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Title	:	Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks (Regarding the... #1)
Author	:	Kate Klise
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 144 pages
Published	:	March 9th 1999 by HarperCollins (first published 1998)
Categories	:	Humor. Mystery. Childrens. Fiction. Middle Grade

Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks (Regarding the... #1)

Kate Klise

Paperback | Pages: 144 pages

Rating: 4.2 | 3311 Users | 331 Reviews

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The Dry Creek Middle School drinking fountain has sprung a leak, so principal Walter Russ dashes off a request to Flowing Waters Fountains, Etc.

...We need a new drinking fountain. Please send a catalog.

Designer Flo Waters responds:

"I'd be delighted...but please understand that all of my fountains are custom-made."

Soon the fountain project takes on a life of its own, one chronicled in letters, postcards, memos, transcripts, and official documents. The school board president is up in arms. So is Dee Eel, of the water-supply company. A scandal is brewing, and Mr. Sam N.'s fifth grade class is turning up a host of hilarious secrets buried deep beneath the fountain.

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Original Title:	Regarding the Fountain
ISBN:	0380793474 (ISBN13: 9780380793471)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Regarding the... #1
Setting:	Missouri(United States)
Literary Awards:	California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Intermediate (2002), Bluestem Book Award Nominee (2016)

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I absolutely loved this book when I was a kid. I loved how clever the character names were, and I loved the feeling of being in the know before the characters. A great book for kiddos to introduce them to puns and detective style stories.

You may have missed this when it was published in 1999 but what a cool book written in letter, email, newspaper articles, newsletter ... "while you were out" notes, etc concerning a 5th grade class that is trying to get a drinking fountain replaced in there school. Anyone 8 or older will get a kick out of the plot if you can suspend what you believe a super duper fountain should look like. Loved it.

I just love epistolary fiction. I stole this from my fifth-grade teacher's library because I enjoyed it so much. Take that, Sopcik. I appreciate the way Kate Klise's writing style and her sister's illustrations are able to coordinate perfectly to create a wonderful story. This book hooked me on epistolary fiction and has made me an addict ever since. BTW, I am flying through my TBR shelf. Whoo!

Wasn't my favourite Kate Klise novel, but still was an enjoyable read. The school is looking for a new water fountain and Flo is going to build them the best one that there is! Told through letters, memos and documents, it was a fun, enjoyable read.

I mostly remember this because it was the first epistolary novel I ever read (but I didn't know the term "epistolary" when I first read this as a young child, so I only figured that out later). It also had a plot that, for lack of better words, I found...satisfying, because of the detailed descriptions. Sure, it's pretty exaggerated, but when I was young, I found the meaningful names funny and what happened in the story quite interesting. It's a good book for kids.

Here's my story of this book. I remember being a little girl and this book was one that my teacher recommended to class. I think I was in 3rd or 4th grade and I loved books, so I picked it up from my library and read it. I absolutely loved it. I had never seen a book with a story written in newspaper articles, letters, memos and I could not get enough of it. So I read it again and again until I moved onto young adult novels. But I never forgot it. So last year, I start remembering this book

I read this ages ago - fifth grade, I think - and it's still clever and hilarious and delightful.The series goes on too long, though: I read them all today, and while the format remains as clever as ever, the plots become more ridiculous and less distinctive - and therefore measurably less delightful.