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knpb.org/writerscontest

The KNPB Winners

KINDERGARTEN1st Place: “The Enchanted Forest” by Hannah BrookfieldElementarySchool

2nd Place: “All About Amazing Polar Bears” by Amarah NancyGomesElementarySchool

3rd Place: “Amazing Starfish” by Tatila AliceSmithElementarySchool

FIRST GRADE1st Place: “Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Peyton HonorsAcademyofLiterature

2nd Place: “Panda Facts” by Nolan SpanishSpringsElementarySchool

3rd Place: “Sloths” by Natalee NancyGomesElementarySchool

SECOND GRADE1st Place: “The Amazing Family” by Rozanitzia GraceWarnerElementarySchool

2nd Place: “Fred the Shark” by Greyden NancyGomesElementarySchool

3rd Place: “Kid Anonymous” by Zach SierraNevadaAcademyCharterSchool

THIRD GRADE1st Place: “The Girl who Traveled to England!” by Brooke NancyGomesElementarySchool

2nd Place: “Andy’s Ocean Adventure” by Ryann SpanishSpringsElementarySchool

3rd Place: “The Ring of Donovan” by Bryce BrownElementarySchool

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Our community PBS member station, KNPB, serving northern Nevada and northeastern California, is proud to take part in the KNPB PBS KIDS Writers Contest.

Few things can capture a child’s imagination like a good book. KNPB PBS KIDS Writers Contest invites children, kindergarten through third grade, in communities across our area to use their boundless imaginations to create original stories and illustrations and then submit them to their local PBS station. This year, more than a thousand children from northern Nevada and northeastern California participated in the KNPB PBS KIDS Writers Contest, building their creative voices, and developing critical reading and writing skills.

Visit our website at knpb.org/writerscontest to find out more about the contest, read the winning stories and watch the winners announce their stories.

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KINDERGARTEN: 1st Place

“The Enchanted Forest” by Hannah

Brookfield Elementary School

One day in the Enchanted Forest there

were fairies playing.

Then dinosaurs came to the Enchanted Forest.

The dinosaurs wanted to live in the forest,

so they threw rocks at the fairies to squish them.

They took the flat fairies out of the forest.

Another fairy that lived near by, came to help

the fairies.

She used a spell to unsquish them.

The fairies came to life and said, “That was

amazing!”

The fairies went back home.

The dinosaurs decided they could share the Enchanted Forest.