Children's Digest articles from April 2002

Children's Digest archives from April 2002

The waterman and me.(Short Story)
April 1, 2002... The sky is still dark when Papa wakes me for work. We dress and then slip outside to slosh through the grassy marsh and down to the waterfront. "Good morning, Chesapeake Bay," Papa says as we walk across the dock to our crab shanty. Papa...

Weeping Willow. (Page of Poetry).(Poem)
April 1, 2002... Weeping Willow Weeping Willow Why are you sad with only tears? Weeping Willow You make a storm seem a shower You make a shower seem a mist You make mist seem nothing Weeping Willow Dry those tears of...

Nightfall. (Page of Poetry).(Poem)
April 1, 2002... Nightfall Darkness Trying to take up all the space; Fighting for its rightful place! Telling us that night is coming...

Brothers. (Page of Poetry).(Poem)
April 1, 2002... Brothers Brothers: they shout and they scream, And they eat a lot of ice cream! Sometimes they're nice, To be precise, But sometimes they're not, Actually they're not... a lot. They break my toys, But...

What's wrong with Timmy?
April 1, 2002... by Maria Shriver Warner Books and Little, Brown, and Company 48 pages Do you feel "funny" when you see someone who can't walk, play, talk, or learn as quickly as you? At first, eight-year-old Kate feels uneasy about Timmy, who is disabled,...

Anatomy of a workout.(swimming)
April 1, 2002... You've been training for the 2002 Tulip Time Scholarship Games, and your times have been really improving. But today, you got to swim workout late because the carpool was stuck in traffic, you couldn't find your good goggles, you couldn't get...

The Brand New Kid.
April 1, 2002... Doubleday 32 pages Everyone remembers feeling excited and nervous about returning to school after summer vacation. This year, there is a new student at Brookhaven School, and the other students really aren't sure what to think of him. His...

Medicine: filled with tales of magic and superstition, fads and fashions, history and technology, medicine transports you through the discoveries, tools, and techniques that have saved lives and improved human health throughout the centuries.
April 1, 2002... DK Publishing, Inc. 64 pages Throughout history, people have tried to cure illness and restore health. While the roots of healing date back to the Stone Age, much of Western science has roots in ancient Greece. Legend tells how the god...

My new pet gnu.(Poem)
April 1, 2002... MY NEW PET GNU I bought a frog the other day To keep me company, And in the evening we both chose To sit and watch TV. But when I tuned in my favorite show, The frog, with a sly smile, Hopped in front of...

Fenister Brown.(Poem)
April 1, 2002... Fenister Brown Fenister Brown has come to town, Deliciously bad is he. He wears a fierce face and spits through the place Where his front teeth used to be. Fenister Brown snarls with a frown, Unless he's served...

Ask Doctor Cory.
April 1, 2002... Dear Dr. Cory: I have so many headaches at school, I do not know where they are coming from. I have to take allergy medicine to keep my allergies dry. If I don't keep them dry, it makes my throat hurt, and I will have to take medicine....

Acro-bat-ics.(Poem)
April 1, 2002... ACRO-BAT-ICS Dark silhouettes in the purple sky, Up and over the trees they fly! Flitting flapping through the night-- Acrobats in evening flight! With soft and silky wings of skin, They fly away and back again....