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After the book was read, students in Mrs. Stolz's second-grade class at Cerbat Elementary School in Kingman, Arizona wrote poems about the Grand Canyon using an extensive list of descriptive words and adjectives. These are some examples of the poems students created. Please note poems have been edited for spelling and mechanics.

The Grand Canyon The tiny pretty purple mountains are amazing And the butterflies are pretty The water is clean and quiet The creatures are nice And tiny people like to take a view And take pictures The cliffs are split apart ~Written by Amanda	It is awfully quiet As pretty as can be It is very awesome It has a great view It is very huge It is very colorful It is all so cool The water has fish It has lots of trees It has great cliffs Also the rocks are purple It has a big river Falcons are cool Sometimes it is stormy People visit too You can take great pictures Then let's go home ~Written by Joshua	The stream is very natural The cliffs are very huge The stream is very colorful And the weather is very cool The creatures are very small The butterflies are very pretty The roses are red The stream is blue And I know you like it too You can get a good view And you can see it too ~Written by Joshua
The bees that buzz in the deserts The weather is very rainy and nice Everything is clean and nice Everything is like magic And the creatures are very awesome The mountains are very colorful And everything is purple and blue And there is a colorful view ~Written by Brice	The pictures are just perfect The rainbow is shinny just like gold And the rocks look purple The squirrels jump around The creatures are pretty Bees are very thirsty The grass is nice and green The animals are amazing And the view is very pretty ~Written by Alexandria	The Grand Canyon is cool So is the Colorado River They are very nice Also he (the author) told about the weather And he told about nice things The story was surprising but cool He drew very cool pictures of the Grand Canyon The pictures are natural and of the sky I went to the Grand Canyon Caverns And it was fun! ~Written by Randee
The Grand Canyon is very nice The weather is rainy The mountains are very green The cliffs are very purple The desert is quiet as a mouse The animals are feeling wild The grass is very beautiful ~Written by Dalton	Tall, pretty, magical, surprising plants Hot, hot, rainy, cold, purple, falcon, desert flowers Fish, water, rainbow, pictures Cool animals and creatures Quiet deer, grass, wild flowers Huge trees, blue sky ~Written by Melanie	Awesome, amazing, beautiful, cool, pretty view Tall, big, huge, the Grand Canyon Water, cool, breezy, Colorado River Roses are red Violets are blue The Grand Canyon has a beautiful view ~Written by Gabriel
At the desert is nature Is coming my way every day forever And mountains are rocks At the deserts they have wild animals Mostly they have insects all the time ~Written by Issac		The Grand Canyon is wonderful Do you know the Grand Canyon is the prettiest place? I love the Grand Canyon ~Written by Melanie