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The Bookworm Newsletter
Issue #170
March 7, 2002
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A NOTE FROM BOOKER
Hello!
I live by myself, and I have never been a good cook at all. My sister FayeBelle has always been the cook in the family. I can grow the vegetables she puts in her cooking, but I sure can't seem to cook a thing without burning it, making it look unappetizing, or putting in the wrong seasonings. But, I still like to try to cook, and sometimes FayeBelle comes over to teach me things.
Last night I decided to try making some fudge. I really wanted some chocolate, and I thought it looked easy to make when FayeBelle made it. Everything was going so well at first. I had the chocolate melting on the stove, the sugar all measured out, and the vanilla ready to be added at the very last minute. Then it happened! I sneezed about eight times, and knocked the pot off the stove. Hot melted chocolate went everywhere! I was covered with it, my fingers were burned, and I had such a bad mess, I had to call FayeBelle to come over to help me clean it up.
As FayeBelle scrubbed the front of the cabinets and floor, she told me she learned to cook by watching our mother. She said she used to sit on the tall stool so she could watch what our mother was doing up on the counters. Mom would tell FayeBelle everything she was doing as she made the meals, and FayeBelle soon began to be her helper. She said helping Mom was like a book she used to read to her children when they were little. It is a book called IN MY MOMMA'S KITCHEN and it is about how a family always seems to have loving times in the kitchen. FayeBelle even dropped the book off at my house this afternoon so I could read it. I have to admit that it really made me go back and remember all the great times we did have in Mom's kitchen when we were growing up.
Do you ever help out your family when they are cooking dinner? Have you ever had a bad accident like I did with my hot melted chocolate? It took FayeBelle and me an hour to clean up the mess. She was really sweet to come to help me. To thank her, I took her to an ice cream shop for a hot fudge sundae. I felt it was safe to get hot fudge that way.
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Now for this week's news...
Question of the Week
Here's this week's Question of the Week:
Which of the books on this page is your FAVORITE Dr. Seuss book?
Send your answer to YouSaid@kidsreads.com. Write "Question" in the subject line. We'll post your answers online! Tell your friends to submit their answer to the question of the week.
SharonCreech.com
Come and visit the new www.SharonCreech.com, a celebration of Sharon's work, bursting with
personal stories and recollections told with her unmistakable warmth and wit.
Poll
Take some time to answer our Poll questions about reading. Click here to answer our poll: We're asking whether you always finish the books you start --- and whether you keep the books you have read after you finish them. Why not share this page with your teacher and fellow students?
Last Week's Poll Results
674 of you voted in last week's poll! Click here to view the impressive results.
St. Patrick's Day Books
To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, we've gathered a variety of titles about Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint. Read about St. Patrick's Day, Ireland's history, or find some fascinating Irish folktales, create crafts and activities about the holiday, and then wind down with some poems. Even if you aren't Irish, you'll love our selection of St. Patrick's Day books.
The Left Behind Series
What would you do if one morning you woke up to find that millions of people around the world --- including your loved ones --- had disappeared in the night, leaving you behind? This is exactly what happened to Judd, Ryan, Lionel and Vicki in the LEFT BEHIND series. Don't miss our special feature on this enlightening series.
Book Reviews:
MYSTERY AT CHILKOOT PASS
It's 1897. 12-year-olds Hetty and Alma are headed to Alaska with Hetty's uncle Donall to find gold. The trip from San Francisco to Alaska territory is treacherous and many of the others that have joined in the search for gold have to return home because their belongings have been lost.
Then Hetty discovers her locket missing. It has her only picture of her dead mother in it. Someone else is missing a knife. Alma's mother loses half her money. Who is the thief? Is there more than one? Can Hetty find him? Or is it a woman? Take the journey with Hetty and Alma in MYSTERY AT CHILKOOT PASS to see who the real thief is.
SPACE RACE
Mickey thinks his best friend Thomas has a overactive imagination. Why? Because Thomas claims to have come from another planet. He told his neighbor, Mrs. Dalrymple, about the space ship the size of a golf ball that he and his father traveled to Belthorp in. Of course, to fit inside it, they had to shrink down very tiny. Then, when they got out, they zoomed right back up. Even his neighbor thinks he has a wild imagination. Nobody seems to believe Thomas. Now Thomas and his father have to return to their home, Ormingat. Thomas doesn't want to leave earth. What will he do? You'll have to read SPACE RACE to find out.
We Asked, You Said
To see everyone's answers to the last Question of the Week: "How does your school celebrate Black History month?" Check out the responses at We Asked, You Said.
Quote of the Week
I've learned that whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision. --- From Live And Learn And Pass It On, written and compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Poems from fellow Bookworms
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What Fun Is All About
F is for friends who do stuff together
U is for u and me
N is for anywhere, anytime at all right here in the deep blue sea
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Mail from fellow Bookworms
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Note from Booker: Is there a great read that you'd like to tell others about? If so, drop me a note about it at BookerTWorm@aol.com and maybe you'll see it posted in the next newsletter!
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My favorite books are:
Indian in the Cupboard series
Pixie Tricks series
Animal Ark series
Rugrats Files series
Powerpuff Girls series
Wayside School series
Bailey School Kids series
Magic School Bus Chapter Books series
Harry Potter series
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Genny in a Bottle series
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When Zoe reads Natalie's manuscript, she doesn't believe how great the story is, and can't wait to read the ending. In fact, she is so convinced that it's a great book, she believes it should be published. And once something gets in Zoe's head, there is no turning back. Zoe sees the perfect opportunity to publish the book --- Natalie's own mother is an editor at Shipley Junior Books, but Natalie doesn't want special treatment from her Mom. So, Zoe concocts a scheme that will involve pen names, their English teacher, a phony office, Mrs. Nelson's mean boss, Zoe's lawyer father, and some big media coverage.
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Why did the little boy throw the butter out the window?
He wanted to see the butter FLY!!!
What is the best animal for boxing?
DUCK!!!
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Thank you for such a great website for children's literature! I have a recommendation that I think you would be interested in. I recently purchased a book by the name of Cassandra's Angel. I want to share it with everyone! The website listed in the front of the book is www.cassandrasangel.com. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
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Here are my favorite books:
1. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
2. All the Harry Potter books by JK Rowling
3. Holes by Louis Sachar
4. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
5. A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
6. The Boys Start the War and The Girls Get Even by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
7. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
8. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
9. Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
10. Cool as Ice by Matt Christopher
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the gost of sifty sifty sam was great book
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My favorite books are:
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Bloomability by Sharon Creech
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Sammy Keyes series which is by Wendelin Van Draanen
and
Sweet Valley Twins and Junior High Series by Francine Pascal
These are GREAT books!!!
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I am 12 years old & have been reading since I was 5 1/2. I read about 5 chapter books per day. Right now I am reading about the Olympics & some good fiction books. Does anyone know how many Series of Unfortunate events books there are? I have read the first 9. Some of my favorite books are:
Lord of the Rings series
Redwall series
Books by Willo Davis Roberts. She writes the best mysteries for kids aged 10+.
The Moffats
Ginger Pye
Pinky Pye
And a lot more.
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I DO NOT recommend the A Series of Unfortunate Events books. They are AWFUL!!!
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Thanx to the people that said when the next Harry Potter book is coming out!!! Some other good books are: Little Women, The Series of Unfortunate Events, all the other Harry Potter books, any book by Sharon Creech (2 of my favorites are Bloomability, which is one of my favorite books, and Walk Two Moons), and Ella Enchanted (for all you fantasy lovers). I love your website!!!!!
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Hatchet by Gary paulsen is my favrote book of all times u need 2 read it!!!!!!
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One time during class I was caught up in a good book called Tiger Eyes and the teacher told me to put it away. I said just let me finish this page. She said ok. But I actully read to the end of the chapter.
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I read all 8 of The Seris of Unfortionate Events. They are so good. I want the 9th book to come out earlier than June though. Even though they are filled with bad things that happen they keep my interest. They are good
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I like to read all the jokes. heres my joke
knock, knock
whos there?
banana
banana who?
bannana don't slip on my peel.
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I LOVE to read! Have you read BABYSITTERS CLUB? It's about friends who form a club........ and to find out the rest read the books. There's over 100 books of fun and disaster!
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Here are my favorite books:
Harry Potter
The Phantom Tollbooth
Absolute Chaos
Harriet the Spy
Nanct Drew
Hardy Boys
AND MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY MORE
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I just got done with an awesome book. It's called LOCKED INSIDE and it's by Nancy Werlin. Another good read is JUST ELLA~It's almost as good as my fav, ELLA ENCHANTED!!
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Read the LEFT BEHIND series!!! They are so good!!! Booker T. Worm, I think you should tell kids about these books in your newsletter. I know some people don't believe in it, I don't myself, but it's a really exciting series!!!
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i love to read sharon creech books!
exspecially ~walk two moons~,and ~chasing redbird~they r totally awsome
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My teacher suggested the Lemony Snicket book, Austere Academy. It was great and I read it in two days! It's awesome. It was about the Baudelaire orphans who go to this awful school, and lots of unfortunate things happen to them. The whole series is called, "A Series of Unfortunate Events." I loved it and am going to read the whole series! It's a nice quick-read!
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