Summer
is a good time for reading
Each month, Young Saint Louis.com has reviews of four
popular kids books. Together with reviews in the five years
of past YSL.com editions in our Past
Stories archives, that's information on over 300 books
you might like to read. Also, your branch libraries have special
summer reading programs. Get involved for more summer fun.
Filmmakers
Showcase Kid's
WWII documentary in 2006 Filmmakers
Showcase Fourteen-year-old
Max Sommers' WWII documentary has been
selected for showing at the 2006 St.
Louis Filmmakers Showcase this month.
In addition, three short films from
St. Margaret of Scotland school kids
also will be shown.
St.
Margaret of Scotland kids enter 3 films
Kid filmmakers from
St. Margaret of Scotland School are
back in the 2006 St. Louis Filmmakers
Showcase festival. Three short films
have been selected for the festival
that runs July 23-26.
NBA
player's camp NBA
player's clinic attracts 100 kids Kids didn't have too
much trouble locating the host of the Loren
Woods basketball clinic last month. He was the
7-footer towering above the 100 kids on the
Cardinal Ritter basketball court.
Wetland
mentoring Mascoutah
kids mentor younger kids on wetlands
In May, Mascoutah (Ill.) High School's
Science Club members got to explain the science
of Forest Park wetlands to 60 elementary school
kids. But, first the high schoolers had to
learn some of those lessons themselves.
Books
This
month's book reviews
July book reviews include ones about terror
in a cave, a mystery involving stolen books,
how much fun penguins can be, and a serious
account of a soldier's experiences in the
Civil War
KMOX
fishing day Kids
have fun at Family Fishing Day Amber
and John Pyeatt came all the way from Bonne
Terre to attend the first KMOX Family Fishing
Day at Suson Park. They didn't win any prizes
but the day was sunny and most of the kids had
fun.
Kids'
Gardening Gardening
kids harvest vegetables, bake pizzas Kids in the Hudson School
Garden Club do more than plant seeds and harvest
crops. They also learn how seeds work and train
plants to grow in unusual topiary shapes.
Bikeworks Kids
learn about bicycles, can earn one Twelve-year-old Walter Burke broke
the first bike he earned from BikeWorks. But,
he's working there to earn a second-more sturdy-one.
Young
Achievers Intisar
Faulkner's coming trip to Africa
Sixth-grader Intisar Faulkner will be in Las
Vegas this month to participate in a national
dance competition. But, next year, she'll
be on her first overseas trip to Africa.
1.
Missouri's first constitution; state insect
is honey bee
Mighty
Mud Mania, Festival of Nations in July, "Mad
Science" Historic Village, Bike Rides and
much more 
Kid's
WWII documentary in 2006 Filmmakers
Showcase 
NBA
player's clinic attracts 100 kids
Mascoutah
kids mentor younger kids on wetlands
This
month's book reviews
Kids
have fun at Family Fishing Day
Gardening
kids harvest vegetables, bake pizzas
Kids
learn about bicycles, can earn one
Intisar
Faulkner's coming trip to Africa