Question of the Week
Here's this week's Question of the Week:

What book or book series are you most looking forward to reading?

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.


This Week's Features:

Memorial Day: Remembering Our Soldiers
How will you celebrate this Memorial Day? Do you have any big plans? On this Memorial Day, we salute the brave men and women who served our country during World War II with a round-up of books and a conversation with author and historian Stephen E. Ambrose. We hope your Memorial Day holiday is the best and safest ever!


AMERICA: A Patriotic Primer
Don't miss out on this beautifully illustrated, historically informative book for early readers. AMERICA: A Patriotic Primer was written by Lynne Cheney, (wife of our Vice President, Richard Cheney), and illustrated by Robin Glasser. What better way to learn about our nation's history than by learning to read? Why not share your love of reading with our feature, which includes an interview with the author, pictures of the author and illustrator, and a trivia game?

Cheney's proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross, and to projects that foster appreciation of America's history. Simon & Schuster will donate a portion of their proceeds to organizations that promote childhood literacy in America.

* * * SPECIAL NOTE FROM BOOKER! * * *
Come home to Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House:
www.littlehousebooks.com!
Meet Laura and the other Little House girls, and read for the very first time about the lost Little House years.
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Poll
This week's poll questions ask:
How excited are you about the end of school?
I can't wait!
I'm excited but I will miss seeing all my friends at school.
I'm not excited, I enjoy school.
I don't want school to be over, summer is boring.

How many books are you planning to read this summer?
More than 20
10 to 20
5 to 10
1 to 5
None

To vote in this week's Poll, click here now. Do NOT send responses to the poll to BookerTWorm@aol.com or your vote will not be counted.

Last Week's Poll Results
Click here to see all the results of our summer movie poll.


Book Review:

FAIRY DUST by Jane Denitz Smith
Ruthie's got a new baby-sitter, and her name is Alice. Alice believes in fairies, and sprinkles fairy dust everywhere. Ruthie can't see the fairy dust, nor can she see the fairies, but Alice says you can only see them if you truly believe in them. Will Ruthie find out the truth about Alice and the fairies? Read our review of FAIRY DUST, about a little girl who gets what she wants, and discovers maybe she doesn't really want it. Read the first chapter of this book online here, excerpted.


We Asked, You Said
Click here to see all of the answers to last week's Question of the Week, Other than J.K. Rowling, what author would you most like to meet?

Quote of the Week
You must do what you think you cannot do.
—Eleanor Roosevelt

Have a favorite quote? Send it to BookerTWorm@aol.com to submit it for the newsletter!


KidsReads.com Quick Reference
To find a past review of a book, check out our index page.

For nthe latest info about Harry Potter, check out our Harry Potter page.

To see our latest trivia, visit our Trivia Page.

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Poems from fellow Bookworms

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A crush is like a flower, which hasn't yet bloomed,
A kiss is like a flower with no petals,
Love is as strong as gold,
And new life is as precious as a cat.

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The Wind
It howls
It screeches
It has a mind of its own
A haven of happiness and
privacy alone
    From your biggest fan-

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Florida

Florida, Florida, my kind of place
With Cape Canaveral to go to outer space
With Disney World and Sea World there,
Florida's the coolest, I declare
From where the juicy oranges come from
Florida is fun, unless you're dumb
With beautiful beaches and wonderful weather
Let's all go visit Florida and let's go together

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Jokes from fellow Bookworms

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What do you get if you mix a crocidille with a peacock? A peacroc! Some of my friends asked me if I made that joke up. And I did. I liked how everyone smiled at that joke.

What do ghosts eat for desert? I scream and boo berry pie. Get it?

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Why did the boy throw butter out the window? He wanted to see a butter-fly!

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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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I love Lemony Snicket's books. I have read all eight and waiting for the ninth one to come out.

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Will the movie Spirit become a book? If it will, I'd love to read it. I love horses. Do you know of any other horse books? I also like dogs, cats, and other animals. Historical fiction is one of my favorite kinds of books. I read Caddie Woodlawn, most of the Little House series, and I'm reading The Yearling now.

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Hi Booker T. Worm! I so love the book, Little Women. It was awesome. I love your newsletter! Reading is my favorite thing to do. I think everyone should read.

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Booker Text Worm,
Here is a list of good books that "Teachers like, yet hate"
*Captain Underpants
for the comic book reader that likes to be a good reader, too. It has Super hero adventures of captain Underpants, who always has a fresh pair of Underpants on.

*100 Ways to Bug Your Parents
A book with ways to bug the nice, yet strict siblings, your parents.
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Books for ages 9-13
*Flying Solo
The 6th grade teacher Mr. "Fab" Fabiano is out for a day. The substitute NEVER arives. Can the kids make it on there own?

*Dear America/My Name is America Series
Great diaries of people of the past.

*Fever 1779
A story about a girl of the past.
Books for ages 3-6
*Cat in The Hat
Cat in the hat is a cat with a big hat, with many adventures.

*Scholastics Books level 1-2
Many stories for ages 3-6, reading levels 1-2

Ages 7-8

*Amelia Bedelia
Stories about clumsy housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia.

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Flying solo, for the girl who wanted to know, a book about 6th graders trying to run a class on there own.

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To the girl who read Little Women: I did too! I just finished the big, thick book. It was great! I learned a lot of lessons from that book, and it was just so exciting and wonderful! I wonder if I can ever be a writer like that.

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I've read the Dear America series. It's really good! And after you've read all of them, you can start the My Name is America series. It's basically the same, except the books are the journals of boys.

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Hi! I love to read! During the school year we had to read 6 books and do a report on each one. So far I've read 16! Books are really cool to me. I have almost 300 books on my own bookshelf, a lot in my house! I'm in 6th grade and I love to read! I've read all the classics, and some others. I enjoy:
~Animal Ark
~Dear America
~Harry Potter
~Little Women
~Charlotte's Web
~Two of a Kind, Ramona, Mary-Kate & Ashley
~Environmental Books
~LOADS MORE!!!!!!!!!

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Has anyone read Redwall books? If you haven't, you should if you like talking animals and action. I am 5th grade and am a straight A student. Here are some other books to read:
The Yearling
My side of the Mountain
On the Far Side of the Mountain
Little Women
Little Men

I hope this is helpful!

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i dedicate these books to WILLIAM smoaks .. tuckeverlasting , bud not buddy ,
on my honor, along way to Chicago..

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This is to the person who asked if anyone read the dear ameriaca series: I read 1 of them and now there's a 2nd book and there such a great story! There in diary form so it's easy to read. I love them and I really do!

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I love to read and a very good book is The Boggart by Susan Cooper. I think you should read it. Reading is my favorite activity and sometimes i get in trouble at school for reading when i am not suppose to. Reading is fun and iagree with the person who said everyone should read.

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I am 12 and I love reading. I read all the time. But I have a problem. I'm running out of good books to read. Please suggest some!!!!! I'm desperate!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The new book by Eoin Colfer called Artemis Fowl has just come out. When I read it, I thought that the idea was good, but the story and plot were very slow to start with. The climax of the book didn't come until the end when Captain Short got free! Personally, if I had to rate this book on a one-to-ten basis, I would rate it a 7 and a half. I also thought that the part of Artemis Fowl's family all being in trouble with the law and the centaur, Foaly were all there and interesting, but there was not enough room for them. In this book, the author kept repeating things that the Fowl family had done over the decades. I thought that was a little distracting, yet I also thought that it was pretty interesting to know about a millionaire that was only twelve years old. This is only my opinion, I talked to some other people and they thought the same thing, but other people may have different opinions, key points and ratings depending on their preferences for fantasy and realistic magic and mayhem.

-A dedicated reader in San Francisco

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This is in response to the May 9th newsletter:

Thank you to the person who visited the United States from Australia. It was kind of you to express your sorrow about September 11th.

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I loved Sondonk, Princess of the Moon and Stars. I was sad when I finished it. I loved the culture the book brought me from Korea, and every day I would go to the bookstore hoping that it would be in. Finally it was. And now I added it to my whole other collection of Princess Diaries. But I think there should be a Prince Diaries, just to make it interesting. And some of the boys would be future husbands of the girls!

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I love reading fantesy books. my favorite book is jaydens rescue. it's the best book ever it's by vladimir tumanou. it's about a kid named alex who loves to read books (like me) and ends up going to another place where he has to save jayden the young queen who was taken be an evil sorceror in his castle alex,vanessa and sam are going to save.

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I love the magic tree house books. Just today I did the magic tree house trivia. I hope she writes more books.

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I love OUT OF THE DUST ! it my favorite book ever

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I love star wars book they are great and i love to read and i love books !!!!!!

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I really like to read, and I really liked the Harry Potter books, so I went to see the movie. The movie was really bad, and they left out really good parts. I hate that people who haven't read the book see the movies and think that the books are exactly the same, so they don't read them. The same happened with other books that were made into movies.

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I love your quizzes!They're really cool.I especially liked the 'Star Wars' trivia.

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I like a lot of books but my favorite kind of books are magic tree house books by Mary pope osborne. she is a great writer.everyone in my class loves her books they think their great!

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I also love Chasing Redbird. It's really sad, but kinda happy. I like Zinny's uncle.

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The book that I am reading now is soooooo sad and sooooooo good. It is called Where the Red Fern Grows - I recommend it for everyone!

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OK TWO THINGS: To the person who said girls don't need Mary-Kate and Ashley, I totally agree. This is a BOOK site and if you want to hear about their BOOKS, then send an e-mail about em'! Its too easy! Plus, I really don't like them much. And to the person who said they love Andrew Clement's books, I agree on that, too. His books are awesome, even if they talk about the same things sometimes.

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