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May 27, 2011

Jack Black in Kung Fu Panda 2

KungFuPanda130X130 Kung Fu Panda Po and Real Panda Baby Po

Kung Fu Panda 2 (rated PG) hits theaters on Friday, May 26, and this year, the main character, Po, was honored by having a real live baby panda named after him! Andrew Liang, Scholastic News Kids Press Reporter went to Zoo Atlanta for the naming ceremony and actually got to speak with Jack Black who plays Po in the movie. Check out the video of Jack Black and the real baby panda!

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May 26, 2011

Ask Rango YOUR Questions!

RANGO130x130 UPDATE: Rango replied! You can read his answers to your questions here.

You may remember a few months ago when the Rango movie came out, we interviewed Abigail Breslin, the 14-year-old star who plays Priscilla. Well, the DVD is coming in July, so next month, Rango, the famous funny lookin' lizard himself, will answer YOUR questions. Now is your chance to ask Rango anything you want to know. Questions like. . . How does it feel to be a legend in your own time? What is it like being the sheriff of Dirt? How can a lizard shoot a gun?

Leave your questions for Rango in the Comments, and come back on July 5 to read his answers.

image from kids.scholastic.comSonja, STACKS Staffer

Image courtesy of Paramount Pictures

May 24, 2011

Harry Potter Acrostic

Harrys_130 How well do you know your Harry Potter?

Kesha_rocks on the Harry Potter Message Board created this acrostic for events that happen in the Harry Potter books. Here is an example from Chamber of Secrets:

G was P by T M R
Ginny was possessed by Tom Marvolo Riddle.

Can you guess these events from Prisoner of Azkaban? Azkaban_xlg

  1. S B escapes from A
  2. L met H on the T
  3. L is a W
  4. M, W, P, and P
  5. The D K
  6. S was I
  7. It was the O book W V
  8. H, R, and H can go to H
  9. H meets F
  10. S is H GF

If you are stumped, you can find the answers on the Harry Potter Message Board. And, you should totally friend kesha_rocks who created these awesome questions. If these are too easy for you, why not create some of your own and leave them in the Comments?

image from kids.scholastic.comSonja, STACKS Staffer

Summer Book Trivia Answers

Trivia Tuesday:

Summer Books!

Last week I posted a Summer Book Trivia Quiz. All of the answers were books with the word "Summer" in the title. How did you stack up? Read the answers below, and maybe you'll get some new ideas for books to read this summer!

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May 23, 2011

Writing Prompt: Graduation Bear

CreateacaptionGraduation Day. Aaah. Memories in the making. As the school year winds down, maybe some of you guys are graduating from middle school, and moving onto high school? Or graduating from elementary school and moving onto middle school? Or in my case, giving myself a pat on the back for just having made it through another crazy year!

Well, as I was walking around my local party store shopping for a birthday card, all the graduation decorations got me thinking. It also gave me an excuse to dress up my favorite bear. What do you suppose he is thinking?

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Here's my caption.

Bear: The diploma is nice, but I sure I hope I got some cold, hard cash in those cards!

Give it a shot, and let me know what you imagine he's thinking. Leave your Caption in the Comments below.

—Ratha, Stacks Writer

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