Children's Digest articles from December 1998

Children's Digest archives from December 1998

Here's a year.(poem)
December 1, 1998... JANUARY--holly berry, FEBRUARY--snow. Stiff as starch are winds in MARCH Till APRIL breezes blow. MAY's ablaze with longer days. JUNE's a buzzing bee. Hot JULY, at last, good-bye For AUGUST by the sea. ...

Chubby McLean, the Belly Machine.(short story)
December 1, 1998... Ivy Wert plopped down between Jeff Carpunky and me in the school cafeteria. She grinned at me and said, "Chubby McLean, since your belly sticks out like a basketball, I choose you to play the part of Santa Claus in our school's Christmas...

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa.
December 1, 1998... Editor's Note: One hundred and one years ago a girl named Virginia O'Hanlon fretted because some of her friends insisted there was no Santa Claus. She turned to a newspaper called the New York Sun for reassurance, and the answer she received...

A Christmas Carol.(Review)
December 1, 1998... D.K. Publishing, Inc. New York $14.95 A Glimpse at Christmas Past How many Scrooges do you know? This year might be just the time to meet the original, in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The D.K. Eyewitness Classics series version...

Children's Quick & Easy Cookbook.(Review)
December 1, 1998... D.K. Publishing, New York $16.95 Fast Food The holidays are a great time to pitch in and help your parents with cooking chores. D.K. Publishing's Children's Quick & Easy Cookbook will give you the tools you need to be lots of help....

Jokes & Riddles.
December 1, 1998... Question: What does Saturday have that no other day of the week has? Answer: Three syllables! Jacqueline Miller Berlin, New Hampshire Question: What kind of dance did the Pilgrims do? Answer: The Plymouth Rock! ...

Nature's Medicines: Holly.(history of holly)
December 1, 1998... Holiday decorations make you feel good, but there's one decorative plant that people have long believed can make them feel better. It's holly! Centuries ago in Roman times, people harvested holly leaves all year round, but saved the leaves...

PAGE OF POETRY.
December 1, 1998... CHRISTMAS TREE Our Christmas tree is shiny and bright, With each and every Christmas light. Each time we turn on our Christmas tree, It fills the room with logs of glee. When we finally throw our Christmas tree ...

A Great Miracle Happened There.(short story)
December 1, 1998... It was the last day of school before winter vacation at Budd Hollow Central School. The village streets and hills of Budd Hollow were covered with snow. It would be great for skiing and sledding during vacation. The river that ran through the...

BODIES IN MOTION: SKATING.
December 1, 1998... For a combination of speed, agility, and grace, few sports can match figure skating. Accomplished skaters can seem airborne, effortlessly gliding, turning, jumping, even skating backward across an icy surface that most people have to cross...

Kristi Yamaguchi: Always Dream.(figure skater)
December 1, 1998... A Dream Come True For a little girl who had to wear casts to correct deformed feet, winning an Olympic gold medal in figure skating might have seemed like an impossible dream. But Kristi Yamaguchi wasn't afraid to dream, and she made it...

The Animals' Christmas Tree.(poem)
December 1, 1998... The fir tree gave a piney sigh-- "It's Christmas, and no home have I Where I can share my grace and joy With some small girl or little boy, Where people look on me with pride-- A place where peace and love abide. ...