Previous Newsletters
August 2, 2002
July 23, 2002
July 17, 2002
July 3, 2002
June 27, 2002
June 20, 2002
June 14, 2002
June 5, 2002
May 22, 2002
May 16, 2002
May 8, 2002
April 24, 2002
April 17, 2002
April 10, 2002
April 4, 2002
March 27, 2002
March 21, 2002
March 14, 2002
March 7, 2002
February 28, 2002
February 20, 2002
February 13, 2002
January 30, 2002
January 25, 2002
January 16, 2002
January 11, 2002
January 4, 2002
December 14, 2001
December 7, 2001
November 30, 2001
November 21, 2001
November 16, 2001
November 9, 2001
November 2, 2001
Ocotober 26, 2001
Ocotober 19, 2001
Ocotober 12, 2001
Ocotober 4, 2001
September 25, 2001
August 31, 2001
August 17, 2001
August 10, 2001
August 3, 2001
July 27, 2001
July 20, 2001
July 13, 2001
June 29, 2001
June 22, 2001
June 15, 2001
June 8, 2001
June 1, 2001
May 25, 2001
May 18, 2001
May 11, 2001
May 4, 2001
April 27, 2001
April 20, 2001
April 13, 2001
April 6, 2001
March 30, 2001
March 23, 2001
March 16, 2001
March 9, 2001
March 2, 2001
February 23, 2001
February 16, 2001
February 9, 2001
February 2, 2001
January 26, 2001
January 19, 2001
December 27, 2000
|
|
The Bookworm Newsletter
Issue #190
August 8, 2002
Kidsreads.com
If you would like to
subscribe to our newsletter, please send an e-mail to newsletter@kidsreads.com with your e-mail
address and the e-mail address of your parent or legal guardian. We cannot send you the
newsletter without notifying your parent or legal guardian.
A NOTE FROM BOOKER
Hello!
My best friend Book Mark just got back from vacation with his family. He brought his children over to my house earlier to tell me about the trip they took. They went on a long car trip that allowed them to see all kinds of neat places.
One place they went was a special zoo where they could drive their car through big fields of wild animals. Book Mark told me that a giraffe came right up to his car window! His son, Little Words, saw a real tiger sleeping under a bush, and his daughter, Big Words, saw a pack of wolves roaming across the fields to get water from then lake. They took a lot of pictures, and I can hardly wait to see them. They had to make sure they kept the windows closed and the car locked, so that the animals could not hurt them. Little Words said that he and his sister pretended they were explorers going through Africa looking for wild animals. When the kids were telling me about the wild animal park, I was reminded of a great book titled Good Morning Gorillas about two children who went to Africa and tried to rescue a band of gorillas. As soon as I mentioned that book, both of the children begged me to find a copy of the book for them. They wanted to read it right away. I went through my bookshelves, and finally found my copy of the book. It is a part of The Magic Treehouse series, which is a favorite with a lot of the worm kids here.
Have you been on a vacation? I'd love to hear about it. Book Mark packed a lot of books in the car for his children to read while they were driving. He likes to get books that will tell them about the places they will visit while on their trips. He also likes to get books o tape so that they can all listen to the books being read aloud. That way, the whole family can enjoy the stories. If you'd like to read some reviews of our favorite books on tape, click on these underlined blue words: Kidsreads.com - Audiobooks.
Now on to this week's news...
--- Booker T. Worm
Question of the Week
Here's this week's Question of the Week:
If you could have an author (or two) over for dinner, what would you serve for dinner?
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.
Poll
This week's poll question asks: If you could have an author (or two) over for dinner, who would you pick?
Mary Pope Osborne
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Judy Blume
Bruce Coville
Marc Brown
Sharon Creech
Beverly Cleary
Paula Danziger
Kevin Henkes
Brian Jacques
Steven Kellogg
Donna Jo Napoli
Gary Paulsen
Dav Pilkey
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.
Don't forget to check out the last week's past poll results at: Do you listen to audiobooks?
This Week's Features:
Judy Moody Series
Third-grader Judy Moody has a lot of attitude. She also has a lot of moods. In fact, Judy has a mood to fit every occasion. She even has special faces she makes to go with her moods. The Judy Moody Series allows readers to follow Judy through her oddball adventures. The stories deal with family life, feelings and friendship. While you are browsing through the reviews, don't miss out on Fun Facts, author information and games!
If You Give A... Series
The IF YOU GIVE A... Series has been around since 1985. It began with IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE... These delightful tales have simple storylines and charming illustrations that will have parents and children giggling together from beginning to end. Don't miss our feature which includes an interview with the author, a complete list of titles and a cool word scramble game.
SPY KIDS 2: Hit Movie, Fun Books!
SPY KIDS 2 is out in theaters now! Have you seen it yet? Regardless of whether you have or haven't seen the movie, we've gathered some of the cool books that tie-in to both SPY KIDS and SPY KIDS 2. Re-live your movie-going experience at home, or read all about the movie from books based on the film SPY KIDS 2.
Book Reviews:
RESCUE JOSH MCGUIRE by Ben Mikaelson
13-year-old Josh McGuire is having a really difficult time. Such a difficult time that he decides to leave Bozeman, Montana, and head for the mountains. He rescued a bear cub, which he named Pokey. Pokey is in jeopardy of being sent to a research laboratory. Josh just can't stand the thought of that, so he has no other choice but to leave Bozeman until hunting laws change. Josh comes to the realization that he can't live in the mountains without help. Can he survive in the mountains? If so, will Pokey keep from being sent to a research laboratory? You'll have to read RESCUE JOSH McGUIRE to find out.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS: Pocahontas by George Sullivan
IN THEIR OWN WORDS is a new series by Scholastic which is designed to tell you all about famous people and their lives. The latest book in the series is POCAHONTAS, a girl that was kidnapped by the English and turned into an Englishwoman. Learn all about the lives of her descendants, see pictures of Pocahontas, her dwellings and much more about the infamous girl who only lived to be 21.
The IN THEIR OWN WORDS series also provides tips about how to research historic information. Read this book and find out more facts and history about Pocahontas.
KidsReads.com Birthday Contest
Celebrate the 4th Birthday of Kidsreads.com with a special contest! You could win FOUR books by telling us how you found Kidsreads.com, and what the website means to you as a reader. See details on how to win here.
Trivia
Check out all of the trivia games we have right here at KidsReads.com! You may just THINK you know the correct answer. Test your knowledge through our Trivia page.
We Asked, You Said
Click here to see all of the answers to last week's Question of the Week, What is your favorite audio book so far?
Quote of the Week
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it!"
-- Yogi Berra
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.
To see our latest word scrambles, visit our Word Scrambles page.
Take a look at our list of author addresses and write to your favorite author.
Want to see what author shares today as their birthday? Click here.
*****
Mailbag
Rules for submitting to Mailbag: We are not allowed to post anyone's e-mail 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 submissions for Mailbag must be received by Noon on Monday in order to make it in the next newsletter.
*****
Poems from fellow Bookworms
*****
No poems this week. Send them in and we'll post them!
*****
Jokes from fellow Bookworms
*****
Want to read the jokes that were submitted to Mailbag this week? Click here now.
*****
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!
*****
To read all the mail from fellow Bookworms, click here now. There's just too many to list in the newsletter, so we decided to make a mailbag page every week!
*****
Share the news and tell your friends about the Bookworm newsletter! Tell them if they would like to subscribe to our newsletter, please send an e-mail to newsletter@kidsreads.com with their e-mail address and the e-mail address of their parent or legal guardian.
Stay safe! Always!
Remember to be
safe online. NEVER tell anyone personal information --- which includes your real name,
age, address, phone number or school. Hey, pretend you are undercover when you go online
and protect yourself!
Keep reading! Until next week...
Booker T. Worm and Friends
Note: We send this free weekly letter to Kidsreads.com's
visitors and readers with the intent to amuse and inform. If it does neither, send e-mail
to listserv@listserv.aol.com and write in the body of the message: UNSUB
BOOKWORM_NEWSLETTER_HTML
Back to top.
|
