Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black

Tony DiTerlizzi

Tony DiTerlizzi was born on September 6^th, 1969. When he was young he loves collecting insects, snorkeling and camping, he also loved to draw and read. After college Tony began a freelance illustration career, he worked for TSR’s Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, he also worked on games like Planescape, Chageling and Magic the Gathering.

He spends seven years working as a fantasy artist after that he started creating children’s picture books. He published a book called Jimmy Zangwow’s OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD Moon Pie Adventure in 2000, on the second year he wrote TED and with that book he won the Zena Sutherland Award in 2002. He also won the 2003 Caldecott Honor Medal and the New York Times bestselling author/illustrator.

Now he lives in Amherst, Massachusetts

Holly Black

Holly Black was born in November 1971 in a decrepit Victorian house in New Jersey. When she was young she has a habit of reading books until 3 a.m., because her parent buys her ghost and fairy stories she is afraid of darkness. After graduating she got a job in an independent gaming magazine: d8 in New York. That is where she meets Tony DiTerlizzi and also when she started a fantasy novel: A Modern Fairy Tale.

Today she lives in West long Branch, New Jersey with Theo, her husband, married in 1999 and she now collects rare folklore volumes, spooky dolls and outrageous hats.

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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader for Kids Only

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader for Kids Only

Bathroom Readers' Institute

*****

This book is about some wacky but true stuff, like how Spongebob Squarepants was born, bloopers of movies and fun quiz.

I really like this book because if funny, and fun to read. I like the part where it said that a man got striked by lightning seven times but haven't die, it is very cool. I also like the idea to put small facts on the bottom of the page like: 488 Rhode Island could fit inside the state of Alaska. I really like this book, like it said on the cover it is serious FUN!

Typhoon Morakot - The Worst in 50 Years

Typhoon Morakot landed on Taiwan on August 8th, it is said that it is the worst disaster happened in 50 years, the rain lasted for 3 days killed about 500 people, in my opinion this disaster is about environment and people. Taiwan wouldn't flood if Taiwan if flat, but since it is full of mountains, the water fills the mountain rivers up and the rivers can't hold it so it all rush down, with all it's power it flood the cities and towns killing hundreds of people and breaking so many buildings. In this picture, reporters say the water wash away the soil and the building can't stand it any more and BOOM it crushes down the river.