Children's Book Rough Draft

Title: The Choo Choo Boy

Pg 1: It was early morning when Logan woke up to the sound of a train driving past his home.
Pg2: "Choo choo!" he yelled and jumped to his mommy. "Mommy choo choo!" Mommy slowly waked up and asked, "Choo choo my dear?"
Pg 3: "Can we go watch choo choo?" Logan cheered. "Come little one there's no time to waste," Mommy said.
Pg 4: Logan couldn't believe his little eyes a giant train ran on forever across the field. "Choo choo!" Logan yelled and bounced around.
Pg 5: Mommy watched as Logan played in the field bouncing and pouncing about as they watched the train.
Pg 6: "Mommy will we ever be able to ride a train someday?" Logan asked. "Yes my love," Mommy said "in fact we can go on a train tomorrow."
Pg 7: Logan's eyes sparkled with joy and he started to run around saying Choo Choo! Choo Choo
Pg 8: That night Logan went to bed and dreamed about their train ride.
Pg 9: Choo! Choo!                                                          (illustration here that explains the Choo Choo)
Pg 10: The early morning sun shined down on the puppy and Mommy. Today was the day of the train ride.
Mommy got up and tried to wake Logan. "Wake up my love it's almost time to go" she said gently. Logan stretched and started to bounce and pounce. "Choo choo! Choo choo!" he yelled.
Pg 11: At the train station Mommy bought tickets and they were ready to go. "Okay my Choo Choo Boy look for platform 9 3/4 train 1." Logan searched and spot the train. "Mommy choo choo" he yelped happily.
Pg 12: Mommy saw the train and led Logan to it. Once on they sat down and Logan gave Mommy a huge hug. "Thank you Mommy" he said into her silky fur. "Your welcome my Choo Choo Boy." she said lovingly. "ALL ABOARD THE TRAIN IS LEAVING THE STATION!" the conductor yelled.
Pg 13: Logan looked out the window and saw the beautiful town speed past. Excitement sparkled in the pups eyes and Mommy kissed his cheek. Then the waiters came skating in with cookies and cocoa for all the animals.
Pg 14: *illustration*
Pg 15: Logan and Mommy had tons of fun and made memories through the entire trip. They saw mountains. They played games. They ate treats and drank cocoa. They laughed. They even took a nap.
Pg 16 (last page): At the end of the ride Mommy took Logan to the Gift Shop and bought him a train track. They set it up at home and they sat right in the middle watching the train run in circles. "I love you Mommy" Logan said lovingly. "I love you my Choo Choo Boy".

Author's Note: Inspiration by my Mum and baby brother Logan. He LOVES trains and says "choo choo" when playing with his toy trains, on train rides, etc.

About the Author

Nichole Duffey has wrote many times in her free time. She has even already been published once in Voices in the Middle. Along with the publication in the book Nichole writes on her blog called Country Love where she writes plenty of stories and even some poetry. She lives in Missouri with her family and pets.

Books For Kids! Fox in Socks!

-Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss
-On the back of the book there is a little piece of how Seuss started but there is no bio
-On the front of the book there is a red fox in blue socks walking around
-There is 61 pages
-The characters are Mr. Fox, Mr. Knox, chicks, Sue, Bim, Ben, Slow Joe Crow, Luke Luck, Goo-Goose and Tweetle Beetles
-The setting of the book is Mr. Knox and Mr. Fox travel around while Mr. Fox rhymes and tongue-ties Mr. Knox
-The two main characters are Mr. Fox and Mr. Knox. Mr. Knox listens to Mr. Fox rhyme everything. By the end Mr. Knox is done with Mr. Fox's game
Does this book. . .
-have animals as characters? Yes
-use rhyme? Yes
-teach a lesson or some kind? No
-have monsters or creatures? Kind of
-have kids as characters? No
-have adults as characters? Yes
-use humor? Yes
-have illustrations? Yes
-use color? Yes
-use actual photos? No
-have a more sentimental/lovey tone? No
-lots of words per page? Yes
-one word or phase repeated throughout? Yes
- My favorite "line" or phase in the book

Try to say this, Mr. Knox, please....

Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.
While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.
Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.
Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze.
That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.

-At least 5 yrs old or possibly higher because of all the rhyming and tongue ties
-I own this book

Childhood Memories

3. To imagine adulthood as a child I don't think I'd have to imagine it very hard. There were times when I was young that I was terrified because of so much responsibility and the flash of reality playing in front of me. I  remember one time, I was in Elementary, I went home and was waiting to see my parents faces happy with joy to see me, but they weren't there. I forget if they were out and about or outside but I searched the entire house yelling "Mommy" and "Daddy" with tears streaming down my face. When I finally went into our small hallway crouched down and cried into my knees just terrified because I thought my parents were gone. Another time was when my dad had the accident. Reality slapped me in the face at the age of 11 and I was terrified. Imagining childhood as an adult would be amazing. I would use that 24 hour period to go back to the days where I didn't know what reality was. I would spend all the time I could with my parents and family and not miss a second of it.

9. I wish I knew more about Colorado and the chance to move. Colorado is my get away and at times I wish I always had it. That I could just shut out the world for a 12 hour drive and just appear there and be happy. No drama. Not as much pain. Not as many tears. More love. More care. More comfortable. More laughter. I wish I didn't know how close death is. It has its ups and downs. It makes you careful, aware and you know that you should enjoy life as you have it. Enjoy the happy moments with family and not dread the bad ones. I know I have it good but the fear that has torn my heart up for the past 4-5 years hasn't healed. I don't know if it ever will.

28. It may sound weird but the smells of my parents and my grandma. The smell of my mum would comfort me at night when I would cuddle or even wear her Broncos t-shirt. The smell of my dad would make me happy because I didn't get to see him until dinner time or the next day even. The smell of my grandma and her house brought me both comfort and happiness because she made me so happy and comforted me when I was sad.

35. One nightmare I remember was I was outside of our house on the porch. Velociraptor's were everywhere along with a few dino's made up by my childhood imagination. My mum was inside on the phone I tried screaming to her to get away and be safe. But she didn't hear me. I woke up just before the raptors got her. I remember always running over to their room to see if they were okay.

Answers to Dan in Real Life

3. I would think it'd be fun to write for the newspaper, but when I was in Journalism it kind of sucked out the fun for me. If I did I'd possibly write opinion pieces.

6. There have been times where I couldn't handle it because the truth hurt, but at least I knew that I wasn't being lied to. I had my moment of being sad by the truth and then just put my emotions behind me and looked at the bright things.

7. In some ways I want to say yes and in other ways I want to say no. Because sometimes you meet that one person that changes your world. In those three days you may say your in love but if years later your still in love than it's like you met your Zing.

14. Sometimes I like to think that there is only one true soulmate for everyone but sometimes we fall in love with a person that becomes our soulmate but something happens. In Dan's case a death and we possibly find a different/another soulmate.

21. At one point we did but not anymore, we haven't for a while.

28. Yes

Room 666

It had been a long night. I had been driving for hours. Trying to get away and go somewhere new. I finally decided to stop and sleep so I pulled into the parking lot of the Best Western Hotel. I walked in through the two sliding doors and looked at my surroundings. A pool to the right with crystal clear water and a quite meeting room setting to the left. I couldn't see anyone. The hotel seemed to be abandoned. "Need a room?" asked the clerk. I jumped, he seemed to come out of nowhere and had a funny almost Dracula-like accent. "Uhm yes please." I got my room and headed towards the elevator. Once in I noticed the clerk was staring at me and smiled a rather creepy smile. One that sent goosebumps running up my spine. The doors closed and I chose the 5th floor. As the elevator moved up it seemed to creak and groan like it hadn't used in years. Slowly it moved up but as it moved up I started to hear strange noises. The sounds of nails on a chalkboard, people yelling, glass breaking, howling and blood curdling screams surrounded me as I passed by the 3rd floor. It stopped in an instance as I hit the 4th floor. What seemed like hours I finally reached the 5th floor. The doors creaked open with a ear piercing whine. I stepped out into the dark hallway. It was dead silent. As I walked my way to my room I looked around. Lamps lightened the hallway with a foggy flow, cobwebs wrapped themselves around the lamps, dust lined the crease of door and wall. The wooden doors looked old and from the 1800's, the carpet on the floor looked ripped and filthy, the end of the hallway was a black hole. I started to notice that when I let out a breath it looked like a pillow of smoke. My attention was taken immediately away as my hearing was swallowed in the sounds of claws on wood. My blood went ice cold. The walls went from unwelcoming to a horror house. The lights began to flicker and the floor sounded like a stampede. The next second it all went away and I was left standing there in that dim hallway. My eyes were wide, sweat slid down my face and a sudden chill pierced my skin. The sound of little children laughing ran across the inside of the walls just like the claws did. I started to walk at a quickened pace to my room. I walked into my room and slammed the door behind me. I slid down into a crouch and buried my head into my knees. Tears ran from my eyes and dropped onto my jeans. I lifted my head and felt a giant headache settle in right where my spine connected to my skull. My eyes burned and my chest had an unsettling ache. I got up and decided to look at my room. It was worse than the hallway and hotel itself. It was pitch black with no moonlight to help me. The light bulbs in the lamps were broken and the walls were torn. The few pictures that were spread around the room were shattered of their glass and torn in three jagged lines. The room was chilly and muggy. I opened the fridge to find spoiled food and just enough of a light to let me see a tad bit better. I walked around the room a little to release some of my boredom. Then I felt a baseball bat smack into my back and I crashed into the floor. "Son of a-" but I was cut off as my hair was pulled back and I was thrown against a table. Pain throbbed on my lower back and I felt my legs go numb. I struggled to get up but the figure that hit me started to go back for more. I reached for a chair and felt myself being pulled from behind. I struggled to get out of their grip and managed to crap a candelabra that was lying on the ground. I turned, lifted and smacked the figure straight in the head. They groaned and let go immediately. I crawled towards my bag for my phone. The man, I had found out when I hit him, grabbed my shoulders and slammed me against the wall. He pinned me and I couldn't tell if I was touching the ground or not. "You made a big mistake coming to this hotel Missy"  He lifted his hand and slapped my face. A burning sting flooded my cheek and my entire body throbbed. He dropped me and I slouched to the ground. He picked me up and set me in the tub. He turned on the water and a gush of ice cold water flooded out and filled the tub. "Goodbye Miss". Those were the last words I heard before my head slammed into the tubs edge and I was knocked out and drowned. Now my soul creeps along the walls. Clawing and laughing, flickering the lights and stomping on the floor. Trying to warn the people to stay away from room 666.

Movie Quotes

Brave

Finding Nemo, Dory

Wreck it Ralph, Ralph

Titanic, Rose

The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack and Sally

Movie Tweets

-Tangled. Because I love the music, the adventure, the romance even. It's just really funny and a good movie. I fell in love with it.
-I don't care too much about Romance but I do watch it here and there, I'm not all too picky about what I watch-I mean-I try it if I haven't seen the trailer. If I watch the trailer and I don't like it then I may try it. But I give most movies a try before I completly say no.
-I watch movies kind of often. I watch TV in general pretty often I mean that's all we ever do these days right?  Watch movies and YouTube all day
-I like the lights to be off and to be comfortable when I am watching a movie
-I don't feel comfortable taking the survey
-If my life story was made into a movie I don't know who would play me. I mean I would like to play myself cause it's me. 3-4 of the main plot points would be my father's accident, Florida, meeting my best friends, and meeting my baby brother for the first time and watching him grow. There would be a happy ending. Not Happily Ever After but a happy ending were I have my family and friends with me forever.