Phineas and Ferb Movie

PHINEAS AND FERB: ACROSS THE 2ND DIMENSION

Phineas and Ferb go on their biggest journey yet in Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, a Disney Channel Original Movie premiering Friday, August 5 on Disney Channel, Saturday, August 13 on Disney XD and Saturday, August 20 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

The story begins on a summer afternoon in Danville. While celebrating the anniversary of getting their beloved pet, Perry, imaginative stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb are catapulted into Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Evil Inc., where they encounter a machine that opens portals into other dimensions.
Phineas and Ferb travel to Alternate-Danville, the eerily familiar dimension resembling their home in the Tri-State area. There they come face to face with their alternate egos, while their faithful pet Perry reveals a secret of his own. In Alternate-Danville they encounter the sinister Dr. Doofenshmirtz2, who has successfully managed to reign over the gloomy universe, forbidding all things summer.

Will Phineas, Ferb, and Perry thwart Dr. Doofenshmirtz and make it home? You'll have to watch to find out!

In case you missed it a while back, here are some step by step tips for how to draw Phineas and Ferb, straight from the creators themselves. Want to see the real life Phineas? Here he is: Vincent Martella! Is that how you pictured him?

Let us know what you think of Phineas and Ferb in the Comments.

— Sonja, STACKS Staffer

Images courtesy Disney XD

Sneak Peek: Ravenwood Author Video

Ravenwood, a new book by Andrew Peters is about a forest kingdom called Arborium, and the lowly plumber's apprentice who must save it from destruction. Here is the author himself to tell you about the book and read you an excerpt in his awesome English accent!

Watch the Ravenwood Author Video!

Are you hooked? Let me know what you think in the Comments.

— Sonja, STACKS Staffer

Word Puzzle

Hi! Welcome to Trivia Tuesday! A couple weeks ago I gave you a way too easy word puzzle, so hopefully this one is a little harder. Your challenge is to see how many words you can create using ONLY the following letters:

DEATHLY HALLOWS

Here are a few words to get you started.

LOWLY  DEAL  LETHAL

Write all the other words you can find in the Comments, and challenge yourself to find long words.

— Sonja, STACKS Staffer

Trivia Tuesday Answers: World Hunger

Food For Thought

Because we know how strongly you guys respond to social issues, we wanted to start a discussion on World Hunger. So last week, I posted a Quiz on World Hunger. See the answers below.

1. True or False. Hunger affects men, women, boys, and girls, young and old equally.
   ANSWER: False. The majority of people that die related to hunger, or diseases related to hunger are boys and girls under 5, then the elderly and women. Typically women will give the food to the men and children first.
2. What area of the world has the highest number of hungry people?
   A. Asia B. Africa C. Latin America D. North America
   ANSWER: Asia (and the Pacific). This area contains over half of the world's 1 billion chronically hungry. It is followed by Africa.
3. How many calories a day does the average person need to live a healthy life?
   A. 900 B. 2,100 C. 3,000
   ANSWER: Around 2,100 calories. The average person in the United States consumes 3,600 calories per day. The average calorie intake of a person in Mozambique (in Africa) is 1,632.
4. How often in the world does someone die of hunger?
   A. Every 3.6 seconds B. Every 10 seconds C. Every 2 minutes
   ANSWER: Every 3.6 seconds.
5. True or False. The lack of adequate nutrition affects only children's physical development. ANSWER: False. Hunger also affects brain/cognitive development and behavior.
6. What is the main cause of world hunger?
   ANSWER: Poverty. There is more than enough food in the world for everyone to eat, but the poorest people can't afford to buy it, so they go hungry.

How can you make a difference against world hunger? Maybe by buying a few extra boxes of macaroni or canned goods each time you go to the grocery store, and donating them to a food bank? Holding a fundraiser for a worldwide organization? Or maybe just by reading more and learning about it, and telling your friends.

Last year, one of the Be Big in Your Community winners, Will L. from Texas, created "Hits Against Hunger" a program that raises awareness of hunger in his community by playing baseball. Kids in local baseball leagues get sponsors to pledge $1 per hit during the season, to go towards the local food bank.

What will YOU do to help someone who is hungry today? Let us know in the Comments below.

— Ratha, Stacks Writer

Writing Prompt

As you know, every Monday we post a Writing Prompt for you where we ask you to write something in the Comments, a caption, a book title, or something about you.

Well, for today's Writing Prompt, I want to hear YOUR suggestions. What ideas do you have for some great Writing Prompts on Ink Splot 26? They can be funny or serious, random or life-changing, creative or simple, or anything you want!

I promise to use every single idea in the blog - as long as they're not, you know, inappropriate or anything!

I can't wait to see your ideas!

— Sonja, STACKS Staffer