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The Bookworm Newsletter
Issue #158
November 30, 2001


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A NOTE FROM BOOKER

Hello!

Last night my best friend came over to my house to show me some great magic tricks he had been learning. His name is Book Mark, and one of his favorite magicians was Harry Houdini. Houdini was a famous man who used to be able to escape from any trap a person could put him in. No one was able to figure out how he was able to perform his tricks. I asked Book Mark if he had read any books about Houdini since he sounded like a really interesting person to read about. Book Mark suggested a great book called HOUDINI, and even brought a copy of it to me to borrow. When I went to bed, I started to read it, and I found it to be a great book. If you are interested in magic, you might want to read about this most famous magician. Book Mark says he wishes he could be as good of a magician as Houdini, so someone would write a book about him.

Now for this week's news...

--Booker T. Worm

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

What did you think about the Harry Potter movie?

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.


Hanukkah Feature
Hanukkah's most important ritual revolves around creating light --- lighting the menorah. Books are a great way to "en-lighten" yourself and immerse yourself in tradition. Books also make wonderful gifts for Hanukkah. Kidsreads has gathered together some terrific Hanukkah books, both about the season and about Jewish traditions and history.


My America Series
The MY AMERICA series are designed for readers age 7-10. They tell the stories of fictional boys and girls that lived during an earlier time in our country's history. The characters will live on in future books of this series. Be sure to check out the reviews, the author info, and a special scramble puzzle!


Harry Potter Movie Poll
Have you answered our Harry Potter Movie Poll? So far over 1,800 kids did! If you have not yet voted, get your mouse moving!


BOOK REVIEWS:

THE CHRISTMAS BARN
You will want to read THE CHRISTMAS BARN to discover how the Dockery family face up to their troubles and show how it's what's inside you that counts, not how much trouble you have.

SISTER SPLIT
Ivy, 11, and her sister Lacey, 15, have always gotten along fairly well. Ivy even thought they liked each other. But she's thinking that one over again. If parents can divorce, why can't sisters? What will happen? You'll have to read SISTER SPLIT to find out.


We Asked, You Said
To see everyone's answers to the last Question of the Week: "If you could write a book report about any book you wanted, which book would it be?" Check out the responses at We Asked, You Said.


Quote of the Week
One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us. ---- Unknown


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Poems from fellow Bookworms

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Books
Books,books
they're everywhere i look
books, books
they keep me on the hook,
if you need an adventure
just take a look in a book

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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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Last newsletter I saw that someone said they liked Ella Enchanted! I read that book to. It was GREAT!!!!!! I love the whole thing. It even has a little bit of th Cinderella story in it.

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I enjoy reviewing the children's books and purchasing them for young relatives.  This year I purchased The Fragile Flag (used because it is out of print).  I had been looking for it prior to Sept. 11.  My older daughter remembers reading this when she was younger.  Her young cousin was pleased to receive it.
I  also purchased The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson.
I have  recently found the Philip Pullman series and find it deeper than Harry Potter.  I enjoy developing the pictures in my mind.

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Taggurung is a great book about an otter who gets kidnapped! "REDWALL" series,
by Brian Jacques

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I  READ BOOK  IS CALL WINTER  CAMP. IT IS ABOUT  THEIR FAMILY THAT DIED. THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR SELF.

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why did the elephant exercis? to get skineyer than he was

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Judy Moody Gets Famous is a really funny book.  I really thinks all gets would really enjoy reading this book.  Judy is always trying to become famous. One time she tries to get in the newspaper by entering a pet contest with her dog and the picture of her in the paper was of her DOG and only her now famous elbow!

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What should you do if a dog ate your school directory?
answer: take the words rigth out of its mouth.

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I just love this newsletter!!! Thanks so much for  having this great Idea!! Having a reading newsletter and what good books are out and anything to do with reading is great! Thanks for posting my poem The Butterflies Fly!!! I hope all you bookworms liked it!! What is your favorite book? Mine is Are you there God? It's Me, Margaret. I think it is the best book ever written. I hope you can find it in book stores and read it talk to you all soon!!!

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I love to read and some of my fave authors are: Meredith ann Peirce,  J.K. Rowlings,  Diana Wynne Jones,  Louisa may alcott will always be a Fave author (she wrote little women (really good book so are the sequels))we share a B-DAY!!!!  Nov. 29
A fellow bookworm

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One book that I really enjoyed and I think other kids would enjoy is T*Witches: The Power of Two. It's about two girls named Camryn and Alexandra, better known as Cam and Alex. Anyway, they are twins separted at birth. But they're not normal twins...they're witches, the babies of the great Ileana. But Ileana doesn't feel they're safe, because Lord Thantos, Ileana's brother, is after them. Ileana is afraid of that alone, but Lord Thantos also killed Cam's and Alex's father. Moving on, Alex and Cam were given to two families. Alex works at a theme park called Big Sky, and Cam just hangs out in her home town with her friends. And in the book, there's a famous singer, named Maraleigh. In the begining, she disapears at Cam's soccer game. When Cam and her family are on vacation at Big Sky, she meets Alex. But to find out the rest...you'll have to read the book!

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I had recently read a great book that I thought other people would love. Its a young adult novel, entitled, "Boston Jane".  The author had previously won the Caldecott last year for her previous novel, "Our Only May Amelia".  Both are good and interesting period pieces to read, but I thoroughly enjoyed Boston Jane.

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I have a couple of favorite authors. My number 1 favorite is............ probably a tie beetween J.K. Rowling and Jerry Spinnelli. I obviosly like Rowling because of her Harry Potter novels and I have done reaserch on her and the books on your AMAZING website! In school we watched a video on Spinnelli and even read ( in our reading anthology book ) portions from his autobiogriphy "Knots In My Yo-Yo String". My teacher loves his books and reccomends them. My favorite books ( besides Harry Potter ) are:
1.  Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
2.  Windcatcher by Avi
3.  Skellig by David Almond

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This is a great site! Thanx 4 all of the time put into a website 4 kids like me--- BOOKWORMS!

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Hey Booker T. Worm I'm reading a book called  Antastasia  on Her Own by Lowis Lowry.  It's about a girl named Anastasia who has to take over because her mom is in California and her brother Sam and her father are stuck at home by themselves.  Sam gets the chicken pox and the girl can't go to school because her dad can't stay home.  You'll have to read it for the rest of the info.

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I read every night and whenever I can. I really like chapter books.In my class we  have D.E.A.R. and that is just like silent reading and we have to read chapter  books! My teacher reads outloud to us, and she reads a chapter book.   The first books we read was The B.F.G.,We just got finished with The Island Of The Blue Dolphins, and we are reading   Holes.

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hey a really good series for probaly 11 and up is Redwall by: Brian Jacques. Then there is novels to the series. The first book to the series is called Redwall.

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                                         WONDERFUL
YOUR BOOKS  ARE  WONDERFUL,
THEY  WORK  LIKE  MAGIC,
AND  SOMETIMES   I  READ THEM
WHEN  I'M  FEELING  SICK.

OH,I'VE  READ   A  LOT   OF  YOUR BOOKS,
IT'S  TRUE ,IT'S  TRUE,
AND  MAYBE  SOMEDAY
I  MIGHT  JUST MEET  YOU.

I  HAVE   READ  A  LOT  OF   YOUR  BOOKS,AND  THEY'RE  REALLY FUNNY.  I  LIKE  WRITING  A LOT   OF  STORIES,AND  POEMS  AT   SCHOOL,INMY SPARE  TIME.I  REALLY  THINK   YOU'VE   INSPIRED  ME,AND  MAYBE  SOMEDAY ,I MIGHT  BECOME  AN  AUTHOR ,TOO.

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I love all the Anthony Horowitz books I've red and wish to keep reading them because they always have a huge thrill in them which gives the story its attitude I love them heaps.

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I am a reader and I am reading the "The Name Of The Game Was Murder." It is the best book in the world.

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knok  knok  who's  there  BOO. BOO  WHO.  DON'T  CRY.

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