BEST FOR THE END.

Hey, Kids!

Send us your pictures and poems--we'll publish as many as we can. Please send Only YOUR OWN WORK. Picture should be on unlined paper, and poems should be twelve lines or less. Include your name, age, and address, and mail to: "Best for the End," U*S*Kids, P.O. Box 567, Indianapolis, IN 46206

NOTE: All work becomes the property of U*S*Kids; submissions cannot be returned. Because we receive so many drawings and poems, we're not able to print every one. But we do look at all of your submissions, and we'd like to say, "Thank you!"

Horse Riding

Brian Schroeder, 7
Reedsburg, Wisconsin

Dreamy Kitten

Brittany Danner, 10 1/2
Hiddenite, North Carolina

A Kitten Playing

Marina Krautsova, 10
Tuttle, Oklahoma

My Hot Rod

Michael Stephens, 7 1/2
Scottsdale, Arizona

The Cockatiel

Sara Katrancha, 8 1/2
Dunlo, Pennsylvania

Sailor Moon

Britani Worstell, 10
Silver Springs, Nevada

Cassie Horse

Elizabeth Hendrickson, 10
Sturgis, South Dakota

The New Bigfoot

Cole Bennett, 9
Killeen, Texas

Haunted Halloween
Pumpkin

Mary Thompson, 8
Scottsburg, Indiana

Mr. Hot Dog

Zachary Haskin, 8 1/2
Wichita Falls, Texas

Grown-Ups

Kyli Singh, 8
Tampa, Florida

They're big.

They're broad.

They're tall.

They're strong.

Their hands are larger;

Their legs are long.

And no one tells them

What to do.

I wish I were a

Grown-up, too.3