Entertainment
Kid's skateboard park design gets BIGGER
When 14-year-old Nick Stevens did his design for a community skateboard park as a school project, he was thinking small. Later, when the City of Maryland Heights accepted the design, it started to get much bigger.

News
Special focus on kids in plan for giant Hazelwood mall
Over a year ago, a team of Kirby Middle School seventh graders did an audience survey for the developer of a proposed new mall in Hazelwood. A developer's representative went to the school to hear the survey results.

Books
This month's book reviews
This month, Young Saint Louis.com will review a book about a kid who gets into trouble at school, a book about rats, and more.

Sports
Road to national track meets started early for two
Kyra Sullivan and Tylor Brock are going to national track and field championships again this year. Both of them have been doing that since they were eight.

Music
Normandy kids get extra lesson at music camp
Nine elementary and middle school kids from Normandy got an out-of-town music camp experience this summer. For some, the lessons went beyond music.

History
St. Louis first came under U.S. control in 1803
Before the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the City of St. Louis was thriving but wasn't under American control. Before that, political rule was by France and Spain.

Health
Cool Valley kids get health lessons early
Some kids from Cool Valley Elementary School last month learned a lot of neat facts about their health. They also learned ways to keep good health in the future.

Profile
Highland, Ill., kid's response to Sept. 11 tragedy
When the events of last September 11 happened, 12-year-old Miles Toenyes knew he wanted to do something to help. His streetside lemonade stand brought in $400 in Red Cross relief funds in just one day.