Creative Kids articles from June 2006

Creative Kids archives from June 2006

Write on: seeing beyond the label.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... Punks. Preps. Losers. These are just a few categories that people are placed in at my school. They're labels, and I can't stand them. Labels are names, but that's all they are: names. They say very little about who we really are. I feel...

Snap.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Snap, by Alison McGhee Snap, published in 2004, is a cute and funny tale for girls ages 10 and up. The story is about a girl named Edwina Stiles Beckey, otherwise known as Eddie. Eddie is 11 years old and lives in North Sterns, NY. Her...

A Math Pop Quiz.(Poem)
June 22, 2006... A Math Pop Quiz It's a math pop quiz And I'm completely unprepared It's a total surprise and It's so not fair 'cause I couldn't surmise A math pop quiz today. It's a math pop quiz on May 4 No wait,...

Anna's adventures in Constantinople.(Take a Walk in My Shoes Contest--1st Place)(Short story)
June 22, 2006... I rolled out of bed and threw my finely embroidered sheets to the ground. As my lady-in-waiting hurried over to comb out my hair and help me into my gown, I realized what day it was. Today, the Feast of Saint Michael, in the year 1093 A.D., we...

Take a walk in my shoes ...(Take a Walk in My Shoes Contest--2nd Place)(Short story)
June 22, 2006... This was so amazing, unreal really. I was Edith Brown Haisman, but yet it was like watching a film. I was reside her body indeed, but just as a spectator. I couldn't control anything and it was as if I was getting a front-row seat to watch her...

From the journal of Leonardo da Vinci.(Take a Walk in My Shoes--Contest--3rd Place)(Short story)
June 22, 2006... This morning, I awoke not to the sweet song of birds, but to the loud city noises of Florence. 'People' are shouting and carts are rolling through the streets heaped with food and goods. How strange! I am used to the quiet, country peace of my...

The Waterfall.(Poem)
June 22, 2006... THE WATERFALL The bright aqua blue water hangs Like vines dropping from evergreen trees. It has the scent of a dark cave In the middle of a small cerulean river, Opening its mouth To the golden yellow sunset in...

Shells.(Poem)
June 22, 2006... Shells Washed up on the beach Some cracked, some bleached Some disintegrating, Only waiting To be found and cherished By someone. What were these shells like Before the white, Before the rot, ...

Goodbye Cassie.(Short story)
June 22, 2006... "Hi, Rachel," I heard someone say. I knew it was Cassie. I turned around and saw her beaming at me. "Hello Cassie," I said closing my locker. It was another Monday morning at my school. "Guess what?" said Cassie excitedly. "What?"...

34 Dangerous Pirates.(Poem)
June 22, 2006... 34 Dangerous Pirates In the heat oldie day, a ship With skull and crossbones on all the flags Sails toward treasure in a wooden chest. A treasure or golden coins and jewels-- Spanish doubloons that weigh you down,...

Tree scramble.
June 22, 2006... Unscramble the words. 1. pleam 2. prsceu 3. brihc 4. cttoodwono 5. yrehrc 6. ppael 7. eaphc 8. rdeowdo 9. ecdra 10. pejiurn 11. neip 12. chlra 13. lomchke 14. oquaise 15,...

Brotherly bonding.(Short story)
June 22, 2006... My parents scrambled around the house hurriedly while adjusting their clothes, not forgetting to give me a whole novel of rules to follow once they'd left the house. My father, who was always serious, hopped around goofily while adjusting his...

Chain link.
June 22, 2006... Write the word in the spaces next to the clues. The last two letters of each word are the first two letters of the next word. 1. red, white, and blue 2. employment office 3. the circle of life 4. tiny green elf 5....

Shawn sags and the missing saxophone.(Short story)
June 22, 2006... Shawn Sags, the super salesman, lost his saxophone somewhere on Serrick St. in Seattle. Shawn searched in the super store and saw soap, small star stickers, scissors--everything but his saxophone. Someone had stolen the saxophone from the super...

The Most Positive Person in the World.(Poem)
June 22, 2006... The Most Positive Person in the World Laughing and smiling, she skips down the halls. She jokes with her friends, always holding a smile. She sits down in her seat and starts chatting with her neighbor ...

Sand castle friends.(Short story)
June 22, 2006... I can still remember the day that I met Emily. It was a warm July day and I was at the park building sand castle with my little brother, William who was, at 3, 4 years younger than I was. I glanced longingly at the kids on the swings, shouting...

Alone.(Poem)
June 22, 2006... Alone I'm alone in a corner. No one to play with, No one to speak to I'm all alone in a corner. Are you alone too? Is there someone like me, Small and alone In a corner? I wonder, Am I the only...

Benny.(Poem)
June 22, 2006... Benny Benny is young. Too young to live in a nursing home. Quiet, lonely, full of older people, and first-floor nuns. But, he is not old. He is the youngest in the family. Just 44 years old. He should be at...

Movies.
June 22, 2006... John, Ron, Tom, and Chris each watched a movie on Monday. They told you what the movies are, told you the time that they watched the movies, and offered some clues for you to figure out who watched what movie and at what time. 1. John has...

Martians.(Poem)
June 22, 2006... Martians Oh no!! Martians are invading, Run away--they're dominating. Ah, look out, Here they come, They're taking over--alley almost won. They destroyed the moon and the sun. They're ruling the planets one...

Pop Pizza.(Poem)
June 22, 2006... POP PIZZA I invented pop pizza-- what a success. People will order it from every address. I'll become famous, I'll become rich. No one shall steal the recipe, for I've hidden it in a ditch. It will...

A Midsummer Rainstorm.(Poem)
June 22, 2006... A Midsummer Rainstorm The day starts out feeling different, Quite possibly a feeling of apprehension. The sky turns dark as if the power went out, And here it comes: one drop, two drops, three, four, five, It soon...

Freedom Is ...(Poem)
June 22, 2006... Freedom is... The way I live the way I wander the way I think Freedom is the way I talk the way I whisper the way I speak Freedom is the way I run the wat I jog the way I swim ...

Sunshine.(Poem)
June 22, 2006... Sunshine Luminous sunshine Casts its light upon the world True unclouded glow Lauren Smith, 14 Wexford, PA

Feeling Freedom.(Poem)
June 22, 2006... Feeling Freedom What's freedom? Softly setting down your ball, Bringing back your club, The soft tink is the driver strikes the ball. Walking alone through the dewy grass, Feeling the sun's radiance as it first...