Looking
for a good book? Young Saint Louis.com provides reviews of four popular
kids books every month. In addition, this month, we list the
20 books on the 2006-07 Mark Twain Award book list. If that
isn't enough, you can look at the Past
Stories archives and find four reviews for each of YSL.com's
past editions. Read a book today for fun and information.
Mark
Twain Books Kids'
double-duty promotes Mark Twain books Elementary students
Holly Sumner and Gus Pey did double-duty
while helping finalize the 2006-2007
Mark Twain Award book recommendations.
They not only made recommendations of
books but starred in a promotional video.
Earth
Day Fourth
graders work to clean Shady Creek
Kids at Rohan Woods School have been
in the environmental clean-up business for
less than a year. But, they've got big plans
for their section of Shady Creek in south
St. Louis County.
Additional
Earth Day, Stream Team info
If you are interested in learning more
about the 2006 Earth Day or about the Stream
Team program, here are some internet sites
Black
Rep Black
Rep actors work overtime Young
actors Jordan Ward, P.J. Palmer and Tre'von
Griffith worked overtime last month at Grandel
Theater. That's because the Black Rep's musical,
"Caroline, or Change," extended its run for
a 5th week.
Books This
month's book reviews
This month, book reviews include one about
modern day migrant farm workers, weird ghosts
in an old family home, mysterious boxes with
strange creatures in them, and a girl who
deals with her father's memory loss
ByteWorks Kids
complete lessons, get free computer When Romando Welch, Erica Cotton
and Robert Crawley complete their weekend computer
lessons, they'll get an unusual reward. Each
will receive their own free computer, monitor
and a yearlong Internet subscription.
CECH Normandy
kids study area's early history Thirteen-year-old Crystal Richie
admits she doesn't know much about the history
of her home area in north St. Louis County.
But, she and her Normandy Middle School classmates
are in the process of learning.
Read,
Right & Run Immigrant
kids in Read, Right & Run
Nine-year-old Joanna Jordan is very clear
why she likes the St. Louis Marathon's unique
Read, Right & Run program. The 4th grader
said, "The running helps me to lose weight."
Shakespeare
Crossroads
kids like their scenes in "Julius Caesar"
Drama students at Crossroads School are excited
about their scenes for the Metro Youth Shakespeare
performance of "Julius Caesar." One of their
scenes includes the killing of the Roman emperor.
Math
Mania 1.
March's Math Mania mixes numbers, letters To find the answers to the March
Math Mania problems, you'll need to figure
the relationships of simple numbers to the
first letters of words.
2.
Four kids got all February Math Mania
answers With the return of
the number puzzles as February's Math
Mania questions, the number of entries
increased. And, the number of kids who got
all the answers correct also increased.
1.
First women's bowling tournament, "Don't
Worry, Be Happy" and famous comic strip
writer 
Kids'
double-duty promotes Mark Twain books
Fourth
graders work to clean Shady Creek
Additional
Earth Day, Stream Team info
Black
Rep actors work overtime
This
month's book reviews
Kids
complete lessons, get free computer
Normandy
kids study area's early history
Immigrant
kids in Read, Right & Run
Crossroads
kids like their scenes in "Julius Caesar"
1.
March's Math Mania mixes numbers, letters