Article: The Yak takes young readers on an Australia Adventure.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services)

The Yak, an old Olympic hand from the Detroit Free Press, traveled to Australia earlier this year to give young readers a preview of the host country to the 2000 Summer Games set to begin Sept. 15.

The Yak offers insights into Australia's culture and people in a paginated eight-page tab section, posted on KRT Direct and PressLink Online. A teacher's guide also will be available from Tribune Media Services.

The tab features:

Cover: A full-color photo of the Yak in front of the Sydney Opera House.

Page 2: An overview of Down Under, with a primer on "How to speak Aussie."

Page 3: A more detailed look at the "country continent," ...

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