ROSELLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
What's ' Up with Kids !
What's Up With Kids!
April , 2002
Instructions for Life
The Movie Critic
From: H. Jackson Brown Jr.’s
by
Life’s Little Instruction Book Vol. III
by
Jeremy, age 12
Zach, age 11
E.T. 2 2 thumbs up ! “An interesting and
1. Remember that when your mom says, ”You’ll
regret it”, you probably will.
captivating extra-terrestrial movie. It’s the
20th. Anniversary remake of the movie”.
2. Respect your elders.
Clockstoppers - 2 thumbs up ! “An exhila-
3. When you need a little advice, call your
grandparents.
rating movie about how a kid can stop time”.
4. Ask your grandparents to tell you stories
about your parents when they were growing
up.
5. Never miss an opportunity to go fishing with
your father.
Ice Age - 1 thumb up! “Mild humor with
some laughter”.
1 thumb up ! “Good movie
for girls who liked the original Cinderella”.
Cinderella 2-
6. Never miss an opportunity to go traveling
with your mother.
Did you Know ?
Physically speaking ….
Easy and Fun Jokes to Play on your Family
by Caleb, age 9
1. “Trapped”. A trick to play on your Mom or
SPIDERS:
Dad. What you will need: 1. Clear plastic wrap
• have 8 legs
2. Tape. What to do: When your parents are not
• come in all shapes and sizes from as
looking tape plastic over the door. Make sure it is
small as a pinhead to as big as 10 inches across.
secure, then call them to come out of the room.
• do not have bones
• have fangs
1. “Where Did It Go”? A joke to play on your
• have eyes on top and near the front of their head
Dad. What you will need: disappearing ink. What
• have transparent blood
to do: switch the disappearing ink from
Over 29,000 kinds of spiders are know to exist .
Spiders are not insects– they are arachnids.
(This information is from the Storyteller’s Cornucopia).
Come check out our books on spiders here at the library.
the pen your dad uses at work. Simple!
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This newsletter is a production of the children of the Roselle Public library
youth services department.
Articles and pictures were submitted by the following:
Caleb
Conor
Middle
Conor Grealish
Grealish -- Roselle
RoselleMedinah
Middle Christian
Amanda
Jeske
Medinah
Primary
Amanda Jeske - MedinahMedinah
Scott
PrimaryPrimary
Kevin
Jorgensen
Springhills
Kevin
Jorgensen
Springhills
Christopher
Clauss Preschool
Ryan
Ryan Jorgensen
Jorgensen -- Springhills
Springhills
Kevin
Spring Hills School
Anna
Roselle Middle School
Jarna Shah - St. Isodore
Andrea Smith - Springhills
Charlie
Spring Hills School
Elizabeth
Smith
-Springhills
Rena
Medinah Middle School
Coral
Medinah Intermediate
Ryan
Spring Hills School
Andrea
Spring Hills School
Zach
Medinah Intermediate
Elizabeth
Roselle Middle School
Jeremy
Medinah Christian School
Character
Counts!
Responsibility
The Adventures of Herman the Hamster
by Andie,, age 14
The Chess Club
by Kevin, age 7
Hello there! My name is Herman and I am a hamster.
I am a well-dressed opera singer. All of my clothes are
homemade. I can also play the piano. Let me tell you
how I came to live here. I came on a cargo ship. While
we were at sea we were caught in a monsoon. I heard a
frightened squeak and I performed the heroic deed of
rescuing a small dormouse. The dormouse’s name was
George, We became best friends and I knew that this
was going to be a long term relationship. When we got
to New York I looked in the newspaper for an occupation opening. Right before my eyes there was my dream
job, a singer at the famous Metropolitan Opera! That
was the reason I came to New York, to become a singer
at the world famous Metropolitan Opera ! George and I
went to the interview. When I arrived, all of the people
were outraged that they were going to hire a hamster to
be a singer in the opera. They all thought that it was a
disgrace to the opera to let me be an opera singer. The
owner did not care, so he hired me anyway. Ok, well
bye for now. Next time you will find out what happens.
The Roselle Library has a Chess Club that I think
is very fun. I will tell you why it is so much fun in
this article. The best part is that you get to pick who
you want to play. Another fun thing is that you keep
track of who wins or looses. The last fun part is that
you can bring your own chess board.
The chess club start at 1:30. The lady says sit
down and find a partner. The lady also takes attendance. Then you get to play chess.
Kids stand up when they’re through playing chess.
When kids don’t have anybody to play chess against
they sometimes watch other games being played.
They might play the person all over again.
When players don’t agree on a move they could
ask the professionals at chess. Another thing they
might do is ask another player . Last of all you could
agree on it.
I hope you enjoyed these facts about the Chess
Club. I think you would like to join
our club.
If you would like to become
one of the what’s up with kids! Reporters,
please contact Gerri Svenson (Editor)
youth services department.
529-1641 x 351
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What's Up With Kids
! Story
Natasha’s
by Renna, age 11
A long time ago when blacks were treated badly there lived a girl named Natasha. She was a little black girl
that was about 7 years old. She had long black hair that was braided all over her head with barrettes at the end
of her braids. She wore white gym shoes at size one. They were so worn out from the wear and tear that they
were falling apart. Natasha heard about Martin Luther King Jr. and loved what he was doing and wanted to
join him with the civil rights movement. So Natasha went to the walk to Birmingham. She went to the front of
her line by Martin Luther King Junior and told him that she really loved what he was doing. She told him she
wanted to join him for the fight to be equal. Martin looked down at Natasha and asked, “How old are you little girl?” Natasha answered “ 7 ”. Then he said, “Well stay by me and we’ll make a good team”. “By the way
what’s your name?” “Natasha”, said the little girl; Martin just nodded. Natasha always stayed by Martin and
looked up at him as a mentor. She was always with him. Natasha went to all the walks, sit-ins, and anything
for the fight. She was willing to do anything it took to stop segregation. Natasha went to the “I Have a Dream”
speech. She cheered and clapped and loved what Martin Luther King Jr. was saying.
6 months to a year passed:
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Natasha was extremely sad. She cried all day and all night. Natasha
still wanted to be equal but she didn’t know how. She was just a little girl, but what could she do?
She just had to get that spirit throughout the whole world.
By Charlie, Grade 4
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A Poem by Coral
Look at the fat cat with
the funny black hat.
the black hat was on the railroad track and so,
the black hat went splat !
Did you know that black cats are supposed to be bad
luck in the U. S., but in other countries they bring
good luck?
.
* Featured Reporter *
Zach, age 11
Years on the newspaper - Feb. ’99 (when it first started)
The Dragonriders Of Pern
“Sound the Klaxon Thread’s Falling!”
“Everyone inside and watch for them!”
picture and story by Elizabeth, age 12
The Dragonriders of Pern is a trilogy of Ann
McCaffrey’s greatest stories. The first book in the trilogy is Dragonflight. It takes place in Ruthahold
where Lisa, a slave, saves the life of baby Jaxon from
his cruel father and soon becomes Weyrewomen of
Bendonhold.
In Dragonquest, the second book, Finor Weigre is leader of Benden Were. She is on a guest for
young Dragonriders for the queen.
The last book in the trilogy is The White
Dragon. Lord Jaxon feels sorry for the undersized
dragon and does impressions to him. Many object to
his being a dragonrider. He does find his place at the
end. These books are in the
Adult, science fiction area at the
library. So, grab a book and come
to Pern!
Name one of your best friends - Craig
Favorite teacher - “I like all my teachers”.
Favorite subject in school - Math
Favorite book– Backyard Dragon, by B.& S. Sterman
Favorite Sports Team - Chicago Fire &
N.Y. Yankees
Favorite t.v.
program Everybody loves
Raymond
Hobby Go-Carts
What’s Up With Kids!, is a Youth Services Publication. This Newsletter is for kids, and written by kids. It is
our hope that this publication will provide children in the community a way to express their opinions. We also
hope to provide encouragement to those who enjoy reading, writing and drawing.
Please visit the Roselle Public Library at our web site, www.roselle.lib.il.us or by visiting us at 40 S. Park,
Roselle, Illinois 60172. Our telephone number is (630) 529-1641, and our fax is (630) 529-7579.
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Magic Tree House
Spring Hills Winter Olympics
By Scott, age 9
by Andrea, age 10
Did you know that the Roselle Public Library has
lots of Magic Tree House books? They are really
good! The characters are Jack and Annie Morgan.
Jack and Annie live in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania.
Jack is eight years old and Annie is seven.
They find this tree house filled with books. Here
are some of the titles: “ Mummies in the Morning”,
“ Dinosaurs Before Dark”, “Ghost town at Sundown”, and “Dolphins at Daybreak”. There is a
special book for Christmas and it is called
“Christmas in Camelot”.
There are about 10 chapters in all of the books.
I read these books by myself. My teacher has
every one of these books. Look for the author of
the Magic Tree House books - Mary Pope Osborne.
Now sit down, grab a pillow and get ready for
some fun and adventures!
Picture by Scott, age 9
Spring Hills School had the Olympics during gym
time, throughout the week of the Olympics. Our
school had an opening ceremony to represent the
flags of our countries that we picked and the flags
that we made in art class. Before the ceremony each
class had one person to pass the flame to the next
class, until it reached the last person which was our
school secretary. The superintendent came and told
us some facts about the Olympics and about the
events. We lit the torch in the gym.
Throughout the week at gym time we did one of
the events. The first event was speed skating. The
way we did it was by wearing huge slippers and
sliding on the slippery gym floor. Another event we
had was curling. The way we did the curling was by
taking Frisbees and sliding them across the floor
into squares. Each square equaled a number of
points. The next event we did was hockey. We did
this event by having one goal and using a hockey
stick and 4 pucks and hitting them into the goal. We
tried to get as many pucks into the goal as we
could. The last event was the luge. The way we did
the luge was by standing gym mats up to make a
maze. Then we took three scooters and tied them together. Last, someone would push the person on the
scooters ,( lying on their back), through the maze
while being timed. Sounds tough???? Well it is!!!
At the closing ceremony we gave out medals that
Mrs. Beard made with colored foil. The different
kinds of medals you could get were gold, silver,
bronze, or a green medal that says you participated
in the Spring Hills Winter Olympics. My team was
Norway, and we got a gold medal for hockey!
Our gym teacher was the one that extinguished
our flame , announcing the end of the Winter
Olympics. “ I was sure glad that I was a part of
the Spring Hills Winter Olympics !”
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Happy Holidays !
Did You Know ???????
Until 1796, there was a state in the United
States called Franklin. Today, it’s known as
Tennessee !
Joke
What do you do if a dragon bites your library
book?
The Paper Needs You
by Ryan, age 9
The paper needs you because it might not stay
around without you. Not enough kids are participating, for a town the size of Roselle. Another reason is that there might not be enough
articles to fill an issue. “Parents, the news articles are fun to write, and kids like to see their
work published”. Sometimes at the meetings
you can have pizza, juice, cookies or donuts.
You can pick what you want to write.
In the paper you can write jokes, book talks,
things going on in the library, and things going
on in the world. Your work will get published,
put in the newsletter, and put on the Internet.
You might get an award in the mail.
To conclude this article, you should join the
paper. You will find it fun, rewarding and
something to be proud of. That’s why you
should join the paper.
Take the words right out of his mouth!
The Next Issue of
“What’s Up With Kids”!
Is Scheduled for June 2002
The staff of this newsletter has decided to try to
publish this newsletter every other month. Look
for the next issue during the month of June.
Picture by Christopher, age 5
(We will be having a staff meeting in May )
If interested , please call the youth services
department at 630-529-1641 x 351