Children's Digest articles from March 1998

Children's Digest archives from March 1998

Night fright. (short story)
March 1, 1998... Michelle hung up the phone and frowned. When was her mom going to start treating her like a grown-up? Sure the weather was bad; you could look out the window and see that. But was that any reason to make a special call just because...

Eye of the Storm: Chasing Storms With Warren Faidley.
March 1, 1998... Stormy Weather Do your parents have to chase you away from the windows every time a great storm comes through? Do lightning bolts and high winds fill you with excitement? Then have a look at Eye of the Storm, which tells...

How do you do? (manners)
March 1, 1998... Scene: You're at the mall with a friend when you bump into an adult you know. What do you do? A. Pretend you're someone else and so are they. B. Pull your head down inside your shirt and act like everything's normal. ...

Social Smarts: Manners for Today's Kids.
March 1, 1998... It's Nice to Be Nice Chances are you don't like to have your feelings hurt. Nobody does. Manners are what we use so nobody has to get their feelings hurt. But sometimes it's tough to know what to do, what to say or not...

Best friends.(poem)
March 1, 1998... Best friends never fight, 'Cause they know it's not right. Together hand in hand, They can make a better plan. Sometimes discouraged you may feel, But you know you can reveal Your true feelings to your friends,...

The pencil sharpener.(poem)
March 1, 1998... There's a pencil sharpener way up there, With long, furry, and green shaggy hair. It's looking at my pencil with hunger in its eye, Making me just about to cry. It chops up pencils without a doubt, Makes...

My mermaid-whale.(poem)
March 1, 1998... A very strange tail, It's long, black, and green. Whenever people look at it They think that it is mean. At nine p.m. every Thursday We go out dining for tea. His favorite place to dine Is in the middle...

Friends.(poem)
March 1, 1998... Once there was a little blue bird That lived in a tree. He had one best friend, That was a bee. They would fly to the park And fly to the sea, That little blue bird And that big bumblebee. The...

Poetry for Young People, Walt Whitman.
March 1, 1998... Filled with the unconfined language and rhythms Whitman used to paint portraits of himself and the world around him, these poems capture moods and thoughts you might recognize from your own private moments. Full-page...

The spotted hawk swoops by. (poem)
March 1, 1998... The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my bag and my loitering. I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable. I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. The last scud of day holds back for me,...

A Child's Garden of Verses, A Classic Illustrated Edition.
March 1, 1998... From a simple little four-line rhyme about rain, to poems about sleep, fun, and play, to journeys to imaginary lands of adventure and magic, you'll read it all here in beautiful, disciplined, well-crafted verse. Plus, the book is...

The hayloft. (poem)
March 1, 1998... Through all the pleasant meadow-side The grass shoulder-high, Till the shining scythes went far and wide And cut down to dry. These green and sweetly smelling crops They led in wagons home; And they piled them...

Shake and bake. (earthquakes) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 1, 1998... Do earthquakes shake you up? Do volcanoes get you hot under the collar? Do crystals make your eyes glitter? Then check out Earth Quest, from Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness line of educational CD-roms. Explore in virtual...

Greens for March. (recipes)
March 1, 1998... Quiche Lorraine Ingredients: 1 tablespoon margarine, melted 1/4 teaspoon yellow food coloring 6 egg whites, lightly beaten 1 cup cooked broccoli cut into bite-size pieces 1 1/2, cups evaporated skim milk ...

Very special rabbits. (poem)
March 1, 1998... "Why are they so lively?" Bob and Janie wished to know About some large white rabbits That were hopping to and fro. "They seem so full of energy, Their eyes are shiny bright. The way their noses wrinkle ...

Africa Trek: A Journey by Bicycle Through Africa.
March 1, 1998... Pedal Power The Africatrek crew knows all about mountain biking -- and jungle biking and savannah biking and even desert biking. That's because they did it all on a trip from one end of Africa to the other. Pedal along and...

It's almost Tulip Time! (Tulip Time Scholarship Games)
March 1, 1998... The winter days are dwindling; soon it will 6e fime for competition at the Fitness Farm. Join us on April 25 for our annual Tulip Time Scholarship. Games -- you could leave a winner! Our footraces, sports skill events, spelling...

Click! Fun With Photography.
March 1, 1998... Take Your Best Shot Have your snapshots always turned out blurry, blocked, or just bungled? Don't give up on a great hobby because of a few bad experiences. Click! Fun With Photography can help you get the shots you want...

The Body Book, An Owner's Manual.
March 1, 1998... The Inside Story Chew that sandwich well, it has to feed 40 trillion cells. Is that surprising? Well, it's just one of many surprises you'll find in The Body Book. You'll learn hundreds of body facts. Here are just a few. *...

I had a ringworm infection but have gotten over it. What causes ringworm, and how do I prevent it from coming back?(Ask Doctor Cory)
March 1, 1998... Dear April: Ringworm is not caused by a worm, but by a fungus (or fungi-FUN-gye -- if more than one is present) that infects the skin. Fungi are tiny plantlike microbes. They are too small to be seen without a microscope. ...

Why do people get dead skin cells?(Ask Doctor Cory)
March 1, 1998... Dear Nicole: Like all living things, skin cells eventually die. We are all constantly shedding these dead cells. As new ones are made at the base of the epidermis (the top layer of skin), they are pushed up toward the surface to...

I think my hair is thinning. What should I do?(Ask Doctor Cory)
March 1, 1998... Dear Katrina: Sometimes hair loss in young girls is caused by braiding or pulling the hair too tight. Also, stressful experiences, particularly an illness or a high fever, can speed up hair loss for a while. This usually happens...

The core of the matter. (poem)
March 1, 1998... Did you ever feel as if you were walking around in circles and not really getting anything accomplished? Did you ever feel as if you could not keep your mind on what you were doing, and it just kept wandering off to some faraway place?...