Boys Rule Boys Read!: Help Us Get Rid of These Fried Worms!

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Help Us Get Rid of These Fried Worms!

That's right. Our library is overrun with fried worms--that is, copies of the book How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell. There are several copies left over from Monday night when Miss Laura showed the movie, so I need your help getting them out of here. Here's the deal: you check out one of our copies of the book, read it, and then write to us and tell us how you liked it. You can be honest--if you liked it, didn't like it, thought it was lousy, thought it was better that a large pizza with everything, you could tell us. Just put your thoughts in the Comment section below this post and I'll publish them in a future post. But not only that, I'll also give you TWO FREE PRIZES from our ultra-cool prize box. Good stuff in there. There are books, of course, but also posters, a t-shirt, and lots of other cool things. . Come by the Myers Park library and check one out. Don't live near here? Not a problem--just contact your local librarian and I send her or him a copy. And I'll also send your prizes to that person. Don't live in Charlotte? Also not a problem. Just include an address (which I won't publish) with your review and I'll find a way to send the prizes to you. All the instructions on how to leave comments/reviews are on the left-hand side of this blog. If you still don't understand, call the Iron Guy at 704-416-5800 and I will help you. All right, check out one of these books before I'm totally engulfed in them!

4 comments:

Ms. Yingling said...: I've been encouraging my students to check out this book, too. Fun fact: it's shorter AND easier than the Wimpy Kid books, just not as many pictures! Funnier, too.; September 25, 2014 at 6:37 PM
Iron Guy Carl said...: Yes, indeed! Well, if one of your boys (or girls) sends a review, I'll send the promised prizes.; September 26, 2014 at 10:15 AM
Sammer said...: Hey, I haven't checked in on this blog in forever! I just thought this would be a good way to get out a realy goodbook series that not a lot of people read,Wereworld. Wereworld is a book series based on WereWolves, but Curtis Jobling(The Author) goes in much further with it. He creates a 6 book series about WereLords. WereLords are called therianthropes. Therianthropes are humans that have the ability to change into animals. In the first book Rise of the wolf , we meet the main character Drew Ferran. Drew is a simple boy who lives on the farm with his Mom, Dad, and brother Trent. One day Drew is out in the field collecting crops, when he feels as though he is being watched. He goes inside to go to safety. Soon, the beast that was in the field with him, jumps in through their window and kills his mother. Drew gets angry while the beast is still there and starts to change, his body becomes bigger, hairier and bulkier. He doesn't know what is going on with him, but he starts to fight the beast in front of him. The beast is too powerfull for Drew, but Drew manages to rip a scar across the beast's chest. The rest of Drew's family comes in and think Drew killed his Mom. Drew then flees and lives in the forest as WereWolf in the forest until he comes upon two people named Master Hogan and Whitley. From there on you must read the book to find out what happens next.; September 28, 2014 at 9:41 AM
Iron Guy Carl said...: Thanks, Sammer! Good to hear from you again. I'll publish your review soon. hey, would you write one for How to Eat Fried Worms?; September 30, 2014 at 6:35 PM

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