Last year, READ adapted L.M. Montgomery's classic novel Anne of Green Gables into a Reader's Theater play (if you would like a copy, email us at read@weeklyreader.com).

For some reason, the story has been on my mind lately. So I decided to rent the movie. I just got finished watching it. Hey, I never said I was cool. Anyway, enjoy this fun video some other way un-cool person made on youtube. Then go to the library and get yourself a copy of the book.

P.S. The Cure rulz too.

Look. We get it. You're an amazing writer. You've inspired billions of children to become interested in reading. You've given us a literary icon for the ages. But come on, J. K. Rowling, isn't it enough already?

Apparently not.

The Harry Potter author is back and writing. This time, it's a collection of fairy stories called "The Tales of Beetle the Bard." But here's the kicker: only seven copies will be published.

That's right. Seven. Do you know how many copies of the different Harry Potter books were sold? I don't know either, but it was was more than seven. Like seven plus multiple millions. So it's likely that you won't get to read it.

One copy of the work is going to be auctioned off, and the others are going to be given as gifts.

Now that's just greedy.

J. K. Rowling, if you insist on writing instead of relaxing (I envision her diving into her millions of dollars ala Scrooge McDuck), at least have the decency to share your work with the rest of us. Now you're just showing off! Not that I'm bitter or anything.

Is anyone out there interested in reading the new work from Rowling? And what would you pay to get your hands on "The Tales of Beetle the Bard"?

I'm sure you've heard the terrible, terrible news by now. Yes, that's right. TV writers are on strike. That means no new shows. No new jokes on the late night talk shows. And worst of all, if the strike continues, more reality shows. Nooooooooo!

The TV writers are on strike because they don't think they are being paid fairly. (I mean, really though, who does?) What with the Internet broadcasting shows and people posting shows, the poor writers feel they are not getting their fair share of the pay.

I feel for them. I do. And, although I do not write for TV, I sort of feel like a scab for posting a blog right now. Maybe I should go on strike as well. (And no, it's not just because I want a three-day weekend. OK, maybe it is.) Writers should be fairly paid for what they do.

Now, we're all reasonable people here. There must be a way to solve this strike so everyone winds up happy. And I'm sure they'll come to a happy compromise sometime in the near future. But until then, where does this strike leave us, the viewing public? After all, we can't survive on reruns and reality shows alone. What will we do without original programming?

Well, I guess we could always read a book ...

by Christina Cho (Na Yun Cho), Grade 7

I climb the oak tree
One so massive and grand

I look up to a higher branch
Where I see a tiny blue robin.

With such big eyes
It looks through mine

I climb higher
And touch the bird.

The robin chirps,
A painful one

When I see carefully,
I see its tangled wings.

Untangling its wings,
I swallow a lump.

The bird is free,
Please try to flee

Instead it looks through my eyes,
Sending me a deeper meaning

I nod my head
It flies away.