Kids Stuff A newsletter for kids
#3 2013
Spooky Tales
Contents 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Jokes, spooky wordsearch New Junior fiction & audiobooks Craft, spooky books, Halloween feel boxes School holidays New Young Adult fiction & audiobooks Number puzzle, spot the difference Maze Craft Spooky crossword Solutions
Number Puzzle 1.
Try to fill in the missing numbers. The missing numbers are integers between 0 and 9. The numbers in each row add up to totals to the right. The numbers in each column add up to the totals along the bottom. The diagonal lines also add up the totals to the right.
Spooky Wordsearch N T I R I P S F S S L W I T C H K J D O
O E B O N E S B L E E L S A L U C A R D
T M E U O P F E L O M L E X X M O C A G
E G U W U C E C H A W A P P N O L K Y F
L G X I O R T S L A C E G P S N R O E H
E T H G I L N O O M U K R O A S A L V N
K R Q P E I L T B S Z N G E Q T W A A I
S P M R K L Z A B E C K T O W E M N R G
Z A A P I G N C H C R O T E B R P T G H
V C M E P L S H A D O W S X D L G E X T
Jokes S U S F R A N K E N S T E I N H I R T R
P O R A N G E C O P R A N K O I O N I I
E L K C A C A O L D Q E M Z F O E U J C
W I G S R U N S Z W O O D M B M G E S K
B X T E L O P T O P O O U I E M H I Y E
D A E D I O R U M R A M R T P A O R T L
B P R T O E B M B Q M R I B H S S E E L
Y O O K A Q Q E I Y V C T O E K T E F U
N P Y T O O H S E F X E W Y Q L S J A K
F R I G H T E N B E W L U O H G L T S S
How many monsters would it take to fill up your classroom? I don‟t know. I wouldn‟t hang around to find out.
What do sea monsters eat? Fish and ships
Where do ghosts go swimming? In the Dead Sea.
APPLES BATS BLACK BONES BOO BROOM CACKLE CAT CAULDRON COSTUMES CREEPY DOORBELL DRACULA EERIE EXCITEMENT FRANKENSTEIN FRIGHTEN GAMES GHOSTS GHOUL
GOBLIN GRAVEYARD HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE HOOT HOWL JACK O LANTERN LOLLIES MASK MONSTER MOONLIGHT MUMMY NIGHT OCTOBER ORANGE OWL PARTY POTION PRANK PUMPKINS
SAFETY SCARE SHADOWS SKELETON SKULL SPELL SPIDER SPIRIT SPOOKY TORCH TREAT TRICK VAMPIRE WARLOCK WEB WEREWOLF WIGS WITCH ZOMBIE
What does a monster say when introduced? “Pleased to eat you.”
Person 1: “Why are you wearing garlic around your neck?” Person 2: “It keeps away vampires” Person 1: “But there aren’t any vampires.” Person 2: “See, it works.”
Junior Fiction Refuge by Jackie French Cooking camp disaster by Carolyn Keene Viking boy by Tony Bradman Let's go to the swings by Lucy M George Terrifying Tudors by Terry Deary Measly Middle Ages by Terry Deary Don't look now 2 by Paul Jennings The promise : the town that never forgets by Derek Guille Mystery of the midnight rider by Carolyn Keene Teko and Rusky's great adventure by Diana Gibbons Durinda's dangers by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Junior Audiobooks Osbert the avenger [MP3] by Christopher William Hill Wolf princess [MP3] by Cathryn Constable Spell sisters [MP3] by Amber Castle Pea's book of big dreams [CDB] by Susie Day Shivert Hall [CDB] by Emerald Fennell Prophecy [CDB] by S. J. Parris I funny[CDB] by James Patterson The spin [CDB] by Rebecca Lisle Binny for short [CDB] by Hilary McKay Queenie [CDB] by Jacqueline Wilson
Craft—Straw danglers What you need: A sheet of plastic or acetate PVA glue Drinking straws Beads Wool What to do: 1. Spread glue over the plastic. 2. Press the drinking straws onto the plastic and let dry. This may take 24 hours. 3. Draw a shape on the straws. 4. Cut out shape. 5. Thread a length of wool through the middle straw. 6. Thread a bead onto the end and tie off. 7. Your straw dangler is complete.
Halloween Feel Boxes Want to make a feel box and having trouble working out what to put in it? Peeled grapes—eyeballs Cold cooked spaghetti—worms
Spooky books—For younger readers The witches by Roald Dahl (JF DAHL) Zombie kid diaries: playing dead by Fred Perry (JF PERR) The midnight library: blind witness by Nick Shadow (JF SHAD) Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
Fake fur—monster Damp thick sponge—brains Twisted chenille stems—spider Dried apple slices—ears Peeled tomato—heart
Spooky books—For older readers Coraline by Neil Gaiman (YA GAIM) The graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (YA GAIM) New Moon by Stephanie Meyer (YA MEYE) Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan (YA SHAN) And then there were none by Agatha Christie (AF CHRI) Dracula by Bram Stoker (AF STOK) Hallowe‟en party by Agatha Christie (AF CHRI)
Young Adult Fiction Tidal by Amanda Hocking The escape by Robert Muchamore The false prince by Jennifer Nielsen Operation storm city by Joshua Mowll The wood queen by Karen Mahoney Lullaby by Amanda Hocking Curse of kings by Alex Barclay Phantom of Terawhiti by Des Hunt Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum Saving Thanehaven by Catherine Jinks Unremembered by Jessica Brody The night she disappeared by April Henry The spirit keeper by Melissa Luznicky Garrett, A very peculiar plague by Catherine Jinks Siege by Sarah Mussi The darkest minds by Alexandra Bracken My soul to keep by Rachael Vincent The stone demon by Karen Mahoney
Young Adult Audiobooks Sea of whispers [CDB] by Tim Bowler Angel dust [MP3] by Sarah Mussi
Maze cheat [MP3] by B. R. Collins The turncoats [CDB] by G. L. Twynham Forget me never [MP3} by Gina Blaxill Quarantine the lovers [MP3} by Lex Thomas
Number Puzzle 2.
Coming December 2013
Try to fill in the missing numbers. The missing numbers are integers between 0 and 9. The numbers in each row add up to totals to the right. The numbers in each column add up to the totals along the bottom. The diagonal lines also add up the totals to the right.
Spot the difference. Can you find the five differences between these two pictures?
Maze Can you help the „Trick or Treatersâ€&#x; find their way to the lollies in the middle of the maze?
Craft. -
Fortune tellers
Take a piece of paper.
Fold one corner up until it meets the other side.
Fold the other corner until it meets the other.
Cut off the leftover strip at the top.
Unfold it.
Fold up all four corners to the centre. The points will meet in the middle. It should look like this.
Turn it over.
Fold up all four corners again so the points meet in the midde. Fold it across the middle like this.
Use your fingers to work the four corners open and crease to form points.
Spooky Crossword
Across
Down
1. Said to haunt a house or place 4. Loud noise in a storm 7. Sound made when very frightened 8. Directions for cooking treats 9. A word used to scare people 14. Bram Stoker told this story 15. Covers your face on Halloween 17. Monument found in a graveyard 18. Spins a web to catch its food 19. Favourite food of zombies 21. What you carve for Halloween
2. The month Halloween is in 3. Any 2 bones in an X 5. A lycanthrope by the full moon 6. What a house with a ghost is 10. Pirates use this on their flag 11. He created a monster from parts 12. Used to light a jack o' lantern 13. Don't say his name three times 15. He's all wrapped up in rags 16. Where a corpse or vampire rests 20. Bob for these
Solutions Number Puzzle 1
Number Puzzle 2
Spot the difference. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
There is a 3rd bat. The skeleton is different. A tombstone is missing. The keys are missing. The crow is missing from the roof.
N T I R I P S F S S L W I T C H K J D
O E B O N E S B L E E L + A L U C A R
T + E + O + + + L O M L E + + M O C A
E + + W + C E + H A W A P P + O L K Y
L + + + O R T S L A C E G P S N R O E
E T H G I L N O O M U K R + A S A L V
Spooky K S + + + A + M A P R P E K I I L + L + + T A C B + H + E C + + R N + O G T T E O E + W B T E R W + + A N T A R G
Wordsearch V S P E W + C U O L I + M S R K G T E F A C S E + R N A R L + A G C U O S N E A N P H K C O S T A E + L Z O D N P D W P O S R + O O W T A E O O S E N M D U + I K + M I D N + + B E L H + O M M + I O E G H E R N U E I + T + + S Y
+ A E D I O R U M R A M R T P A O R T
B P R T O E + M B + M R I B H S S E E
Y O O K A + + E I Y + C T O E K T E F
N P Y T O O H S E + X + W Y + L S + A
F R I G H T E N B E W L U O H G L + S
Spooky Crossword Across 1. Said to haunt a house or place (ghost) 4. Loud noise in a storm (thunder) 7. Sound made when very frightened (scream) 8. Directions for cooking treats (recipe) 9. A word used to scare people (boo) 14. Bram Stoker told this story (Dracula) 15. Covers your face on Halloween (mask) 17. Monument found in a graveyard (tombstone) 18. Spins a web to catch its food (spider) 19. Favourite food of zombies (brains) 21. What you carve for Halloween (pumpkin) Down 2. The month Halloween is in (October) 3. Any 2 bones in an X (crossbones) 5. A lycanthrope by the full moon (werewolf) 6. What a house with a ghost is (haunted) 10. Pirates use this on their flag (skull) 11. He created a monster from parts (Frankenstein) 12. Used to light a jack o' lantern (candle) 13. Don't say his name three times (Beetlejuice) 15. He's all wrapped up in rags (mummy) 16. Where a corpse or vampire rests (coffin) 20. Bob for these (apples)