number of copies. more than 100 million copies worldwide. they ve been translated into 32 languages. the magic tree house series is written by mary pope ozborne, and on tonight s rock center with brian williams, nbc s meredith vieira explores how she captures the imagination of children the world over, like 9-year-old erin brullard. sounds like she means a lot to you. uh-huh. i really like the books. you heard it right. books. it wasn t a pop star or even a movie star who inspired this homeless third grader. it was an author. her name is mary pope ozborne, and her magic tree house chapter books are so wildly popular among 6 to 10-year-olds that as far as they re concerned, she is a rock star. [ chanting mary ] you are a rock star. their enthusiasm comes gushing out in fan letters. that one aaron wrote is just one
i am just saying most are overweight. i am saying we should help them lose some weight of the we should keep an eye out for the people less fortunate than ourselves. always, always. you have to pick up your food stamps you go to the fitness center and run for 30 minutes and then get your food stamp. who will pay for that? but okay. now i am heart less. maybe bloomburg is right about the sugary drinks. no, he is wrong. that s the cheap drink. that s what the homeless are drinking. he is just mad. he is scared of the big drinks because he is fearful he might drown in one. coming up, what is behind the troubles facing this country 1234 sherrod small discusses his new book, we have a white devil problem. it is also a musical. first, what is new with jonie? better yet, what is up with chachi? he has not answered any of my fan letters.
i didn t have a place to wash my face or take a shower. i got used to it. she promised to make it richer. product from the factory she had built, backed by her father s money, she s constructed a gleaming new village square. her father encouraged her to go to politics. he has big dreams for his daughter. who knows, one day, maybe president. with all of the changes in china, she was, going in a democratic the direction, she could. would you like to be i could never be like him. president? well, who knows? fame is spreading. fan letters across china. some proposals from single men. even mail from the united states. this letter is from from new york. but being village chief, she admits, takes its toll. it is, though, a sacrifice she s
we may now only know the bareest of outlines of the charitable george steinbrenner who anonymously donated ball fields to school books to a million dollars for tsunami relief when he concluded the american training system short changed would-be olympians his own time and money to make it world class. i met him when i was 14 years old. i interviewed him first when i was 20, criticized him first when i was 22 and never heard a cross word from him. he wrote fan letters to my bosses about me, inquired after my mother s health for the five years after she was hit by that throw at yankee stadium, tried to hire me once, and once spent several minutes telling a guest of his, reviewing each occasion over the 30 years in which he and i had interacted as i stood there in astonishment. that guest was president clinton. then there was this from october, 2000. i can only imagine that they are all emotional and wonderful but you have had tears in your eyes since that ball was popped up in the botto
we may only know the barest of outlines of the charitable george steinbrenner who anonymously donated ball fields to school books to a million dollars for tsunami relief when he concluded the american training system short changed would-be olympians his own time and money to make it world class. i met him when i was 14 years old. i interviewed him first when i was 20, criticized him first when i was 22 and never heard a cross word from him. he wrote fan letters to my bosses about me, inquired after my mother s health for the five years after she was hit by that throw at yankee stadium, tried to hire me once, and once spent several minutes telling a guest of his, reviewing each occasion over the 30 years in which he and i had interacted as i stood there in astonishment. that guest was president clinton. then there was this from october, 2000. i can only imagine that they are all emotional and wonderful but you have had tears in your eyes since that ball was popped up in the bottom of