U.S. Kids back issues from June 2002:
Rugby says hello.
Jun 01, 2002; ... Say hello to Rugby, and he'll say hello to you. Not in words, sure, but he'll make sounds and move his body in a way that means the same thing. Most dogs will. But how do you know what a dog is trying to say? Rugby--who visits schools to show kids how to talk to dogs--can get ...
Heartbeat treat.(dog receives pacemaker; how a pacemaker works)
Jun 01, 2002 ... It's not just eats that have extra lives--meet a dog that does, too! "If Sunshine was a eat with nine lives," laughs John Wren, owner of the nine-year-old German shepherd, "she would have been through four of them!" Sunshine earned her fourth life recently when she ...
Freaky fruit! (The Green Thumb Gazette).(unusual shaped fruit)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Looking for a square meal? Try square watermelons--they are real! They get their shape from the glass boxes they are grown in. The shape makes them easier to stack, so they take up less space. They were first sold last summer in Japan, a very small country where things have to ...
Gardening with Dr. Orvis.(how to create a butterfly garden)
Jun 01, 2002 ... Dear Dr. Orvis: My class entered a butterfly garden competition. Do you have any tips on (that kind of) gardening? We will take as many tips as we can get. We have a few plants that attracted butterflies. We are also ordering caterpillars called painted ladies. Thank you! ...
Harvest time. (Great Gardening).(vegetable gardening)
Jun 01, 2002 ... Harvesttime is your reward for months of hard work. Garden catalogs often tell how many days from the time of planting it will take for each vegetable variety to mature. The same information is also printed on seed packets. Use this information as a general guide to when you should ...
On the feet beat.(foot physiology)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Hold it right there, barefoot boy. Officer Tarsus here, on foot patrol. D'ja ever think about yer Feet? Ya got just 26 bones down there to carry the whole rest a yer body. So ya gotta take care of 'em with strong shoes with lotsa arch support. Lissen up to these other foot pointers and a ...
A wheel talented girl! (Flipping at the Fitness Farm!).(Gloria Cheung wins gardening art contest)
Jun 01, 2002 ... When it comes to competition, Florida eleven-year-old Gloria Cheung puts her whole art and soul into it. And it pays off. Gloria won a great new Raleigh bike in our Gardening Art contest with a great image of some of her favorite flowers. It's a skill she developed from real ...
Roaming from Wyoming. (Flipping at the Fitness Farm!).(children who participated in competitions)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... A team member got strep throat. Eight inches of snow fell. Fog rolled in along with a case of first-airline-flight jitters. It was a long way from Wyoming to the Fitness Farm in more ways than one, but the Garfield Elementary School Spelling Club made it. And in the end came ...
Scholarship states.(Tulip Time Scholarship Games scholarship winners)
Jun 01, 2002 ... Fitness Farm winners will work hard to earn admission to their scholarship schools, located on the map below. We're confident they'll have no problem--after all, hard work and winning is how ...
The pet show.(pictures of pets)
Jun 01, 2002 ... Send us a photo of you and your pet, and tell us what makes it special. If your classroom has a pet, we'd like to see a group shot. (Make sure the pet is visible.) Include your name, age, phone number, and address. (Sorry, but we don't have room to print all the photos we receive, and we ...
Swimming safety secret code.
Jun 01, 2002; ... Summer is a great time to go swimming. It's a fun way to cool off, and an excellent way to stay physically fit, too. It's very important to stay safe when you swim. Using the Swimming Safety Secret Code, write out nine rules for avoiding accidents and keeping safe when swimming ....
Hats all, folk!
Jun 01, 2002; ... A hat is like a roof we wear. Hats were probably invented long ago when someone put fur over his head in cold weather. Hot weather hats are just as old. Perhaps someone invented them by shading her head with a large leaf or animal skin in the summer. Back then, people just ...
All washed up.(history of bathing customs)
Jun 01, 2002; ... How would you like to bathe in a French slipper, like Ben Franklin? Or would you rather join 3,000 of your friends in a tub larger than a grocery store? People have come clean for thousands of years, but not always in a bathroom with running water and rubber duckies. The first ...
Soap seller.(child creates soap and sells it under Wild Child Soaps name)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Most kids wouldn't like being called Wild Child. But Rachel Dahlem isn't most children. In fact, she uses the nickname (given to her by her brothers and sisters) in the lost art of soap making! Two years ago Rachel's mom gave her then 7-year-old daughter a soap mold and a few ...
Jiggle soap.(how to make soap)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Want to make some fun bath-time soap of your own? Try this wiggly jiggly recipe for good clean fun. But don't try to eat it! You Will Need: <Pre> dear, unflavored, powdered gelatin liquid bubble bath food coloring </Pre> Directions: 1. With ...
Ask Doctor Cory.(answers to questions about health issues)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Dear Dr. Cory: What creates your voice? <Pre> Edward Zambrano Orlando, Florida </Pre> Dear Edward: The larynx (LARE-inks), or voice-box, is what gives you your voice. It sits at the top of your windpipe, or trachea (TRAY-kee-uh), in your neck ....
Get ready to draw!
Jun 01, 2002 ... For a $5,000 grand prize scholarship and even a Disney Family Vacation! All you have to do is enter our latest Poster Contest! Here's what we do: In every new issue of U.S. Kids we'll give you a new health and fitness topic to illustrate. Here's what you ...