YSL.com's
archives tell of summer fun
Two St. Louis authors have written articles for Young Saint
Louis.com based on their books about fun attractions for
local kids. You can look up those articles by using the Past
Stories icon on this home page. For author Julie Douglas'
suggestions, click on to July,
2003, edition. For author Ann Seebeck's suggestions,
click on May,
2001. You can also buy copies of their books at local
bookstores.
Summer
reading list Summer
reading suggestions from recent YSL
reviews Once again, it's
time to talk about summer reading, since
school homework assignments are behind
us for a while. A click on Past
Issues at the top of the page
gives you a chance to read reviews of
books for the past six years.
Youth
Ambassador Ferguson
teen goes bowling internationally You ordinarily wouldn't
expect bowling to lead to a chance for a kid
to compete internationally at age 14. But, that's
just what Kharia Hunter will be doing next month
in Amsterdam, Holland.
SportsWorks
Test
your athletic ability at SportsWorks
Do you think you can run like an Olympic
sprinter? Or, would you like to feel the G-forces
like a space astronaut? Or maybe pitch to
a major league baseball player?
CECH
Kids
"recycling fair" got very BIG Sixth-grade
kids at Lone Dell Elementary School in Arnold
wants to do a spring environmental project to
help their community. But, the plan they picked
turned out to be just about more success than
they could handle.
Stock
Market Game Kids
get stock market timing right One 7th grade team at
Washington Middle School finished second in
the state-wide spring Stock Market Game investing
competition. If the contest period had been
a little longer, they wouldn't have done nearly
as well.
Junior
Achievement Running
a business helps her education Rui Bao is aiming for a career in
international business. And she's getting a
head start while in high school, thanks to Junior
Achievement of Mississippi Valley, Inc.
Books
This
month's book reviews
June book reviews include books about an art
theft, puzzles, and coded messages; an unusual
cat that understands human speech and loves
classical music; the Underground Railroad
in the pre-Civil War era; and a girl forced
to deal with an avalanche and a dangerous
killer.
Practical
Science A
science lesson: Build machines to crack eggs
When 11-year-old Liz Koenig was in kindergarten
at St. Angela Merici School five years ago,
she watched 5th graders use homemade machines
to demonstrate "How Do You Crack An Egg?"
Young
Achiever Grace
Salerno likes doing things for others
Fourteen-year-old Grace Salerno of Ballwin
likes to stay busy. Usually she's doing something
to help someone else.
Math
Mania 2
winners in May Math Mania There were two winners in the
final Math Mania contest of
the 2005-06 school year. Emily Burghoff and
Claire Meyer of St. Louis got all six correct
answers for the May questions.
1.
Disaster, disease and more in Junes past
Sculpture
at the Zoo; Birthdays at Children's Garden,
Ben Franklin Exhibit, and more
Summer
reading suggestions from recent YSL
reviews 
Ferguson
teen goes bowling internationally
Test
your athletic ability at SportsWorks
Kids
"recycling fair" got very BIG
Kids
get stock market timing right
Running
a business helps her education
This
month's book reviews
A
science lesson: Build machines to crack eggs
Grace
Salerno likes doing things for others
2
winners in May Math Mania