Children's Digest articles from July 2007

Children's Digest archives from July 2007

Rag doll salad.(Recipe)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Rag Doll Salad You Will Need: 1 large lettuce leaf 1 tomato slice 1 carrot, peeled and cut into stick 1 celery stalk, cut into sticks 1 cheese slice, grated 1 small box raisins Directions: 1. To make the rag doll,...

My name is Marnie Miller.(Short story)
July 1, 2007... "My name is Marnie Miller." Marnie repeated her name, grinding out sounds with exaggerated slowness as she looked in her dressing table mirror. Her lips clamped tight on the Ms and stretched wide at the Y sound. She said the words faster,...

Jokes & riddles.(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Question: What do you say to a skeleton going on a vacation? Answer: Bone (bon) voyager Peilin Li San Jose, California Question: What goes up and down but never moves? Answer: Hills! Lillian King Quarryville,...

Leap into learning!(Dirt; Volcano!; Earthquakes)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Dirt, by Steve "The Dirtmesiter" Tomecek Volcano! by Ellen J. Prager Earthquakes, by Ellen J. Prager All published by the National Geographic Society, Washington D.C., 32 pages. Have you ever wondered about earthquakes? What...

The red stuff.(Squirt!)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Squirt! by Trudee Romanek Kids Can Press, Tonawanda, NY Do you have the red stuff? Sure you do; everybody does. We're not talking about astronaut training here. We're just talking about blood, the red stuff that flows in your veins and...

Witch doctor-which doctor?(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Medicine has advanced greatly over the years and is much improved since the days of magic and witch doctors. Medical care is now divided into different specialties because of the vast amount of knowledge needed to deal with them. means that...

Learn the Heimlich maneuver.(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... You can learn the Heimlich maneuver! Ask your scout leader or teacher to invite an instructor to teach it to you. After you learn this maneuver, use these pictures as a reminder. This is how it is performed on children over the age of one year....

History by the handful.(Hands-On History)
July 1, 2007... George Washington was president a long time ago, but thanks to history helpers like Samantha Porter, Elise Ahrens, and Taylor Morgan, he lives and breathes for young visitors almost every day at his plantation in Virginia. The girls help...

Major makeover meet George Washington.(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... You know him as the old guy the one-dollar bill, our first president. But now you can learn a lot more about Washington at a brand new museum at his plantation in Virginia. You can meet the Father of Our Country as he really was,...

State your knowledge.
July 1, 2007... How much do you know about the United States? Take this test to find out. (Circle one answer for each question.) 1. This state has 54 mountain peaks that reach more than 14,000 feet above sea level and 830 additional mountains with...

Robert the joke.
July 1, 2007... In the early morning when Robert awoke The first thing he did was tell a new joke. He was happy and healthy and fit as a fiddle, But always and ever he had an old riddle. He'd ask his father and then ask his mother One dumb riddle after...

Get in the swim.(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... All of the nineteen words hidden below have something to do with swimming. Some are spelled forward and backward, some up and down, and some diagonally. BACKSTROKE BREAST STROKE BUTTERFLY CRAWL FINS FLOAT FREESTYLE GLIDE KICK MASK PROPEL...

Page of poetry.(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Brother (and Sister), Can You Spare a Rhyme? Do you think in verse? Now you can put it to good use, in the 2007 Children's Digest Poetry Contest. Let us have a look at your best work for possible publication on our Page of Poetry and...

Billy's Pet Rock.(Poem)
July 1, 2007... Billy's Pet Rock I have a dog, Mike has a mouse, The farmer has a cow; But Billy has a big pet rock! See, here he comes right now.... "Wait a minute," Billy says, "Before you say I'm crazy-- He never needs...

Bicycle safety quiz.
July 1, 2007... You're on your own when you're on the road. A careful bicycle driver today is a good motorist of tomorrow. Here is a quiz on Rules of the Road for basic bicycle safety. Do you know which statements are true or false, and why? 1. Any size...

For the birds.(Art Contest)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Our new art contest is about to take flight, and the topic this issue is birds! Just illustrate anything from a budgie to a buzzard, and send it flying our way with a school photograph. (Name, age, address, and phone number on the back of the...

Ask Doctor Cory.(children's health)
July 1, 2007... Send your health questions to "Ask Doctor Cory," Children's Digest, P.O. Box 567, Indianapolis, IN 46206 or e-mail us at askdrcory@childrensdigestmag.org. This column does not replace your doctor's advice. Dear Dr. Cory: Why do you...

4th of July celebration.(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Three cheers for the U.S.A.! Three cheers for liberty! Supply the missing parts; Each term begins with free. 1. Civil liberty FREE 2. A person enjoying liberty FREE 3. Poetry unhampered by fixed forms...