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The Bookworm Newsletter
Issue #145
August 3, 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!
I get a lot of questions about kidsreads.com, so I decided to take you on a quick tour
of the site.
By clicking on the red banner named Authors you will
be taken to a list of author biographies. There is also a link that takes you to the
addresses of some of the authors we feature.
When you look down the center of the opening page, you will see links to book reviews we
are featuring for the week or month. When you click on a book title, you will see a short
review of the book, the ages it is best for, and the number of pages of the book. Below
that you'll see the Bookshelf, which features entire books to read online.
On the left side of the opening page, you will see our links to all types of games based
on popular books. You can do the trivia games online. To do the word scrambles, you need to print them out
first. You can also see on the left side some other links to fun places. You can click on
the Author's Birthday button to see what authors
have a birthday this month.
Explore all around, and then write back to me to tell me what you liked and what else you
would like to see here. In case you forgot how to write to me, look way at the top of the
opening page. The third red banner says Write to Us. I look
forward to hearing from you!
And now for my news this week...
--Booker T. Worm
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Cool New Books for August
If you think it's hot outside this summer, then you should take a moment to chill with
our Cool Reads for August for August
lineup. We have 17 new books reviewed for ages 6 to 14 for you to choose from. From
mysteries, ghosts, heritage, substitute teachers and much much more, we are sure that
you'll find something that's perfect for you.
Coming Soon
Check out what's coming out in
September by your favorite authors. We'll give you a sneak peek at what's in store for
September!
Go Girls, Go!
Hey Ladies It's the middle of summer and
you're bored. There's nothing to do, right? WRONG-O!! Girls can do anything and everything
they want to do. So prove it. Learn to windsurf, teach yourself French, re-paint the walls
of your room ... just do something.
Need some inspiration to get started? Kidsreads.com has three super-fun guides for you. So
stop flipping through TV channels and painting your toenails. Get out there and kick some
butt with this great feature!
Harry Potter Trivia and Contest!!!
Happy Birthday, Harry! July 31st was the boy-wizard's big day and we're still
celebrating with news updates, new trivia games,
and a very wizardly contest!
Reading Lists
Welcome to listmania! We've freshened up our Reading Lists, adding new titles to our
Contemporary Favorites and Classics age categories. Be sure to check them out when you need a great book to read.
THE COMIC BOOK KID
Brian and his best friend Paul are deeply into comic books. Not just fans, they are
serious comic book collectors, who look up things in a guide that tells the value of every
book in existence. Brian knows that his dad's 1939 Superman #1 comic book was worth more
than a new house --- $130,000 to be exact. But Brian destroyed that Superman #1 when he
was seven years old, five years before this novel starts, and now he's convinced that his
dad hates him because of it. How can he get his father's love back? You'll want to read
all about it in THE COMIC BOOK KID.
A SAILOR RETURNS
Can you imagine finding out that your grandfather is alive when you have never met him
before? That's what happens to Evan when he and his mother receive a letter telling them
that Evan's mom and his grandfather is still living. A
SAILOR RETURNS is a great story that you won't want to miss!
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
"You don't stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop laughing." --Michael Pritchard
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order to make it in the next newsletter.
Poems from fellow Bookworms
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*Nintendo*
I got a new Nintendo
And a really new cool game
I am having a lot of fun
If only I could win level one
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My favorite poem is I Sing to America:
I Sing
to America
By: Langston Hughes
I am the dark brother
They send me
In the kitchen
To eat
When company come
Nobody dare
say to me
Eat in the
kicthen
Beside they would
see how
Beautiful
I am
And be ashamed
I to sing America.
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The day is special
The day is fun
Today is youre birthday
Youre number 1!!!!!!!
Oh I Hate homework
Yes I do
I hate homework
how bout you?
Whats that you say You really like homework
yes you do
well here is mine finish it through
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the best of the best,
is here today,
For his special day,
to have a blast and,
not let anyone spoil it
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"The Sunset Might Lie"
The
sunset is beautiful against the grayish ocean
the
colors are soft like lotion
Each
and every time I look at it, somehow it's more
memorable
It's
beauty makes me unable
To
see the truth you must look past the depth of a sunsets
beauty
For
there might be a storm approaching somewher in a beautiful
sunset.
my other poem is called "The One I
Never Knew"
Each
time I think of him I cry
And
the tears I weep I will dry
For
that is what he would have done
He
would have told me told me to look at the
memories
of fun
I
think of his deeply true eyes
Of
his smile that could tell no lies
And
his good senseof humor
This
might be true but I do not know for he died
before
I got to know.
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Waiting
I stare into the black of the night, waiting for something to
happen.
Nothing does.
Why do I sit and wait for nothing?
I don't know.
Mabey I'm waiting for something for something to come,
Something new, something unexplained.
What ever it is, I'm waiting, waiting for it to come.
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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 love to read. I really don't have
any favorite book series but I really
love the Dear America books. I also love
the books by Bruce Coville. I haven't read
alot of them but the ones I read are
really good. I also like the series og
a girl named Angel with lots of problems
in her life. Some books in that series
are Angels mother's boyfriend, Angels mother's baby,
Backyard Angel, and Angels mother gets married.
I have a list of books that I want
to read this summer and the next school
year. I can't name the books because they
are a lot of books.
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hi i love that book called THE
TRUTH SO JUST WANTED TOO LET YOU KNOW
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booker i love your site. it's my faveorite site. i'm always on it. thanks
to your site i got to write to my faveorite author jerry spinelli . i'm ten and i don't
get to do much on the net so i get on your site and it's like a whole new net for me .
because of my parentel controlsi don't have much to do so your site is where i'm always at
thanks for making it .
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thanks a million again, Booker T. worm , i really love reading some of the
stories or Poems that come in it's alot of fun thanks
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There is still another book that i've read lots of times called Charlottes
Web, i can't remember the author's name but its a very cute book to read with kids 4&
5 yr olds and 6&7 yr olds even 9yr old will enjoy it. i know i did very much. it its
about a spider who spins a web every time and also about a little gorl on a farm and she
wants to keep the pig and raise it up and so she can take it to the fair the next day and
show it off to everyone zukermans pig and finial;ly names it wilber the pig. its a cute
book thauy every child must read.
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Happy Birthday!
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Happy Birthday Kidsreads.com!
Your site is great!
I go there almost every day!
It seems like you have am endless supply of books!
So far I've read over 15 of the books that you suggested on your site and I love them!
Also I've learned about Robert Laurence Stine and Katherine Anne Applegate and have
started reading books by them and I think they're great, too!
Kidsreads.com is my absolute favorite site and I hope you have a great birthday!
Happy Birthday! I love your website it tells me all the best books and good authors.
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I think that Eva Ibbotson is a great author. If you have read all of the
Harry Potter books, I strongly recommend that you should read The Secret of Platform 13,
Island of the Aunts, or Which Witch. By Eva Ibbotson. I also suggest The Circle of Magic
Series by Tamora Pierce.
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Dear Booker and friends,
I love to read! Especially Judy Blume books. A week
ago, I finished one of her books. Its called Just As Long As We're Together and its
about this girl named Stephanie. Her best friend, Rachel seems to be perfect at
everything, even though she's not. Steph wanted to make friends with this new girl (named
Alison) that lived by her house. She introduced her to Rachel. Rachel thought Stephanie
didn't want to be best friends anymore, so she started hanging out with a girl named
Stacie Green. Now Steph feels like Rachel doesn't want to be her best friend anymore. It
gets all tongue-tied until one day when they get into a big fight. If you want to know
what happens after the fight, you should read this book. Its funny, enjoyable, and talks
about issues on growing up.
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Over the summer I've been asigned to read some school books for the
upcomming year!! One of the books that I found interesting was The House Of Die Drear By
Virrgina Hamilton. It was outstanding! Full of mystry and suspence! It's
about this boy named Thomas who knows something is suspicious about his new house he is
going to move in! It hasn't been moved into by anyone for 100's of years!! A must!!
Mystery Lovers you'll love it!!!
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It's me again with another great book to suggest! This book is called
" Riding Freedom" It's by Pam Munoz Ryan and illurstrated by Brian Selznick.
It's another fav book of mine.
It's GREAT!
Again please try to put this book on your site somewhere.
IT WAS THE 1 OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE EVER READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks
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You didn't list Eva Ibbotson's book "The Aunts". It's very
good and is based on helping nature, so to speak. Magickal creatures yes, but none
the less, nature and our duties to protect it. It involves children as the
protectors. Also, "Artemis Fowl" is a very good book to read if children
(adults too) like the Harry Potter books. It's based on a very cunning 12 year old
who is trying to get into the underworld of faeries to get their gold.
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A DOG CALLED KITTEY
IS A GOOD BOOK
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Holes is the best book I have read in school. I just took the trivia test
and got 15/15 right. The Harry Potter books, I think, are better though. They are exciting
and you never want to put them down to do anything-You just want to keep reading to see
what happens next.
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The "Beyond Harry Potter" reading list should really include
ARTEMIS FOWL by Eoin Colfer.
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ther wonce was a kid name elizabeth shs had alot of things going around
her house ther was yelling and trowing and all that gunck but 1 day her mom became a wich
i mean a devil a harmest little devil know that devil was not only harmest one day the
devil took a little boy or girl that your age but the devil didnt hurt nobody he gost
stand there and he got touched by god so the devil gust let go of the childreand not only
that god put a name for that devil hiz namewas.sam and they lived happley ever afther the
end.
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Dear Booker T Worm, Yes it's nice to hear from you as always, the poems
are fasanating and fun to read, no matter what age group u are in weather you are a kid at
heart, or an adult. it's still fun to read. i like to because when i was a teenager, years
ago., i did lots of reading from books from the LibraRY, AND READ CONSTANTLY,TILL I BECAME
A BOOKWORM MY SELF. IT WAS LOTS OF FUN, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I NEVER GOT BORED WITH MY SELF I
ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING TO DO ALL THE TIME. BECAUSE BOOK READING WAS FUN AND I MADE IT FUN
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my favorite author is d. manus Pinkwater my favorite book by him is fat
men from space about a boy who somehow gets a radio chip in his mouth and he can hear the
radio all the time one day he hears an astronaut and he decides to track it down,
read on
fellow bookers
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