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The Bookworm Newsletter
Issue #144
July 27, 2001
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From Booker T. Worm
(T stands for Text)
Booker T. Worm is the cyber authority for great books, fun facts, and good times.
A NOTE FROM BOOKER
Hello!
First, some really big news. Kidsreads.com turns THREE YEARS OLD this Saturday, July
28th. Pretty cool, huh? If you want to send us some birthday wishes, or tell what you love
love love about Kidsreads.com, write us at BookerTWorm@aol.com.
We are not the only ones having a birthday this week. Guess who's brdy is July 31st?
Stumped? Read below for all the details and news about a terrific new contest we are
running to celebrate. Okay, you can't scroll fast enough? His initials are H.P.
And now for my news this week...
--Booker T. Worm
THE POLL IS BACK!!!!!
Thank you. Thank you. In honor of our birthday we are bringing back one of
your absolutely favorite features. Want to see what our first question is? Well click on
the front screen of Kidsreads.com and find out!
Cycling/Tour de France
Do you like to ride your bike? Did you know that bike riding can be more than fun,
exercise and transportation? It's an Olympic sport, and popular worldwide. And for serious
cyclists, the Tour de France is by far the most prestigious racing event. In our cycling feature we
introduce you to cycling, the Tour, and one of the sport's great champions of recent
years, the U.S.A.'s very own Lance Armstrong.
Celebrate Harry's Birthday at
kidsreads.com
Celebrate Harry's --- and J.K. Rowling's --- birthday (July 31) with kidsreads.com and count down to
November 16th (the day that the Warner Bros. film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
is released) with new Harry-related books coming out in July, August, September and
October!
New Harry Potter Games!
Visit the Harry Potter Games
Page for 5 new trivia games about J.K. Rowling, the Women and Girls of the Harry
Potter books, Magical Creatures, and more!
Harry Potter Magic Spell Contest!
In celebration of Harry's and J. K. Rowling's birthdays, Booker T. Worm and Kidsreads.com
wanted to give Harry something really special. So, we waved our wands and came up with The Harry Potter Magic
Spell Contest !!
Here's What You Can
Win:
FOUR wizardly spellmakers will win a Hogwarts Junior Wizard prize package which includes
Harry Potter metal bookmarks, a set of Harry Potter Journals and a deluxe Harry Potter
coloring kit.
ONE superior spellmaker will win our Hogwarts Senior Wizard Grand Prize! This includes all
of the above prizes PLUS the HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE MOVIE POSTER BOOK. Be
among the first of your friends to get an inside look at the making of the movie!!
Here's What You Do:
Make up a very wizardly sounding spell for Harry and explain how the spell works.
For example, you could give him the "Homeworkus Banishum" spell. When Harry
waves his wand and says those words, his homework assignments disappear --- but he still
gets an A in the class!
Send your spell and explanation to: BookerTWorm@aol.com. All entries are due by August 29,
2001 at 11:59PM ET.
Harry Potter Poll
Okay...one poll is not enough to celebrate Harry, so on this page, we have TWO polls:
Have you read the Harry Potter books more than once? If so, which one have you read the
most?
THE TRUTH ABOUT RATS, RULES
& SEVENTH GRADE
Eleven-year-old Larch lives in a trailer park with her drop-dead gorgeous, but very quiet
mother. Larch's mother is a real whiz at keeping things fixed in the trailer, but she
seems kind of remote; she and Larch never really talk or connect. Larch's father died when
Larch was just two years old. She doesn't know how her father died, but she believes there
was something fishy about the circumstances of his death.
Will things turn around for Larch? What is the truth she learns about her father? And what
happens to the little dog? Find out in THE TRUTH ABOUT
RATS, RULES & SEVENTH GRADE.
FOLLOWING FAKE MAN
If there's one thing that everyone goes through while growing up, it's a search
for self. Sometimes, however, you can’t discover who you are without learning about
the past. This is the case in Barbara Ware Holmes's novel, FOLLOWING FAKE MAN. While this book might confuse some
younger readers, older kids will be able to understand the conflicts presented and enjoy
this book.
FEATURES
Are you looking for something we've featured before but can't find it? Check out our Features page for a complete list of all of our
features.
Question of the Week
Here's this week's Question of the Week:
What books are on your school reading list?
Send your answer to BookerTWorm@aol.com.
Write "Question" in the subject line. We'll post your answers online!
We Asked, You Said
To see everyone's answers to the last Question of the Week about where you like to read during the summer, check out We Asked You Said.
Quote of the Week
During my youth, Love will be my teacher; in middle age, my help; and in old age, my delight. --- Kahlil Gibran
Mailbag
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address, real name, street address, phone number, school name or information, or any other
information that is private about that individual. There is a law called the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act which prohibits us from publishing private information about
our readers in our newsletter. Also, we will not publish anything in the newsletter that
has bad words in it. All submission for Mailbag must be received by Noon on Wednesday in
order to make it in the next newsletter.
Poems from fellow Bookworms
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Waiting, counting,
Watching the numbers quickly rise,
Ten, twenty, thirty, forty.
Wondering, “Where will I be,
When the counting ends?”
No need to wonder anymore.
The end is here,
At book 54.
Hints were dropped since 45,
“The countdown has begun,” and
“It has all fallen in place...
It will all be over very soon.”
Many move on,
Trying to forget our series so dear.
I cannot move on,
For doing so would be severing part of me.
I am Animorphs.
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Mail from fellow
Bookworms
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 like how you asked kids for their point of view of the books. I am more
intreseded in the book if I have a summery from someone my age.
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Hi im a big fan of HARRY POTTER and i think if you dont know what a
Hungarian Horntail is or who stole the winning Gillyweed ,I think youre missing out ! So i
suggest HARRY POTTER
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HI BOOKER T. WORM! I want to tell you the top 10 books I am
reading this summer:
1) Harry Potter
2) Harry Potter
3) Harry Potter
4) Harry Potter
5) Harry Potter
6) Harry Potter
7) Harry Potter
8) Harry Potter
9) Harry Potter
10) Harry Potter ( NO DUH!!!!!!!!!!!)
they are th best! I have all the merchandise! I love ron weasley. he is my favorite!
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I think that you should add something on the site about a great author,
Brian Jacques. He has written a series of books that are all great, and are the best books
that I have ever read. I am actually re-reading the whole series for the second time. I
would highly reccomend the Redwall series to all readers.
From Booker T Worm: Actually we do have a feature on Brian Jacques and the Redwall
series, as well as other books that Jacques has written. To see our Brian Jacques/Redwall
feature, click here.
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I read a very good book this summer called Six Months to Live by Luralean
Mcdanile. it was so good
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I would like to suggest a very good book that I read this summer. It is
called, The Doll People By Ann M. Martin and some body else ( sorry I forget!) It is now
one of my favorite books. It's a nice long book ( 256 pages to be exact) and it makes you
want to keep reading and reading with all the adventure in it and surprises. Please put
this on your sight somewhere. IT WAS THE BEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ!!!!!
From Booker T. Worm: We like Ann M. Martin, too! To read our review of THE DOLL
PEOPLE, click here.
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hey everyone am reading HOLES by Louis Sacher and it is an AWSOME
book and the funny thing is I HATE to read but I LOVE this book! I would tell you
what it is about BUT it would ruin it! see ya!
From Booker T. Worm: You aren't the only one that loves HOLES. We had so many
people write in about it, we decided to create a feature on HOLES.
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I just LOVe to read!!!!! HEre are some of my favorites,
1. His Dark Materials Series by Phillup Pulluman ( these are some of the most fabulous
books I've eveer read!)
2. Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling
3.So You want to be a wizard by diane duane ( This should become a classic)
4.The two Princesses of bammare By Gail Carson Levine ( this was a fabulously written
book, I could'nt put it down I absouloutly loved it!!)
I plan to read MaNY more!!!!!
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I love reading!!!! Can I reccomend a few books? I'm just going to
list them right here, but you don't have to use them if you don't want to.
Book/Author
The Golden Compass/Phillip Pullman
The Subtle Knife/Phillip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass/Phillip Pullman
Walk Two Moons/Sharon Creech
Poppy/ Avi
Bloomability/ Sharon Creech
The True Confessions of Charolate Doyle/Avi
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I'm highly disappointed in your newsletter for not printing a single word
about Animorphs ending! What happened to the newsletter that I subscribed to, with its
constant praises to Animorphs? Please publish at least a little something about the end!
From Booker T. Worm: Perhaps you missed our mention of the Animorphs series ending
in our June 15, 2001 Bookworm
Newsletter. To read the full scoop on the series ending, click here.
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Dear Person Who Said She/He Liked Chronicles of Narnia~
C.S. Lewis stands for Clive Staples Lewis.
He is dead, so obviously cannot create another one.
I agree, these books are very good.
Very Truly Yours
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I just finished reading a Nancy Drew book. It was the best book out of all
of the Nancy Drew books I have read so far read. Reading is fun to me!
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I really liked your section on Holes that and The BFG are my fav. books.
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dear booker i have read a good book latley. it is called Spindles End.
it's about a fairy who went to a naming celebration for the princess. A bad fairy came and
the fairy ended up taking the baby home. the princess grows up unaware that she is a
princess. Then the evil fairy came to kill the princess. Did she suceed? you'll have to
read it to find out.
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1) THE HOT AND COLD SUMMER by Johanna Hurtwitz. This book is about a boy
named Rory Dunn, his best friend Derek Curry, and a girl named Bolivia who is visiting her
aunt for the summer. Rory and Derek have decided to ignore Bolivia. But then Derek breaks
his promise, and speaks to instead of ignores, Bolivia. Will Rory ever come to like
Bolivia after his fight with Derek? Find out in THE HOT AND COLD SUMMER.
2) The Firebird a Russian folktale
This book is about a prince named Ivan. He's trying to get the Firebird. This is all I
know, because I've only heard one version.
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