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Kate Klise: Regarding the Fountain

Read this Young Adult Book Series Illustrated by Sarah Klise

Feb 19, 2007 Carla Snuggs

The pages of Regarding the Fountain are filled with imaginative and amusing twists by the very gifted author-illustrator sister team of Kate and Sarah Klise.

Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks (Avon Books, 1998, 138 pp,ISBN0-380-97538-6) by Kate Klise is a comical mystery with a stimulating plot, cleverly formatted in witty letters, faxes and newspaper articles.

Dry Creek Middle School Principal, Wally Russ, solicits a very eccentric and free spirited fountain designer, Florence Waters, to replace a leaking drinking fountain. Wally Russ wants a simple drinking fountain, but what Mrs. Waters has in mind for this project is far from ordinary!

Florence Waters solicits the help of teacher Sam N. and his fifth grade class to contribute their ideas for the new fountain. As the class begins to investigate and research the history of Dry Creek, questions arise.

Why has the fountain sprung a leak? Why was the town formerly named Spring Creek now called Dry Creek? What is the secret lurking below the fountain? In this side-splitting tale, Sam N. and the class ultimately expose the mystery of the leaky fountain and the scandal of Dry Creek.

The pages of Regarding the Fountain are filled with imaginative and amusing illustrations by the very gifted M. Sarah Klise, sister of Kate Klise. Readers will be especially fascinated with the unique sketches for the new outlandish fountain. The unique format, along with remarkably developed characters, will keep readers aged 8 to 12 intrigued and captivated.

If you like the award-winning Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks, the fun doesn’t stop there! The Klise sisters collaborate in yet another witty tale, Regarding the Sink: Where, Oh Where, Did Waters Go? (Harcourt, ISBN 0-152-05544-4).

Regarding the Sink: Where, Oh Where, Did Waters Go is creatively told in a format that includes letters, student drawings and poems, e-mails, advertisements, school assignments, stock reports and newspaper articles.

The Klise sisters also join forces in Regarding the Trees: A Splintered Saga Rooted in Secrets (Gulliver Books, ISBN 0-152-05163-5) which is presented in scrapbook form and told through letters, newspaper columns, and class projects.

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