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The KNPB Winners The KNPB 8 Winners knpb.org/writerscontest KINDERGARTEN 1st Place: “The Enchanted Forest” by Hannah Brookfield Elementary School 2nd Place: “All About Amazing Polar Bears” by Amarah Nancy Gomes Elementary School 3rd Place: “Amazing Starfish” by Tatila Alice Smith Elementary School FIRST GRADE 1st Place: “Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Peyton Honors Academy of Literature 2nd Place: “Panda Facts” by Nolan Spanish Springs Elementary School 3rd Place: “Sloths” by Natalee Nancy Gomes Elementary School SECOND GRADE 1st Place: “The Amazing Family” by Rozanitzia Grace Warner Elementary School 2nd Place: “Fred the Shark” by Greyden Nancy Gomes Elementary School 3rd Place: “Kid Anonymous” by Zach Sierra Nevada Academy Charter School THIRD GRADE 1st Place: “The Girl who Traveled to England!” by Brooke Nancy Gomes Elementary School 2nd Place: “Andy’s Ocean Adventure” by Ryann Spanish Springs Elementary School 3rd Place: “The Ring of Donovan” by Bryce Brown Elementary School 8 SPONSORED LOCALLY BY 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 With support from Abraham & Sonia Rochlin Foundation, a good book. KNPB PBS KIDS Writers Contest invites children, kindergarten through third grade, in communities Nell J. Redfield Foundation, Lemelson Foundation, across our area to use their boundless imaginations to create Marie Crowley Foundation, Estelle J. Kelsey Foundation, original stories and illustrations and then submit them to Thelma B. & Thomas P. Hart Foundation, their local PBS station. This year, more than a thousand Jack Van Sickle Foundation, Anonymous Donor, children from northern Nevada and northeastern California participated in the KNPB PBS KIDS Writers Contest, building The Lafrance Family Foundation, Parent Teacher Aids, their creative voices, and developing critical Western Nevada Supply, Washoe County reading and writing skills. Honorary Deputy Sheriff’s Association, Visit our website at knpb.org/writerscontest and University of Nevada, Reno-Pack to find out more about the contest, read the Internship Grant Program. winning stories and watch the winners announce their stories. The PBS KIDS Writers Contest is produced by PBS and is based on the Reading Rainbow The Arthur television series is based on the Arthur Adventure books by Marc Brown, Arthur and Young Writers and Illustrators Contest, a concept developed by WNED. other Marc Brown characters at TM and © of Marc Brown, Television Series ©2018 WGBH. WILD KRATTS TM © 2018 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. 68 FIRST GRADE: 1st Place “Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Peyton Honors Academy of Literature 6 Martin Luther King Jr. was trying to get rid of segregation. Martin’s mother told him that he was as good as anything. It didn’t matter about his skin color. His house got bombed and his cousin’s house got bombed, but he never stopped marching. He told people to use words instead of fists, and love instead of hate. He finally got rid of segregation. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great leader..
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