A River Dream (Houghton Mifflin Leveled Library: Paperback Plus: Theme: Cou)

Mark caught a big fish with his Unlcle Scott, and he is laying in bed sad that it got away. He opens a gift from his Uncle cott and it has a bunch of flies in it that are real. The flies fly away and he follows them outside to the river where he finds a fishing boat. It turns out it's his Uncle

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Scott's boat, and they fish together for a while. Mark catches a huge trout, and he wants to keep it. His uncle teaches him that that is like killing the fish, and Mark changes his mind. The fish swims away, and Mark sees the point of fishing if you don't keep the fish.

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Mark recieves a box of flies from his uncle as a gift reminding him of his fishing days. He sneaks out his uncle's boat and they end up fishing together. Mark catches a huge fish but lets it go. As he arrives back to the house he hears his mother talking, so he sneaks back in his room and pretends

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to be asleep.

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Mark is a sick little boy. His uncle sends him some fishing lures. Then Mark's imagination takes off. He thinks their is a river in his yard and that his uncle is fishing downstream. While fishing he talks to his uncle and tries to understand why his uncle does things the way he does. When the day

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is ending Mark goes home. His parents come in to check on him and notice that Mark's fever is down and that their are fishing lures all over the bed.

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This is the story of a sick boy who gets fishing lures in the mail from his uncle. The boy looks outside and the road has turned into a river . He goes out and finds a boat, climbs inside then rides down until he meets his uncle. They fish and let the fish go because they like to leave the lake the

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way they found and hope to catch a mermaid some day. The whole book is a dream

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This is about a boy that is sick. His uncle sends him a fishing box because it will make him feel better. Then, the items in the fishing box come out and change the world around him. The boy went fishing with his uncle and caught the biggest fish of his life. It was magical. Then, we find out it

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was all a dream and the boy is lying sick in bed asleep. This is a great book for imagination and dreaming. Sometimes dreams feel real, and this book characterizes that very well.

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Mark is a young man who was in bed sick with a fever. He got a package from his uncle who was a fisherman. It had flies in it that flew out the window and suddenly a river appeared outside his house. He was dreaming, but went out and caught the biggest trout and wanted to keep it. In the end, he

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decided to leave the river as he found it and not kill the fish. He went back to his house and got in bed. When his parents walked in he was pretending to be fast asleep. This is a good read for maybe 2nd or 3rd graders.

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This story has to do with a boy having an awesome time in a peaceful dream with his Uncle. In this story, there was a little boy named Mark who was sick in bed with a fever. His uncle sends him mail which was a fly box of fishing stuff to go fishing. Soon after, the road was replaced by a river and

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Mark decided to hop in a boat and go fishing. He sees his Uncle and decides to go fishing with him. Mark ends up catching a fish but ends up letting it go because he listened to what his Uncle was saying about leaving the river the way it was. Mark was taught a lesson that other children should be taught. It's ok to do things that seem to not have a reason behind it such as fishing but not keeping fish you catch.

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The story is of a sick little boy, who receives a letter and box from his uncle. When he opens the box all traces of reality fade away and he is brought into a world of fantasy. During this time he runs into his uncle on the river who teaches him a valuable lesson about preserving nature.

This book shares the story of a young boy who is unable to go finshing with his uncle because he is too sick to leave his room. As he opens up a present sent to him from his uncle, his room turns into a fantasy dream and he sees his uncle catching fish off of his boat. The lesson taught in the

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story is that it is important to return these fish back to their natural habitat so that they can live as well, which the uncle does in the book. This is a great way to talk about nature and conservation of the environment within the classroom. It also can be used to incoporate imagination into the classroom through artwork and written accompaniments. The illustrations are also beautiful and really stand out among the words.

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A little boy has a high fever, and his name is Mark. His uncle gives him a fly box. When he opens the box, the magic appears. The river has replaced the road in front of his house. He goes outside and get into the boat. There he and his uncle catch fish. But his uncle doesn't kill the fish. Then he

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gives the fish back to the water. Mark does the same thing like his uncle. It's a interesting book for children to keep our plants and animals not to be extinct.

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Mark is not feeling well, and his uncle takes him out on a fishing adventure to make him feel better. What I really liked this story was the lesson Mark learned from his uncle. My favorite line of the book goes, "I like to leave the river the way I found it. It's like cutting trees. You keep

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cutting trees and soon you're going to have bald mountains". Our youth really needs to learn to conserve the environment because we only have one planet. I would read this book for Earth Day, or combine it with a topic on fishes.

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Mark was laying in bed, sick with a fever. His uncle heard he was sick so he sent him a present, which was a fly box. When Mark opened the gift it made him think of the time he went fishing with he Uncle Scott and lost his catch. When mark opens the box the flies all fly out of the window, when

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Mark looks out of the window he realizes he isn't looking at the city anymore, but he is looking at a river with a forest around it. He climbs out of his window to go explore and finds a boat, so he gets in it. Turns out the boat is his uncles and him and his uncle fish. In the end you realize that this is just a dream of a sick child. This is a good book to teach children that they should dream and how significant dreams are.

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Nice story about a boy who dreams of a fishing trip with his uncle, where he catches a rainbow trout, but puts it back in the river. If I were more into fishing, I'd probably give this 4 or 5 stars. The pictures are really nice.