com/flashlight, for children in grades 3-
8, has more than 140,000 members and features popular titles that kids love
and parents and teachers trust. For educators, The Teacher Area offers free, standards-
based content, online activities and teacher tools that span reading, language
arts , math, social studies, and science. Patrons of hundreds of participating public libraries
now have 24/7 access to the spoken-word works of Catherine Coulter, Sara
Peretsky, Nora Roberts, Dean Koontz , and Tom Clancy.

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Flashlight Readers also provides school to
home learning opportunities with a comprehensive Teacher's Guide that offers
lessons and activities and a Parent's Guide with tips and advice on how to use
the online reading club at home.com/html/pub/hoot/hoot_edGuide. Most recently special
interest areas including a Librarian Area and Administrator Area have been
created to provide resources that meet the needs for various educational
fields.

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Carl Hiaasen gives members a sneak peek at what it really takes
to craft a book and Scholastic.com will host an online chat with the author on
April 18 from 1-2 pm eastern, and again from 7-8 pm eastern that evening."

Hoot on Flashlight Readers has fun, interactive, exclusive features
including:

* Hoot: The Movie - Kids will get a first look at slideshow stills with
captions from the upcoming movie produced by Walden Media.jsp.

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availability of hundreds of additional award-winning audio books to its
collection of download titles through the websites of public libraries --
including Sound Room Publishers, Inc.

With a simple visit to their library website patrons can enjoy these
exceptional titles, anytime day or night, by downloading directly to their
PC, burning to standard CD or transferring to a portable device.

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"Flashlight Readers gives kids the unique
opportunity to interact and broaden their experience with books well beyond
the final chapter.walden.com is a leading Web site for Pre -K to grade 8 teachers,
students and families.

Recent audio publisher additions include McGraw Hill Audio, offering the
popular "On the Move" series for language learning, Naxos of America
featuring the world's greatest literature enhanced with classical music,
children's audio publishers Full Cast Audio and Live Oak Media, and Sounds
True's collection of health and spiritual titles. Some of the
award-winning collection includes:

- Books In Motion's "Left Behind" series received high accolades from
Library Journal, which according to their review, "best captures the
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Interactive Site Features Behind-The-Scenes Exclusives And
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- Supplemental children's audio learning materials from Twin Sisters
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Flashlight Readers is the ultimate multi-media experience for kids who
love books. Other titles on the site include Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate
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Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett.

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- Live Oak's three Grammy Award-winning titles including "Mama Don't
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They Call the City of New Orleans. For a
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Starting today ,
Flashlight Readers takes Hoot fans on a virtual journey by expanding the
adventure and bringing the book to life online with unique, interactive
activities.
* Meet the Author - Carl Hiaasen discusses his writing process and posts
an author's note about Hoot.
* What's Next - Kids will get a sneak-peek of Carl Hiaasen's newest book
Flush with multi-page excerpts posted for members."

- Award-winners "The Jane Austen Book Club" by Karen Joy Fowler, "The
Enemy " by Lee Childand, "Let Me Go" by Helga Schneider, "All Over
Creation" by Ruth Ozeki, "The Opposite of Fate" by Amy Tan, and "Use
What You've Got & Other Business Lessons I Learned from My Mom" by
Barbara Corcoran.

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extension of Hoot by Carl Hiaasen as its newest book club installment.scholastic. Fun
bulletin boards, flashboards and booklists are included exclusively for
members of the Flashlight Readers club. When readers join the virtual reading club,
they can create free membership cards, which give them access to participate
in author chats, leave instant messages for other readers and engage in
interactive games that bring books to life. These publishers join
the company's already impressive portfolio of Brilliance Audio, Blackstone
Audiobooks, Books in Motion, Penton Overseas and dozens more.

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Narrated by Shakespearean actor George Vifiadis , this highly acclaimed
recording of the Bible has been praised as a remarkable performance that
brings the rich language of the King James translation to life.dlrinc.com/.

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Young
readers can plunge into the ecological mystery world of this award-winning
children's book and have access to exclusive information about the author.
Hoot, a 2003 Newbury Honor Book, is a humorous mystery that leads three
middle -school kids to a protest to save endangered burrowing owls that live on
the property where a pancake house is about to be built.com.
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* Write for Change - This persuasive letter writing activity guides kids
through the process of writing a letter about an issue of their choice
to a politician or company.

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* Flashboards and Message Boards - To share with other Hoot readers , kids
can post reactions and messages immediately in a safe, moderated format. The Kids Area offers games and
activities featuring children's favorite Scholastic characters, including
Clifford the Big Red Dog(TM), Harry Potter(TM) and Captain Underpants(TM).

OverDrive's audio book collection spans a wide variety of genres and
subject categories in addition to including many award-winning titles and
best-selling authors.

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allies take on the masses, all for the sake of the owls.
"This engaging experience gives Hoot fans the opportunity to continue
exploring the mysteries and activism of the characters," said Sylvia Barsotti,
Editor-in-Chief of Scholastic . In addition, a Teacher Guide
based on the movie version of Hoot is provided by Walden Media, multi -media
entertainment company and is available at
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* Surprise Reward - Once club members visit both the slideshow and writing
activity, they'll receive fun construction and conservation signs to
print and use to decorate their locker or bedroom. The Parents Area on the site facilitates home-to-school connections
with robust resources including rich content and The Scholastic Store Online,
which offers a broad mix of merchandise carefully selected for its
developmental appropriateness and kid appeal, with learning benefits endorsed
by a panel of early childhood experts.scholastic.

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