Congratulations

2019 Winners!

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The KNPB Winners

KINDERGARTEN1st Place: “The Flower Problem” by Mia BrookfieldElementarySchool

2nd Place: “Imagine If I Was a Rainbow” by Kaiden AliceSmithElementarySchool

3rd Place: “Imagine” by Evan SouthsideElementarySchool

FIRST GRADE1st Place: “Imagine a World Where There was No Cancer” by Ava, JessieBeckElementarySchool

2nd Place: “Space Adventure” by Peter BrownElementarySchool

3rd Place: “Imagine the Day in the Life of a Parrot” by Mia MindenElementarySchool

SECOND GRADE1st Place: “The 8 Glass Planets” by Ryan St.AlbertCatholicSchool

2nd Place: “Ocean is Missing” by Mady Homeschool

3rd Place: “The Mermaid” by Karissa EchoLoderElementarySchool

THIRD GRADE1st Place: “Imagine A Confetti World” by Rozanitzia GraceWarnerElementarySchool

2nd Place: “Imagine... A World Where Everything was Upside Down” by Katie CCMeneleyElementarySchool

3rd Place: “The Dragon of Dinkerville” by Connor HunsbergerElementarySchool

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The PBS KIDS Writers Contest is produced by PBS and is based on the Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest, a concept developed by WNED.

The Arthur television series is based on the Arthur Adventure books by Marc Brown, Arthur and other Marc Brown characters at TM and © of Marc Brown, Television Series ©2019 WGBH. WILD KRATTS TM © 2019 Kratt Brothers Company Ltd./9 Story Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. All Rights Reserved. The PBS KIDS logo is a registered mark of the Public Broadcasting Service and is used with permission.

With support from the Nell J. Redfield Foundation, Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation, Arthur and Joanne Hall, NV Energy Foundation, Lafrance Family Foundation,

Abraham and Sonia Rochlin Foundation, John Ben Snow Memorial Trust

and an Anonymous Donor.

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, thousands of 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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FIRST GRADE: 2nd Place

“Space Adventure” by Peter

Brown Elementary School

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One sunny day Dave, Martin, and Peter

took off in a rocket. It was a big rocket painted

red, white, and blue. I was excited!

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We are going to outer space to find aliens. As the ship

took off, it was a bumpy ride. Luckily, we had our seatbelts on.

As we entered into space,

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we saw asteroids and planets. Mars was our destination.

It is known as the red planet. Mars is about 34 million

miles from Earth.Finally, we have arrived.

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As we got off the ship, we saw 4 aliens.

They were green aliens.The leader was orange.

The aliens wanted a jewel, so we said, “Yes.”

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We gave them a jewel that looked like a blue eye. “That is what we needed,”

they said. It will help us grow life on this planet.

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We helped them save Mars and we made new friends. After, we played with our new friends for a while, it was time to fly home.

The End

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SOURCE: Marketing & Research Resources, Inc. (M&RR), January 2019

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