Articles from Highlights for Children (June 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Animal antics.	Prelutsky, Jack	Poem	197
Bamboo.	Ketchum, Andrew		8
Basketball with my dad.	Hallmark, Avery		12
Big chalk circles.	Kirchner, Carrie Silchenstedt	Brief article	59
Brain play.		Brief article	306
Castle.	Kong, Tiffany	Poem	40
Catching the "nice bug".			95
Christina's glasses.	Hall, Susan C.	Cartoon	104
Dads.	Dropkin, Jeremy	Poem	44
Dear highlights.			460
Design a roller coaster.		Brief article	41
Dino days.	Lessem, "Dino Don"	Brief article	144
Expanding rice.	Hass, Betty	Brief article	39
Father's Day coat of arms.	Woodliff, D.A.	Brief article	34
Father's Day tongue twister.			20
Find out about family.			30
Find the pictures.			16
Fireflies.	Pike, Leslie	Poem	38
Goofus and Gallant[R].		Cartoon	73
Hector: king of the barnyard.	Woodard, Richard	Cartoon	538
Helping Holman.	Janik, James M.		815
How far is Earth from the Sun?			16
How to Shake Hands with an Octopus.	Smith, Diana	Poem	117
I am a green belt in karate.	Lee, Brett		14
I Like.	Wingfield, Nate	Poem	19
I wonder ... why I shouldn't touch poison ivy.		Brief article	44
Invading the finches' nest.	Kratz, Marilyn		878
Jack Prelutsky's rib-tickling reign: now, the first Children's Poet Laureate, he's the reigning king of funny poems.	Halls, Kelly Milner		769
Jokes.	Moeller, Laura; Hernandez, Rosa; Streit, Sarah; Sutcliffe, Ian; Klarenbeek, Jeremy	Brief article	124
Juggling-day jumble.		Brief article	43
Knights and dragons.	Sapet, Kerrily	Brief article	100
Matching.			16
Math magic.	Caster, Shannon	Brief article	70
Mommy feeding babies.	Krishnamurthy, Vineeth		11
My Cat.	Trujillo, Mariah	Poem	22
My Hamster.	Almuhtaseb, Sarah	Poem	41
Mystery photo.		Brief article	34
Night with the fireflies.	Nwokeji, Briana		11
No worries!	Clark, Christine French	Editorial	151
Notepad for dad.	Bloomgren, Linda	Brief article	85
Ocean.	Berray, Nick	Poem	51
Picnic-party invitation.	Michaels, Lauren	Brief article	79
Picture puzzler.			16
Prince, the flying dog.	Rovetch, Lissa	Column	793
Reach for Your Goals.	Bressler, Lindsey	Poem	74
Riddles.		Brief article	165
Say hello to summer!			51
Send secret messages!	Matson, Sara	Brief article	157
Summer in the City.	Weller, Linda	Brief article	59
Summer with Papaji.	Visvanath, Jyoti Singh		811
Sunrise at castle.	Khodyrev, Victoriya		10
The Baseball.	Vise, Jordan	Poem	45
The bear family.	Mitchell, Marianne	Cartoon	91
The Birdhouse.	Canzone, Sarah		9
The bragging turtle.	Soundar, Chitra	Cartoon	210
The Private I's and The Case of the Green Ghost.	Silvano, Wendi	Cartoon	517
The Timbertoes[R].	Robinson, Marileta	Cartoon	73
Thinking: you can discover Earth's past and present in a natural history museum.		Brief article	44
This game takes the cake!	Cecchini, Marie E.	Brief article	169
Trevor and Rebecca Sage: there's some of Goofus and Gallant in us all. When the Gallant shines through, we show our best self.	Mitchell, Mariane		364
Turtle mousepad.	Renaud, Anne	Brief article	43
What are your favorite books?		List	391
What would you take to outer space? Here's what some of you would pack for a space adventure.			857
Why do whales jump out of the water?	Markosky, Sarah	Brief article	217
Why do wheels spin so fast when a car moves?	Roberts, Sawyer	Brief article	170
Yellow Friend.	Kratz, Annie	Poem	27
Your best self.			15
Zanzibara, My Goat.	Raheb, Michael	Poem	44