Hello, 2012! Happy New Year from the Katie & Kimble Blog! This new year, 2012, is going to bring some exciting changes to the Katie & Kimble Blog!
Our blog hosting company, blogware, will be discontinuing their platform
service, so the Katie & Kimble Blog will be moving to PressHarbor,
which is an excellent site that hosts WordPress for us.
This means a redesign for the Katie & Kimble Blog, although many
things will remain the same. I hope you will like the exciting colors
and the fun new look.
Be sure to check back often. We hope to have the blog migrated over by the end of January. And have a Happy New Year, too!
Linda Thieman, author Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story Mom’s Choice Awards® has named the Katie & Kimbleseries among the best in family-friendly media,
products and services. Winner: Juvenile Books Series.
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story(Book 1 in the series) and Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2 in the series) are available here:
[Reading Level 3, 280L, for ages 6-10] Nine-year-old Katie Russell and her family look
normal. But the Russells don't know they are living with Kimble,
the ghost of a ten-year-old girl. That is, until Katie discovers Kimble
and the two of them set off on a quest to find out what happened to
Kimble's mother.
The Sad, Sweet Song that Reminds Me of Kimble Before Katie met Kimble, Kimble was all alone in that big, old house for many years. At times, she was lonely and sad.
There is a song that reminds me of Kimble. I think of it as Kimble's song. It's called "Graceful Ghost Rag."
"Rag" means that the song is ragtime. Ragtime uses certain
patterns and rhythms. Often, ragtime is fast and bouncy. In
the case of the "Graceful Ghost Rag," this ragtime piece is slow,
beautiful, and so sweet you could just cry.
The "Graceful Ghost Rag" was written in 1971. The man who wrote
it, William Bolcom, did so to remember his father who had died. I
hear it's one of the hardest ragtime pieces to play on the piano!
Click here to listen to the "Graceful Ghost Rag." Mom’s Choice Awards® has named the Katie & Kimbleseries among the best in family-friendly media,
products and services. Winner: Juvenile Books Series.
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story(Book 1 in the series) and Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2 in the series) are available here:
[Reading Level 3, 280L, for ages 6-10] Nine-year-old Katie Russell and her family look
normal. But the Russells don't know they are living with Kimble,
the ghost of a ten-year-old girl. That is, until Katie discovers Kimble
and the two of them set off on a quest to find out what happened to
Kimble's mother.
Download Your Free Katie & Kimble Coloring Pages Here! Now
you can download free Katie & Kimble coloring pages here! The coloring pages show five scenes from Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story (a chapter book for ages 6-10, 280L).
Or, look on the right sidebar of this blog. You'll find the
coloring pages and other fun activities in the Katie & Kimble
Activity Corner.
Mom’s Choice Awards® has named the Katie & Kimbleseries among the best in family-friendly media,
products and services. Winner: Juvenile Books Series. Fun Katie & Kimble Hint: On the sidebars, click on the yellow stripes for a little surprise or two!
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story(Book 1 in the series) and Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2 in the series) are available here:
[Reading Level 3, 280L, for ages 6-10] Nine-year-old Katie Russell and her family look
normal. But the Russells don't know they are living with Kimble,
the ghost of a ten-year-old girl. That is, until Katie discovers Kimble
and the two of them set off on a quest to find out what happened to
Kimble's mother.
Kids, You Can Help Save the World Here! If you've read the award-winning Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story, you know that Katie is the kind of girl who likes to HELP people and animals (um, and ghosts!). Now, here are three ways that YOU can help people and animals, too.
It's fun and it's important.
And you can learn great things at the same time! I've added all three
to the Katie & Kimble Activity Corner on the right sidebar of this
blog. That section of the sidebar is called Save the World.
1) A 12-year-old girl named Mimi Ausland from Oregon started a website called FreeKibble.com.
Kibble means pieces of dog or cat food. Every day, Mimi adds a new Bow Wow
Trivia question about dogs. If you answer the question
(correctly or not), Mimi will donate 10 pieces of kibble to dogs who
live in shelters. This really adds up! Mimi has provided dogs with
thousands and thousands of pounds of dog food. That must be very heavy
to carry!
2) Mimi also started a site to help feed cats. So if you go to the FreeKibbleKat.com website and answer the Meow Trivia question every day, Mimi will donate 10 pieces of kibble for cats!
3) The third way that you can help is found at FreeRice.com.
Here, if you answer questions correctly, FreeRice will donate 10 grains
of rice to a hungry person for each question you answer. This can add
up quickly, because you can keep answering questions as long as you
want.
FreeRice has all kinds of questions. You can start at the
lowest level and build your English vocabulary. Or you can do the same
thing in other languages, too, like Spanish and French.
They
also have questions about art and famous artists, where you get to look
at famous pictures. You can also look at maps to answer questions
about countries and world capitals. And you can practice your math and
multiplication tables and earn rice for hungry people at the same
time! You also get to keep track of how much rice you've donated.
So, have fun, learn things, and help dogs, cats and people! Here's to saving the world!
Mom’s Choice Awards® has named the Katie & Kimbleseries among the best in family-friendly media,
products and services. Winner: Juvenile Books Series.
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story(Book 1 in the series) and Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2 in the series) are available here:
[Reading Level 3, 280L, for ages 6-10] Nine-year-old Katie Russell and her family look
normal. But the Russells don't know they are living with Kimble,
the ghost of a ten-year-old girl. That is, until Katie discovers Kimble
and the two of them set off on a quest to find out what happened to
Kimble's mother.
Free Katie & Kimble Word Puzzles Now Available for Books 1 and 2! Free Katie & Kimble word puzzles
are now available on the right sidebar under the Katie & Kimble
Activity Corner. There are six puzzles, five of which are also
available in the Katie & Kimble classroom materials / Activity Packets.
[Reading Level 3, 280L, for ages 6-10] Nine-year-old Katie Russell and her family look
normal. But the Russells don't know they are living with Kimble,
the ghost of a ten-year-old girl. That is, until Katie discovers Kimble
and the two of them set off on a quest to find out what happened to
Kimble's mother.
Watch the Katie
& Kimble: A Ghost Story Video! Here's something fun to do!
Watch the video for Katie &
Kimble: A Ghost Story! The video tells the story of how Katie and
Kimble meet, shows lots of colored pictures, and uses the Kimble,
Kimble chant. You can find the words to the
Kimble, Kimble
chant over
on the right sidebar of this blog and chant
along.
You can click
here to watch the video on You Tube, or you can watch the
video
below.
Mom’s Choice Awards® has named the Katie & Kimbleseries among the best in family-friendly media,
products and services. Winner: Juvenile Books Series.
This new year, 2012, is going to bring some exciting changes to the Katie & Kimble Blog!
Mom’s Choice Awards® has named the Katie & Kimble series among the best in family-friendly media,
products and services. Winner: Juvenile Books Series.
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Here's something fun to do!
