Read
any good books lately?
With the end of 2009 coming fast, this is a good time to evaluate
your reading choices and maybe try some new ones. Young
Saint Louis.com reviewer has picked his "Top 10 Books
of 2009" from among books he's reviewed this year. Why not
take a look and pick a couple to read during the holiday season.
YSL.com
Top 10 Books of 2009 How
About Some Suggestions for Books for
Holiday Gifts? This reviewer has picked
ten books from the 2009 reviews to suggest
to you as ones you might like to consider
asking for as holiday gifts.
Book
Reviews This
month's book reviews
Books reviewed for December include
(1) A present day Eskimo boy finds himself
while doing things the old way, (2)
a home-schooled boy finds eighth grade
in school a unique experience, (3) a
girl makes the adjustment from elementary
to middle school, and (4) a hard-nosed
girl finds being tough doesn't solve
everything
Earl
Austin's book Tells
about over-zealous sports parents Have
you heard about the parent who sent his 8-year-old
boy to 17 basketball camps--all in one summer?
Or the mom who spent thousands to create a
personalized bobble-head doll of her daughter
while she was still in high school?
Flood
wall mural Logos
School's giant mural depicts river life Seniors Abbie Driver and Gabi Ehrig said
they didn't know much about art before they
entered Logos School after running into behavioral
problems at other area schools.
Outdoor
newspaper Kids
publish newspaper on prairie experiences
First, there was a two-day visit to the Shaw
Nature Reserve. Then, a group of 10 third-graders
created a newspaper on what they learned about
Missouri's prairie lands.
H4K
essays Two
elementary kids pick their coaches as role
models Fifth-graders
Domineik Ousley and Reggie Murphy both selected
coaches of their after-school athletic teams
as their favorite role models who showed the
most community kindness.
Media
literacy Kids
learn to select accurate media messages Ten-year-old Mahad
Baig said he learned that not all information
on the internet is always true when he tried
to pull a loose tooth by himself.
Youth
deer hunt Youth
has double success during deer hunts Thirteen-year-old
Dirk Otterstein had double success during
the opening days of the 2009 Missouri deer
hunting season. He managed to bag a deer on
each of two different hunting outings.
Young
Achiever Preparing
for a career as a veterinarian Eleven-year-old
Hannah Braunseis of Waterloo, IL, plans to
be a large-animal veterinarian when she grows
up. She's using excellent grades in school
and 4-H projects at home to prepare for that
career.
Fun
with Math Figuring
prices on three make-believe planets Puzzle inventor
George Yu has come up with three unique
"Fun with Math" questions for December
that call for you to figure the logic
behind the pricing of things on three
imaginary planets.
Lots
of entrants figured out palindrome answers
Young
Saint Louis.com attracted some first-time
entries for the November "Fun with Math"
questions. And there were 16 individual
and one class-wide winners.
Feast
of Saint Nicholas and "Duel of Governors"
Lewis
and Clark re-enactment, Santa visits, etc. 
How
About Some Suggestions for Books for
Holiday Gifts?
This
month's book reviews
Tells
about over-zealous sports parents 
Logos
School's giant mural depicts river life 
Kids
publish newspaper on prairie experiences 
Two
elementary kids pick their coaches as role
models
Kids
learn to select accurate media messages 
Youth
has double success during deer hunts 
Preparing
for a career as a veterinarian 
Figuring
prices on three make-believe planets