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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015
© 2015 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 31, No. 21
Children’s Book Week is
celebrated May 4–10, 2015.
It’s a week to think about the
books you love and to enjoy
new books.
Kid Scoop readers had some
questions for Jeff Kinney,
creator of the popular Diary
of a Wimpy Kid book series.
The first Book
Week was
celebrated in
cel
1919. How
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many years
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ago
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go was that?
a Book Week poster was
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designed
to encourage children
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read. A new poster has been
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designed
every year since then.
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by Grace
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in T
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She is currently
Los s Angeles.
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working as a storybook artist at
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Disney Publishing Worldwide.
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A: I didn’t! I wanted to be a
newspaper cartoonist, and
that dream didn’t come through
for me. I also wanted to be a
computer programmer, and
that dream did come true …
I created Poptropica, a virtual
world for kids.
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out the slogan for the
Book Week Poster.
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Imagine you could design a National
Children’s Book Week poster. What would
your slogan be? What kind of picture would
you put on your poster? Design your
own Book Week poster.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple directions.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple directions.
Q: As a kid, what was your
favorite book?
A: I liked Tales of a Fourth Grade
Nothing by Judy Blume.
Q: Have you always enjoyed
reading?
A: I have. Especially in the
bathroom. Okay, that’s
embarrassing.
hat if you couldn’t
read? If you couldn’t
read, the words on important
signs might look like this.
Learning to read is like
finding a marvelous secret
code. Use the decoder to find
out what each sign says.
= A
= B
= D
= E
= F
= G
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension:
Follow simple directions.
= H
= I
= K
= L
= N
= O
= P
= R
= S
= T
= V
= W
Q: What inspired you to write
the Wimpy Kid series?
A: My failure to become a
newspaper cartoonist! I knew
I had to get my cartoons seen,
but I just needed to get them in
another form.
Q: Did you enjoy middle
school?
Help Bert Bookworm find
his way to the library.
A: I didn’t! For me, it was scary.
I think things have gotten
better for kids.
Think of a
character from a
book you have
read. Look through
the ads in the
newspaper to find
things you think
this character
would like to buy.
Standards Link: Language
Arts: Narrative Analysis:
Analyze characterization.
Q: Did you think that the first
Wimpy Kid book would get
so popular that you would
have to write more?
A: I never thought the first book
would even get published!
Q: What are your hobbies
outside of writing?
A: I like going to Boston Celtics
games with my kids. Does that
count as a hobby?
Q: Are you thinking of writing
another series?
his telling of the legend in
comic book style begins with
the birth of King Arthur and moves
swiftly along as he frees the sword
from the stone, is tutored by
Merlin, befriends Lancelot, marries
Guinevere, seeks the Holy Grail
and battles Mordred.
Fill in the missing
vowels in the title
of this book. Then,
check it out at your
library this summer!
CHILDRENS
BOOKWORM
IMAGINE
LIBRARY
POSTER
SLOGAN
SIGNS
WORDS
COMIC
SEEKS
BOOK
WEEK
READ
GREW
CODE
Find the words in the puzzle. Then
look for each word in this week’s
Kid Scoop stories and activities.
Y R A R B I L C W O
B N S D S L O G A N
O S N E R D L I H C
O E S N E E R F S U
K L B I R K T O D O
W E R G G K S S R B
O R E A D N S T O O
R C I M O C S O W P
M R E I A D K E E W
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
This week’s word:
DECODE
The verb decode means to
change a message in code
into ordinary language.
The object of the game
was to decode the secret
messages.
Try to use the word decode
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
My Book
House Your Favorite Character
Imagine your favorite book character’s
house was going to be sold in the classified
ad section of the newspaper. Write the
classified ad for the house.
ANSWER: When it is read (red).
Standards Link: Language Arts: Narrative Analysis: Analyze
features conveyed through character's words and actions.
A: I am! I hope I can come up with
a good idea!
Imagine you could write a
book for kids. What would
be your topic? Who would
be your main character?
What would make other kids
want to read your book?
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Q: Did you always want to be
a writer when you were a
kid?