The Midnight Children By Dan Gemeinhart The Midnight Children, a juvenile fiction selection, is written by a school librarian. No wonder it has many things some teens and ‘tweens might find exciting to read about: kids their ages, orphans, bullies, something disgusting falling from a hot air balloon onto a café with no umbrellas, secrets, […]
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Kids in the Kitchen
Mac N Cheese with Sausage and Kale One pan meal cooked all on the stovetop. Packed with healthy kale and lots of flavor, this one will be sure to please your family. Ingredients: Yield: 4 to 6 servings 3 tablespoons olive oil ½ onion, diced 1 large bunch kale, trimmed of stems, coarsely chopped salt […]
How do you say that in …
In most languages, Ramadan is spelled and pronounced the same.English: RamadanFrench: RamadanSpanish: RamadánGerman: RamadanItalian: RamadanArabic: ramadan رمضانChinese: Zhāiyuè 斋月
Current Events: Cesar Chavez
March 31 is Cesar Chavez Day. His name is pronounced say-zar SHAH-vez. In the office of the President of the United States, there is a bust of Cesar. A bust is a statue of a person’s head and neck. When President Biden took office, he borrowed the bust from the Chavez family. It sits on […]
Word of the Week
Boycott (BOY-cot) Boycott means to refuse to buy or use something or to go some place as a form of protest or to bring about a change. Millie and Brad joined a boycott of a shampoo that harms the environment.
How do you say that in …
English: boycottFrench: boycotterSpanish: boicotearGerman: BoykottItalian: boicottareArabic: muqataea مقاطعةChinese: Liánhé dǐzhì 联合抵制
Book Review/’The War that Saved my Life’
The War that Saved my Life By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Ada, whose mother never let her out of the house because she was ashamed of her daughter’s disability, sees an opportunity to sneak out. Her brother James is sent to live in the country away from London, and Ada manages to get out of […]
Kids in the Kitchen
Tasty Tots Ingredients: 5 cups fresh sweet potatoes, peeled, coarsely shredded 2 cups canned low-sodium garbanzo beans (chickpeas), with liquid ½ cup fresh green onions, finely chopped 2 Tbsp vegetable oil ½ tsp salt ½ tsp granulated garlic ¼ tsp ground black pepper ½ tsp onion powder ½ tsp ground cinnamon Directions: 1. Preheat oven […]
Current Events: World Meteorological Day
Meteorology is a science that focuses on the atmosphere, weather, and weather forecasting. So the name alone will give you an idea what World Meteorological Day is about.Meteorology (mee-tee-or-ALL-oh-gee) is made up of two words. The first is an ancient Greek word meaning high in the sky. To that is added ology, which means the […]
Kids’ History
History can take many forms. The word probably makes you think of what you’re learning in school – early America, other cultures and countries, government, and things like that. But history is also everyday events and usually, everyday events are a lot more fun. This photo is of a parade on Norway’s Main Street in […]