Child Life articles from December 1998

Child Life archives from December 1998

A Foreign Ball.(short story)
December 1, 1998... Today we dressed in fancy clothes and had a foreign ball, And we pretended that we weren't our really-selves at all. Dick said he was from China, and everybody knew The stocking hanging down his back was meant to be a queue. ...

A CHINESE SECRET.(short story)
December 1, 1998... Ruth and Bill were in China visiting with their grandfather. Fortunately, he had an American friend living in Hankow, who guided them about the narrow city streets and translated what the Chinese were saying. Their speech was unlike anything...

THE BLUE BEADS.(short story)
December 1, 1998... Katrina looked out over the rail of the ship, her blue eyes big with wonder and surprise, as the shore of her new home came nearer and nearer. Surely this was not the place the boat would stop and let them off. This surely was not the New...

Fun With Foil.(holiday decorations)
December 1, 1998... Directions SAVE the silver-colored foil wrappers from gum and bigger items. The best stickum to use for gluing is rubber cement. Smear it on both surfaces that you are going to stick together and let the glue dry a minute, then put the...

The Toytown Tournament.(children's game)
December 1, 1998... The red elves and the green elves have finished making Santa's toys, and have decided to give a tournament. 1. The object of the game is to get all your elves into your rival's home space before he can get his elves into yours. 2. Two...

Cranberry Gelatin.(recipe)
December 1, 1998... Yes, you must have guessed it. We are going to make something important for the holiday season. Let's make a beautiful, molded cranberry gelatin. It will look festive and will be a big addition to the table. Your family may want the cranberry...

The Boxcar Adventure.(fiction)
December 1, 1998... The Alden Children Find a New Home, and Watch Finds One, Too WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE Jess, Henry, Violet, and Benny Alden, four orphaned children, run away thinking that their grandfather is coming to claim them. Although they have never...

A Letter from Gertrude Chandler Warner.
December 1, 1998... Mumps--and "The Boxcar Adventure" Dear Child Life Readers: I have been wondering what you would be interested to hear, and I have decided that perhaps you would like to know, how "The Boxcar Adventure" came to be written. ...

Happy Hanukkah.
December 1, 1998... Hanukkah is one of the happiest of the Jewish holidays. Hanukkah, known as the Festival of Lights, is celebrated for eight days. This year it starts on the fourteenth day of December. Over two thousand years ago, an army from the country of...

Winter Web Wonders.(winter holiday-related Web sites)
December 1, 1998... December is the month for happy holidays, no matter where you're from or what you believe. The last thirty days of the year have something special to offer, and these Web sites will show you what's in store. WorldView Christmas...

Chanukah Fun.(Review)
December 1, 1998... Chanukah Fun by Tali Marcus Minelli Tupelo Books, William Morrow & Co. $6.95 U.S./$9.50 Canada Read about how the Jewish people won the right to worship freely and the miracle that gives "The Festival of Lights" its name. Then use the...

Kid Pix Studio Deluxe.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
December 1, 1998... Kid Pix Studio Deluxe by Broderbund Software, Inc. $29.95 U.S./ $39.95 Canada Compatible with Macintosh or Windows 3.1 or later (See dealer for system requirements) More than 7 million kids have had a ball with the original Kid Pix, but...

Blurt!(Evaluation)
December 1, 1998... Blurt! by Patch Products, Inc. $25 U.S./$30 Canada Quick--what's the word for the last car on a freight train? Right, it's caboose. But can you BLURT! it out faster than ten other people? This fast-paced, tip-of-the-tongue "defunition"...

Joy Givers' Club.(poems)
December 1, 1998... Christmas I love Christmas, Giving and receiving Presents and love, Helping and believing. Melinda Elsing Lodi, Wisconsin A Family Christmas It will be Christmas soon. That's cooler than a blue...