Amazon.comTry using YSL.com at different times
Lots of kids open Young Saint Louis.com early in the month to check out the new stories. But, you can get more out of the site by coming back several more times in the same month. You read new stories one day, look up related stories in our Past Stories archives later and then read book reviews and do puzzles at other times. Explore the site often to get more information.
Summer Reading Clubs, Books

City Library
City kids get summer reading plans, suggestions
The St. Louis Public Library has a varied plan to help kids liven up their summer vacations and get more out of the city's headquarters library as well as the 13 neighborhood branches.

City library's recommended books for kids
Here's Ms. Kakuma-Depew's summer reading recommendations for kids.

County Library
Summer Reading at County Libraries
The summer reading clubs at St. Louis County libraries will run from June 1 through August 1. There are separate clubs for elementary kids and for teens, as well as a club for toddlers.

County library's summer reading recommendations
Here are the 2009 summer reading recommendations from Nicole Clawson, youth department manager for the St. Louis County Library

Young Achievers
2009 Gateway Young Achiever students announced
Seven metro-area elementary and middle school kids have been named 2009 Gateway Young Achievers.

Kids turkey hunt
Four area kids have extra special turkey hunt
The four St. Louis-area kids already liked to hunt. So what would make the invitation to hunt near Jefferson City so special?
Book Reviews
This month's book reviews

Books reviewed for the May issue include ones where (1) a boy learns how to cope with the frontier like a mountain man, (2) a classroom hamster has too much imagination for his own good, (3) a middle school math class becomes absorbed in a contest, and (4) a sixth grade class is on its own for a day without a teacher
Chess champion
Kid gets his chess lessons from Europe
Thirteen-year-old Isaiah Gadson has to take his twice-a-week chess lessons by computer over the Internet. That's because his teacher lives in Europe.
Horseshoeing
Kids find plenty of fun with horseshoes
Natalie Altis of Ballwin began tossing horseshoes with her dad when she was 5 years old. Now a high school sophomore, she's improved a lot and also has learned a lot about Missouri's strong horseshoeing heritage.
Teaching kids to save
Area kids learn to save, manage money
Kids attending a money management seminar last month were given an unusual "piggy bank" as a gift. This one had three money slots, not just one.
Egg decorating
Colored Easter eggs with an old-fashioned twist
Brothers Kanoa and Kalei Fujita of O'Fallon, MO, had colored Easter eggs before with packaged, store-bought dyes.
Walking School Bus
Fred Bird meets "walking school bus"
Fred Bird was on hand one Friday morning last month to greet Edgar Road School kids when they arrived for the start of the school day.

Math Mania
Math Mania's May Challenge is "Sum" fun
Ms. Math Mania has a tougher Math Mania puzzle for May. This one deals with understanding the "sum" system of numbers.

Lots of winners in April Math Mania
There was an upsurge in entries in the April Math Mania and a lot of you got all the answers correct. Twenty-two to be exact.


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