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Monday, July 20
Katrina, 8, Reviews Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story, for ages 7-10
by
Linda Thieman
on Mon 20 Jul 2009 05:00 AM CDT
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!
Now you can read the first 6 chapters of Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story for free. Click here to download the PDF. All the pictures are included!
© 2008 - 2009 by Linda Thieman
Sunday, July 19
3 Moms and a Girl Review Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish! (For ages 7-10)
by
Linda Thieman
on Sun 19 Jul 2009 03:29 AM CDT
3 Moms and a Girl Review Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish!
 In
Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish, Book 2 in the Katie & Kimble
series (290L), the
author takes Katie & Kimble where no ghostly tale has gone before.
It's time for Kimble to make herself at home with Katie's family!
Nine-year-old Katie, and Kimble, the ghost of a ten-year-old girl, find
a coupon for a magic wish in a box of breakfast cereal. Their wish
leads to all manner of hilarious difficulties, including how to tell
Katie's dad about Katie's new friend, Kimble, who suddenly appears out
of nowhere looking very much like an old-fashioned girl. Can the lonely
Kimble find love and acceptance within a human family?
Homeschool Messenger (Susieqtpie's review of Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish)
"BOOK
2 kept my daughter's inquisitive attention from the get go! It started
with a mysterious coupon found in a cereal box stating that it is 'good
for one wish.' I always LOVED getting the goodie in the cereal box as a
kid!... What is it that they wish for and how will it forever change
the girls' lives as well as Katie's family's life? You'll have to read
the book to find out!!!"
Café of Dreams (April's review of Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish)
"Readers
(and parents) looking for a wholesome and rewarding story will be
incredibly satisfied with Katie & Kimble - through both A Ghost
Story and The Magic Wish. This is an amazing and timeless series that I
can see being read by generations to come."
The Book Connection (Cheryl's review of Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish)
"One
of the best aspects of this book is the complete acceptance of Kimble
into the Russell family from Katie's parents, her two-year-old brother,
Toby--who has always been able to see Kibo (as he calls her)--and even
the family's dog, Twinkle."
Madeline, age 8, Reviews Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish for Reader Views Kids!
"Katie and Kimble: The Magic Wish
by Linda Thieman is the second book in this series about Katie and
Kimble I have read. They are fun and easy for the reader to follow. I
really like these books about friends because they always have a happy
ending and make me feel good. I liked both books equally well."
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:
Paperback version: $5.95
Click here to order Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story!
Click here to order Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2)!
Instant download version: $2.48
Click here to order the instant download editions.
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story
[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.
Saturday, July 18
Hear Songs from the Katie & Kimble Books! Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story, for ages 7-10
by
Linda Thieman
on Sat 18 Jul 2009 08:00 AM CDT
Hear Songs from the Katie & Kimble Books!
 Did you know that here on the Katie & Kimble blog, you can hear lots of songs from the Katie & Kimble chapter books?
Let me tell you about some of them.
1) Katie's Song
If you've read Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story,
you know that Katie gets in trouble on a bridge. This reminded me of
an old song called "Down by the Old Mill Stream." This song was popular
when Kimble was a child. And it's sort of an inside joke, too. Can
you guess why? Listen here.
2) Kimble's Song
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." Listen here.
3) The Dreidel Songs
 In Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story,
Kimble teaches Katie (and you!) how to play dreidel. Dreidel is a game
that Jewish children play during Hanukah. They use a spinning top,
called a dreidel. Listen to the dreidel songs here. You can learn how to say the different letters on the sides of the dreidel.
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story (Book 1 in the series) and Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2 in the series) are available here:
Paperback version: $5.95
Click here to order Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story!
Click here to order Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2)!
Instant download version: $2.48
Click here to order the instant download editions.
[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.
Wednesday, July 15
Why a Chapter Book Series Helps Your Child Read (Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story, for ages 7-10)
by
Linda Thieman
on Wed 15 Jul 2009 08:00 AM CDT
Why a Chapter Book Series Helps Your Child Read
In a recent interview with Reader Views, children's book author Linda Thieman was asked the following question:
Do you think children should read Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story (book 1) before reading Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (book 2)?
Linda replied: The books do stand alone as independent stories. However, I think it greatly enriches the experience of reading Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish if a reader has already read Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story.
Each
story in the series builds on what has come before it. If you haven’t
read the first book, you might wonder how the relationship between
Katie’s mom and Kimble (the ghost of a 10-year-old girl) has developed.
You might wonder why Kimble calls Mrs. Russell Mama. That’s certainly the reaction that Katie’s dad has in the second book!
And
if you’re looking at it from the point of view of enhancing your
child’s ability to read, teachers acknowledge that series books with
continuing characters take some of the pressure off of the child. By
the time they get to the second book, they already know who all the
characters are and what the settings are, so they have less work to do
and can focus on the actual story.
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story (Book 1 in the series) and Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2 in the series) are available here:
Paperback version: $5.95
Click here to order Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story!
Click here to order Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2)!
Instant download version: $2.48
Click here to order the instant download editions.
[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.
Wednesday, July 8
Did You Know Kimble's Dress is Real? Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story, for ages 7-10
by
Linda Thieman
on Wed 08 Jul 2009 08:00 AM CDT
Did You Know Kimble's Dress is Real?
 I wrote Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story (a chapter book for ages 7-10, 280L) in May, 1994. At that time, I knew Kimble would be wearing a dress from the fall of 1918.
It took me years to find a pattern for Kimble's dress. I looked and looked. Then,
three years ago I finally contacted Mrs. Penny Ladnier over at CostumeGallery.com to see if she had any books or catalogs from 1918.
In Kimble's day, most girls did not go to the store and buy clothes.
They bought patterns and cloth. Then they made their dresses at
home! They would put the pattern on top of the cloth and then cut
out the pieces of the dress. Then they would sew the pieces together.
When I contacted Mrs. Ladnier, I was truly surpised. Mrs. Ladnier
had just won an auction for a pattern book from the fall of 1918!
And what was even more amazing was the auction was over in
France!
So we waited and waited for the book to arrive. Once Mrs. Ladnier
received the pattern book for children's dresses, she faxed me the
different dresses that were for a girl Kimble's age. Then I chose
one I liked.
Later, the illustrator for Katie & Kimble, Mrs. Kim Tharp, helped
me design the back of the dress. We could guess at the back
pretty well because we could see the front and the side of the dress.
Mrs. Tharp also painted in a plaid pattern for the cloth of the dress. Plaid was very popular that year.
So, that means that Kimble's dress is REAL and that real girls wore
that dress in 1918. They also wore big red bows in their hair,
just like Kimble. And we took Kimble's hairstyle and her dress
boots from the pattern book, too!
Just thought you might like to know!
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:
Paperback version: $5.95
Click here to order Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story!
Click here to order Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2)!
Instant download version: $2.48
Click here to order the instant download editions.
[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.
Tuesday, July 7
Six Mom Bloggers Review Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story, for ages 7-10
by
Linda Thieman
on Tue 07 Jul 2009 08:45 AM CDT
Six Mom Bloggers Review Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story
Here you can read reviews of Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story
(a chapter book for ages 7-10) written by some wonderful mom bloggers.
See what moms are thinking about this new chapter book series by
children's book author Linda Thieman!
[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.
1) Café of Dreams (April’s review of Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story)
“a magical feeling”
2) The Book Connection (Cheryl’s review of Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story)
“An excellent start to a new series of chapter books for young readers”
3) Mom of 2 Dancers Reviews (Ginny’s review of Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story)
“Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story is the first book in this wonderful new series.”
4) The Book Faery (Farrah’s review of Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story)
“I would recommend this book, and look forward to the other chapter books Thieman has coming out for my daughter to read.”
5) Posey Sessions (Megan’s review of Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story)
“I ended up really enjoying the story and the idea of friendship between Katie, a little girl, and Kimble, a ghost.”
6) Bookfoolery and Bable (Nancy’s review of Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story)
“a very positive book”
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story (Book 1 in the series) and Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2 in the series) are available here:
Paperback version: $5.95
Click here to order Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story!
Click here to order Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2)!
Instant download version: $2.48
Click here to order the instant download editions.
©2009 by Linda Thieman
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