Allsburg's books are surprising and funny he creates this mood by adding the twist at the end which adds the surprising and funny ending .

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I think the author of this book wrote this book to tell people the meaning of taking care of nature by stopping pollution. his mom makes him take out the trash out every night, he never takes time to sort the trash and recycle but he will regret that soon enough...

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The mood of the book Jumanji got me wondering if the kids were going to be ok and get in trouble by their parents when they got back. The mood was great it was very anxious and surprising at the end. I think he creates this mood and felling by going through his setting he really has a lot of power through his books and it is very surprising and either happy or sad in the end of his books. I think this book was great and very interesting it really made myself jump and suprised and the end. I really liked this book!

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I really liked the story Jumanji because it was written awesomely. I liked when the board game started to come life. Insted of the story staying at the same place the whole time Chris spiced it up a bit and made the story go wild! I mean literary wild! I would read it over and over again.

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I think Jumanji is wonderfully written.

Of course the movie was great too but the book is fantastic for someone who really enjoys adventure and a existing book. Chris did a huge favor to children with this book.

I would love to play Jumanji if it were real.

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The mood of The Widow's Broom got me anxiously waiting on the side of my seat to see what happened next, it also made me feel sad when the Broom was set on fire because it didn't deserve that. The mood switched to heartwarming at the end of the story when we were told that the Broom wasn't actually set on fire, it was actually just painted white. The mood of The Widow's Broom varied a lot but I think it was mostly very interesting and I enjoyed this!

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i think that the theme is that focuses on encouraging pepole to think about the environment, and how the choices they make today will affect them in the future that it afects the earth.

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I think the mood for Polar Express is supposed to be jolly but in the boys eyes I think the mood confusion for most of the story. He doesn't know why hes on the train for most of the time but when he gets to the north pole he finds out that he needs to get the first present. When he gets the silver bell he gets back on the train and the story shifts to sad. He finds out that there is a hole in his pocket and the bell fell out. he gets the bell from Santa when he gets home on Christmas morning. That's when the story shifts to happy.

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The mood of Jumanji is exciting and adventurous. it is ongoing and there is an exciting part about almost every page. it is about two kids who go to the park and find a board game that is free to anyone who wants it. They take it since they are bored and play it, but when they start to play it animals start coming out and putting the kids in danger.

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I think the theme of jamanji is dont jump into things

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I think the theme of two bad ants is, Dont stay back on something important.

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In the book polar express is one of my favorite book/movie the mood is jolly and happy, supper detailed. Billy was scard at first but found a friend. At the very end it was really happy they saw elfs and when he got home he got a bell it was VE#RY specil to him and he was happy. That night was very magicly.

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In the book Just a Dream I think the mood is kinda sad because whenever he had all those dreams you got to see what the earth looked like. I had never noticed how bad we were treated are earth until the author put it in that perspective. He made the book very realistic to what is happening in real life. I think the setting is kinda everything it is in the past, present and future. Chris Van include the setting very well in the instillation and dioulge.

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I think the mood for Jumanji is adventurous. In the story two kids find a board game in the middle of the park and take it home. At their house they start to play the game and find out whatever they land on appears in the house. They played the game through and at the end every animal that appeared went away and the house was back to normal. They went on an adventure through the board game so that is why i think the mood is adventurous.

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In the book Polar Express is sad and happy because Billy didn't really get much of an oppertunity as the other kids and hero girl and hero boy helped him and was a good friend.

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The mood for Polar Express is happy and sad because in the book the little boy was happy then sad and then happy again. Because he was happy going to the polar express and getting the bell from Santa but then he was sad when he lost it. At the end Santa gave the bell back in his christmas present so he was happy again

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I think that the mood is happy because they all get to visit the North Pole and have an amazing time. But it is also kind of sad because in the end no one believes in Santa or the power of Christmas. Chris Van Allsburg created the mood through detail in the writing as well as pictures that go along. The theme of this story is to believe what you think is true because even though at the end of the book no one else believed in the power of Christmas the little boy still did.

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The mood for the Polar Express is a mix up, in the beginning of "The Polar Express" it is happy because he gets to go on "The Polar Express" and he gets a sleigh bell. In the end-ish he was sad because he lost it but, then Santa delivers it back to him and it is a happy ever after.

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Kylee Dery, My book was:    Just a Dream 

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Kylee Dery, My book was:    Just a Dream 

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His mom makes him take the trash out every night, he never takes time to sort the trash and recycle the trash but sure enough he will regret that soon...

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So at night he was calm and sleeping in his bed and then there was a light that shined in his bed room so he went outside and there was a train and it was called the Polar Express, so it was calm cause Santa gave him the bell and when he got back in the train it was not there anymore but on Chrismas day he got a present from Santa and there is the bell so the mood of the story is very calm, and happy, and exiting

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the theme of the story the boy hers a train and get o it and goes to the north pole and gets a bell and looses it when he gets home he opens presents and finds his bell.

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The mood in "The Polar Express" changes in the story. The moods are sad, happy, and exciting. At the beginning of the story it is exciting and happy because the boy is going to the North Pole and he gets a bell. But, when he looses his bell the mood is sad and depressed. Finally, at the end of the story when Santa returns his bell the mood shifts back to happy again.

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In Just a Dream the mood changes throughout the story. It goes from sad to happy. In the start he is sad because the future was going to be terrible. In the end he stopped littering and his future was going to be great.

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I think the purpose of this movie/book is to tell you that always make sure you don't have any holes or anything and make sure you have what you need

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i think that the author made this story with exiting and happy mood .the boy wanted the bell so Santa gave it to him

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there is lots of action and something is always going on and they have to finish the board game so they can get the jungle animals out of their house.

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In Jumanji I think the theme is to never give up, because they never gave up on the board game even though it was scary.

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I think the theme is to not always trust what you find. I also think the theme is to never give up because they never gave up.

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I think that the author decided to make this story a exiciting and surprising story. Because it is exiciting when the game starts to come to life and the animals come out of the game.

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The theme is don't trust every thing you find. Because the kids find the game and play it but they should have left it alone.

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I think the mood is happy and scary for the ants.

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the mood was sad because the place where the kids home was covered in trash

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I think that the author made this story with an exciting and happy mood. The boy wanted the bell from Santa's sleigh, and he also went on the Polar Express, how is that not exciting?

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This story's mood is definitely festive and jolly.(Most of the time) It is clear that this is because of many reasons. Although, I think that the illustrations are the biggest part of it. Overall, I loved this story and loved Chris Van Allsburg's illustrations.

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This book/movie is very funny and the mood is happy. There are some scary parts of this book, like when they're on the ice and almost crash, But for the most part it's a very good book and i would read it again.

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In the story this one ant goes and finds wight Crystal/sugar and then all the ants go and get some from a sugar jar found in a khiten and then two ants decide they want to stay behind and eat all the crystals they want, but then they fall asleep and then get picked up by a schoop and then gets to go through a hole lot of challenges.

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In my opinion the mood is happy and it is a little sad when he lost his bell.

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The theme is very good and about the mood it is all very good

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he makes the illustrations very detailed and he uses a lot of descriptive words. In the story Polar Express, he created the mood with the pictures

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I think that jumanji accomplishes its mood by description because if you said It glowed it would not be interesting but if you said it glowed light was oozing out a faintly green tint could be seen like it knew it was found. then that will be interesting therefore I think the theme of Jumanji is Read carefully. because Pete did not read and he said "Whatever." and if he read carfully everything would be advoided

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I think the theme is not everything is safe. Because the kids could have died many times: lion, Rhino, Volcano and Python.

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the mood for his story's is fun and crazy . How he creates theme is how creative he is .

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In the book two bad ants I think the mood is wored becuse in the book they go into a house an get put in a pot of tea,put in a oven, put in a electricall sockit and put in a garbige despsal and he creates that mood by keeping you on your toes in this book and he does that in mostly his dialogue and illustrations.

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I think they story is a good life lesson for learning why you sure treat the earth with respect and then the effect you will get of it. the illustrations are a good part of the book as well because they help the reader with understanding what the setting looks like and what the boy is going through.

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I think the mood is happy, and sad because at the beginning and close to the end it was all upbeat and exiting. Also when the boy got his bell it was happy. Then when the boy was coming back to his house he realized he had lost the bell the mood changed to sad. I think the theme is believe what you think, because when the boy started to get older all of his friends didn't believe in Santa and they couldn't hear the bell but the boy believed and he could hear it still.

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I think the theme of Jumanji is to not pick up random things they could be very dangerous.

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The theme in jumanji is crazy and scary because of his illustrations .

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Walter and the bed are  the character in just a dream. The book in the future. Walter wants to live in the future but he relaser that the future was never like the book. Walter wants to live in the future but he relaser that the future was never like the book. The Theme in the book is that little things can make a dinfte. My favorite part is win the bed touk Walter to the  future after he planted a tree.

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The mood was a happy mood. When the boy wants a bell from Santa's reindeer and he went on the Polar Express and he met Santa and he made  the elf's cut a bell off of the reindeer's harness and gave the  first present of Christmas to the boy.

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I think the theme of jumanji is not to take things or to read carefully

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I think the theme of the book is to never give up. I think this because Judy and Peter didn't give up when all the bad stuff was happening

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The mood is scared, and calm. The theme is Don't pick what you want over whats good for everyone  else.

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The mood is exciting and crazy because of his illustrations and dialog.

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The theme of "The Polar Express" was that you can lose things, but sooner or later, you may (or may not) find the thing that you were looking for.

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the mood is tense and action packed

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the mood was clam and mild. He creates that mood thought out the whole story.
He is really good at adding those decriptive word so you fell like your right behind the charaer the whole time.

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at first he was waiting in his bed for Santa then he hears a train and looks outside and sees a train so he runs outside and hops on the train and then the mood gets more action cause they get to the north pole and everyone is cheering for Christmas

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In the story Polar express the theme/mood is a calm than sad than happy mood. He creates these moods by in the begining when the little boy gets on thr train to then when the little boy loses the bell, then he gets it back from santa on Christmas morning.

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the mood is that William has a long dream and he cant whak up so he whunts to not be in the fusher and he whunts to do the rhiet thang

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In the story, polar express Allsburg creates mood and feeling by adding detail. His illustrations also have what adds a realistic feel to his stories. I think the theme is to believe.

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                      Just a Dream                                              By Jackson Sullivan      

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                      Just a Dream                                              By Jackson Sullivan      

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I think the theme/mood of the story Just a Dream is to not take the world for granted and always aprishyate every thing you have.

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widows broom: by Chris Van Allsburg -adeline luder

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widows broom: by Chris Van Allsburg -adeline luder

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I think the theme/mood of the story I read was, "even though you might be left behind, doesn't mean you cant find someone else, you can find new life in the world" because the broom was left behind by the witch because he couldn't fly, nut he started to become an old widows worker, and friend. btw he can also play the piano for her.

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jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg                         bentley brandwein

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jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg                         bentley brandwein

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in jumanji i think the mood is scarcity and goofy because like every time they would have done a turn it would make something scary happen and they would freak out and run and then when it starts to happen they would realize that they have to make a turn in the game but and they were like freaked out and run so I thought that was goofy and funny but i think that the story could be better buy adding like the snake fell and grew maybe or the house dident get fixed

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in jumanji i think the theme is don't trust things even though they may seem friendly (life lesson don't also go behind spencer's)

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polar express                                                    -brownlie kleiss

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polar express                                                    -brownlie kleiss

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i think the theme is to believe in something for it to come true for example Santa clause.

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I think the mood Chris Van Allsburg uses a lot in Jumanji using a lot of intensity and mystery to his texts. Like in Jumanji how peter rolled the dice and a lion appeared right behind him.

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The Theme in this story is to listen and follow directions or there could be a big consequence to your actions. The mood in this story is Happy can change quickly to scare.

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I think the theme in this book is, even though some people might say stuff is not real that does not mean you can stop believing in it. For example at the end of the book he and his sister are the only ones that can hear the bell because they believe. Later on, his little sister did not believe then she could not hear the bell. If you think it is real then you don't have to stop believing in that thing.

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In the book "Just a Dream" The mood that the author made was, Walter was not a very good kid and didn't care about the earth at all so his bed traveled to the future and this shows the emotion and it makes you want to do better so the world doesn't end up how it probably will. I think he did a great job expressing the emotion of the character through his words and actions. In the end I am really glad Walter decided to change for the better.

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The mood of the book, Jumanji, has an exciting feel and is a little nerve-racking. He creates this feeling by making the book rather fast paced and adds intimidating animals/characters through the setting.

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I think the mood of "The Dream" is if you want to see the future it does not go well always.

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In The Widow's Broom the author uses really good illustrations to make the mood. The illustrations can tell you a lot about what is going on in the story and where the story is taking place. Illustrations transport you into the story its almost like being but your not actually there. Van Allsburg uses kind of a angry happy mood in his stories

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I think the theme of polar express is to be smart about things.

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I think the mood of "The polar Express" is you should always believe even if others do not which is a good theme/mood.

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I think the mood/setting is cautious and don't pick up random things you find in the woods that aren't yours.

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What happens in the story Jumanji is there was a boy and a girl Judy and Peter they get left home alone and they had to keep the house clean, and what happens in they go to the park and find a game and they play it once they got home, they didn't know how dangerous it was and what happens is they have a whole bunch of animals Lions, Rinos and monkeys its very nerve racking but by the end of the game Judy wins and everything goes back to normal, and the parents didn't believe Peter once he told them and, they learned by the end of the book, don't always trust things you find just laying around.

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In the book Polar Express the theme is to not let other people tell you what to believe. I say that because at the end of the book the boy gets a bell from Santa Claus, and his parents can't hear because they don't believe in Santa. Later on the boys friends and even his sister can't hear the bell because they stopped believing in Santa

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I think the theme is believe even win people tell do not believe and I think the mood is strange thin happy.

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I think the mood of the story goes from sad to sentimental he shows this through more of his words but does give the images a many and they can show how what going on might be going and even in the first problem it shows how the trash piles up really far and  easy to figure out that there really is a big count of trash.I love the meaning and the story really shows you how you should go as to be a good person in in the world and not ignore whats going on.  

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I think the mood of the story goes from sad to sentimental he shows this through more of his words but does give the images a many and they can show how what going on might be going and even in the first problem it shows how the trash piles up really far and  easy to figure out that there really is a big count of trash.I love the meaning and the story really shows you how you should go as to be a good person in in the world and not ignore whats going on.  

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I think the theme of jumanji is very exiting and scary.It could be exiting because you never know whats next and it could be scary because of the snake and lion.

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polar express                                     Easton Fraley

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polar express                                     Easton Fraley

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The theme of the story is a boy get's on a train and it takes them to the north pole. Then Santa gives the boy a bell but it falls out of his robe. On Christmas morning Santa finds his bell in his sled and gives it to the boy.

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I think the theme in Polar Express is to believe, since in the story the boy opens a gift and inside the gift was a bell. The boy and his sister can hear the bell but not his parents. Also at the end of the story he gets a ticket saying believe.

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In the book, Just A Dream, i think the theme is, The future doesn't have to have little robots and planes to fly and park on your roof, it just has to be IN the future, it doesn't have to have futuristic things like robots. There could be everything the same but just a different year, day, or month. It's still in the future where at least one thing is different. In this case, it is the two trees and the time.

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I think the mood is being in fear can be good but if you are too scared you can get yourself in a lot more truble than you had intended to be in .

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I think the theme in the story "Polar Express" is that believing and imagination is the key to a fun and happy life. Never stop believing. I also think mood is calm and mellow.

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I think the theme of Jumanji is to always finish what you start like in there case they start the board game and want to quit but they cant and have the preservere threw in the book until one of them finally reaches the end of the board game.

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In Jumanji the theme is to think before you act or you have to have eyes on the back of your head to make it.

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I think the mood is like eventful scarry and brethtaking 

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I think the mood is like eventful scarry and brethtaking 

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In the book Jumanji the theme is to think before you act that they can have consequences for an example he grabbed the book and played it after he read and thought that it was fine.

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In just the dream they all go to the to the future and have fun but the first future is bad but the 2nd one is good the message is not to litter or the future well be bad.

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I think the mood of the story is tired. He creates this mood because the ants were running around trying to get some sleep but things don't work out for them.

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In the book Jumanji i think that the theme is to think about your action because the could have consequences for example when Judy and peter open the box they have to keep playing while there are different events happening with every roll they make.

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I think the theme in the Polar Express is to believe. This is the theme because Hero Boy gets a ticket at the end of the movie that says believe. I also think the theme is believe because to hear the silver bell, you have to believe.

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I think the mood Chris sets out is exciting. In his story Jumanji he puts out a bunch of details in his illustrations. Also his characters feel a bunch of different emotions.

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In the story The Widows Broom, the author sets the scene with the illustrations. The illustrations can show how the characters are feeling, and give more visual details. Such as if they are mad, sad, or happy. It can also help you visualize the physical settings.

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I think the mood in Jumanji was excitement, because I feel like there were twists and turns from the lion in the bedroom, to the volcano in the living room. He creates the mood/feeling by waiting for the next thing to happen. The setting really comes alive by the pictures they have a better feel because they are 3D. When Peter and Judy find the game we all think what's gonna happen next. Right ? The suspense of what could go wrong fills the book. You really don't know what could happen next! I think the odd twist or spark you could say saw in the end when they saw the tow boys carrying the game jumanji game board.

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In the book The Widows Broom, the author sets the mood with the illustrations. The illustrations can tell you so much about how a character is reacting, and it gives more details. Such as expressions, and knowing if a character is mad, sad, or happy. It also can show the physical setting of the story to help use your imagination to visualize.