SPONSORED BLOG POST: Puss in Boots

Remember Puss in Boots from the Shrek movies? Well he's back in his very own movie this time. Swords will cross and hearts will be broken. . . It's a swashbuckling ride through Puss's early years growing up in an orphanage, and then teaming with criminal mastermind Humpty Dumpty and the street-savvy Kitty to steal the famed Goose that lays the Golden Eggs.

To celebrate his first starring role, Puss in Boots, the bad kitty himself, will be here to answer YOUR questions. Leave your questions in the Comments and come back on October 28 to see if your question gets answered!

UPDATE: Sorry it took so long. Puss is very busy now that he is the star of his own movie. We now have his answers.

This entry is sponsored by DreamWorks Animation.

Images and video courtesy of DreamWorks Animation

Trivia Tuesday Title Scramble

We are serving scrambled book titles on the STACKS today. Get 'em while they're hot! I've scrambled the titles of 10 books. Now it's your turn to un-jumble them. Leave the right titles in the Comments. Here's a hint: All of the books have appeared recently in the Ink Splot 26 Reads category.

Movie Titles in Other Words ANSWERED

The Answers Are Here!

Last week, Trivia Tuesday went to Hollywood with our newest quiz Movie Titles in Other Words. Now, here are the answers, fresh off the red carpet. How many titles did you decode? Check the answers below to find out!

Wacky Book Titles

Need a break from homework and all the heavy stuff? Well, you're in luck because for today's Writing Prompt we thought it would be fun to use your brain for pure wackiness! Take a look at these classic book titles. Then fill in the blanks to turn them into your own ridiculous new title. The wackier the better!

For example: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing becomes . . . Tales of a Soggy (adjective) Banana. (noun)

Now try these titles:

1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis becomes . . . The Lion, the Witch and the _________. (noun)
2. The Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon becomes . . . The _____ (noun) in _______ ________. (place)
3. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume becomes . . . Are You There God? It’s Me, ________. (name)
4. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White becomes. . . _____ (name)’s _______. (noun)
5. Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary becomes . . . Ramona the _______. (adjective)
6. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien becomes . . . .Mrs. Frisby and the ____ (noun) of ____. (place)
7. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl becomes. . . ______ (name) and the Giant ______. (noun)
8. Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Robert Lawson becomes . . . Mr. Popper’s _______ (noun)
9. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan becomes . . . _______ (name), _______ (adjective) and _________ (adjective)
10. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder becomes . . . ________(adjective) House on the ________ (noun)

Fill in the blanks with your selects in the Comments below. Now if only we could find out how the new stories would go. . .

—Ratha, Stacks Writer

Magic School Bus: Dinosaurs iPad App

The Magic School Bus 25th Anniversary!

The Magic School Bus: In the Time of Dinosaurs was one of my favorite books growing up, combining my love for some Frizzle Sizzle and absolute obsession with dinosaurs (Is there anything cooler?). So imagine how excited I was when I found out that Scholastic was turning it into an interactive book app for the iPad, The Magic School Bus: Dinosaurs

But what goes into turning a beloved book into an app?