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drawing scenes from your life
in comic-strip form.
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ocean rning her to write the next paragraph
tra
artw sh into and send it back. Keep taking
See p ork.
ag e 2 turns until the story is finished.
Answer on page 38. 2.

June 8 Is 3. Mail your friend a random

squiggle drawn on paper. Ask
World Oceans Day your friend to draw a picture
Help take care of our oceans by picking using the squiggle as a starting
up any trash you see on the shore. Not point and send it back with a
going to the beach? Even hundreds of new squiggle for you to draw on.
miles from the shore, trash that blows or
washes into storm drains, streams, lakes,
4. Include a secret note. With your
friend, decide on a code to use
and rivers can make its way to the sea.
in your letters. For example,
You can help by picking up litter in your
town. Just be sure to ask an adult first
perhaps the last letter of each
and wear gloves. word you write spells out a
short hidden message.

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Bella blows
blue bubbles.
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VOLUME 73 • NUMBER 6 • ISSUE NO. 800

Dear Highlights,

—Amelia, Ontario, Canada

Moving can be hard. We hope these tips help, Amelia! Stand

1 Ask your 2 Think of 3 Talk about Tall!
friends for their making new the move with June 21 is
addresses and friends and going your family. It’s a World Gira
phone numbers to a new school as big change for all
ffe
Day.
to stay in touch. an adventure. of you!

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6 Yes, Katy Did 14 Hidden Pictures®
Did Katy do it? Puzzle
Everyone’s cooling off!
7 The Timbertoes®
A muddy rescue. 15 Jokes
A book by Mack A. Roon.
8 Calady’s Quest
16 A Bigger Digger
Who will rule the
kingdom next? This machine is longer than
two football fields.
10 Goofus and 18 Crafts
Action dice and a wallet
Gallant® for Father’s Day.
Making things right.

11 Gallant Kids
20 Blow Out the Sun
Wind up the crickets.
Sanya Pirani dreams
big and works hard. 22 Art for the Sea
Sculptures that call attention
12 My Sci to ocean pollution.
Why don’t people
in Antarctica feel 25 Paws and Think
upside down? Lots to do at a campground.

4 JUNE 2018
 Sea
Cleanup!
Priscilla the
Parrotfish is
made
entirely of
plastic
trash from
the
ocean.

26 Create Your 31 Check . . . and

Own Game Double Check
Try out some games A shark with clean teeth.
that kids made up.
32 Can You Camp?
27 Design a Yes, you can! Find out how.
Snow Globe
What would be in your 34 Your Own Pages
dream snow globe? See work from creative kids
like Autumn.
28 Game On!
36 Jupiter’s Shrinking
Autumn Marroquin
Jordan is too far behind Age 7 • Illinois
Storm
to win . . . or is he?
This storm on Jupiter is 40 Ask Arizona®
bigger than Earth! Advice from a giant rabbit
and two cats.
38 Riddles
What’s a
chair?
What did the teddy bear 42 Dear Highlights
say after dinner? Lukas likes to keep
his room clean.
39 BrainPlay
Name an animal that 43 Picture Puzzler
might use a chair. A movie in the park.

JUNE 2018 5
Yes, Katy Did
By B.J. Lee
Art by Alleanna Harris

Katie kept her katydid

inside a cardboard box.
Katie didn’t worry that
there weren’t any locks.
When Katie went outside to play,
Katy did hop out.
When Katie came back in the house,
she couldn’t help but shout,
“My plants have holes in every leaf!
Did my Katy do it?
A plant does not get nibbled if
there’s not a bug to chew it.”
Katie ran and checked the box
and saw the upturned lid.
“Aha!” cried Katie. “There’s my proof
that little Katy did.”

6 JUNE 2018
 The rain is The
finally over!
Timbertoes
®

By Rich Wallace • Art by Ron Zalme

The kids splashed through puddles. Spot chased some birds.

The mud was slick. Spot wouldn’t move. Tommy went to the rescue.

Come on,
Spot!

Spot jumped free. Tommy and Spot rinsed off in the pond.

Whoa,
buddy!

JUNE 2018 7
 Calady’s
Quest
By Teresa Bateman
Art by Sheyda Abvabi
Calady hadn’t intended
to go on a quest. When her
father, the king, announced
that a quest would determine
which of his children would be
the next ruler, Calady had
known her older brothers, the
twins, would compete for the
prize. Richard and Derek soon
galloped off, each searching
for the “most valuable thing
in the kingdom.”
Everyone waited, wondering
who would win. But when weeks
had passed with neither twin’s
return, Calady knew something
was wrong. She searched her
brothers’ rooms for clues. After
determining where each brother
had gone, she told her lady-in-
waiting about her plan and
slipped out of the castle to find
Richard and Derek.
Calady first rode in search
of the Waters of Healing—
Richard’s goal. She’d read that
those who failed a test at the
Waters turned to
stone. But what
was the test? Calady knew
She came upon
a beautiful garden.
something
And leaning against was wrong.
8 JUNE 2018
“Richard
must have
failed the
test.”
a tree, a f lask at his lips, was
Richard, still as granite! Calady
sighed. “Whatever the test was, A mountain rose in the distance.
Richard must have failed it.” After climbing most of the night,
A sign by the water said “No they reached the dragon’s cave.
Thyself.” What did that mean? “Psst!” A whisper came from
Calady had read about a lady nearby. It was Derek, one leg
who’d used these waters to save wrapped in a red-soaked cloth!
her sons and about a knight who In his lap was a battered crown.
had healed a sick friend. Calady
suddenly knew what to do. She
scooped up some water and
dripped it onto her brother’s lips.
He blinked. “How . . . ?”
“No Thyself,” she said. “You
can take the waters only to help
someone else, not yourself.” She
filled her brother’s f lask. “Here’s
your treasure. Because I dipped
it for you, it should be safe to
take. Now let’s hurry.
I think Derek is
facing a dragon.”
They rode east
until they arrived
at Dragon Crest.
 “It’s a great treasure,” Derek
explained. “The dragon had
stolen it from Bernard the Bold.
I took it from the dragon, but he
nearly caught me.” He pointed
to his leg. “Do you have water?”
Richard smiled and offered
his f lask. At the first drops,
Derek’s leg began to heal.
“This is wonderful,” Derek
said, “but now you’re trapped as
well. I wish you hadn’t come.”
“The dragon believes you’re
alone and hurt. That’s no longer
true,” Calady pointed out. She
looked at her brothers, their
faces as alike as two sides of a
rainbow. “What’s more, books
I’ve read say dragons are easily
confused. If you make them
dizzy enough, they’ll sleep for a
solid week. Here’s my plan.”
Her brothers were skeptical
at first, then began to grin.
At dawn, Richard climbed
down the mountain and yelled,
“HEY, DRAGON!”
A roar came from above.
The dragon took wing.
“OVER HERE!” Derek
shouted from the mountaintop.
He waved the crown.
The dragon bellowed. His
treasure was in danger. He f lew
back to the cave. But wait! Who
had the crown? Now there were
two men, both exactly alike and
neither one injured.
Back and forth the dragon
swooped as the brothers called.
The dragon’s head twisted this
way and that, and as he spun, he
grew dizzier and dizzier until his
eyes crossed. He dropped to the
ground and fell asleep.
“Dragons are easily
confused.”
Derek and Calady joined
Richard, and they all embraced
before starting the long journey
home. A few days later, they rode
into the castle courtyard.
Once everyone had celebrated
and his children had rested, the
king asked about their quests.
Richard pulled out the f lask.
“These are the Waters of
Healing,” he said. “I used them
to mend Derek’s leg.”
The king nodded. “Impressive.
And of great worth if they
“HEY, DRAGON!”
helped your brother.”
Derek handed the crown
to his father. “It belonged to
Bernard the Bold and saved
Richard’s life by distracting
the dragon.”
“This was once used to crown
new rulers,” the king said, “but
its worth increases if it saved
your brother’s life. It will be
hard to choose between you.”
“You haven’t asked Calady,”
Richard pointed out.
“She’s been a-questing too,”
said Derek.
The king smiled. “What
treasure do you bring?” he
asked, looking at his daughter’s
empty hands.
“She brings me,” Richard said,
stepping to Calady’s side.
“And me.” Derek joined them.
“Her knowledge saved us both.”
“Well,” said the king, “I
suppose the question is, What
do I value most: healing waters,
a battered crown, or my sons
safely home?” He turned to
Calady, placing the crown of
Bernard the Bold on her head.
“Truly, nothing is of more value
than those we love.”
Goaonfd us There’s some of Goofus and Gallant in us all.
When the Gallant shines through, we show our best self.

Gallant
®

“I’m sorry for the way I acted

before,” says Gallant.
Idea by Lyla Boling, Age 8, Florida

After Goofus yells at his

friends, he doesn’t apologize.
Idea by Lyla Boling, Age 8, Florida

Gallant moves things out of

the way so no one will trip.

Goofus leaves things that

people can trip over.

YOUR Goofus and Gallant Moments

“I felt like Goofus “I felt like Goofus
when I ate my when I hung up the
brother’s candy.” phone without saying
Saruul, Age 8, Utah good-bye.”
Simon, Age 10, Arizona
“I felt like Gallant
when I reused paper
instead of throwing
it away.”
Moxie, Age 5, New York

10 JUNE 2018 Art by Leslie Harrington.

 Gallant
Kids
Reaching for
the Stars
S anya Pirani has a big goal.
She’s trying to raise enough
money to feed a village of 700
people for a year. That’s $56,210!
When Sanya was eight, she
watched a video with her mom.
“I saw a girl with torn clothes, no
shoes, and immense sadness and
fear in her eyes,” says Sanya.
She wanted to help people
like the girl in the video. With
her mom’s permission, she went
online and found a charity, Feed
My Starving Children (FMSC),
that packs and ships meals to
hungry people all over the world.
When Sanya learned the cost of
feeding a village, she made that
her goal. She named her project
“Reach for the Star in You.”
Photo by Dilshad Pirani.
“I felt like Gallant
when I helped my little
sister find her stuffed-
animal puppy.”
Evan, Age 10, Connecticut
Sanya Pirani works hard
to feed hungry children.
Sanya knew it would take a lot
of work to raise so much money,
so she asked four of her friends to
help. Together, they raised $8,000
in three months.
Sanya brainstormed creative
ideas to inspire people to give.
She handed out Compassion Jars
to families and businesses. “You
fill them up with loose change for
people in need,” she says. Another
idea was Bookmarks for Help.
“I cut out pieces of cardstock and
decorated them.” Each bookmark
sold for a $5 donation.
Dream Big and Work Hard
After Sanya’s team raised
$17,000 and then $25,000, they
celebrated by hosting events at
FMSC. The governor, a state
representative, and more than
“I felt like Gallant
when I cut my hair
to donate for cancer
patients.”
Grace, Age 8, Arizona
Sanya’s Favorite
FOOD: La sagna
s
HOBB IES: Drawin
g, reading, and w
AN IMALS: Dogs riting
and horses
COLO RS: Blue an
d pu rple
100 family members and friends
showed up to pack meals.
Sanya is certain she’ll reach
her goal of $56,210. She is fueled
by the belief that every child
deserves food and other basic
human rights. Plus, she says, she
believes what her mom has always
told her: “You dream big with a
pure heart, and your dream will
come true with hard work and
determination.”
Highlights is proud to know
this Gallant Kid.
—Sara Matson
Tell us when you’ve felt like
Goofus or Gallant! Visit
HighlightsKids.com or write to
Goofus and Gallant Moments
803 Church Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
JUNE 2018 11
MY SC
Blood vessels under the dark
patches help regulate the
giraffe’s temperature.

Don’t Laugh
at the Giraffe
A giraffe looks like something a
cartoonist might draw, with its long
legs, neck, and tongue. But what looks
cartoonish to humans works well for
this towering mammal’s grassland life.

A giraffe’s height helps

it keep an eye out for
predators and reach
leaves and buds on
acacia trees, where it
gets most of its food
and water.

Tight skin
and strong
blood vessels
keep blood
from pooling
in its legs.

I know gravity keeps us

on Earth. But why don’t When you look at a globe,
it may seem as if north is

people in Antarctica “up” and south is “down.” But

no matter where you go on

feel upside down? Earth’s surface, “down” is

toward the center of the
Julia Dutill planet. Gravity is always
Age 11 • Pennsylvania pulling your whole body and
 By Dougal Dixon
Art by Robert Squier Short face

Thick heart walls

pump with force
to keep blood
moving to the
brain against the
pull of gravity.
Beibeilong
bay-bay-long
“baby dragon”
Big beak
The only known fossils of
Beibeilong are of eggs and
a hatchling baby. From the
fossils, scientists can tell that
Beibeilong was similar to
Oviraptor. The egg size shows
that Beibeilong was one of the
biggest known oviraptorosaurs.

WHERE:
China

HOW LONG:
Unknown; estimated Strong
adult size 25 feet hind legs

WHAT IT ATE:
Probably plants
and small animals

everything around you in the

direction of Earth’s core.
Whether you are in 18-inch-long
Antarctica, at the equator, eggs, among
WHEN:
or anywhere else on Earth, the biggest
90 million years ago ever found for
if you’re upright with your
feet on the ground, you feel 252 201 145 66 Present a dinosaur
(and you are) right-side up. Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Cenozoic

JUNE 2018 13
 Want ae?
challeng 5
k page 1
Fold bac the
to hide
clues.
picture
Making a Splash
By Gary LaCoste

In this big picture, find the shoe, glove, ruler, wedge of lemon, artist’s brush, ladder,
hockey stick, slice of pizza, balloon, bowl, heart, pencil, fishhook, crown, domino,
drinking straw, boomerang, musical note, sock, sailboat, pennant, and banana.

14 JUNE 2018 Check out our Hidden Pictures app!

 Picture Clues
JOKES
shoe “Knock, knock.”
glove ruler “Who’s there?”
Apple and Orange were
wedge of “Hawaii.” searching for their friend
lemon Banana. Apple said to Orange,
“Hawaii who?” “Keep your eyes peeled!”

“I’m great.
Gabriel Lifschitz, New Jersey
hockey
stick
Hawaii you?” Cinnamon Roll #1: I’m afraid to
roll down a hill.
Amũra Minggia, North Carolina Cinnamon Roll #2: Why?
Two atoms were walking Cinnamon Roll #1: Because I’m
slice of already rolled!
ladder down the street.
Kate Lewis, Colorado
pizza Atom #1: I think I just lost
an electron.
artist’s balloon
brush
Atom #2: Are you sure? Make us laugh!
Atom #1: Yes, I’m positive. Send a joke or riddle, along with your
heart Cailyn Myers, Illinois name, age, and address, to
pencil
A book never written: Pastries
bowl and Candies by Mack A. Roon. 803 Church Street
domino Connor, Ontario, Canada Honesdale, PA 18431

crown

fishhook drinking
straw
musical
note

sock boomerang

Feathered Fun
pennant By Cindy Breedlove
banana sailboat I heard, while underneath some oaks,
Two woodpeckers tell knock-knock jokes.
Someone liked them. “Tee-hee-hee,”
Laughed a little chickadee.
BONUS
Can you also find
the golf club,
snake, needle,
and bell?

Answers on HighlightsKids.com.
 A Bigger
By Andy Boyles, Contributing Science Editor

Bagger 288 is a giant digging machine.

It can move enough dirt in one day to fill
96 Olympic swimming pools. A typical
digging machine working eight hours a
day, seven days a week would take more
than 10 months to do the same job.
The machine was built in 1978 to
mine coal for electrical power in
Germany, and it’s still going strong.
It’s one of the
world’s biggest
machines.
Here’s how
it works.

Connecting Bridge
It swings side to
side to pour the
material into a
loading wagon.
Workers

Rope Winch
Crawlers
A giant spool moves the
Twelve treads move
bucket arm up and down by
the machine slowly—
winding and unwinding steel
faster than a snail but
ropes that lead up through the
slower than a turtle.
towers and down to the arm.
16 JUNE 2018
 Digger HOW BIG
IS IT?
TALLER
THAN THE
STATUE
Bagger 288 is one of the OF
largest machines in the world. LIBERTY

Steel Ropes
They support
the bucket arm.
Bucket
Arm
It moves
LONGER
THAN 2 FOOTBALL
FIELDS

the bucket
wheel into
place. EACH BUCKET CAN FILL

22
BATHTUBS

HEAVIER
THAN

4
APOLLO
MOON
ROCKETS
Bucket Wheel
Cabin
As the wheel DRIVES
The person THE
turns, its 18
Conveyor Belt who runs BUCKET
buckets dig WHEEL
It carries soil and coal the bucket WITH AS
nonstop. MUCH
to another conveyor wheel sits
POWER AS
belt in the connecting in here.
bridge. 13
PICKUP
TRUCKS
Photo by ©thyssenkrupp_2017. Photos at right, from top: iStock/wizreist,
iStock/antpkr, iStock/jgroup, iStock/jamesbenet, iStock/sihuo0860371.
 Crafts
Action Dice!
Make This
Next Month!

A Game for 2 or More Players

By Karen Dobyns
To Play: Players take
1. Trace each side of two square tissue boxes turns rolling the
onto cardstock. Cut out the 12 squares. dice and following
2. Write an action phrase onto six squares with a marker. the instructions that
On the other six squares, write a number of seconds land faceup. The first
or repetitions. player to complete all
3. Use double-sided tape to attach the actions to one six actions wins.
box and the numbers to the other.

CRAFT CHALLE NGE! Make a boat using a plastic container,

tape, and craft foam. Share your result on HighlightsKids.com.

Wallet 1. Fold a 9-inch-by-6-inch sheet of

cardstock in half lengthwise.
for 2. Glue the narrow edges together.
Fold it in half to form a wallet.

Bonus!
Dad 3. Cut two small rectangles
out of cardstock. For a pocket,
Make a more By Sheila M. Hausbeck
durable wallet by
covering it with Craft samples by Buff McAllister. Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc., except
duct tape. pages 18–19 (background) by iStock/Getty Images Plus/KatarzynaBialasiewicz.
 Sri Lankan Sesath
By Lisa Haag Kang

Sesaths are traditional Sri Lankan sunshades

that are woven from palm leaves. They were
introduced from India more than 2,200 years
ago and have been used in Buddhist rituals since
then. Today, they are also used for decoration
and in the religious festival of Kandy Esala
Perahera, which is held during the summer.

Birdhouse
Mobile
By April Theis

1. Cut out a birdhouse,

birds, and leaves from
cardstock. Add a
wiggle eye to each bird.
2. For the mobile, cover a
long cardboard tube
with paper. Use ribbon
to hang the birdhouse
from the tube. Glue on
the birds and leaves.
3. Punch a hole in each
end of the tube. Add
a ribbon hanger. 1. Paint a 16-inch wooden dowel red. Let it dry.
2. Cut a large red circle out of poster board
and five smaller, different-sized circles out
of cardstock. Glue the circles on top of one
another, smallest to largest, to form the shade.
glue the bottom and sides of one Keep glue away from the edges.
to the inside of the wallet on 3. Cut small circles, triangles, and flowers for
the right. Write a note for your decoration. Glue them onto the shade.
dad on the other, and glue it 4. Lay the dowel across the sesath. Poke two sets
on the left. of holes, and use two pieces of ribbon to tie
4. Create coupons to put inside. the dowel in place.

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 Blow Out
the Sun
By Sara Valafar
Art by Demelsa Haughton

Wrap up the day. Pack it away.

Carry it off on a silver tray.
Shake out the green grass that blankets the hill.
Tomorrow we’ll play there, we will, we will.
Roll up the rivers and tie them with string.
Tune the owl and set it to wing.
Turn on the fireflies
and wind up the crickets.
Scatter night sounds into the thickets.
Unplug the oceans.
Drain the deep seas.
Sweep the deserts under the trees.
Squeeze out the clouds and hang them to dry.
Gather the birds and fold up the sky.
Stack the mountains one by one.
Lock up the woods and blow out the sun.
Sprinkle bright stars and turn on the moon.
Tomorrow will come soon, soon, soon.

JUNE 2018 21
 Art for the
These sculptures are a call for clean oceans.
By Gail Skroback Hennessey

Greta the Great

is made of
plastic beach
trash. See the
sneaker tread
under her nose?

22 JUNE 2018
Sea
1 Each sculpture
starts with washed
and sorted plastics.
2 Next, the sculptor
studies photos of her
subject. 3 Then, Greta
the Great takes shape.
1 2
Photos by © WashedAshore.org, except page 24 (scales) iStock/Getty
Images Plus/Bet_Noire, (pyramid) iStock/Getty Images Plus/Lindrik,
(plastic bottles) E+/Getty Images/craftvision.
Angela Haseltine Pozzi didn’t
like seeing plastic trash washing
up on the shore near her home in
Bandon, Oregon. She wanted to
rally her community to clean it up,
so she started an organization and
called it Washed Ashore: Art to
Save the Sea.
Here’s how it works: Volunteers
help clean up Oregon’s 300 miles
of shoreline. Then, using only
plastics from the beach cleanup,
Ms. Pozzi and her staff and many,
many volunteers create sculptures
of sea animals.
Ms. Pozzi says, “I want to create
sculptures that make people take
a look and think, ‘How can there
be this much trash on the beach?’
The Washed Ashore sculptures,
hopefully, will make people
consider their plastic purchases
and be aware of how so much
plastic ends up in the oceans.”
Ms. Pozzi started Washed
Ashore in 2010. Since then, more
than 10,000 volunteers have
collected 21 tons of trash and
helped create more than 70 works
of art. Four traveling exhibits have
displayed the sculptures in more
than 18 places, such as the San
Francisco Zoo, Georgia Aquarium,
and the National Zoological Park.
Shedd Aquarium in Chicago,
3
Illinois, is hosting an exhibit
through September 2018. One of
Washed Ashore’s sculptures,
Turtle Ocean, received a rare
honor. It was displayed at the
Smithsonian Institution’s National
Museum of Natural History in
Washington, D.C.
Plastics Are Forever
People have used plastics to
create life-saving medical devices,
inexpensive containers and
gadgets, and toys, of course. But
unlike wood, cotton, and other
natural materials, plastics don’t
break down into anything useful
to other living things. Instead,
they stay for years in landfills,
waterways, and the oceans. The
materials are harmful to some sea
animals, such as turtles, sea lions,
and birds. Some of these creatures
eat plastic objects that look like
food. Others become entangled in
plastic nets or packaging.
Many people are working to
keep plastics out of the oceans.
When they can, they buy things
that are made of natural
materials. They recycle the
plastics they use, and they dispose
of plastic trash properly. Still, far
too many plastics end up in the
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JUNE 2018 23

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oceans. Some are dumped
directly into the sea. Others are
washed down creeks and rivers,
which f low into oceans. And
others are left lying on land,
where winds carry them down
to shores and into the water.
“Remember, sea level is
downhill from everywhere,”
Ms. Pozzi says.
Big Fish, Big Message
Most Washed Ashore
sculptures are about 9 feet tall
and take from six months to
a year to complete. One of the
How Much Plastic?
Scientists estimated the
amount of plastic that
made its way into the
oceans during one year
(2010). From 192 nations,
up to 14,000,000 tons of
plastic went into the sea.
That’s more than twice
the weight of the Great
Pyramid of Giza.
1 2
first was Henry the Giant Fish,
a 15-foot-long red-and-yellow
fish. Ms. Pozzi and her team
used yogurt lids, bottle caps,
toys, lighters, and shotgun shells
in its creation.
Since then, they have
made sculptures of many more
animals, such as an octopus,
a seal, a parrotfish, a jellyfish, a
marlin, a sea horse, a shark, a
turtle, and a puffin.
In the sculptures, viewers can
see what each piece was before
it became part of the artwork.
They know that every bit—a
f lip-f lop, plastic boot, doll’s car,
comb, sand shovel, fishing buoy,
toothbrush, bottle cap, or
bottle—was found on a beach.
Art by Teamwork
Ms. Pozzi gives credit to
everyone who helps. “One person
didn’t create these sculptures,”
she says. “Some people have
picked up the plastic, others
have sorted the items by color.
Still others have washed each
piece of plastic trash. Volunteers
have drilled holes or helped to
make the small wire-stitched
panels, while others welded the
giant frames. I do the heads and
detail work, and my staff and
I take all the pieces everyone
contributes to finish the work.”
1 Henry the
Giant Fish.
2 Ms. Pozzi
and Zorabelle
the Rockhopper
Penguin.
3 Octavia the
Octopus.
4 Lidia the Seal.
3
4
Which sculpture is Ms. Pozzi’s
favorite? “I do love the octopus,
named Octavia,” she says. Each
of the seven-foot-long arms is
doing something different—
holding the handlebars of a
bright-yellow tricycle, opening a
microwave oven that has a red
plastic lobster inside, pulling a
drink out of a cooler, or trying
on a shoe.
The Washed Ashore team
is working on sculptures of a
tufted puffin and a dolphin, with
plans for more sculptures. Says
Ms. Pozzi, “Until we run out of
plastic on the beach, the work
will continue.”
 a w s nd
At the Campground P a
T hink

Why might people like to go

camping? What are some things
people do at a campground?
What sounds might you hear
outside during the day? At night?
How is camping different from
other kinds of vacations? What
things would you need to pack? So much to
see, hear,
Would you like to go camping?
and smell!
Why or why not?

Art by David Coulson.

 I would create a video game

Create Your
where you pick a season, then you
take a picture of your face and put
it onto a body figure that matches
the season. Next you pick an

Own Game
activity to go with your season.
For example, if you picked winter,
you could have sledding races.
You would have remotes to do the
movements in the game. Once you
win three games in the season,
We asked you to make up a game and sha you get first place.
re it with
us. Here are some of the fun ideas we receive Caroline Pienkosz
d! Age 10 • Illinois

Animal Run
Animal Run is a board game.
Each person is an animal
running toward the zoo. Draw
a card with a number to move
forward. Everyone has fun
together trying to help all
the animals reach the zoo.
Everybody takes turns making
the sound of each animal.
Shane Sawhill
Age 5 • California

Make Your
Star Chase Own House
I play this game with my family. Each player gets a figure to move on Make Your Own House
the board. During your turn, you roll the dice and move your figure. Each is a video game. It starts
square is numbered. If you land on “1,” you do one jumping jack. If you as a garden. Then you
land on “2,” you run two laps around the room. If you land on “3,” you build a house. You can
jump up and down three times. The first player to reach the star wins. upgrade your house
Mila Silk and garden.
Age 6 • Washington Karlos Jebrail
Age 7 • Rhode Island
26 JUNE 2018
 Number-opoly
Materials
• A deck of cards with the
kings and jokers removed
• Two dice

Rules
1. Draw a card and place it
faceup in the discard pile.
2. Roll two dice.
3. If you can add, subtract, or
multiply the numbers on the
dice to get the number on
the card, you keep the card.
(Jacks are worth 11; queens
are worth 12.)
4. If you roll doubles on the
dice, you get another turn.
Design
5. Take turns until the whole
deck has been used up.
Run in Space
a Snow
Whoever has the most cards
at the end of the game wins.
Lincoln Eeten
My video game would be Run in
Space. I like learning about space.
Globe
Age 9 • Wisconsin Benjamin Alabi
Age 7 • New York It may be June, but
we’re thinking snow!
What would your
dream snow globe
Bubbles and Algae show? Sparkling
There is one bubble and 10 algae. The bubble holds a Hula-H sand sculptures?
oop
and says, “Algae away!” and they run away. If the bubble captur Shimmering snow?
es
algae in the Hula-Hoop, the algae become seaweed. They sit Or something else?
down
and sway their arms. If the Hula-Hoop just touches the algae, Send us a drawing
they
sit out until the next round. The object is to avoid being touch of your snow globe
ed or
captured by the Hula-Hoop. on unlined paper.
Lavinia Pitts Please include your
Age 7 • Washington, D.C. name, age, and
complete address.
Mail to
Animal Colors
There is a spinner with animals
and colors on it. There are cards Design a Snow Globe
with matching animals and colors 803 Church Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
on them. Players take turns
spinning the wheel and f lipping We must receive
over a card. They try to f lip over your reply by
the card that matches the animal July 1, 2018, to
and color that the arrow landed on. consider it for
Naomi Andress publication.
Age 9 • Florida

GAME
Jordan
ON!
A Mile Behind
Jordan’s stamina is tested.
By Rich Wallace • Art by Rafa Alvarez
Jordan yawned as he cycled
around the track. He glanced at
his watch—4:00 in the morning!
And the race wasn’t nearly over.
Spectators clapped as Jordan
entered the homestretch for
what felt like the thousandth
time.
“Where’s Devin?” Jordan
called to his father in the
bleachers. “It’s time to switch!”
Jordan kept pedaling. Riders
could stay on the bike as long
as they wanted, but all four
members of each relay team had
to participate in the 12-hour
race. And bikes had to stay in
motion except for minor repairs.
Jordan, Devin, Tara, and
Bryan had decided they’d each
be on the bike for three one-hour
shifts. That would give them a
couple of long stretches to sleep
in the tents.
Jordan had barely slept
during his first break. He was
definitely ready to crawl into
his sleeping bag now.
Devin whistled as he finally
ran out of the boys’ tent at 4:15,
snapping on his helmet.
“Sorry—I overslept!” Devin
said as Jordan hopped off the
bike. “How are we doing?”
“Third place,” Jordan replied,
squinting in the bright stadium
lights. He gulped some water as
28 JUNE 2018
J or De Ta Br y
d v r
an
in
a
an
Devin Tara Bryan
Bryan rubbed his eyes.
“Feels like I slept two minutes.”
Jordan laughed. “That’s two
more than I did. I’m hungry.
What do we have to eat?”
Bryan pointed to the team’s
cooler. “See for yourself.”
he watched Devin sprint away. Jordan grabbed a granola bar.
Thirty-six teams started the “Team Green is way out there,
Overnight Bike Classic at 8:00 P.M. a mile in front.” He shook his
on Friday. Officials kept track of head. “I’m exhausted but too
the number of laps each team keyed up. Let’s go outside.”
covered. Supporters had pledged The cyclists were so spread
donations to charity for each lap, out that it was impossible to tell
and there were trophies for the which place each team was in.
top teams.
Jordan had passed two riders
and had drawn a little closer to
second place, but the leader was
several laps ahead. He felt a hand
on his arm and turned.
“Great work,” Jordan’s dad
said. “Try to get a nap. Before you
do, though, wake Bryan.”
4:00 in the
morning! And
the race wasn’t
nearly over.
The giant tent was dimly lit.
A dozen boys were rolled into
sleeping bags while others sat on
the ground with snacks. Jordan
waved to some of the parents
who were sitting at a table,
supervising the tent.
Jordan nudged Bryan’s red
sleeping bag with his foot. Bryan
grunted and rolled up tighter.
“Devin’s out on the track,” Jordan
said. “You’re next.”

But Jordan was well aware of
the top five teams. He watched
in admiration as the leader
raced past in his green jersey.
Jordan suddenly felt another
wave of exhaustion pass over
him. “I need to get some sleep,”
he said to Bryan. “Make up some
ground on Team Green.”
Despite all the chatter in the
tent, Jordan slept like a rock
until Bryan shook his shoulder
at 6:50 A.M. “Tara’s finishing,”
Bryan said. “We’re in fourth, not
far behind second and third.”
“How far ahead is Team
Green?” Jordan asked.
“More than four laps,” Bryan
said. “It’s up to you.”
Tara was finishing strong,
moving into third place as
Jordan wiped the sleep from his
eyes. Jordan bumped fists with
Jerry Myers, the Team Green
captain, who was also waiting to
ride. “See you at breakfast,”
Jordan said with a laugh. “Or
maybe I’ll see you when I pass
you five times.”
“No chance of that,” Jerry said
as his teammate zoomed into the
exchange zone.
Tara followed a few seconds
later. Jordan grabbed the
handlebars. Tara hopped off the
bike, and he hopped on.
“The final hour!” Tara called.
“Make it count.”
Jordan passed several riders.
Jerry Myers held a steady pace,
A Tip from
the Author
In any long race, it’s
important to pace yourself.
If you go too fast at the
start, you might use up your
energy too quickly.
Rich Wallace is the author of
dozens of sports novels for
kids, including the books in the
Winning Season and Kickers
series. He has played and
coached a lot of sports too.
but Jordan caught him after
several laps.
“I’ve still got you by a mile,”
Jerry said.
Jordan nodded. He was more
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The leader
raced past.

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concerned with second place.
The rider up ahead in the red
jersey held that spot.
“Jor-dan! Jor-dan!” He felt
a burst of confidence as his
teammates chanted his name.
A Tip from a Kid
During the 100-yard
dash, don’t focus on who
is around you. Keep your
eyes on the track and
never give up.
Rahquail Kriven
Age 9 • North Carolina
Share a sports tip!
Send it to
Sports Tips
803 Church Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
30 JUNE 2018
Jordan sweated and puffed,
but he was moving fast.
Little by little, he caught up to
the second-place rider and
moved ahead.
Hold this spot, Jordan told
himself. The championship was
out of reach, but coming in
second would be great too.
When he looked ahead,
Jordan was shocked to notice
Jerry pedaling very slowly.
Was he hurt?
“Chain came off,” Jerry said
as Jordan cycled past. “I need a
pit stop.”
Jordan passed Team Green
another time as Jerry and his
teammates made repairs near
the finish line.
Two laps behind.
“Fifteen minutes!” Tara yelled.
Jordan passed Jerry a fourth
time. The lead was less than a
lap now. But Jerry’s bike was
fixed, and Team Green hurried
back onto the track.
Three-quarters of a lap was
nearly impossible for Jordan to
make up. But he had to try.
Parents and other spectators
had gathered to watch the end
of the race, which was just a few
minutes away.
Jordan sweated and puffed,
but he was moving fast. He
pedaled onto the backstretch.
Team Green was just ahead.
“Ladies and gentlemen,” said
the announcer, “after 11 hours
and 59 minutes of riding, these
two teams are separated by less
than 100 yards!”
Jordan had the momentum.
Team Green’s chain was barely
holding up. But there was so
little time.
The announcer counted down
the seconds: “10 . . . 9 . . . 8 . . .”
Jordan cut the lead to 25 yards.
“7 . . . 6 . . . 5 . . .”
At zero, the race would end.
Jordan bore down harder.
Team Green’s bike
chain was barely
holding up.
Jerry Myers leaned forward
and churned.
“4 . . . 3 . . . 2 . . .”
Jordan gritted his teeth.
His front wheel drew even with
Jerry’s back one.
“1 . . . zero!”
Jerry raised his arms in
triumph.
Jordan’s legs ached, but he
hadn’t felt tired at all as he raced
that final hour. He hadn’t even
thought about it.
So close, he said to himself.
I almost did it. But second place
felt pretty good too.
 s!
Bomnauny ants
Ants
How ou find i
ca n y
the s
ce n e
?
n
Everywhere
By Kris MacLeod
Use the clues to think of words
that contain the word ant.
1 . Has a stem and leaves.
2. To wish for something.
3. A big cat with a black coat.
4. You wear them on your legs.
5. A very tall fairy-tale character.
6. A large African or Asian mammal.
7. Part of an insect or a radio.
8. Lean or tilt.
9. Far away.
10. A baby.

Answers on page 38.

Check . . . and Double Check

Compare these two pictures. Can you find at least 18 differences?

JUNE 2018 31
 Can
You
CAMP?
Near or far, outside or in—
yes, you can!
By Lisa Glover

Navigate by
the Stars
Observing the stars to find your path is one of the first ways that people used the oldest
science: astronomy. Know which way to go before starting out on a starlit adventure.

North
Pointer Star N
Stars W E
S

1. Find the Big Dipper. 2. Identify the two 3. Extend the line 4. If you are facing the North
pointer stars. Draw upward. The first Star, then north is in front
an imaginary line bright star you come of you, south is behind
between them. to is the North Star, you, east is on your right,
Polaris. and west is on your left.

Fire Up Your Food

Ask an adult for help with anything sharp or hot.

CHARRED CHEESE
Butter two slices of bread on one side. Place cheese between
the unbuttered sides. Wrap the sandwich in three layers of
foil. Ask an adult to place it on hot coals. Cook each side for
three minutes, using tongs to flip the sandwich. Let it cool.

Art by Andrew Roberts. Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc.,

except camp scene by iStock/anatolly_gleb.
 Build CH A LL E N
a Tent What els GE
e can yo
u
Share a Silly Story
Make sure you use to m Copy this story, and have your friends fill in the
ake a ten
have shelter Wh at sh t?
ap e s blanks as you go. Then read the story back to them
before it work be in a dramatic voice!
st?
gets dark!

The (Object) in the Woods

One (adjective) day, I was hiking with my friends in the woods.

We’d been traveling for (amount of time) and we were

1. Tie a rope between two trees.
(adjective). “Let’s set up camp!” I said as we came to a (place). In

the middle of the (same place) was a (same object) that looked

like it had been there for (amount of time). It made us feel

(adjective), so we tossed it aside. As night fell, we heard a noise

2. Place a towel on the ground
below the rope.
close by. “That sounded like a (animal),” said (friend’s name).

“What if it’s the mythical (creature) from (another place)?” said

(another friend’s name), sounding (adjective). Suddenly, the

3. Toss a sheet over the rope, noise became louder, and the (same object) emerged, (number)
half on each side.
times the size it was before. It chased us through the dark as we

stumbled over (plural noun), stopping only when we left the

(same place). When we returned to the (same place) in the

morning, the (same object) was back to its normal size, exactly
4. Pull the sheet to the edges
of the towel, and place a few
where we first saw it. Quickly, we packed up and (verb in past
rocks along the edges on
both sides.
tense) away. The (same object) might still be out there. . . . 

lse
What eou
ca n y STUFFED S’MORES
na
stuff i ?
Use a table knife to poke a slit in the top of a marshmallow. Put
two chocolate chips into the slit. Place the stuffed marshmallow
s’more on a stick and roast it over the fire, chocolate-chip-side up. When
it’s browned, place it between two graham crackers.
 Your Own
Pages
Cows and Camels
I know that
pandas eat bamboo,
Gavin Yang
cows say moo, Age 8 • Minnesota
and skunks smell lik
e
my stinky shoe,
but I also know
birds can f ly, Bugs
giraffes’ necks are hig gs,
h, Smooth bugs, rough bu
and camels live where ugs,
Pricklebugs, stickleb
the deserts are dry. and bu gs that sting,
Bugs that bite
Fish live in the sea wing,
Bugs that f ly upon a
and in the jungle is here to there,
Bugs that crawl from
a monkey,
Bugs are everywhere.
but those animals
aren’t for me. so small,
Bugs so big and bugs
I don’t want a frog gs so tall.
Bugs so shor t and bu
or a bat— ce
Every bug in every pla
all I want is a simple clutches ,
Ends up in my
dog or a cat. g hu nt er.
Because I’m a bu
Constantina Kostopo
ulos Tristram Woodman
Age 9 • Pennsylvania Age 7 • Maine

Mars Nate Butts

Age 7 • Georgia
Mars is cold.
Mars is red. Flying Kites
You know when to
There may be life when you feel a re
go,
sistance.
there, You must run a ve
ry long distance.
some have said. W hen it f lies, it he
ads for the skies
and when it comes
Rovers roam you might get a fro
down,
wn.
around all day, But then if you pu
ll
and charge like a
taking photos bull,
then it goes up
a world away. until it ends
Zoe Lee
Beautiful Lantern
and then you do it
again. Joanna Li
Age 8 • North Carolina
Josh and John Ga Age 7 • Texas
rrison
Age 10 • Michigan
34 JUNE 2018
 Halfway
I am halfway to Grandma’s house.
I am halfway through seven.
I am halfway paying attention.
What is happening now?
Adelaide Baird Volcanic Eruption
Age 7 1/2 • Massachusetts
The land is rumbling
Cracks are forming
Tension below ground rising
Then a thunderous grumbling
Followed by an explosion, indeed deafening
Mountaintop is torn off, disintegrating
Out shoots a lava torrent, bright and burning
Thick ash, a rain of scorching rocks pelting
Upon the land ringing with the whooshing
Fiery lava pouring
Down the mountainside it goes streaming
Beach Day While life is f leeing
The land which this fury is ravaging,
B right su nshi ne
destroying
E ach day is very hot
The volcano is erupting.
A lways fu n
Husna Hamid
C al ling seag ul ls Age 11 • Georgia
H appy, lively place
r
D ipping in the wa rm wate
A ction ever ywhere
You shou ld be happy
on a be ac h day!
Alexa Duncan
Age 9 • Alabama
Zachary Schwarz
Age 7 • Illinois
Bulldozer
Ervin Stacy

Right on the Ocean

Age 6 • Maryland

Right on the ocean,

in a big black boat,
I spy a spooky island Share Your
in the middle of the sea. Creative Work
d.
So I lead my boat to the lan We’d love to see it!
X marks the spot! Art must be on unlined paper.
out Poems must have fewer than
I follow my map, and I get 75 words. All submissions
.
a shovel, and I dig and I dig must be created by you.
,
Then I see something big We cannot Include your name, age,
made out of wo od. return your and address. Mail to
work, so you
I pull it out . . . might want to
“Argh, me matey . . . keep a copy. Your Own Pages
a treasure for me!” 803 Church Street
Marco Garufi Nate Sarver Honesdale, PA 18431
Age 8 • New York Age 10 • Virginia
 Jupiter’s
Shrinking
Storm
The biggest storm
on any world in
the solar system
is getting smaller.
By Ken Croswell, Ph.D.
I t’s snowing, but the clouds
are red. The wind howls at
400 miles an hour, faster than
a hurricane. And it’s colder
than the North Pole.
Welcome to the largest
storm on any world in the
solar system.
This storm is bigger than any
on Earth. In fact, it’s bigger than
Earth itself! And it has been
raging for more than 100 years.
Named the Great Red Spot,
this storm is on Jupiter, the
largest planet that goes around
the Sun. The storm is an oval,
shaped like an egg. But it’s
shrinking. No one knows why—
or what it will do next.
Astronomers discovered the
36 JUNE 2018
Great Red Spot by looking at
Jupiter through telescopes.
In the late 1800s, the spot was
25,500 miles long—more than
three times bigger than Earth.
In 1979, spacecraft f lew past
Jupiter and saw that the storm
was only 14,500 miles long.
Smaller and Rounder
Now the Hubble Space
Telescope can track the storm.
“It’s at the smallest size
that we’ve ever seen it,” says
Dr. Amy Simon, an astronomer
who studies the storm. In 2017,
it was just 10,160 miles long.
That’s still bigger than Earth,
which is 7,926 miles across.
But the Great Red Spot isn’t
Photos: pages 36–37 by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin Gill; page
37 (Jupiter) NASA, ESA, and A. Simon (NASA Goddard); (Earth) NASA.
as great as it used to be.
Its shape is changing too. “It
has gotten quite a bit rounder,”
says Dr. Simon. At this rate, it
could be perfectly round in just
a few years.
Jupiter differs greatly from
Earth. It’s 11 times wider. And
it’s made mostly of hydrogen
and helium. On Earth, these are
gases that are lighter than air.
We fill balloons with helium to
make them rise.
But most of the hydrogen and
helium on Jupiter is not in the
form of gas. Instead, Jupiter’s
great gravity squeezes the
hydrogen and helium, turning
most of these elements into a
liquid. Only the outer part of
 See Jupiter
calls it an anti-hurricane.
Tonight! No one knows why the Great
Because J Red Spot is red. Like Jupiter’s
up
and bright, iter is so large
air, the spot is made mostly of
It looks lik it’s easy to see.
ea
Look for J brilliant star. hydrogen and helium gases. But
upite
southeast r in the they have no color. So something
ern sk y else must color the spot red.
soon after
sunset.
The Great Red Spot has lasted
longer than any storm on Earth.
That’s because Jupiter is so
different from Earth. On Earth,
hurricanes weaken when they
move from sea to land, and when
they move north or south.
Neither of these things
happens on Jupiter. Right
beneath its air, there is no land,
only liquid hydrogen and helium.
You’d have to go into Jupiter’s

WHOOSH! core to hit solid rock. So a storm

Jupiter is gas. And that’s where
the Great Red Spot is.
Hurricane or Not?
“It is not a hurricane,”
says Dr. Simon. “It’s an
anti-hurricane.” On Earth,
Jupiter is the
fastest-spinning
planet in the
solar system.
hurricanes north of the equator
spin counterclockwise, and
hurricanes south of the equator
spin clockwise. The Great
Red Spot is south of Jupiter’s
equator, but it spins counter-
clockwise. That’s why Dr. Simon
on Jupiter can’t weaken by
moving over land.
Also, Jupiter has horizontal
bands of f lowing air that prevent
storms from moving north or
south. So the Great Red Spot
stays at the same latitude. That,
too, keeps it from breaking up.
Yet the storm is shrinking.
“Could it disappear?” asks
Dr. Simon. “Sure. Would I bet
money on it one way or the other?
Probably not.” There’s only one
way to find out what will happen
to it next. “We really need to
keep watching.”

Jupiter and Earth

88,846 miles Diameter 7,926 miles
483,600,000 miles Distance from Sun 92,960,000 miles
12 years Time to Go Around Sun 1 year
9 hours, 55 minutes Time to Spin Once 23 hours, 56 minutes
-236 degrees F Average Temperature 60 degrees F
Hydrogen and helium Air Is Mostly . . . Nitrogen and oxygen
Hydrogen and helium Planet Is Mostly . . . Rock and iron
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about my dad’s favorite things.”
I didn’t happen to know any
By Lissa Rovetch • Art by Amanda Morley giant rabbits. But I did know
two cats who have a history of
giving good advice.
Dear Looking, “That’d be perfect,” I said. “You guys spend a lot of time
Every Father’s Day goes the “But my dad refuses to wear with Dad,” I said to my cats
exact same way in my house. My anything other than his ratty when I got home. “What do you
sister, brother, mom, and I bring old ‘lucky’ hat.” think he likes most?”
my dad breakfast in bed. He “When I was little, I used to In reply, my younger kitty,
always does a good job of acting check out this one book from the Charlie, hopped onto the table
surprised, even though I doubt library over and over again,” by the big chair in our living
he’s surprised at said Isabel. room. He landed on a pile of my
all! So this year, “Hmm,” I said. “I’m dad’s mystery novels.
just like you, I
This year, not sure my dad would “That’s it!” I said. “Dad loves
wanted to give him I wanted to want a picture book.” to read. Especially mystery
something special. Isabel laughed. “I’m novels. But what if I get one he’s
Only I had zero give my dad not saying you should already read? I can’t ask which
idea what that something give him a picture book. one he’d like because then it
could be. I wanted to tell you wouldn’t be a surprise.”
When I was special. about what happens Just then, my older cat, Cow,
hanging out at the in that book. A girl started batting something
pool after swim class, I asked is trying to find the perfect around. It was a marker from
my friends for ideas. present for her mom, and a giant my marker set.
“We always get my dad a new rabbit comes along and tells her “That’s where the green
baseball cap,” said Lana. to think about what her mom marker went!” I said.

40 JUNE 2018

“You’re saying I should
think about my dad’s
And suddenly, I knew just what
to do. I gave Cow an extra-long
ear scratch in exchange for my
marker, and then I got to work
writing my very own mystery.
“It might not be the best story
ever written,” I told my cats. “But
at least I’ll know Dad has never
read it before.”
Since one of my dad’s favorite
mystery series is about a detective
named Sherlock Holmes and
his assistant, Dr. Watson, and
my cats had helped give me the
idea, I made the main characters
“That’s it!”
favorite things.”
(or should I say “CAT-racters”?)
Furrlock Holmes and Dr. Catson.
And since my dad owns a grocery
store and spends a lot of time at
the checkout counter, I called it
“The Case of the Missing Money.”
At the end, Furrlock Holmes
figures out the reason all the
money in the cash register keeps
disappearing. A family of mice
who live in the wall have decided
the paper bills would make good
stuffing for their beds and the
shiny coins would make fancy
plates for their dinner parties.
I’m crossing my
fingers my dad will
like the gift a lot!
But I can’t tell you how this
real-life story ends, because
Father’s Day is still a couple of
days away and I haven’t given my
dad his surprise yet. I’m crossing
my fingers he’ll like it a lot!
So anyway, dear Looking,
when it comes to figuring out an
extra-great present, the advice
from that giant rabbit is actually
pretty helpful. Try taking a few
minutes to think about your dad.
Figure out his favorite things.
Then make your own version of
one of those things—a book, a
game, a batch of muffins, or new
lyrics to a song he likes. If you
make it yourself, it’s guaranteed
to be one of a kind!
Ciao for now,
Arizona
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I let my friend
borrow one of my
stuffed animals.
She’s going to give I’m doing a fund-raiser
it back next time we to go to nationals for
rock climbing. I get really
meet, but I’m afraid nervous when I hand
she’s going to lose it. out flyers asking people
Ramona, California to donate.
Riley, Massachusetts
It was nice of you to share your stuffed animal with your
friend. Most likely, if your friend leaves it in her home, it won’t Few people feel comfortable
get lost. If it helps ease your worries, you might ask your asking others for money. It
parents if it would be OK for you to call your friend and ask might help to remember that
her to keep the stuffed animal in her house until you see her many of the people you’ll be
again. If there are toys you care a great deal about, maybe you asking will be excited about
can allow friends to play with them at your house but not take the opportunity you have and
them outside of your home. may wish to support you in
pursuing this dream.
When you approach people,
stand up straight, smile, and
I like to keep our greet them in a friendly way.
room clean, but Briefly explain your rock-
climbing accomplishments and
my younger brother
your dream to go to nationals.
doesn’t even care. Politely ask if the person
Lukas, West Virginia would like to participate in
your fund-raiser, and say
You might kindly talk
thank you whether or not he
to your brother about
or she decides to donate. Your
how you’ve been feeling.
parents or coach may be able
He may not realize that a
to give you some tips.
messy room upsets you.
Perhaps the two of you can
agree to put things back
right away when you are Write to us!
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away more things before the song ends. It’s a fun competition, Honesdale, PA 18431
Or e-mail us at Letters@Highlights.com.
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