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Kidsreads.com Newsletter |
October 25, 2002 |
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Letter from Booker T. Worm |
When we last wrote we were on our way to the White House for the Opening Ceremony of the National Book Festival. As promised, we brought along your letters to the First Lady and delivered them to her Deputy Press Secretary. We heard from over 1,500 of you! What fun it was to read what you had to say.
So much has been going on recently. Everyone is rushing around getting ready for Halloween. We all love dressing up and trick or treating --- just like you. The only candy we do not like is Gummy Worms. I am sure you can understand why! See my selection of costumes is on the Halloween Books page.
By the way if you cannot see our snazzy new newsletter in color, complete with pictures of book covers, go to the link at the bottom of my letter to read our newsletter online. For kids on AOL with Kids Only accounts, we cannot send you newsletters with graphics, so this link is your ticket to see the pictures that we have added.
And without further ado...our lineup for the week... |
If you cannot see our graphics, click here to read this newsletter online.
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ELOISE by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight |
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From New York to Paris to Moscow, take a stroll through the world of Eloise, an extremely precocious 6-year-old girl. Kidsreads shares her joyful view of life by celebrating her new book, ELOISE TAKES A BAWTH, and bringing you a feature full of interesting info, an interview with Hillary Knight, and all things Eloise. |
Read about Eloise
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Boxcar Mysteries by Gertrude Chandler Warner |
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The Boxcar Children --- those same lovable orphans that have entertained generations of young readers --- are still discovering new adventures after 60 years! Check out the 90 plus mystery reviews in our feature, accompanied by a word scramble, a challenging maze, and information on how The Boxcar Mysteries first began. |
Read about Boxcar Mysteries
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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS by Lemony Snicket |
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We're counting down the days till the new Lemony Snicket book --- THE CARNIVOROUS CARNIVAL --- comes out! To celebrate the Series of Unfortunate Events we have some party ideas, as well as some fun games to play. |
Read all about Lemony Snicket here
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Halloween Books |
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Do creepy things make your skin crawl? When something goes bump in the middle of the night, do you hide under the covers? Halloween is here again and we've found just the books for you. We've got ghosts, goblins, graveyards and ghouls. Monsters, skeletons, witches and wizards. |
Read about Halloween books
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Cool New Books for October |
HOT OFF THE PRESSES!
13 new titles that you will want to note including a 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Hardy Boys, a new Junie B. and a fun one from everyone's favorite girl at the Plaza --- Eloise! |
Read Cool New Books for October
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Question of the Week |
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Question: What do you like about the Lemony Snicket books? |
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Reader Mailbag |
Your Letters...Your Poems...Your Jokes...
Our Mailbag can now be found online at Kidsreads.com. Here are the 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. Also, we will not publish anything that has bad words in it.
All submissions for Mailbag must be received by Noon on Monday in order to have them included in our Mailbag page for that week.
Send your mail to BookerTWorm@aol.com. |
Read the mail here!
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Want to know my favorite part about this newsletter? You can forward it to a friend by clicking the button on the bottom of the page. What could be easier? Now it's really easy to share your favorite book newsletter with friends, teachers and librarians! Can you tell I am excited? I hope you are too.
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 at all times!
Keep reading! Until next week...
Booker T. Worm and Friends |
