Kidsworld Magazine back issues from March 1999:
New (fundraising ideas) in libraries.
Mar 22, 1999 ... Libraries across Canada are trying creative new ways to raise money and serve the public. In Red Deer, Alberta, the downtown public library's books share space with a coffee shop and a lunch-time theatre. The Vancouver Library has opened ...
Canadian in space: (Julie Payette).
Mar 22, 1999 ... On May 20th, Montreal's Julie Payette became the second Canadian woman ever to blast off into space (Roberta Bondar was the first). Julie is one of three women on NASA Mission STS-96's seven-member crew. Their mission is to transport and repair equipment that will be ...
(Kids in) Finland.
Mar 22, 1999 ... This month kidsworld had some great e-mail conversations with a class of 9 - 13-year-olds in Finland. Their village is at about the same degree of latitude (about as far north) as our Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. In such northern locations, the summer sun shines all day ...
No money? 10 fun things to do this summer - for free.
Mar 22, 1999; ... No trips, no vacations ... no money. What are you going to do during the dog days of summer? Here are 10 things to help you make this summer one to remember. 1 YARD SALE Dust off your old toys and games and raise some funds to buy cool NEW stuff. Ask your brothers, ...
Soup-y alphabet: puzzle.
Mar 22, 1999; ... Directions: There are 26 words. Each word should have 8 letters but at the moment 1 letter is missing. Fill in the blank space in each word using 1 of the 26 letters in the ...
Your awesome body: the heart.
Mar 22, 1999; ... Lub-Dub. Lub-Dub. That's the sound of your beating heart. That big muscle, which sits near the middle of your chest, has got to be the noisiest organ inside your body. Yet it's there to pump blood throughout your entire body. The Beat Goes On, And On, And On ... ...
Canadian summer menance: forest fires.
Mar 22, 1999 ... Every summer, the news seems to be filled with reports of fires raging through our Canadian forests. Why is that? Sometimes the fires burn for weeks and months at a time - why can't firefighters extinguish them? Our country is covered with forests - 417 million hectares of them ...
Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone.
Mar 22, 1999 ... by J.K. Rowling $12.95 Calling all fans of Roald Dahl! This book - written by J.K. Rowling - will remind readers of such Roald Dahl classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It's the story of Harry Potter, who is just a regular English schoolboy until ...
Captain underpants and the attack of the talking toilets.
Mar 22, 1999 ... by Dav Pilkey $4.99 Dav Pilkey's first book about Captain Underpants (The Adventures of Captain Underpants) was ranked "Most Popular Book" in a recent kidsworld ...
Ahmek.
Mar 22, 1999 ... by Patrick Watson $17.95 Do you like stories where the animals tell us what the world looks like from their point of view (as in the book Charlotte's Web or the movie Babe)? Ahmek is a beaver's-eye view of a ...
Star Wars: Episode 1: incredible cross-sections.
Mar 22, 1999 ... by Dr. David West Reynolds $27.00 Have you seen the new movie Star Wars: Episode 1, or do you plan to see it soon? Either way, with this book ...
Art project: tie-dye t-shirts.
Mar 22, 1999; ... Materials * 100% cotton T-shirt WASHED (we got 3 FRUIT OF THE LOOM shirts for $7.41) * cold water fabric dye in your choice of colours and cold dye fix for each colour * old ice cream buckets or glass bowls * rubber bands * plastic ...
Super stars (in the solar system)!
Mar 22, 1999; ... Twinkle, twinkle, massive star ..... Well, that's not exactly how the old nursery rhyme goes, but maybe it should. Did you know that millions of our earths can fit into some stars? Everything about stars is huge. Warm summer nights are great to take a closer look at the stars in ...
Wild wild west.
Mar 22, 1999 ... In Wild Wild West, Will Smith stars as Jim West, a charming 19th-century secret agent. West and his partner, Artemus Gordon, are assigned to track down a dangerous criminal named Dr. Arliss Loveless, who is plotting to assassinate the President of the United States using a 24 m ...
Inspector Gadget.
Mar 22, 1999 ... The hit cartoon TV series, Inspector Gadget, has now been turned into a live-action movie. It begins with an explosion that injures a mild-mannered security guard. This man is completely rebuilt using ...
Iron giant.
Mar 22, 1999 ... The Iron Giant is an animated film that tells the story of a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth who comes across a friendly 15 m robot in his hometown of Rockwell, Maine. To keep the robot safe - from townspeople who fear alien invasions and secret weapons - Hogarth first hides his ...
Muppets from space.
Mar 22, 1999 ... In Muppets From Space, when Gonzo decides to search for his real family, he's surprised to learn that they are aliens from another planet. He makes the mistake of announcing this news on Miss Piggy's talk ...
Cloning Miranda.
Mar 22, 1999 ... by Carol Matas $5.99 Okay, so you know this is about cloning from the title! We don't want to give too much away because this is one of those books you just can't put down. We can ...
Environmental detective kit.
Mar 22, 1999 ... Doug Herridge and Susan Hughes $19.95 This kit contains a book and special equipment - magnifying glass, water tester, tweezers, etc. - to help you become an ...
Food trends (kids eat more exotic foods than their parents' generation).
Mar 22, 1999 ... Goodbye macaroni and cheese, hello sushi. Today's kids are eating more exotic foods than their parents' generation and enjoying every bite. Busy mothers and fathers bring home prepared foods and go out to restaurants more often than ever before. ...
Poetry bugs (Catch the Poetry Bug campaign).
Mar 22, 1999 ... In April, three new Volkswagen Beetles covered in Magnetic Poetry tiles will visit over 100 schools, parks, libraries and hospitals in Canada and the U.S., as part of the "Catch the Poetry Bug" campaign. The month-long tour was organized to promote "a playful love of language" among ...
Mall for kids (Mackie's World, a mall just for kids).
Mar 22, 1999 ... When Deb and Pete Colvin's three-year-old son, Mackie, died of a rare disease in 1995, they decided to build a special place in his honour - a shopping mall. Mackie's World, a mall just for kids, opened last summer in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the U.S ....
(April 22 is) Earth Day.
Mar 22, 1999 ... April 22 is Earth Day around the world. So many events take place in Canada alone (over 9,000), that we celebrate Earth Week (April 17 to 25, in 1999). Earth Day and Week events include community cleanups, ecofairs and exhibitions, nature walks and tree plantings - all to help raise ...
Israel (cool kids tell us what's happening over there).
Mar 22, 1999 ... This month our e-mail interview is with a class of 11 and 12-year-old students and their teacher Thereza from Galim School in Israel. The school is on a kibbutz. Living and working together on a kibbutz is a traditional way of life for many people in Israel. The students will ...
Real girl power: meet five young Canadians, awesome examples that girls can do anything ...
Mar 22, 1999 ... YTV ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (YAA!) The young women featured on these pages have all been nominated for 1999 YTV Achievement Awards. How do you get nominated? You can be nominated by friends, family or yourself in one of 15 categories (acting, business, bravery, sports, ...
Jessica Aulik: mountain climber.
Mar 22, 1999 ... Age: 17 Age started: 9 City: Canmore, Alta. On June 13, 1998 Jessica Aulik became the youngest person to climb Canada's highest mountain, Mount Logan in the Yukon. Jessica's adventure wasn't just about the 11 hours straight it took to climb to ...
Morgan Anderson: bat expert.
Mar 22, 1999 ... Age: 15 Age started: 9 City: Nelson, B.C. Morgan is a bat expert, dedicated to promoting awareness of bats and making sure that none of the species (types) of bats become extinct. As well as giving presentations to kindergarten classes, high ...
Bat basics by Morgan (Anderson).
Mar 22, 1999 ... Bats are fascinating creatures found around the world, except in the harshest of climates. Where winters are extreme, bats either migrate or hibernate. Over 1,000 species show a variety of characteristics, from the smallest at the weight of a dime to the largest with a 180 cm ...
Apoorva Balakrishnan: dancer.
Mar 22, 1999 ... Age: 11 Age started: 3 City: Winnipeg, Man. Even though Apoorva is only 11-years-old, she has graduated in Bharata Natyam, a special kind of dance from India. Most graduates in Canada are 16 to 20 years old. For the last three years, Apoorva ...
Mandy Pipher and Jessica Rose: activists.
Mar 22, 1999 ... Ages: 13 and 14 Age started: 11 and 12 City: Toronto, Ont. Mandy and Jessica founded The Little Red Dot Club to fight racism. Mandy is co-chair of the Club and Jessica is the coordinator. They spend summers and much of the school year giving presentations ...
Brain.
Mar 22, 1999; ... Your brain is probably THE most amazing part of your body. It acts as a command centre for everything you do, think, sense and say. There is nothing you do that doesn't involve brain-power! That mass of wrinkly looking pinky-grey stuff you call your brain, is really a whole ...
What happens when things go wrong.
Mar 22, 1999 ... Louis Medeiros, now 13, injured his head in a bicycle accident over two years ago. Some permanent damage was done to the cerebrum - the part that affects motor function, memory and thinking. At first he couldn't remember anything. After a year, with much work re-learning stuff, his brain ...
Barbie photo designer digital camera & CD-ROM.
Mar 22, 1999; ... Take instant pictures without the hassles of waiting for the film to develop. Messed up a photo? Delete it and take another one. Like a photo? Save it, password protect it, add special effects, remove backgrounds and add fun frames. Send it by e-mail, put it in a cool scrapbook ...
Lego Island.
Mar 22, 1999 ... Crammed with 3D action and populated with wacky characters such as Pepper the Pizza Delivery Dude; Laura Brick, a cop with a heart of gold; Papa Bickolini, a dancing pizza chef and others, you'll never feel deserted on Lego Island. Not a lot of building with ...
Digital cameras.
Mar 22, 1999; ... Imagine taking a photo, using no film and seeing the finished product within seconds of snapping the shutter. Imagine as well, taking that image and being able to add special effects to it, and being able to make as many copies of it as you want. You've just experienced taking a photo with ...
What can I do with a digital camera?
Mar 22, 1999; ... There's a whole lot of fun and neat stuff to do with digital cameras even though the quality of the prints won't be as good as with a traditional camera. You don't have to pay for film or developing so you can experiment freely. Photos don't look good? Erase them and take some more. ...
Crossing the empty quarter (www.alwaysadventure.net).
Mar 22, 1999; ... www.alwaysadventure.net Imagine, the world's largest sand desert, where summer temperatures often exceed 80[degrees]C. Add towering sand dunes measuring over 300 m tall, 1,000 km of hot sand, quicksands, specially trained camels and ...
Canadian Heritage Interactive Journey (CHIJ) (www.chij.com).
Mar 22, 1999; ... www.chij.com Take part in history as three bicycle teams travel across Canada in the Canadian Heritage Interactive Journey (CHIJ). As the cyclists experience the stories, culture and heritage of Canada, they will share those discoveries with ...
Funbrain.com.
Mar 22, 1999; ... www.funbrain.com Give your brain a fun workout. Use your math skills to score runs in math baseball or field goals in power football. Need to fine tune your spelling? Check out ...
Worldkids: Ashlee Vann.
Mar 22, 1999 ... The Kids Cafe is a place where kids in need can go for a free meal. There are 185 Kids Cafes all over the U.S., but only one of them is actually run by a kid - she's Ashlee Vann, who's 11. Ashlee, of Springfield, Missouri, started out by volunteering at the Cafe last year. She ...
Worldkids: Paddy Kelly.
Mar 22, 1999 ... In Europe, Paddy Kelly is more popular than any Hanson brother. Paddy is the 20-year-old lead singer of the family band The Kellys. Paddy was born in Ireland, but his parents are from the U.S. They moved to Spain after 4 of their 12 children were born. Never heard of The Kellys? ...
Worldkids: Justin Rose.
Mar 22, 1999 ... Golf used to be considered a sport for the older crowd, but not anymore. Justin Rose is a 17-year-old amateur golfer from England who might soon give Tiger Woods a run for his money. At this year's prestigious British Open, Justin scored the best round of the day on one of the ...
Worldkids: Quoc Truong.
Mar 22, 1999 ... Quoc Truong, 13, is one of 80 students trained to keep the peace at Toronto's Park Public School. Called Peacemakers, these students wear special orange and yellow vests in the schoolyard during recess as they help kids work out minor disagreements with each ...
What's your sign? (discover how human chimps and gorillas really are).
Mar 22, 1999 ... Cute Orangutans in TV CommercialsHave you seen those commercials with orangutans for the Cantel[R] AT&T TM Pay As You Go cell phones and pagers?kidsworld asked Robin Heisey, one of the team who made the commercials, for the inside scoop.kidsworld: What are the names of the ...
Special effects in film and television.
Mar 22, 1999 ... by Jake Hamilton Reading Special Effects takes you on an incredible trip backstage. Discover all the little secrets including how the good guys in movies always manage to fall through windows without getting hurt. (Don't try this at recess!) Check out the cameras, ...
So, you wanna be a rock star?
Mar 22, 1999 ... by Stephen Anderson A great new book for kids who dream of singing and playing for an audience. Packed with tips on finding a name for your band, choosing your instrument and buying the right guitar, it tells you how to write songs, get gigs and keep your parents happy! ...
Owls in the family.
Mar 22, 1999 ... by Farley Mowat Billy loves animals. Lucky for him he's allowed to keep a menagerie of pets in a summerhouse in the backyard - gophers, white rats, a box full of garter snakes, pigeons, rabbits and Mutt, the family dog. One summer Billy and his friend go searching for an owlet ...
Awake and dreaming.
Mar 22, 1999 ... by Kit Pearson This story is about a little girl (Theo) who is so poor that she and her mother must beg for money on the streets of Vancouver. She dreams about living with a "real" family, the Kaldoors, whom she meets on the ferry ....
Art head: "raffia" creations.
Mar 22, 1999; ... Materials * different colours of crepe paper * jar, bottle or aluminum can to decorate * white glue * pencil or popsicle stick (for twisting the cord) Step 1: Cut the crepe paper into long strips that are 2.5 cm wide ....