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. Pictures 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!"

Jack Chow, 8 1/2
Irvine, California

Bunny In Flower Meadow
DeAnna Azzolini, 7
Neptune, New Jersey

Colorful Monster Truck
Alexander Velez, 6
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

My Blue Racer
Josh Pate, 9
Carrollton, Alabama

Tiger in the Rain
Melonie Wiseman, 9
Clayton, New Mexico

Nelly the Nene
Rachel Pontier, 8 1/2
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

An Angel From Above
Katie Link, 10
Manhattan, Kansas

A Night in the Jungle
Jaclyn Bantad, 8
Carson, California

Sneaky Cat
Carly Little, 91A
Jasper, Georgia

Swimming by Julia Bradley, 7 Friendswood, Texas

   Paddle, paddle;
   That's the way
   You swim
   Around the pool,
   Around the pool,
   Around the pool, again.

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