Reading,
writing and understanding Young Saint Louis.com this month puts an emphasis on
communication. One story tells of a special St. Louis Public
Library program. Another deals with a video-conference between
kids and a local author. Then, there's our four original book
reviews. A fourth story explains the importance of your understanding
all those media messages. Read and enjoy!!
Author's
video-conference Author
says book writing like cooking a meal Kids
author Amy Sklansky told a group of
St. Charles County elementary kids that
writing a book is a lot like cooking
a new food recipe.
Read
It Forward City
library urges kids to pass along gift book
The
St. Louis Public Library has picked an urban-life
"graphic novel" for its fall 2009 "Read It
Forward" book. The library will give out 250
hard-cover copies and then urge the kids to
pass them along so others can read it.
Book
Reviews This
month's book reviews
The books reviewed for November include (1)
a medieval girl who was a midwife's apprentice,
(2) a boy in a battle in the American Revolution,
(3) brothers growing up on a farm in northern
Minnesota, and (4) a boy who decides he doesn't
like being a bully
Kids'
football "Super
Bowl" weekend for these kids is this month
For 3,000 metro-area youth football players
in the St. Louis Junior Football League (JFL),
their "Super Bowl" weekend will be this month.
And there will be more than a dozen championships
decided on Nov. 20-22.
Media
literacy Is
that story you're reading accurate and true?
St. Louis area kids are bombarded with media
messages 24/7 these days. You can "Google" the
internet and have tons of information available
in seconds.
Shaw
Nature Kids
study the native prairies on overnight trip Eight-year-olds
Eliza Hurwitz and Maddie Goldberg and their
classmates last month got to study prairies
close up. Their overnight stay included sleeping
in a log cabin.
Young
Achiever Young
Achiever had lemonade stand for charity Fourteen-year-old
Jack Harris has had lots of success in school,
sports and extra-curricular activities. But,
setting up a lemonade stand was one of the
experiences he remembers most.
Fun
with Math First
you need to define "Palindrome" The first
order of business before entering the
"Fun with Math" contest for November
is to make sure you understand the term,
"Palindrome."
State's
role in debate about cross-country railroad
Many
holiday light displays start this month 
Author
says book writing like cooking a meal
City
library urges kids to pass along gift book
This
month's book reviews
"Super
Bowl" weekend for these kids is this month
Is
that story you're reading accurate and true?
Kids
study the native prairies on overnight trip
Young
Achiever had lemonade stand for charity 
First
you need to define "Palindrome"