Summer
fun with the outdoors and books
There's still some school days left but Young Saint Louis.com
turns the focus of this edition to both outdoor activities
and summer reading programs. In fact, there's hardly anything
that can be more fun that picking a good book and doing your
reading in the shade during warm spring or summer day or evening.
City
Library Summer
Reading Clubs at the City Library Saint Louis
city kids and teens have a variety of
choices when they join one of the reading
programs sponsored by the Saint Louis
City Library and its branches.
County
Library Summer
Reading Clubs at County libraries Summer reading
club programs for elementary, middle
and high school kids will run from June
1 through July 31 at the St. Louis County
Library headquarters and all of the
branches.
Jeopardy
youth Local
girl on TV on Jeopardy! Kids' Week Thirteen-year-old Molly Gier of Chesterfield
is one of 15 kids across the country who will
appear on a Jeopardy! Kids' Week broadcast this
summer.
Chess
team New
City School's chess club has very good year
One of every five students at St. Louis' New
City School takes part in its after-school chess
program. And the school's 6th and under team
is offering proof that the club is having a
very good year.
Book
Reviews This
month's book reviews
Books reviewed for March include (1) a boy,
proud of his skills as a thief, gets involved
in kingdom changing, (2) a ten-year-old girl
loses her hair to disease and comes to hate
school, (3) a kids' novel based on the script
from a popular Disney movie, and (4) a "colored"
girl from North Carolina is moved to Harlem
in the 1920's.
History
Day Didn't
win regionals, but on to nationals Thirteen-year-old
Matt Vallorani's History Day entry didn't even
get judged in the recent Region 5 competition.
But, he's going to the nationals after winning
a first in the junior website division in the
Missouri state contest.
Shakespeare
Kids
see how pros handle "Hamlet" roles Kids at Bryan
Hill Elementary School get an unusual opportunity
this month. They'll be able to check out how
professional actors handle roles they filled
last December in their school production of
Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
Recycling
Girl
Scouts get a lesson in how to play A group of West
County Girl Scouts last month went after school
to the Chesterfield Mall. But, they weren't
going to just hangout or shop.
Faust
Park profile Faust
Park is an entertainment "jewel" for family
fun Faust Park in
northwest St. Louis County reopened one of
its unusual attractions just in time for the
summer season. The historic St. Louis Carousel
is back in business, after a complete overhaul.
Fun
with Math How
much time for a variety of trips The "Fun
with Math" questions for May involve
people taking trips using various modes
of transportation. Then there's a crazy
bird tracking the travelers in one of
the puzzles.
Six
entrants got all April questions correct Six kids
got all of the answers for the April
"Fun with Math" puzzles correct as the
house painting questions didn't seem
to be too hard for the entrants.
"Calamity
Jane" and St. Louis' 1st amusement park
Lewis
& Clark Heritage Days, Cahokia Mounds Kids Day,
etc. 
Summer
Reading Clubs at the City Library
City
Library's Summer reading recommendations
Summer
Reading Clubs at County libraries
County
library's summer reading recommendations
2010
Gateway Young Achiever students named
Local
girl on TV on Jeopardy! Kids' Week
New
City School's chess club has very good year
This
month's book reviews
Didn't
win regionals, but on to nationals
Kids
see how pros handle "Hamlet" roles
Girl
Scouts get a lesson in how to play
Faust
Park is an entertainment "jewel" for family
fun 
How
much time for a variety of trips