Twinkle's Song: Twinkle, Twinkle, Great Big Dog! One of our Katie & Kimble readers wondered if Twinkle had a song. Here's the answer!
Twinkle sort of does have a song! Here is what I am thinking. Well, have you read the Kimble, Kimble chant? It's over on the right sidebar and also on the last page of the Katie & Kimble books.
Well,
this chant almost fits into the melody of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star." I especially like the part where it goes, "Twinkle, Twinkle,
great big dog!"
So, I guess, at this point, Twinkle's song is "Twinkle, Twinkle, Great Big Dog!" I thought that was kind of fun!
Here
is how the Kimble, Kimble chant fits into the melody of "Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star." You CHANT the first two lines: Kimble, Kimble is
a ghost. Katie, Katie loves her most!
Then you can either keep
chanting, or you can start singing, "Twinkle, Twinkle, great big dog."
And if you start singing there, the rest of the chant fits into the
song perfectly! I did not plan that, so I think it's pretty funny!
Give it a try!
You can listen to the Kimble, Kimble chant when you watch the Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story video here!
Or, click on Freddie on the left sidebar up at the top of this blog
page. She's the Katie & Kimble Blog host and she will recite the
Kimble, Kimble chant for you!
Fun Katie & Kimble Hint: On the sidebars, click on the yellow stripes to hear Twinkle barking!
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 7-10] 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.
Katie & Kimble Blog Receives Premio Dardos Award The Katie & Kimble Blog recently received an award called the Premio Dardos Award. This honor was bestowed upon us by Cheryl Malandrinos from The Book Connection blog, a previous recipient of the award.
Premio Dardos means ‘prize darts’ in both Italian and Spanish and it is given for recognition of cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing. The rules are:
1) Accept the award by posting it on your blog along with the name of the person who has granted the award and a link to her/his blog.
2) Pass the award to another 15 blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgment, remembering to contact each of them to let them know they have been selected for this award.
Katrina, 8, Reviews Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story! Today, I'd like to introduce our first guest blogger here at Katie & Kimble Kids' Corner. Her name is Katrina, she's from Virginia, and she's 8!
Katie
& Kimble is a very honest book with a lot of friendship and truth.
I thought it was a really great book, one of my top favorites. It was a
very sweet, loving book. There are some parts that I wasn’t expecting,
but I liked the whole thing. I think it would be cool to meet a ghost
like Kimble and to live in that type of house. Katie didn’t really have
any friends and I think Kimble made a smart choice of showing her
feelings so Katie would like her.
I wish that I had a friend like Katie or Kimble or even both. I think
Katie & Kimble is a book I would enjoy reading again and I look
forward to reading more about Katie and Kimble’s adventures. I also
liked the pictures in the book. I think Mrs. Russell made a smart
choice about trusting that Kimble was real and I was surprised that she
believed in the end.
[My birthday is] April 8. I am homeschooled. I like playing piano.
And I recently built a volcano for my first science fair and I received
a really good score for it. (See some pictures here!) I like to make people happy and to make new friends.
Thank you, Katrina! I appreciate your sending in your post! Well done!
New Video! Ki, age 6, Reviews Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story We've got the cutest surprise for you today! Ki, whose mother is Brandy over at the mom blog Happily Blended, is 6 years old. She is in the middle of reading Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story
(a chapter book for ages 7-10), and her mom asked her to do a video review of the book.
Her mom's friend, Dwan, is hosting a Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story giveaway, too. You can see the video of Ki (pronounced Key) and you can enter the contest here. These two mom bloggers are doing a 30-day countdown until they actually get to meet in person. Beautiful story!
The contest ends June 30, 2009, at midnight CDT.
You can also scroll down to see the video review done by Ki. If you have a video review of one of the Katie & Kimble books to share with us, email me. The email address is at the bottom of the blog page. Another Current Giveaway Here *ends 6-27-09 at The Homeschool Messenger
The Homeschool Messenger (Susieqtpie’s review of Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story) “...It
is 106 pages of pure fictional fun! Don't let the Ghost Story title
keep your young ones from reading the book. It isn't a scary book!
Katie moves to a new town with her family and discovers a kindred
spirit! She goes on a quest that is engaging and heartfelt!”
Send a Free Katie & Kimble e-Card! Now
you can send a Katie & Kimble e-Card to all your friends.
It's free and there are no pop-ups or ads. AND we don't collect
your email address, either! It's nothing but FUN!
Look on the right sidebar of the Katie & Kimble blog. There's
a big orange box. Click on "Send a Katie & Kimble Greeting
Card." That will take you to another web page where you can design
your own greeting card.
You can choose from 12 Katie & Kimble pictures, 12 background colors, and 9 songs! That's right—you can add a song to your e-Card! Give it a try!
If someone sends YOU an e-Card, you can come back to the Katie &
Kimble blog to pick it up. You'll receive an email telling you
what your e-Card number is. Then you enter it into the gold box
on the sidebar and click on GO. It's so easy!
If you send a card to someone and they don't receive it, please ask
them to look in their spam folder. It's probably there, but it's
NOT spam!
Give it a try!
Linda
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 7-10] 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.
Hear the Dreidel Songs! In
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story, Book 1 in the Katie & Kimble
series, Kimble teaches Katie how to play dreidel.
Dreidel is a game that Jewish children play during Hanukah.
Dreidels
come in many sizes with many different designs and colors. The dreidel
pictured on the left is called a Noah's Ark dreidel because the
pictures tell the story of Noah's Ark. It was painted by an artist
named Yair Emanuel. It's got a little stand to hold it up.
The
dreidel on the right is really something amazing to see. It's very big
- 10 inches high, in fact - and it's a plush toy! I thought that was
pretty interesting. I don't suppose you can actually play dreidel with
such a big dreidel, but it might be comfy to keep on your bed!
In Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story,
you learn how to play dreidel at the same time that Kimble teaches
Katie how to play. However, you might not know how to pronounce the
letters on the dreidel. I wanted Katie & Kimble readers to be able
to hear how to say the Hebrew letters. So, I made up a list of two
different dreidel songs from iTunes so you
can hear free samples. In the first Dreidel Song, in the chorus, they
sing all the different letters on the dreidel.
Interesting Fact:
Hanukah is sometimes spelled in different ways! You might see it like
this, with 2 k's--Hanukkah--or you might see it like this, with a
c--Chanukah!
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story(Book 1 in the series) and Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2 in the series) are available in the Katie & Kimble Shop and also on Amazon.com:
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.
One of our Katie & Kimble readers wondered if Twinkle had a song. Here's the answer!
We've got the cutest surprise for you today! Ki, whose mother is Brandy over at the mom blog 
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