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--Booker T. Worm


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

If you could write a book report about any book you wanted, which book would it be?

Send your answer to YouSaid@kidsreads.com. Write "Question" in the subject line. We'll post your answers online!


HIS DARK MATERIALS Series
Want a story full of mystery, adventure and fantasy? Then join us and the legions of fans of Philip Pullman's HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy!


NARNIA Series
Long before Harry Potter discovered Platform 9 and 3/4, four English children --- Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan --- traveled through an ordinary-looking clothes closet (wardrobe) and found themselves in a magical world called Narnia. Their adventures are at the heart of THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE and the other six novels that make up the Chronicles of Narnia.


MONEY: It's all About the Benjamins!
Lots of kids know how to spend money, but do you know how to earn it, save it and make it work for you? Kidsreads is here to help you figure out finance with our feature, MONEY: It's All About the Benjamins!. We've rounded up the best books about all different aspects of money and put them together for you. From how banks and credit cards work to the ins and outs of the stock market (not a very happy subject for investors in 2001), to how to start your own business, these titles have it all. You'll also find information on giving money to charity, the Federal Reserve system, and money's role in our government --- topics that always seem to be in the news.


BOOK REVIEWS:

SLAP YOUR SIDES
SLAP YOUR SIDES is a very difficult book to read at times. Kerr does a superb job of recreating the atmosphere of the war years for the reader. This is in part due to our being used to thinking of that time as a clear cut era without the confusing shades of gray while Kerr points out that that kind of clarity never really existed. Kerr asks us to question which is the more moral standpoint and whether doing something wrong can ever be right. I enjoyed SLAP YOUR SIDES because the characters and their relationships with each other never fail to feel truthful. This is not a book to occupy a rainy afternoon, it's a book for life.


THE GREAT WHALE OF KANSAS
THE GREAT WHALE OF KANSAS is a tall tale about an 11-year-old boy living in Melville, Kansas, who loves to dig holes. Big holes. The “moral” of the story is laid on pretty thick by the book’s end, but that hardly detracts from the overall pleasure THE GREAT WHALE OF KANSAS delivers.


STOLEN BY THE SEA
Set in the early 1900s, STOLEN BY THE SEA tells the story of Maggie, a well off 12-year-old. Maggie and the rest of her family, the McKennas, live in Galveston, Texas. Maggie enjoys spending her days with her Papa, going out to the sea --- that is, until an orphaned 14-year-old boy named Felipe from Mexico comes to help them with jobs around the house and Papa begins paying more attention to Felipe instead of her.


We Asked, You Said
To see everyone's answers to the last Question of the Week: "What's your favorite spooky book?" Check out the responses at We Asked, You Said.


Quote of the Week
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. --- Plato


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Mailbag

Poems from fellow Bookworms

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There once was a cat who just sat and sat,
She just silently sat like that,
She just loved to sit,
She never had a fit,
Until one day she discovered a rat!

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There is a thing beneath the stair,
with slimy face and oily hair.
That does not move or speak or sing
or do another single thing. But, sit                                  
and wait beneath the stair                                
with slimy face and oily hair.

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Joy
Joy is many things
found in the heart of children
Learn to live the joy.

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Shoreline
Hand in hand you walk
Shore water soaking your feet
Cleansing many souls

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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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What kind of books do you read?  My favorite book is "Sing Down the Moon."

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I've also read piers anthony   Zanth novels, there are 27 that i read so far we are awaiting the newest release

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Hi kids reads I love the newsletter I receive it helps me pick out books.
Like 10.19.01 issue was good! It help me pick out a book for Halloween
roundup I'm going to the library today thanxz.

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I am in the middle of a really great book called The Moffats.  There are a couple more books written by this author like: Pinky Pye, Ginger Pye, The Middle Moffat, Rufus M., and The Moffat Museum.  This author's name is Eleanor Estes.  I just wanted to know if any of these books have been menchoned in the newsletter or if you know about these books or not.

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The Dear America series is great!It's realistic fiction.It is a selection of girls diaries as they encounter war,the Titanic,the building of the first railroad and much more!

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I have read about a million books. I recommend the following series

-the Chronicles of Narnia  by C. S. Lewis   
-Harry Potter:)  
-His Dark Materials  by Phillip Pullman
-Little House on the Prairie  by Laura Ingots  (there are also books for Laura's daughter, Laura's Mom, grandma, and great-grandma)
-A series by the author T. H.  Barron. the books are about Merlin as a kid and about the troubles he goes through trying to learn magic.
-The Great Book of Amber  by Roger Zelazny. This is really ten books in a series put together. It is full of magic stuff.

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My favorite book that I read this summer was  Glass Slippers Give You Blisters.  It's a great book.  I hope you enjoy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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i read a book call The Ghost Sistter, and The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs it was good and funny.

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I really love the harry Potter books too! I don't have all of the merchandise , but I have the first book and I am always going on the message boards. I am aways chatting on it, and going to Bookworm's ''Links'' site so I can go to Harry Potter sites. I wish that I had J.K. Rowling's casual writing flair!  I love to write stories for people to read and to enjoy, and I love to read my stories and others, over and over again.

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Dear Booker and Friends ( And anyone reading),
I just love your Mailbag. So I would like to reply to all the letters, and add a letter of my own. Okay, here goes.
The letter about the "Death Gate Cycle" I liked the most. I wish I could find the book. The way the person who wrote it made it sound, sounded great! I'd like to say, that you should really read this series, "The Song of the Lioness Quartet". It is great for girls but if a boy would like to read it, take a dare. I am also entangled in the sequel to this book called "Greenwitch". I didn't read the first one in the series, but I am sure that I will find it. I got it from my teachers library! You don't know how much I LOVE to read. If I could go to a Book Signing I would be the first one there. Well back to ''Death Gate cycle'' . the girl said that there are four different realms, um... sky, stone, fire and sea. I just want to sink my teeth into it! Uggghh. I wish that I could just lock myself into a library with three tons of, McDonalds, Tomatoes , Chocalate and Pop. Oops, I gotta go. But i can't wait 'till the next newsie.
From: A fellow Bookworm- 11 years old

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hi was about to start a boook called Hachet and i was wondering what do you think of it

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why did the janiter say to the wall?
anwser:one more crack i will plaster you.
why did the cat go on the computer/
anwser:to mess around the mouse
why did the spider man go on the computer?
anwser:to find a lot of world wide webs.

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c-will you kow me for a day? o-yes c-will you know me for a month?       o-yes    c- will you know me for a year o-yes c-knock knock o-who's there?c-I thought you knew me!

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Ever  sense I started this club I didn't like to read online now I love to read online thanks!!!!!
P.S My mother told me to thank you for her plus  she said you guys should be on T.V  because you did such a great thing to me.

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~*TO ANYONE WHO LOVES HIS DARK MATERIALS AND HARRY POTTER*~

You HAVE to read the Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. If you don't, you are missing out SO much. Here is what it says in the book before the story starts:

"The Lord of the Rings

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
      Seven for the dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
      One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
      One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
      One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie."

IF that doesn't make you want to read it, I don't know what will, but take my word- you won't regret it!!

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Hi!!!! Im reading a series of unfortunate events. Its all really good. an evil guy... count olaf... is tring to steal the baulderlair fourtune. there parents died in a fire. the author some times pops in and shares a experince. like... you should never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, play with eletical devices. I have started to get the name BOOKER T. WORM. ive already read every book in the library!

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Besides reading all the Harry Potter booksI've read all the Little House on the Praire books by Laura Ingalls-Wilder, all the Anne of Green Gables books by Lucy Maud Montgomery,all of the Little Women books by Louisa May Alcott,and all of the Narnia books by C.S. Louis. I think these series are great for kids to read because they get personally acquainted with all these classic characters. Though most of these books (minus Narnia) are geared toward young women,I would highly recommend them to any young adult.

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Boo did I scare you? Here is a story that I am going to tell you are you ready?

    One when I was up stairs in my bedroom and I had just moved there I herd a thump thump,thump,boom. There was no body at the house except me. I called out "Who's there nobody answered me. I grabbed a knife and headed down the stairs very slowly when I got to the bottom of the steps all I saw was smoke every where that made it even harder to see.

    I tried not to look directly in to the smoke like that helped. I saw this thin ghost gliding across heading toward me. I HURRIED UP RAN UP STAIRS RAN UNDER MY COVERS HOPING IT WAS JUST A DREAM AND FROM THIS DAY ON I STILL HERE THE THUMP,THUMP,BOOM SOMETIMES!

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Why is Redwall such a great book?

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I read a really good book called The Princess Diaries. I thought it was really funny and full of humor. The movie was only a little bit like the book. But if you want to cuddle up with a good funny diary?This is the one to pick up and read!

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A book that I've recently read is "Little Women". Although it is very long, it is very interesting. It's about four sisters who are poor, and the book tells a story about their lives. It is so good, I can't even put it into words. I'd give it five stars. Luisa May Alcott, the author, obviously did a very good job.

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I love books of all kinds . I really love chapter books about people. For example, Bubbles,its a book about a girl who grows up to be a star. You should read it

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I am impressed!  This is the greatest website!  It is exactly what I need to
help me meet the needs of my student population.  THANK YOU!

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You have a letter on your site that notes that someone likes the book the Doll People. Well, since you like different opinions I will tell you mine about Doll People. I thought this book was okay. I didn't like the way she dragged everything out in the book. J.K. Rowling and Roald Dahl's books are wonderful  but they don't drag things out. I am not trying to say this is a bad book but it was definitly not one of my favorites. I think people should read this book though and state their opinion.

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purple pickle juice was a graet book to read.it was about a little witch that would
like to grow up she went to her room and then her aunt bell and toldher aunt bell that she wanted to grow up to get bigger so her aunt bell took her to her house to make her bigger so she needed one bats tooth and tow frog legs and three ivy leaves and  four cat hairs then she gave the little witch the potion and the little witch the potion and the little witch drink the and she got so big she as big as aunt bell house then aunt bell did a spell on the little witch and she was as small as a bug and then aunt bell tlod the little witch that to click her heels and clap her hands.so  the little witch clicked her and claped her hands and she turned back to her self .

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i love books  i could  read forever i read this book called gost horse it was great it was about this girl she fell of a horse and she said she would not go on one  again but she did

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