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Tickle
the Keys!
—Reagan, Texas September is
o
National Pian
Month.
Here are a few ideas to try, Reagan. Have fun!

1 Cut up scraps of 2 Collect tiny stickers, 3 Learn to make

ribbon and fabric to and use them as stick-on different types of braids.
make colorful hair ties. barrettes. Practice on your doll!

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8 20
6 BrainPlay 10 Goofus and
What toppings do you like Gallant®
to put on foods? Oh boy, someone left
popcorn everywhere!
7 If the World Were
Made of Rhyme 11 Gallant Kids
Poodles twirling noodles. Braden Lefevre teaches
karate to adults with
8 Dragon Tears disabilities.
Needed!
The town’s well is dry. Will 12 Crafts
the dragon save the day? A dog-leash holder,
a squirrel bank, and
two games.
16 Across the
14 Hidden Pictures ® Playground
Puzzle Annie helps her little brother
This school is (literally!) on his first day of school.
a zoo.
18 Nature Watch
15 Jokes Turkey chicks are
Silly space jokes and more. quick learners.

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 Hot Stuff!
The colors
of
the therma
l pools
at Yellowsto
ne
National Pa
rk are
partly a res
ult of
bacteria.

19 Play “Who 28 Check . . . and

Guesses Best?” Double Check
It’s a family game show! Llamas in pajamas!

20 Protecting the 30 My Sci

Parks Find out the best way to
One hundred years ago, get rid of skunk spray.
Stephen Mather rescued
our national parks. 32 Game On!
22 Hippos Hippos
Will Devin’s strategy help
his team win the game?
39 Paws and Think
Taking care of your eyes.
Take a sensory tour of
Africa with this poem. 36 Your Own Pages
40 Ask Arizona®
See drawings and poems by
25 Animal Switcheroo creative kids like Catherine. Arizona finds a way to feel
close to her grandparents.
Which two need to switch?

26 Voyage to Pluto 42 Dear Highlights

The spacecraft New How to choose a lead singer
Horizons learned a lot for your band.
when it sped
past Pluto.
43 Picture Puzzler
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have pets, what go ike
pets do you ? . What
think they’d toppings
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foods?
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of signals.

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FISH ON A DISH.
A NAME ON A FRAME.
What rhyming
things do you have
in your home?
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promise like an
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Wh lots of W
IS IT DIFFERENT
have our ?
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If no spacecraft had ever been

sent into outer space, what things
wouldn’t we know?

THE
END “I FEEL
BOTH GLAD
AND SAD
ABOUT
MOVING,”
All bears are Lucy said.
What does it mean
to say that someone
mammals, but not all What else is famous?
mammals are bears. could make
someone WOULD YOU LIKE
HOW CAN THAT BE? feel glad TO BE FAMOUS?
and sad? Why or why not?
If the World
Were Made
of Rhyme
B Eil
By Eileen Spinelli
S i lli
Art by Valentina Mendicino

Poodles would twirl noodles.

Cats would dance with bats.
Noses would blow roses
and rats sail off in hats.
Bears would wear long underwear.
Snails would bring the mail.
Hermit crabs would ride in cabs
and whales spout fairy tales.
But then . . .
Kites might bite.
And pink might stink.
And ink might flow
from bathroom sinks.
A world in rhyme
where teapots rot?
Then again . . .
maybe
not.

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Dragon
Tears
N eeded!
By Maggie Murphy
Art by Susan Batori

S loosh, slosh. Davy ffilled a

bucket with water from a swift ift
creek.
k Weeks agoago, a rroaming dragon has ar riv
ived.”
imp had dried up the town’s “Hooray! ” Davy didid a
well. Now Davy had to walk for handstand. “May I go to
miles each day, carrying water the well and see what
to his grandmother’s cottage happens?”
near the edge of town. “Yes. Remember, though: magical help.” The mayor
He set the heavy bucket on no smiles or stunts. The mayor turned to the dragon. “My
the creek’s grassy bank. Then he must simply coax tears from friend, are you ready to shed
cooled his feet in the shallows, the dragon.” a tear?”
careful not to disturb a water On his feet again, Davy said, “I’ll try my best,” said the
strider’s perfect balance. A frog “Don’t worry. I’ll act gloomier dragon, blinking, “but even
croaked. Ducks paddled by. than a ghost who’s lost his onions and toothaches don’t
Davy jumped up and turned gravestone.” make dragons cry.”
a cartwheel. “The creek’s a fine “So I’ve heard,” said the
place,”” he said to a duck, “so how Only a dragon’s tear mayor, opening a book. “Luckily,
could I complain about coming here we have a very sad tale.”
here?” Still, trudging back could reverse the And he read a story that ended
beneath the searing sun, he imp’s trick. with the death of a faithful dog.
thought, What if the dragon has By the time the mayor
forgotten us? He waved good-bye, dashed finished, most of his audience
You see, a traveling wizard off, and joined a group of was crying. Davy let his own
had told the town’s
town s mayor,
mayor “The
The townsfolk welcoming a dragon tears tr
trickle
ickle down his cheeks
cheeks,
only way to reverse the imp’s the size of his cottage. hoping to encourage the dragon.
trick is to drop a dragon’s tear The mayor drew Davy aside But although the creature’s
into your well. I’ll send a and whispered, “Until the pointy ears drooped, his eyes
friendly dragon your way, but dragon cries, merriment is stayed as dry as the jinxed well.
he’s on his own journey and can’t not allowed.” “What a touching story,” he
stay long. Please understand Davy nodded. “I hope I don’t said. “I’m terribly sorry I’ve
that his visit may not solve your seem happy, sir.” failed you. Unfortunately, it’s
problem. Dragons seldom weep.” “You’ve never looked more time I soared away.”
Reaching the cottage, Davy serious. It’s just a reminder. I’m As the mayor thanked the
found his grandmother at the thankful for the way you usually dragon for visiting, Davy
gate. “I have good news,” she cheer everybody up. However, thought hard. Then he stepped
said, taking the bucket. “The this is our only chance for forward. “Sir Dragon, please

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 “Davy,
I’m afraid
this isn’t
quite—”

“Quack!
Quack!”

wait. I’d like to share

something.”
“Dear boy,” said the dragon, “That’s, um, nice churning
“I’m afraid I haven’t time for water,” said the dragon.
another tragic tale.” “Next, you’ll spot a duck,”
“I’ll be quick. I want to make said Davy, waddling around.
my favorite spot, a creek, come “Quack! Quack!” Children invisible f lies. “Crr-roaakk!”
alive for you. My grandmother giggled. The dragon raised a Cheeks puffing, the dragon
loves it there, too. She says the claw to cover a smile. snorted. Suddenly, he began
beautiful place brings tears to The mayor spoke up. “Davy, laughing so hard his tail
her eyes.” I’m afraid this isn’t quite—” twitched. Two gleaming
“A water strider never sinks.” teardrops the size of hens’ eggs
Davy stepped On all fours, Davy “skated” fast. pooled in his eyes and slid off
A few townspeople bit their his snout.
forward. “Sir Dragon, lips, trying not to laugh. To hide Grinning, Davy sprang
please wait.” a snicker
snicker, the dragon pretended forward, caught a falling tear in
forward
to sneeze. “Lad,” he said in a his cupped hands, and dropped
The dragon looked choked voice, “your performance it into the well. Snap! The imp’s
thoughtful. “I appreciate is heartfelt. Regrettably, it isn’t spell broke. With a gurgling
charming landscapes, but do making me sad.” sound, pure water filled the well
you truly think that telling me “Please, Dragon,” begged until it brimmed!
about your beloved creek will Davy, “give me a moment more. Everyone cheered. The mayor
leave me teary-eyed?” Let your imagination wander to shook Davy’s hand. “What a
“Oh, I won’t just talk. picture the peaceful creek. Our clever idea.”
I’ll make you feel as if you’re scene isn’t complete without a “Davy,” said the dragon,
there. First, I’ll be the water frog. Croak! Croak!” Hopping “please take a bow—while you
tumbling downstream.” Davy open-mouthed, he stuck out his croak like a frog!”
somersaulted five times. tongue and pretended to catch So Davy did.

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Goaonfd us There’s some of Goofus and Gallant in us all.
When the Gallant shines through, we show our best self.

Gallant
®

Gallant cleans up
his own mess.

Goofus leaves his mess for

someone else to clean up.

“I’m pretty sure it’s a toad. See its

bumpy, dry skin?” says Gallant.

“You don’t know anything! That’s

not an eagle,” says Goofus.

YOUR Goofus and Gallant Moments

“I felt like Goofus “I feel like Goofus “I felt like Goofus
when I kept putting off when I eat with my when I didn’t share.”
cleaning my room.” mouth open.” Aaron, Age 8, Ohio
Ollie, Age 10, Georgia Grace, Age 9, New York

10 SEPTEMBER 2016 Art by Leslie Harrington.

 Gallant
K ds

Braden’s
“Footprints” Instructors Guyle Corley and Allan Amor
give Braden Lefevre an award for his work.

What should a brown-belt Braden said. “I learned that taught them the summer before.
karate kid do over the summer? everyone can do something.” He could tell that they had all
Braden Lefevre chose to teach At summer’s end, Braden’s practiced on their own while he’d
karate to people who might students gave a 30-minute been in school.
never have had a chance to learn karate demonstration in front Braden loves teaching these
it. He created a class for adults of their families and friends. students. “I’m really thankful
with disabilities at a center that “They felt like rock stars for the that I can be around them. It
offers job training for them. day,” Braden said. He gave them makes me feel very proud to
Braden was the center’s first certificates for their best skills. know them.”
volunteer to create and teach an The following summer, In presenting Braden with an
ongoing program. The class was Braden earned his black belt award for his work, instructor
so popular that the center had to and returned to the center to Allan Amor said, “Braden made
limit it to 12 students. teach karate. He added two new footprints that are an example
“The students taught me beginner classes in addition to of behavior that other people are
more than I taught them,” an advanced class with his going to be able to follow.”
Braden said. One of his students original students. Highlights is proud to know
was blind and in a wheelchair. When the advanced class this Gallant Kid.
Braden asked his instructor, began, Braden said, “I was —Jenifer Tull-Gauger
Guyle Corley, for advice. “He told assuming that I would have to
me to get him to feel the motion reteach some things since it had Braden’s Best A dvice
and he would probably be able to been a while.” But the students “We need to give
do it. I tried that and it worked,” remembered what Braden had
back to the
community. It’s
our home. The
people are what
make it great.”
Photo by Jenifer Tull-Gauger.

Tell us when you’ve felt like

Goofus or Gallant! Visit
“I felt like Gallant when “I felt like Gallant HighlightsKids.com or write to
I got all my schoolwork when I introduced a
done and got to hang out new girl on my team Goofus and Gallant Moments
with my friend.” to the other kids.” 803 Church Street
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Crafts
Make
Next This
Month
!

Letter
Line-Up
A Game for 4 Players
By Anne Bell

1. Draw a grid on poster

board with five spaces
across and five spaces
down. Use markers to
write the letters of the
alphabet in the spaces,
placing I and J in the
same square. Add a
gift-wrap border.
2. Cut out 25 cards from
cardstock. Write the
letters of the alphabet
on the cards, placing I
and J on the same card.

TO PLAY: Shuff le the cards. if the U card is on the board,

Place five letters on the game players may place T or V.) If
board. Deal five cards to each a player doesn’t have a letter
player. Take turns placing to play, he or she skips that turn.
letters on the board that fall The winner is the first player
before or after letters that are to place all of his or her cards
already there. (For example, on the board.

Craft Challenge! Use stickers, craft foam,

foil, and tape to decorate a notebook cover.

12 SEPTEMBER 2016 Craft samples by Buff McAllister. Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc.,
except hands by RFR/Alamy.
 Land
or Sink?
A Game for One Player
By Tara M. Woods

1. Remove the front panel

from a cereal box.
Cover the edges of the
Ha ng a box with duct tape.
leash i 2. Inside the box, use
n paper to make a scene
the dog
’s with a sky and water.
mouth
! 3. For clouds, paint a short
cardboard tube white.
Let it dry. Cut the tube into
six rings, then cut the rings in TO PLAY: Holding
half, forming U shapes. Glue six the edges of the box,
Dog Leash U shapes inside the box. Decorate try to move the ball
them with cotton balls. Use a from cloud 1 to cloud
Holder marker to number the clouds 1–6.
4. Make a small ball from foil. Place
6 without letting it
fall into the water.
By Kathy Ross King the ball in the box.

1. Cut a large bone from

Open h
corrugated cardboard. to add ere
an
Cover it with paper. remove d
2. For the dog, cut two coins!
large triangles from
different-colored
Squirrel Away
cardstock. Glue them
together. Fold down the
Your Money
left and right corners By Kristen White
of the triangle to form
ears, as shown. Add a 1. Glue a circle of thin cardboard over
paper spot on the face. the bottom end of a short cardboard
Glue on wiggle eyes tube. Paint the tube. Let it dry.
and a pompom nose. 2. Pinch the top closed, forming ears.
3. Glue a spring-type 3. Cut feet and arms from paper.
clothespin behind Glue them on. Add wiggle eyes,
the nose with the clip a pompom nose, and an acorn.
facing down. Glue the 4. Cut a tail from craft fur. Glue a
dog to the bone. chenille stick to the back for support.
4. Poke two holes in the Curve the tail, and glue it on.
top of the bone. Tie on
a yarn hanger.

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 Want ae?
challeng 5
k page 1
Fold bac the
to h id e
clues.
picture

Our School Is a Zoo!

By Rich Powell

In this big picture, find the teacup, sailboat, tack, fish, crescent moon, rake, heart,
bicycle helmet, banana, waffle, bowl, hatchet, worm, comb, pencil, toothbrush,
caterpillar, wedge of cheese, slice of pie, candle, and boot.

14 SEPTEMBER 2016 Check out our Hidden Pictures app!

 JOKES
Picture Clues

teacup “Knock, knock.”

sailboat “Who’s there?”
Astronaut #1: I’m going to the sun.
“Doris.” Astronaut #2: You can’t. It’s too hot.
crescent “Doris who?” Astronaut #1: Then I’ll go at night.
fish Rebecca Li, California
moon
tack “Doris locked. That’s Camp counselor: Why is your nose
why I’m knocking.” swelling up?
bicycle Camper: I bent down to smell a
Boston Green, Texas brose.
helmet
heart Camp counselor: Rose doesn’t
Tourist: I would like to
have a b.
rake purchase a ticket to the
Camper: This one did!
moon, please. Becca Friedman, New York
Tour guide: I’m sorry, but the
moon is full tonight.
waffle
bowl Savvy, New Jersey Make us laugh!
banana Send a joke or riddle, along with your
Duck: Do you take credit name, age, and address, to
cards? I don’t have any bills.
hatchet comb Cashier: Yes you do. There’s
one on your face! 803 Church Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
Jaymes Barker, Illinois

worm

toothbrush
caterpillar
A Sticky Riddle
I’m squishy and sweet
And airy and light.
wedge of I’m brown when I’m roasted.
pencil cheese Inside, I’m still white.
Need s’more hints?
This might do the trick:
slice of I’ll be at the campfire
pie Stuck on your stick.
—Jane L. Patton
candle boot

BONUS
Can you also find
the light bulb,
feather, canoe, Answer on page 38.
and handbell?
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 Across the
Playground By Linda Kao
Art by Tracy Bishop

“Isn’t it
great?
You’ll
both be at
the same
school!”

I shake my head. “School rules,

remember? You have to play in the
kindergarten area. I stay on the big
playground.”
I lead him to his classroom.
“Hi, Mrs. Morena,” I say as I tug my
brother forward. “This is Trevor.”
“I’m going to school today!” announces “Hello, Trevor!” Mrs. Morena kneels
my little brother, Trevor, bouncing to so they’re the same height. “Want to
the breakfast table. He’s already come meet the other kids?”
wearing his backpack.
Mom looks at me. “Isn’t it great,
School used to feel like my thing.
Annie? You’ll both be at the same
school!”
Actually, it’s not great at all. School Trevor nods and lets go of my hand.
used to feel like my thing. Now Trevor I’m out the door in a f lash.
is going to be in my old classroom. With “Annie! Emma looks great in glasses.
my old teacher. At least second grade is Come see!” My best friend, Lisa, drags
in a different part of the building. me to the second-grade classroom.
“Can I play with you?” he asks as When the bell rings, the teacher gives
Mom drops us off. me a seat by an open window. I can see
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 I blow him a kiss. He stops crying. I blow
A loud wail rings out across another one, and he begins to smile.
the playground. “What are you doing?” Lisa asks.
“When my mom used to drop Trevor
the kindergarten room if I look outside. off at daycare, she’d calm him down by
I face forward. blowing kisses like this,” I explain.
By recess, I’ve forgotten all about “Can I try?” she asks.
Trevor. It’s great to be back at school! “Yes,” I say, and she blows Trevor a
I’m running to the slide when a loud kiss. Soon Emma, Grace, Isabel, and
wail rings out across the playground. Sara are blowing kisses, too.
It sounds familiar. Trevor just smiles.
I look to the kindergarten area. Soon the bell rings. Mrs. Morena
There’s Trevor sitting in the sandbox, comes to get him, and his face scrunches
tears on his face. up again.
“I want to go home!” he howls. I have an idea. “Trevor! I’ll be in that
Mrs. Morena is talking to him, but window over there.” I point. “I’ll blow
he’s still crying. kisses through your window, OK?”
I take another step toward the slide. As Mrs. Morena leads him inside, he
Then Trevor wails again. My feet turn, tugs her down to whisper in her ear. I
and I’m running toward him. run to my classroom and look out to see
But there’s a fence between the her opening the kindergarten window.
kindergarten area and the big I blow a kiss. Trevor is inside his
playground. I can’t go to where he is. classroom. He blows a kiss back
I do the next best thing I can think and smiles.
of. I stand on the very edge of my
playground and call, “Trevor!”
He looks up and runs to the fence.

I blow him
a kiss.
He stops
crying.

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Nature Watch
Feather
Functions
Wild Turkey Feathers like
feather on th
the down
e left help
By Peter Friederici birds stay war
m. Feathers
DID YOU KNOW? A wild turkey chick, like the wing
feather on the
called a poult, is able to walk almost as right help bir
ds fly and
soon as it has hatched. The young of protect them
from
many other kinds of birds are born wind and rain
.
featherless and helpless, but young
turkeys are covered with down, and
they quickly learn to follow their
mothers to find foods like insects,
some plants, and seeds. Turkeys
nest on the ground under thick
bushes and grasses. The poults’
spotty brownish coats help them
blend in to avoid being seen
by predators.

TRY TH IS
Look for the tracks of
birds. The wild turkey’s
track can be four to five
inches long. Turkeys have
three strong toes in front
and a short toe in the back.
Their track looks like an
arrow.
Take a close look at any
bird tracks you find. How
many toes do you see in
each track? How are the
toes and tracks positioned?
Can you tell whether the
bird was walking, hopping,
or running?

18 SEPTEMBER 2016
 Play “Who Guesses Best?”
If your family were on a game show, could you answer questions about one another? Try
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 Pr tect ng th Parks
Happy 100th
birthday to
the National
Park Service!
By Natasha Wing

In 1872, the United States

established the first national
park in the world, Yellowstone.
The government promised to
protect the park’s land and keep
it in natural condition so that When Lane offered Mather
people could enjoy its wilderness. he played in the snow at the job of overseeing all the
Adventurous vacationers Yosemite National Park and parks, Mather accepted. His
traveled rutted roads by camped with friends in the assistant, Horace Marden
stagecoach to see geysers, foothills of California’s Sierra Albright, was a clerk who knew
bison, and volcanic lakes. Nevada mountains. When he the ins and outs of government.
Unfortunately, some came was older, he climbed Mount He also knew which politicians
to poach animals, loot artifacts, Rainier in Washington State. would provide the most help.
and mine natural resources. On a trip to Sequoia National The two men would need all the
As more parks were added, Park, Mather was so shocked by help they could get!
it became harder for the the terrible conditions that he Many politicians had never
government to police them. wrote that angry letter. seen a national park. They didn’t
care about saving scenery or
Trouble! Stephen Mather spending funds on “the raising of
By 1900, national parks were wild animals.” “The best thing
a problem. Three government was passionate that the government could do with
departments oversaw nine the Yellowstone National Park,”
parks. And there wasn’t enough
Americans visit said one senator, “is to survey
money for upkeep. Trails, roads, their parks. and sell it.”
and lodges fell into disrepair. Mather saw the parks as
One day, in 1914, a letter When Secretary of the tourist gold. More tourists
accusing the government of Interior Franklin K. Lane read meant more money for the
ignoring the parks landed on the Mather’s letter, he knew this government. Mather hosted
desk of a park overseer. It was was the man who could protect parties to convince politicians
signed Stephen T. Mather. the parks. Mather was wealthy, that he needed funds to spruce
Mather was an outdoor charming, full of energy—and up the parks for vacationers.
enthusiast and loved passionate that Americans visit But the politicians weren’t
mountaineering. As a child, their parks. convinced. They wanted to see

20 SEPTEMBER 2016 Photos: page 20 from Granger, NYC; page 21 from Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs
Division, Johnston (Frances Benjamin) Collection, LC-USZ62-100864. Art by iStock/Nanang81.
 LEFT: Stephen Mather
(center) with other park-
service workers. RIGHT:
Tourists and guides enjoy
a picnic at Yellowstone.

Today’s
Park Service
In addition to its 59
parks, the National
Park Service oversees:
 monuments
 battlefields
 military parks
 historical parks
 historic sites
 lakeshores
 seashores
 recreation areas spoiled. “Give [a man] a poor
 scenic rivers and trails breakfast after he has had a bad with the men about how they
 the White House! night’s sleep,” said Mather, “and could help the parks.
he will not care how fine your On the last night around a
In total, there are 409 scenery is.” bonfire, Mather spoke: “These
sites covering more Mather demanded that the valleys and heights of the Sierra
than 84 million acres army barracks that served Nevada are just one small part
in 50 states plus the as lodging be knocked down of the majesty of America.
District of Columbia, and replaced with hotels. But Remember that God has given
American Samoa, sprucing up the parks was just us these beautiful lands. Try to
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the first step. Next, Congress save them for, and share them
the U.S. Virgin Islands. needed to pass a park bill that with, future generations. Go out
would unite the parks under one and spread the gospel!”
bureau. Then the government And they did.
could run them properly.
the numbers of tourists Mather needed to find people Protected!
increase. Mather hired a who could help his cause. If they On August 15, 1916, the
journalist to write articles and could experience the wilderness National Park Service bill went
take scenic photos to inspire firsthand, he was sure they’d before the Senate and passed.
the public to visit the parks. It support a national park system. Days later, it went before the
worked! Those who braved the He invited reporters, a House of Representatives and
dusty stagecoach rides saw railroad businessman, and a passed again. The bill just
the most breathtaking views congressman on a trip—and needed one important signature.
and geographic formations paid all the expenses himself! On August 25, 1916,
in the country. On July 15, 1915, Mather President Woodrow Wilson
led his mountain party into the signed into law the National
To the Rescue! Sierra Nevada. They traveled by Park Service Organic Act.
But creature comforts were horse and mule, stopping to fish, The United States now had
lacking. There was no decent photograph wildf lowers, soak in a National Park Service, thanks
lodging. Tourists had to share hot springs, and climb Mount to the two men who believed
their beds—with bugs! Food Whitney. Every chance they had, that America’s parks were
was overpriced and sometimes Mather and Albright talked worth protecting.

SEPTEMBER 2016 21
Hippos
Hippos
By Carly Schuna
Art by Helen Cann

Hippos hippos Stompers stompers

on the river on the shore
with your sharp bright eyes. Mamba mamba with your flapping ears.
Do you see the snake above in the tree Do you hear the lion queens
that slithers in disguise? with your sensing scales. that snarl as they draw near?
Do you feel the elephants
that stomp and swish their tails?
22 SEPTEMBER 2016
Lions lions
in the grass Leaves oh leaves
with your button noses. of Africa
Do you smell the tall giraffes, Statues statues with your trembling grace.
who tower in their poses? in the sun You hide the raw enchantments
with your tar-black tongues. of this amazing place.
Do you taste the crisp green leaves
that are so sweet and young?
SEPTEMBER 2016 23
 The Lucky Penny
By Nancy Ramsey
Art by Stephanie Dehennin

Henry found a after he stepped off the . He put it in

penny school bus

his ffor good luck.

pocket

He had good luck all day. His teacher asked him to feed the .
goldfish

His favorite were in his . He got to play in

cookies lunchbox drums

music class.

Then he found a in his .T

That was not so lucky.
hole pocket

The was gone. It was not in his . It was not on his or

penny desk chair

on the .
floor

As Henry walked toward the after school, he looked down

school bus

and saw the .

penny

“That was lucky!” Henry said. He put the in his other .

penny pocket

24 SEPTEMBER 2016
 A
Animal
Switcheroo
By Teresa A. DiNicola

Two of these animals

must switch places so
that everyone is in the
right spot. Can you
B figure out which two?

Help the
Cartoonists!
Oh no! We have three
cartoons, but no captions.
Give us a hand, and write
a funny caption for any
or all of these cartoons.
Please label your caption
A, B, or C, and mail it to

Help the Cartoonists!

803 Church Street
Honesdale, PA 18431

Please include your

name, age, and address.
We must receive your
reply by October 1, 2016,
to consider it for
publication. Answer on page 38. SEPTEMBER 2016 25
Vo yag e
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PLUTO
At long last, we’ve
seen distant Pluto
and its many moons. Pluto’s
“heart” is
bigger th
an
By Ken Croswell, Ph.D. Texas!

temperature ever observed

be smaller than a marble. on Earth, near the South Pole,
In July 2015, a spacecraft But in 2005, astronomers is -129 degrees F. But the
named New Horizons sped past found a similar world, Eris, spacecraft measured Pluto
Pluto, the farthest world NASA which is much farther than at -397 degrees F. Pluto is the
has ever visited. The spacecraft Pluto. “If it’s not larger than coldest world a spacecraft has
found tall mountains on Pluto Pluto, then I’ll eat my telescope,” ever visited.
and deep canyons on its largest the discoverer claimed. In 2010,
moon. “I think the solar system Eris passed in front of a star and Pluto’s mountains
saved the best for last,” said blocked its light. How long this
Pluto scientist Dr. Alan Stern. event lasted revealed how big
aren’t made of rock.
Pluto is billions of miles from Eris is: 1,445 miles across. Instead, they’re
the Sun and Earth. It is so far The New Horizons spacecraft made of water ice!
away that our telescopes can’t measured Pluto’s size: 1,477
see it well. So no one knew what miles across. So Pluto is bigger The New Horizons spacecraft
the spacecraft would see. than Eris. In fact, Pluto is the surprised and delighted
largest object in the solar everyone by finding a huge
Pluto vs. Eris system beyond Neptune. white “heart” on Pluto. This
Pluto belongs to a belt of heart-shaped region is a
objects beyond the orbit of the A Cold World with a Heart thousand miles across, bigger
distant planet Neptune. If Pluto Pluto is so far from the Sun than Texas. Scientists named
were as big as a basketball, the that sunlight there is weak. this heart Tombaugh Regio,
typical object in this belt would So Pluto is cold. The coldest after Clyde Tombaugh, who

26 SEPTEMBER 2016 Photos by NASA/Johns Hopkins University

Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute.
 Pluto’s
largest moon
,
Charon, has
a dark polar
cap.

discovered dwarf the

Pluto in Grand Canyon
1930. in Arizona. The
Pluto’s Grand Canyon is
“heart” may be about a mile deep;
white because of it formed when a
frozen nitrogen and river cut through rock.
carbon monoxide. Nitrogen gas Charon’s canyons are hundreds
makes up most of the air on both of miles long and up to four
Earth and Pluto. But Pluto is so miles deep. They probably
cold that most of its nitrogen formed when Charon’s crust
freezes and turns into ice. tore apart.
Carbon monoxide is a poison gas Charon has craters that
on Earth, but Pluto is so cold scientists have named for
that this gas also turns to ice. characters on the TV series
Maybe geysers or volcanoes in Star Trek: Kirk, Spock, Sulu,
Tombaugh Regio erupt nitrogen and Uhura.
and carbon monoxide gas that Like Earth, Pluto and Charon
freezes, coloring this area white. are round because they have
Pluto’s heart has immense enough mass that their gravity
mountains two miles high. squeezes them into spheres.
That’s as tall as the Rocky But Pluto’s other moons are so
Mountains. But Pluto’s small that their gravity isn’t
mountains aren’t made of rock. strong enough to force them
Instead, they’re made of water into round shapes.
ice! Pluto is so cold that its Styx is egg-shaped. Another
water ice is as hard as rock. moon, named Nix, is shaped
Glaciers made of nitrogen ice like a jelly bean. The next moon
f low across parts of Pluto. out, Kerberos, looks like two
small moons stuck together.
Mysterious Moons And Pluto’s outermost moon,
The spacecraft also looked at Hydra, is shaped like Michigan’s An Orange
Pluto’s five moons. The largest lower peninsula.
is Charon (pronounced “Karen” The New Horizons spacecraft World
or “Sharon”). Spanning 753 looked for more moons around Pluto is orange because it
miles, Charon is about half Pluto but did not find any. That has methane. Methane is natural
Pluto’s diameter. disappointed scientists. gas. We burn it in our stoves.
While Pluto is orange (see But the mission was a big Pluto is so cold that most of its
“An Orange World” at right), success. Someday another methane has frozen and turned
Charon is gray, and it has a spacecraft may visit, one that into ice. But some methane gas
polar cap. The polar caps on will circle Pluto again and again. exists in Pluto’s air. When
Earth and Mars are bright Then we can study Pluto and sunlight hits this methane, it
white. Charon’s polar cap its moons for years, discovering turns orange and falls on Pluto,
is dark. even more about these distant coloring the surface orange.
Charon has canyons that and mysterious worlds.

SEPTEMBER 2016 27
 Sock
Stumper
A Game for Two or More Players
By Tamara C. Gureghian

To Play:
1 . Gather five clean tube socks.
2. Look around your home for five small
objects—one to place inside each sock.
(Don’t use anything sharp or fragile!)
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and try to guess what the objects are.
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“Let’s try it!” “We did great work.” It was worth it.
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It’s a
Trap!
By Andy Boyles
Contributing Science Editor

The Venus flytrap lives

where most plants
can’t. Like other plants,
it uses water, carbon
dioxide, and energy
from sunlight to grow
through photosynthesis
(foe-toe-SIN-theh-sis).
But plants need other
4 The trap
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survive in soil that lacks projections hold chemicals that
them. The Venus flytrap in the insect as break down
can—by trapping and the trap finishes and digest
digesting insects to get closing. the insect.
those nutrients!

Tell Me Why
Tomato juice can help mask the
smell, but it can’t remove the odor.

Iff you get The smelliest part of a skunk’s spray

comes from sulfur compounds called

sprayed by thiols. The best way to get rid of the

smell is to chemically change the thiols.

a skunk, is A mixture of water, hydrogen

peroxide, and baking soda creates

tomato juice oxygen, which combines with the thiols

to “de-smell” them. (Just don’t get the

the solution? mixture near eyes.) And since skunk

spray is oily, adding detergent to the
Tiffany Zhang mixture helps because detergents
Age 10 i North Carolina break up and remove oils.

30 SEPTEMBER 2016
 Dinosaurs By Dougal Dixon

Zhenyuanlong
jhen-wahn-long
“Zhenyuan’s dragon” (named after the man
who acquired the fossil for a museum)
Is this Until paleontologists studied Zhenyuanlong, they
your had not found such long arm feathers on raptor
guess? dinosaurs (small meat eaters) that didn’t fly.
Too heavy
for flight

Short arms
Try This compared to
size of body

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at different heights,
which hole will spurt
water farther from the
cup? Try it and see! Killing claw

1 Poke two small

holes in a paper cup, WHERE:
one near the bottom China
edge of the cup and
one near the top.
Had a fan of
2 Set the cup on the feathers on
side of a sink, with the the arm, like
holes facing the sink. a wing
Cover both holes with HOW LONG:
your fingers. Fill the 6 feet
cup with water.

3 Uncover the holes.

What happens, and WHEN:
why? Think of your 125 million years ago
WHAT IT ATE:
best explanation, then
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Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Cenozoic
on page 38.

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He managed two steps before
Tara stopped him.
J ordan darted away from the touchdowns. But time was The Dragons had reached
line of scrimmage, made a quick running out. midfield, but the clock showed
fake to his left, and spun to face Jordan trotted to his position. less than a minute.
Devin, the quarterback. Devin’s A strong breeze made him look Jordan poked Devin’s
pass was already in the air, up at the trees, which lined shoulder. “I’m going long on
zipping toward him. Jordan the field in autumn reds and this one,” he said.
made the catch but soon felt yellows. A small crowd of “We still have time,”
two hands tagging him between spectators stood along the fence. Devin replied.
the shoulder blades. The play Same pattern. Same catch. “Throw it!” said Jordan.
was over. Same tag from Tara after a “One more square-out,”
Jordan frowned at his friend short gain. Devin said calmly. “They can’t
Tara, who’d tagged him. stop that play.”
Tara grinned. “Getting a little “They don’t need to stop it,”
predictable, no?” she said. “We need some Jordan said. “Five yards at a
Jordan shook his head in time is great when you have the
frustration and hurried back longer passes,” entire game in front of you. But
to the huddle. He had run
that same square-out pattern
Jordan said. it eats up too much clock. Tara
just hangs back and tags me as
20 times today. “We need some soon as I make the catch.”
longer passes,” he said to Devin. Jordan stepped toward Devin “We have time.”
“Five yards at a time,” with clenched teeth. “Five yards Jordan ran the square-out
Devin said firmly. at a time is not enough.” anyway and caught the ball.
“Look at the clock!” Jordan “It’s working!” Devin said. “Predictable,” Tara said again
insisted. A minute and a half “Sure,” Jordan replied. “But as she tagged him.
remained in the game, and do the math. We’d need to hit it Jordan called a timeout.
their team, the Dragons, trailed a dozen times before we could “Nineteen seconds,” he said,
26–21. They were 70 yards from score. We only have time for joining his teammates in the
the end zone. four or five more plays.” huddle. He wiped his sweaty
“We still have two timeouts,” “It all adds up,” Devin said. forehead with the back of his
Devin said. “Plenty of time.” “Same play. Hurry!” hand. “It’s now or never.”
Devin’s strategy had worked This time, Devin passed to “One more square-out!”
well all day. All season, in fact. Leon on the other side of the Devin shouted, loud enough for
Jordan had hauled in a dozen field. The Falcons’ defenders everyone on the field to hear it.
passes today and scored two were hanging back, making sure Then he winked at Jordan and

32 SEPTEMBER 2016
 “Getting a little
predictable, no?”

whispered, “Sell it.” slightly as he caught the ball,

Jordan winked back. He then regained his footing. No one
caught Tara’s eye as he lined was between him and the goal
A Tip from
up. He shook his head and line, but Tara was closing fast. the Author
muttered, “Devin’s stubborn.” Jordan crossed the 20-yard Always warm up your body
Devin called the signals and line, straining with every step. and your mind before a
took the snap from the center. He heard Tara’s footsteps on the competition or practice.
Jordan sprinted forward, made grass behind him. He crossed Run a few laps, do some
his usual fake, and turned. But the 10 with the ball tucked jumping jacks and sit-ups,
and imagine yourself
then he dashed off full speed against his chest. performing at your best.
along the sideline, catching Tara’s tag sent him
Tara by surprise. stumbling, and his momentum Rich Wallace is the author of
Perfect, Jordan thought as carried him across the goal line. dozens of sports novels for
he broke into the open field. He crashed to the turf. kids, including the books in the
Devin launched a high spiral, Had he scored? Winning Season and Kickers
30 yards into the air, and Jordan series. He has coached and
played a lot of sports, too.
stretched for it. He wobbled (Continued on next page)

SEPTEMBER 2016 33
Six arms reached for the ball.

(Continued from page 33)

Jordan rolled and looked up.

The referee was reaching for
the ball. He hadn’t signaled
a touchdown.
“Time out!” Devin yelled,
racing toward the goal line.
The referee blew his whistle
and placed the ball at the
four-yard line. “Three seconds
left,” he said.
Devin waved for his
teammates to huddle up. “Final
play,” he said. “Leon, get open in
the end zone.” Devin turned to
Jordan. “Guess what?”
“Square-out. I know! But Tara
won’t give this one away. That
pass needs to be on target.”
Tara’s brother, Bryan, moved
over to help her cover Jordan.
Jordan would be double-teamed.
Last play of the season, Jordan
told himself. Make it count!
Tara wasn’t hanging back any
longer. She stood face-to-face
with Jordan as he toed the turf.
At the snap of the ball, Jordan
burst forward. Tara shadowed under it, and it landed safely
him from the left and Bryan in his grasp. He held it aloft. A Tip from a Kid
from the right. “Touchdown!” said the In basketball, put both
Devin’s pass f loated higher referee. Game over!
than usual. Jordan leaped to “See?” Devin said as he pulled hands up when your
catch it; Bryan and Tara soared Jordan to his feet. “They can’t opponent shoots so you
to block it. Six arms reached for stop that play.” can block the shot.
the ball. Tara got a hand on it, “Unpredictable,” Tara said,
Danielle Simon
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helplessly as the ball spun Jordan grinned. “We were Share a sports tip!
wildly through the air. He rolled, lucky.” Send it to
disgusted that he’d missed the “Luck happens when you
chance to win the game. work for it,” Devin said.
Sports Tips
But here came the ball! Jordan laughed. “Five yards 803 Church Street
Jordan reached and got his hand at a time. It all adds up.” Honesdale, PA 18431

34 SEPTEMBER 2016
 Sprinkle
It On
By Radha HS

Kala’s mother made a batch of

cupcakes and asked Kala to put
sprinkles on each one. If Kala
starts by drawing two diagonal
lines of sprinkles connecting
opposite corners of the tin,
how many cupcakes will
still need sprinkles?
Answer on page 38.

In or Out?
By Barbara J. Barata
Add IN or OUT to the letters on
each box to form new words. Which
boxes are IN? Which are OUT?
Which are both IN and OUT?

EXAMPLE:
The TH box is IN
because TH+IN=THIN.
Answers on page 38.
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Gran’s world-famous cookies,

and putting on silly magic shows
with Poppy. For some weird
reason, those happy memories
just made me unbelievably

The Feel-Better sad. I started missing my

grandparents so much that
I wanted to cry.
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in a whole different state for as particular situation.”
started playing in my
long as I can remember, so I’ve “And what about the zoo?” head like a movie.
had a lot of experience as far grumbled my little sister, Indi.
as missing them goes. I usually “Gran and I were going to have “Why not?” my mom
get to see them only a couple of a special zoo day, just the two asked with a squinchy-
times a year. But they ended of us!” upper-eyebrow look.
up canceling their summer trip “There will be lots more “Because I can’t!” I said,
last month because Gran had to summers for special zoo days,” and suddenly I was running
have knee surgery. said my mom. “How about, for down the hall.
“It’s no fair!” whined my little now, we give Poppy and Gran Those words and the whole
brother, Tex. “Poppy was going a call?” running-away-from-the-phone
to take me fishing.” While Tex and Indi talked on thing surprised even me. I
“Sorry, kiddo. That’s just the phone, all kinds of memories ended up on my bed with my
the way the ball bounces,” started playing in my head like f luffy cat named Cow.
said my dad, using one of his a movie: spotting seals from the Why in the world did you
zillion old-fashioned sayings ferryboat, riding bikes through run away like that? Cow
that all pretty much mean Golden Gate Park, baking meowed loudly.

40 SEPTEMBER 2016 Visit to hear this story read aloud.

 I started drawing Before long, my
pictures of all those fun get-well-soon card
memories I was talking
about earlier (you know— turned into a
riding bikes and baking get-well-soon book!
cookies), and before long,
my get-well-soon card I giggled. “And Poppy joked
had turned into a get- that we should invite him to join
well-soon book! For some us for lunch! Oh, Gran, I miss you
reason, drawing pictures so much.”
of our good times together “Oh, my little lambykins, do I
“I can’t talk made me feel better. Plus, ever miss you!” Gran said. “And
right now!” I could totally imagine I can’t wait to get your special
Gran’s sparkly smile memory book in the mail.”
when she received the So, dear Missing, as you
book in the mail. When can probably tell, I one-million-
“I didn’t want to cry on I was done, I kissed my wise cat percent relate to your situation.
the phone,” I sniff led while on his little pink nose and went to As for handling the sad feelings,
scratching his ears. give my grandparents a call. I found that making a memory
I’m sure Gran and Poppy would “I made you a present,” I told book and remembering the good
have understood, Cow purred. Gran. “Do you want it to be a times over the phone with my
“Yes, but they already have surprise, or do you want to know grandmother helped me feel
enough to worry about with what it is?” way better. You should give it
Gran’s knee troubles,” I said. “Hmm,” she said. “I think I’d a try—I hope it helps!
“I want to make Gran happy, like to know right this minute!”
not sad!” So I described all the different Ciao for now,
Oh, I should probably mention pictures in the memory book. And
that Cow doesn’t exactly speak
in people words. But it just so
as I did, we remembered together.
“That seal was so funny,” said Arizona
happens that I’m f luent in cat Gran. “Do you remember how
talk. Which is the reason I knew he waved to us as our ferryboat
exactly what he meant when he passed by?”
hopped on my desk and sat in a
basket of markers.
“Hey, good idea!” I said. “I’ll
make Gran a get-well-soon card.” “Oh, Gran, I miss
you so much.”
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