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Hy MdslHeresapago just for you I Brought you every Monday by the Poughkoepde Journal Nowohoundt For Kids is the page whore kids are in charge Poucjhkeepsie 3ourttal FOR KIDS RAYFASHONA PAGE EDITOR 845 437 4883 rtashonapougjikeepsiojournalcom MONDAY NOVEMBER 20 2006 8D KIDS AS CRITICS Solving mystery is fun By Kathryn, Watroba Nowahound Nancy Drew, a detective, and her, friends, Bess and George, ire three 17 year old girls who went on a vacation to the Saint Louis In Paris. They stayed In the top floor of a uirce story building where there was a puppet theater, museum, and shop on the first floor, owned by Muni Loiseau Mimi asked them if they wanted 16 work some pf the )marl6nettes In a play that Weekend Of course they said yes and got to work. They started the show and then a fire spread through the equipment closet The police said it was a planned fire Someone must have been trying to threaten Mum business Nancy being a detective got out her notebook and asked Mimi questions Mimi said that her great grand mother had hinted a hidden treasure existed and she died before she could give the details The person who was stealing the marionettes and vandalizing the building was looking for clues to the trea sure. The girls visited their suspect, Claude who was Mimi cousin and wanted her busi ness. Claude was still on their suspect list as well as Patrice, Mimis long lost friend who came to visit They went to Mum great grandmother's crypt and found a list of characters from the 'Hunchback of Notre Dame," it was a clue Caught In the act At a marionette fair they saw Claude steal a man onttte He was caught and sent to jail but Nancy had a feel ing something else was wrong So she gave Patrice a fake note to'give to Mimi that said the treasure was found Jf Patrice didn give Mum the letter she would also be a cul prit Patrice came alone and was sent to jail Nancy eventually found the treasure in Minus great grandmother's leather mari onette screen! The panels did match up and when Nancy was trying to fix it she pulled out the brass brads and there was a full manuscript of tho "I lunchback of Not re Dame" handwritten by Victor Hugo with sketchesl Nancy succeeded again.

I chose this book because it took place ui Pans and I love mysteries. Trying to the mystery first is always fun for me, especially the chal lenging ones that really make me think like this one did 1 never would have guessed that Patrice and Claude would betray Mimi. ImliKl No Strings Attached Author: Carolyn Keene Reviewer: Kathryn Watroba School. Mount CaVmel Grade: Six Hey, NewshouncU Share your poetry drawings stories and essays with other kldsl Send them to News hounds, Poughkeepsie Journal, PO Box 1231, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602 Questions? Call 845 437 4883 Skateboard Action mif i Jm77" rn 5X(. Jr 'i'ftfrirtirfy'rnd wtim MU ii JJW mi' V.

I Ll'W im iJm 1LTW 'fWMmxr. rxTAt i iw wi TW''P fV! i i ftfTffT jl (y Sam Peck is a second grader at Hagan Elementary School KIDS AS CRITICS Animal lovers will like this one By Matthew Deragon Newshound Mr Popper is a house painter lnbtiUwater He has two lads named Bill and Jane and a wife named Mrs Popper Mr Popper has never been out of Stulwater his whole life. a famous director in town, that he wants to have an act He says sure and he wants to know what the name of the act is Mr Popper tells him the name of the act is Mr Popper Performing Penguins He performs and then Mr He loves Antarctic penguins Greenbaum asks Mr Popper ardAdmiralDrake.Onaradio "fjw perform for 10 shower Popper likes to lis theate' tentaAdmiralDrakecarneon and skid that he had gottena leav? for heater letter from Mr Popper saying Wrong place, wrong time that he liked him. So Admiral The last theater (hey go tb Drake said Mr Popper would was the wrong one They go get a surprise tomorrow to the Regal Instead of the The next day Mr Popper RoyaLTheygetinandthepen got a box that said 'Open guins upset the act of the seals when gotten" and Keep cool" on stage The owners arrest on it He opened it and it was Mr Popper and the pen a penguin. I Ie named it Cap guins The next day Admiral tain C.nnV Pnnk got Drake finitt nut Mr.

fnpppr Is very ill even though he was In jail and he bails him out the fridge all the time The Admiral Drake asks Mr doctor said he was lonely so Popper if he would go to the ImlifflH! Mr. Popper's Pdngulns Author: Robert Lawson Reviewer Matthew Der agon School. Mount Carmel Grade Six Jteragoa. Mr Popper went and got another penguin and named it Greta. Captain Cook and Greta were very happy and had 10 babies Mr Popper trains them and he goes to tell Mr Greenbaum, North Pole with him to study the life of the penguins for two years.

Admiral Drake asks him to 'bring the penguins with him Mr Popper asks Mrs Popper and she says yes Mr Popper and his penguins leave with Admiral Drake I liked the book because it kept getting better and better as it went oa As an animal lover, I liked the book because I also learned that people sometimes make sacrifices hot only for people they love but animals as welL We need critics Read any good books lately? Books that inspire you9 If you have we like to hear from you Send us a book review along with your name School grade and a photo of yourself to Kids as Critics PouQh keepsie Journal PO Box 1231, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602 We wont ruryeviews without a photo, so please remember to send one Fof more Information about sending In review call 845 437 4883 I 1 Vaso of Flowers Noah Pieratti is a first grader at Pawling Elementary yi 1IMMMRMK nn The walk By AIrya Cooper Newshound I went on a great walk one day When I was walking I was looking for things to put on my collage The walk ws very fun Then suddenly I heard waves so I walked more I saw a beach. There were lovely shells and I was digging to see if I could find anything Something hard hit my shovel I dug more It was a treasure chest Inside was a picture It had mermaids and more treasure chests. The mermaids had beautiful green tails So I took the picture for my collage Then I headed for home Allyssa Cooper, 9 attends Yail Tarm Elementary Mustang win "OTw.M,n Kenneth McDougal Is a second grader at Pawling Elementary School 3 'xrjr.