Anna Graceman Interview

Anna Graceman Interview

If you watched America's Got Talent last season, you saw how amazing Anna Graceman was. Only 11 years old and 4 feet, 3 inches tall, she looked tiny, but she was a HUGE performer! She didn't win, but she's 12 years old now and just released her first album. Definitely a huge accomplishment! Find out more about her life now. . . 

Hunger Writing Prompt

Hunger Writing Prompt

Thanksgiving is a few short weeks away. It's a time to think about how lucky we are if we have good food to eat every day. Not everyone has that, so remember to be grateful and share what you have! 

Today's Write On Writing Prompt is about food, and it comes to us from AutoreDiEssere who asks:

What is the color of hunger?

For me hunger has different colors. . . 

• Pink = Mildly hungry. You could eat a piece of fruit and be fine.
• Green = Randomly snacking on everything you see because you haven't eaten lunch since 11:15am due to an early lunch period.
• Orange = Eating like a cave animal out the refrigerator as soon as you get home because you forgot your lunch and all you had were Jolly Ranchers since breakfast.
• Black = Seriously, severely hungry. 

What color do you think hunger would be (if it could be a color)? Let AutoreDiEssere know in the Comments below!

—Ratha, Stacks Writer

R.L. Stine Web Chat Cancelled

Boo! Due to the severity of hurricane Sandy and the power outages affecting millions of people along the East Coast, we’ve decided to cancel the chat with R.L. Stine. Our STACKS team and R.L. Stine are disappointed. We were truly looking forward to this event! Our thoughts are with everyone who has been affected by this storm.

You can still go to the Goosebumps website and play spooky games, read about the newest Goosebumps books, and watch Goosebumps videos.

Stay safe and have a happy Halloween!

Goosebumps Readalikes

Goosebumps Readalikes

You know when you find an amazing book, and you never want it to end? How do you find another book to read after that? Our answer: Readalikes to the rescue! We hope our Readalikes will rescue you from the what-to-read-next question, and help you find lots of new amazing books.

Today's Readalikes are for the Goosebumps series. Author R.L. Stine has said that Pinocchio, the story of a wooden puppet coming to life, inspired his Slappy character, and made him want to write about an evil ventriloquist dummy coming to life.

Spooky Halloween Would You Rather

Spooky Halloween Would You Rather?

So you have your costume ready to go, your jack-o-lantern carved, and your nails painted orange and black. But in the spirit of Halloween, have you ever considered the following? Take a "stab" at our Halloween Would You Rather!

Would you rather . . .

1. Be bitten by a vampire OR a werewolf?
2. Have a bloody cut OR a broken bone?
3. Eat hair soup OR slimy booger cupcakes?
4. Have dinner with Frankenstein's monster OR Count Dracula?
5. Have to trick-or-treat forever (remember that Goosebumps one?) OR be trapped in a haunted house forever?
6. Get lots of candy OR lots of money?
7. Have a black cat cross your path OR be cursed by a voodoo doctor?
8. Wear a cute Elmo costume OR a scary grim reaper costume?
9. Be chased by a zombie OR be chased by an evil scarecrow?
10. While trick-or-treating, get only candy corn and Smarties OR only raisins and Dots?

And here are some MORE Halloween Would You Rather questions brought to you by AquaCat586!

Would you rather...

1. Dress up as a mummy OR a monster?
2. Eat a Snickers OR a Twix?
3. Stand in the window of Macy's and dress up as the Mona Lisa OR Barbie in a bikini?
4. Eat eyeball punch OR bat wing pizza?
5. Go to a house with spooky deco OR a house with more mild deco? At 7:00pm OR at 9:00pm?
6. Go to a house where they've gone but left a bowl of candy, saying that you can take 2, OR go to a house where they're not gone?
7. Read a spooky story before OR after trick-or-treating?
8. Read a spooky story under the covers with a flashlight OR in your fave armchair with ALL the lights on?
9. Get 20 pieces of candy at 5 houses OR get 20 pieces of candy at 20 houses?
10. Dress up in a costume that's easy to walk in but doesn't look as nice as you would like OR dress up in something that looks PERFECT but is totally non-walk-in-able?

Awesome questions, AquaCat! So get your spook on, and leave your answers in the Comments below! Happy Halloween!

— Ratha, Stacks Writer

Halloween Trivia Quiz Answers

Halloween Trivia Quiz Answers

Last week we posted a Halloween Trivia Quiz. Were you up for the chilling challenge? Or did you run like you just saw a ghost? Check out answers below!

Writing Prompt: Jump Into a Story

Writing Prompt: Jump Into a Story

Today's Write On Writing Prompt is a good one for all you guys who have always wanted to jump into your favorite book and affect the story. It comes to us from Ley56 who asks:

If you had a chance to go into your favorite story as yourself, what would you do? 


I love it! I would go into The Diversion (Book #49 in the Animorphs series). I would kindly explain to Ax that saying out loud to the cash register guy that you’re a juvenile delinquent is not the smartest idea.  I wonder if Ax would take my advice . . .

Let us know what story you would jump into and what you would do. Big moment or small moment – it’s totally fun to imagine. Drop it down in the Comments below!

—Ratha, Stacks Writer