Karen's New Holiday by Ann M. Martin

Author:Ann M. Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

How to Celebrate

After dinner I heard jingling music coming down the street. Mr. Tastee! Andrew, David Michael, and I ran outside. Timmy and Scott were already eating their spaceship pops. And Maria, Melody, and Bill were looking at the sign, deciding what to buy. Nancy and Hannie were almost finished eating their ice creams. As soon as we got in line, Linny came riding down the block on his bike. Our whole committee was there!

Once everyone had bought their ice cream (I got another Chocolate Stars cone), we sat around the picnic table in the big-house backyard.

“I asked my parents if we could all swim in our pool for Augustania,” Melody said. “They said that as long as a grown-up was there, it would be all right.”

I said I would ask one of my parents if they would help.

“Let’s make sure to have lots of candy on Augustania!” Andrew said.

“Yeah,” Linny agreed as he licked his chocolate cone. “And ice cream.”

David Michael slurped the last of the red ice off his pop. “We should have a place for make-your-own sundaes!”

“Yesss!” everyone shouted.

I wrote down all of the suggestions in my yellow notebook.

“What about presents? Didn’t we talk about them before?” Nancy asked.

Everyone agreed that there should be presents on Augustania. I made a note that we should tell our parents about that.

“We can make gifts to give our parents,” Nancy said.

“That is a great idea!” I told Nancy. Then I looked around at the group. “Let’s make some smaller committees, like the kids in Farmington did.”

Everyone seemed to like that idea. Since I am a very good leader, I made a list of things we needed to do. Maria, Linny, Nancy, Hannie, and I wanted to make decorations. Timmy, Bill, and David Michael decided to make plans for the make-your-own sundaes. Andrew, Scott, and Melody said they wanted to work on putting together the Hawaiian luau.

“What about costumes?” Melody asked. “I think we should wear Hawaiian shirts. You know, for Hawaii and the luau.”

“What about cool pilot sunglasses?” Scott suggested.

“Why don’t we just work on our assignments,” I said.

“Karen, just because Augustania was your idea, doesn’t mean we have to do everything you say. You should listen to other people’s ideas,” Hannie said.

Well, boo and bullfrogs. I was listening.

I looked at my committee. There was so much to do. It was hard to make a decision.

I stood up. “Any costume is good on Augustania,” I declared. Everyone cheered. “And you should each make one flier of your own for the neighborhood,” I said. “Then everyone will know about Augustania.”

Everyone cheered again. I was good at leading a committee. Kid Power! would think so too when they came to interview me.

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