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The whole world relies on water to survive. Not one living organism can live without it. Have you ever wondered where the water you drink, bathe or swim in comes from? Many people get their water from a local watershed. • A watershed is a piece of land that all water must flow through before it reaches a body of water. A watershed guides all water from the surrounding land into a larger body of water, like a lake, river or ocean. Watersheds are everywhere! • Most of the water in a watershed is brought there by gravity. Water rushes downhill into a watershed from places of higher elevation. When it snows or rains, the precipitation runs off into little streams and creeks or is absorbed by the ground. This water steadily makes its way back into larger bodies of water before the whole cycle begins again. • Watersheds vary in size. Some watersheds span hundreds or thousands or even millions of miles. The world’s largest watershed is the basin of the Amazon River, which spans over 2 million square miles. • The largest watershed in America is the Mississippi River watershed. Can you believe that the Mississippi River drains over half of our country’s water and the waters that feed into it? That’s over a million square miles of land in the United States and parts of Canada! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_basin/ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/watershed.html https://study.com/academy/lesson/watershed-lesson-for-kids-definition-facts.html/ https://www.americangeosciences.org/education/k5geosource/content/water/where-does-our-water-come-from 4 KIDSVILLE NEWS www.kidsvillenews.com/HARNETT FEBRUARY 2020

The Amazon River Feb.3,1870The15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing the right of citizens to vote, regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude. Feb. 4, 1902 Aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) was born in Detroit, Michigan. He made The Amazon River, located in South America, is other animals, like turtles, crabs and dolphins, the first nonstop solo flight one of the largest rivers in the world. Running nearly 4,000 miles through Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, live here, too. Even bull sharks have been found from New York to Paris, Venezuela, Columbia, Guyana and Bolivia, the in the waters of the Amazon. France, May 20-21, 1927. Feb. 8, 1910 The Boy Scouts • Over 5,000 species of fish live in the river, of America was founded Amazon River supports an abundance of wildlife including piranhas. Piranhas are carnivores by William Boyce in and is the world’s largest watershed. A watershed, and often take down their prey by attacking in Washington, D.C., modeled which can also be called a drainage basin, is the groups. And they don’t just eat other fish; they after the British Boy Scouts. land that is drained by a river and the creeks and also attack land-dwelling creatures that wade Feb. 14 Celebrated as (Saint) Valentine’s Day streams that feed into it. The Amazon River basin into the water. around the world, now accounts for about one-fifth of the world’s total • There is only one bridge that crosses the one of the most widely water flow. Amazon River, and it is not across the river observed unofficial holidays • The Amazon River has existed for over 10 million proper. A two-mile-long bridge was recently in which greeting cards and gifts are exchanged. years. built across the Rio Negro, the Amazon’s largest Feb. 17 Celebrated • The Amazon River supports the biggest tributary. The bridge connects the cities of as President’s Day in rainforest in the world ― the Amazon Manaus and Iranduba in Brazil. recognition of the February Rainforest. • The river basin faces about 90 inches of rainfall birthdays of George • This amazing river is also home to one of the Washington (1732-1799), each year, and the river itself feeds about 20% of the first U.S. president, world’s largest snakes: the anaconda. Lots of the earth’s fresh water into the ocean. and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the 16th U.S. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/amazonriver.html president. https://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/whats-a-river-basin-whats-a-watershed/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090707155827.htm • http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-amazon-river/ https://www.rainforestcruises.com/jungle-blog/amazon-river-bull-shark-facts • https://www.projectamazonas.org/amazon-facts Swamps may seem • Swamps are forested wetlands that begin as and snails, while birds in this ecosystem icky with their soggy small, shallow bodies of water. As water levels include Canadian geese and cranes. get lower, plants begin to grow. Eventually, • Most large animals that live in swamps, like soils and standing the wetland becomes a swamp. crocodiles and alligators, feed on fish and Both land and water create swamps, so they other small creatures that live in the waters. water, but they’re There’s never a shortage of creepy crawlers crucial ecosystems • are considered transition zones. • in swamps! Many species of insects thrive for many creatures. Swamps around the wetlands, such as bothersome mosquitoes and beautiful dragonflies, are found all over the world • Different types of trees and plants grow in which begin their lives underwater. Insect populations are kept under control by the along rivers, lakes and swamps. Conifer swamps grow cedar, spruce frogs found in swamps, which love to feast on them. coastlines. While swampland and pine trees. Hardwood swamps contain Many swamplands are put at risk by humans who sometimes drain and fill swamps for isn’t easy for humans to birch, oak and maple trees. Cypress trees fill things like farming and city development. use, a variety of creatures cypress swamps. thrive there. Amphibians, • Mammals that live in swamps may include reptiles, fish and more make deer, beavers and otters. Turtles, snakes and their homes in and around salamanders, examples of amphibians and • swampy waters. reptiles, live in swamps, too. Invertebrates you may discover in the swamp habitat are shrimp https://nhpbs.org/wild/swamp.asp https://a-z-animals.com/reference/swamps-and-wetland/ https://sciencing.com/wetland-plants-wildlife-8254793.html FEBRUARY 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/harnett KIDSVILLE NEWS 5

What is Radar, and How Does it Work? Have you ever watched the happens. There is a large dish resembling fast rain and ice particles are moving, which news on TV and seen the a super-sized satellite dish, inside the means the radar can also give clues to how meteorologist talk about and dome. This dish sits on a special piece of fast the wind in a storm is blowing the rain/ show radar on the screen? equipment called a pedestal that spins the ice particles. Rain/ice particles in one spot They usually say that radar dish around constantly inside the dome. moving fast in opposite directions show tells us where the rain is and how fast it is up on radar as red and green color close moving. That is true, but radar is also an So, what is the radar dish doing while it is to each other. This display can be a clue important scientific tool that does much spinning? It is sending out small pulses of telling meteorologists if a tornado might be more than that. energy that can detect water droplets and forming, which helps them issue a tornado ice crystals. Water and ice both “bounce” warning. That is a very helpful clue. Let’s start with what a weather radar the energy back toward the radar. The looks like. If you have ever visited a National radar “listens” for the pulses of energy to So can radar detect anything other than Weather Service office, you may have seen return to it. It spends more than 99% of its rain, snow and ice? The answer is yes! a weather radar. It looks like a very large, time listening for the energy-returning! Under certain circumstances, when the gray soccer ball mounted on a tall stand The strength of the energy returning to the radar is in a sensitive mode, it can sense with lots of ladders going up to it. The large radar helps indicate how far away the rain things like large groups of bugs, birds and round gray part that you can see is called or snow is, what shape the particle is and bats. They show up on radar as little ring the radome, and it doesn’t do anything how fast the particle is moving. It is a lot like shapes. Radar can detect a lot. other than protect the parts of the radar how a bat uses echolocation to find bugs that are inside it. The dome is heated to to eat. Radar is one of the most important tools melt any snow or ice that falls on it in the meteorologists use to predict rain, snow winter, and it is also “hydrophobic” ― it Meteorologists in the National Weather and storms, and it helps with issuing severe repels water droplets. That feature is Service must go to special classes to learn thunderstorm and tornado warnings that important for the radar to work properly. all about radar, how to find storms and keep people safe. On top of that, it’s a cool how to issue severe thunderstorm and piece of science equipment! Inside the dome is where the real magic tornado warnings. The radar can “see” how P&arDenritvsers Kids, be aware! Always look before crossing. This message brought to you by The Adam Kempf Memorial Fund, Inc. 6 KIDSVILLE NEWS www.kidsvillenews.com/HARNETT FEBRUARY 2020

?? ? ? ?? ? ?? ? ?? ?? What’s it Like to Be? ? ? ? ? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? GEORGE MATTHIS Please tell our readers a little What is your favorite thing about yourself, including about your job? your name and occupation. I enjoy seeing the smiles of those My name is George Matthis, who have just learned something and I am the president of the about the environment or have River Guardian Foundation. The done something like pick up River Guardian Foundation trash along a creek or lake to help is a nonprofit environmental protect our environment. I also advocacy organization enjoy witnessing a new volunteer established in May 2013 as a enthusiastically tell a friend result of concerns related to why it’s so important to help the need for increased public our planet. In those instances, I support and education about know its “mission accomplished,” water quality issues. A river giving me a guarantee that there guardian is an individual who will be the next generation of cares about our streams, rivers environmental stewards. and lakes in North Carolina and teaches others the importance What is the most challenging of protecting water ― for other thing about the work you do? people, wildlife and plants. The biggest challenge is When did you decide to educating those that don’t see become a river guardian? the importance of protecting the environment. Sometimes I became interested in water individuals don’t understand how — or for that matter, all plants reducing waste, limiting the use and animals — as a teenager as of fertilizer or picking up their a result of a science teacher’s trash can make a difference. Sadly, passion for working with many elected officials seem her students and helping us to believe it is too costly to understand why it is important implement environmental to protect and respect all life on regulations and that doing our planet. so would impede economic growth, when in fact, it costs less What kind of education or to protect waterways than to training is needed for your clean up waterways dirtied from field of work? pollution. Protection is vital. Most people who work in What do you wish everyone this kind of job will have a knew about guarding and bachelor’s degree in one of protecting our waterways? the biological sciences, but a degree is not necessary to work It doesn’t take highly trained with other people to protect people or large amounts of money the environment. A passion for to protect our waterways. Anyone learning and for caring for this with a desire to help can make a planet, and the willingness to difference. Just telling someone get a little muddy are all great else how important our waterways substitutes for a formal degree. are to life on this planet can go a Education opens more doors. long way toward helping. FEBRUARY 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/harnett KIDSVILLE NEWS 7

The average American incorporates catch into the water, a system known as • Some of the best spots in the world about 15 pounds of fish into his or her “catch and release.” to fish are on the American East Coast. diet each year, and someone must fish • Angling is a way of fishing that Florida, which boasts a variety of fish to get that amount of seafood plated. It isn’t involves catching a fish on a fishhook and warm weather year-round, has just professional fishermen out fishing in with a line. Known as anglers, these been dubbed the “Fishing Capital of boats and on the shore; many people, young fishers use a rod and reel or a fishing the World.” North Carolina boasts great and old, consider fishing a hobby. Whether pole. fishing, especially in the Outer Banks. the fish caught is eaten or not, fishing is a • Fly fishing is another common way • Fishing requires supplies. A tackle fun activity enjoyed by many. to fish. Fly fishers use lures called “flies” box can hold items such as fishing line that resemble small prey. and hooks, as well as sinkers that help • People either fish commercially or for • The kind of fish caught depends on sink the line into the water and bobbers sport. People who fish commercially are location. A lake fisher may catch bass that help the fisherman see when a fish the people who get paid to catch fish for or bream, while an ocean fisher usually is biting. Lures attract fish to the line. restaurants and grocery suppliers. Sports catches something bigger, like mackerel. fishermen usually return what they https://www.wideopenspaces.com/10-ways-catch-fish/ https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/10-things-every-mans-fishing-tackle-box-needs/ https://www.markelinsurance.com/resources/small-boat/best-fishing-locations https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/things-to-do/florida-fishing/why-florida-is-the-fishing-capital-of-the-world.html https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/10/31/499780982/hey-looks-like-americans-are-finally-eating-more-fish Send It! Who’s Your Hey Kids! Send me your original FAVORITE Teacher? artwork, letters, poems and stories! I love hearing from you! We may print them in a later issue or use them on our cool website. www.kidsvillenews.com/harnett Nominate your favorite teacher in Harnett County for the Kidsville Just have your parents fill out this form and News Teacher Feature! Write us send it with your work to: SenUINdNHCiLneIONlyLpEOofDuRurlPaHdAnriPdnaEtwOR: Ni!ngs a paragraph about why your teacher is the best and send it in. You and your teacher could P44.OW. eBstooxver1C4t.1S1anford NC 27332 win a great prize! Include your e-mail to receive our e-edition! Leimllainilg: ktoidnsv,[email protected] My favorite teacher is: ___________________________________ Name____________________________ Age___________ Name of School: ________________________________________ Address_________________________________________ My name is: ____________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Parent’s signature: _______________________________________ City_____________________ State______ Zip_________ Email/phone: ___________________________________________ Where did you get your copy of Kidsville News!? Please include your “why” paragraph on a separate sheet of _________________________________________________ Your Signature (This is my own work) paper. E-mail to [email protected] or mail your entry to: _________________________________________________ Parent or Guardian Signature (Permission) Kidsville News Teacher Feature _________________________________________________ 44 Westover Court, Sanford NC 27332 Include your email address if you would like to receive a “FREE” online subscription of Kidsville News!. Beautiful locally-grown flowers & unique gifts for _________________________________________________ every occasion! Call us at 919-499-0660 www.divinedesignsbynancy.com 8 KIDSVILLE NEWS www.kidsvillenews.com/HARNETT FEBRUARY 2020

Hundreds of years ago, settlers French settlers who built their lives in this festival in the French Quarter of flocked from France to the New Orleans. New Orleans, a Cajun Mardi Gras is a bit Canadian Maritime Provinces and • Cajun food is extremely popular simpler with one interesting tradition: named their new land “Acadia.” in Louisiana and across America. a chicken chase! This unique custom Soon after the Acadians settled, the Cajuns drew inspiration from Creole began in the Middle Ages when French British conquered Canada and forced the and Native American dishes while commoners would dress in costumes Acadians out of their land. Some of these developing their cuisine. Popular begging for food and other handouts. Acadians moved to the American South to elements of Cajun food include rice, Today, Cajun Mardi Gras-goers dress Louisiana, where they became known as corn, onions and okra and feature up and ride from door to door on Cajuns over time. Louisiana, and especially meats like shrimp, crawfish and even horseback, begging for ingredients to New Orleans, is famous for its unique alligator. make gumbo, a spicy stew that often Cajun culture. • Cajuns have a special phrase that features chicken and sausage or other • Cajuns are often confused with Creoles. captures their lively spirit: “joie de meats. When riders arrive at a house, Unlike the Cajuns who were forced vivre,” which means “joy of living.” the homeowners throw a chicken that by the British to move to Louisiana, • Mardi Gras is a well-known celebration the riders must try to catch! Creoles are descendants of early in this region. Unlike the grandeur of http://www.experienceneworleans.com/cajun.html https://www.liveabout.com/cajun-mardi-gras-celebrations-3552998 https://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/NewOrleansLA/articles/CajunCulture.cfm L ouisiana is • Louisiana’s seafood industry produces nearly • There are more than 2,000 species of shrimp famous for • two and a half billion dollars each year. living in the oceans. many things, • The state of Louisiana is the second-largest from being supplier of seafood in America. • Po’boys sandwiches are a New Orleans the birthplace of jazz • Louisiana is well-known for the crawfish that tradition that locals say began in the 1920s to its colorful Mardi live in its waters, but crawfish aren’t fish at when streetcar drivers went on strike. Two Gras celebrations, • all. Crawfish are small crustaceans that look brothers, Clovis and Benjamin Martin, created but the state’s food • like lobsters. Almost all crawfish harvested in a sandwich made of roast beef leftovers and scene may be its America come from Louisiana. gravy on French bread to give to unemployed biggest claim to More than 80% of the blue crab Americans “poor boys.” It wasn’t long before the sandwich fame. Louisiana eat is caught in Louisiana. Louisianans love to was nicknamed the “po’boy.” Today, you can offers a wide array eat soft-shell crab and toss crab into gumbo, a order a variety of po’boys, from roast beef to of cuisine, but its popular spicy rice dish. smoked sausage, but shrimp po’boys are the coastal location Many seafood dishes all over the country most popular in Louisiana. makes it the perfect contain shrimp. Shrimp is a healthy protein place to catch with a mild flavor. • Shrimp, lobsters, crabs and crawfish are all fresh seafood. Americans eat a lot of shrimp every year — related to cockroaches. They all are members more than 5 billion pounds of it! of the Arthropoda phylum, a group of creatures that are characterized by their exoskeletons and segmented bodies. https://www.louisianaseafood.com/industry https://www.britannica.com/animal/arthropod https://www.frenchquarter.com/new-orleans-po-boy-tradition/ https://southfloridareporter.com/americans-consume-one-billion-pounds-of-shrimp-annually/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-crawfish-are-louisianas-culinary-gift-nation-180951261/ FEBRUARY 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/harnett KIDSVILLE NEWS 9



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MATHTIME How many 2’s must be Hanson collects eggs on his grandfather’s farm. His multiplied together for the grandfather pays him two cents for each egg. His grandfather gives him $1.32. In your head, how many product to be a number eggs has Hanson collected? between 100 and 200? Eggs Answer (7) Since 2x2x2x2x2x2x2 = 128; six woud not be enough and eight would be too many. 66 eggs. Students will need to count by 2’s or divide to see how many times $.02 will go into $1.32. FEBRUARY 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/harnett KIDSVILLE NEWS 13

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The players will have to explore parts Johnson, Kevin Hart and Karen unknown, from the salty deserts to the Gillan effectively play this change. snowy mountains, to win the world’s Awkwafina is an avatar making a most dangerous game. debut, standing out on the roster as having a hilarious, fast mouth. All of the original returning cast is Jake Kasan directs the show great, and there is again, and this time the direction a longer setup that is even better due to stylistic allows for further choices and pacing. “Jumanji: The characterization. Alex Next Level” captures the essence Wolff and Morgan of a video game. As a viewer, Turner, as Spencer every sequence has the feel of a and Martha, continue game level; the special effects are their budding Arjun N., KIDS FIRST! equally impressive, especially in Film Critic, age 17 romance as Spencer struggles to manage the bridge chase scene inspired https://youtu.be/vWUbkRzDnv0 long-distance dating. by the likes of “Indiana Jones “Jumanji: The Next Madison Iseman and the Temple of Doom.” The Level” keeps things playable, and Ser’Darius Blain, as Bethany monkeys in this scene add a pure perhaps surpassing the first and Fridge, show their maturity and adrenaline rush. This is my favorite “Jumanji” movie. The cast and direction add newfound levels growth since the first movie, especially scene in the movie. of entertainment. Anyone interested in the “Jumanji” Bethany who is more inclusive and The message of this film is about franchise must catch this on less cliquey than previously. Danny teamwork, as the gang is willing the biggest screen possible. DeVito and Danny Glover, as Eddie to sacrifice themselves to rescue and Milo, add heart and dynamic as Spencer and leave no one behind. The game has changed as their grouchy and forgetful antics are the gang returns to Jumanji to rescue one of their own. always a good laugh. The roster of I give this film 4 out of 5 stars and characters returns in this sequel, but recommend it for ages 8 to 18 due not everyone is in the same avatar they to action, suggestive content and Photos © TriStar Pictures were last time. Jack Black, Dwayne some language. Be A WE NEED Sponsor Kidsville News! Hey Kids, send us your best artwork! We love to hear from our readers. Use the CHuamrbneertlta&ndLCeeoCunot. y “Send It” form and mail it in, or scan and Now only a click away at www.kidsvillenews.com email to [email protected]. For more information, call 910-458541-62280803. FEBRUARY 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/harnett KIDSVILLE NEWS 15

Explore a This article is distributed by NASA Night Sky Network. delicious take The Night Sky Network program supports astronomy clubs across the USA dedicated to astronomy outreach. Visit nightsky.jpl.nasa.org to find local clubs, events and more! on pizza Pizza comes in many styles. From thin crust to New York-style pizza or the deep-dish synonymous with Chicago, pizza can be enjoyed in various ways. Piadina, a close cousin to traditional pizza, is made from unleavened dough. The dough is grilled for a few minutes and then filled with ingredients and enjoyed as a flatbread sandwich. This version of Piadina Neapolitan from Craig W. Priebe and Dianne Jacob’s Grilled Pizzas & Piadinas, incorporates traditional pizza flavors into a piadina form. Serves 2 Credit: NASA, ESA and AURA/Caltech Caption: Locate Orion rising in the east after sunset to find the Orion Nebula in the “Sword,” below the famous “Belt” of three bright stars. Then, look above Orion to find both the Hyades and the Pleiades. Binoculars will bring out lots of extra stars and details in all three objects, but you can even spot them with your unaided eye! Step 1: Make the Step 2: Assemble Orion is the last of a trio of around the neighborhood Tomato Basil striking star patterns to rise with friends and wearing their Piadina Dough the Piadina during the late fall and early clothes but remaining close to winter months, preceded by home ― for now. Astronomers 1 ½ cups unbleached flour Nepolitans the diminutive Pleiades and have studied this trio to learn 1/4 cup, plus 2 tablespoons water larger Hyades in Taurus. All more about stellar evolution. 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 Tomato Piadina rounds three were easily spotted rising plus 1 teaspoon for oiling the dough 4 slices fresh mozzarella in the east in early January Figuring the exact distance 1 teaspoon salt 6 large basil leaves evenings and are textbook of the Pleiades from Earth 3-ounces tomato paste 4 slices tomato examples of stars in different is an interesting problem in 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves kosher salt and freshly ground stages of development. astrometry, the study of the black pepper exact positions of stars in Measure the flour into a large 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil As discussed in last month’s space. Knowing their exact bowl and make a well in the notes, the famous Orion distance away is a necessary center. Pour the salt, olive oil, Heat a cast-iron skillet or griddle Nebula, M42, found in Orion’s step in determining many water and other ingredients until it is extremely hot. Lay the “Sword” is a celestial nursery other facts about the Pleiades. into the well. Mix thoroughly, dough rounds on the hot surface. full of newly born “baby The European Space Agency’s stirring with a strong spoon. Cook for about one minute or until stars” and still-incubating Hipparcos satellite determined The finished dough should form bubbles form on the surface. Lift “protostars,” surrounded by their distance to be about a ball, unless it is too wet or the piadina with tongs to check the gas from which they were 392 light-years away, around sticky. If so, add tiny amounts doneness. Turn the piadina over born. Next to Orion, we find 43 light-years closer than of flour until the dough comes and cook for another minute, until the Hyades, in Taurus, with previous estimates. However, off the sides cleanly and forms the bottom is light brown. Place their distinctive “V” shape. The subsequent measurements by a ball. each piadina on a plate. Lay two Hyades are young but mature NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope slices of mozzarella on one side of stars, hundreds of millions of indicated 440 light-years, Lightly flour a clean, dry each piadina. Add three basil leaves years old and widely dispersed. much closer to pre-Hipparcos countertop. Place the ball of and two slices of tomato. Season Imagine them as “young adult” estimates. Then, using a dough on the counter and press with salt and pepper, then fold in stars venturing out from their powerful technique called Very down with the palm of your half. Brush the top of each piadina hometown into their new Long Baseline Interferometry, hand. Fold the dough over itself crust with olive oil. galactic apartments. Bright which combines the power of and press again. Continue to roll orange Aldebaran stands radio telescopes from around and press the dough for about Return the piadinas to the skillet out in this group but is not a the world, the distance of eight minutes. The dough will or griddle over medium-high heat. member; it just happens to be the Pleiades was calculated change and soften and become Place each piadina in the pan, oiled in between the Hyades and to 443 light-years. The ESA’s more elastic. Lightly oil the ball side down. Brush the top halves us. Traveling from Orion to the Gaia satellite, a successor to of dough with olive oil. Wrap it with olive oil. Hyades, we then find the small, Hipparcos, recently released its in plastic, and let it rest about almost dipper-shaped Pleiades first two sets of data. This data, 30 minutes. Press down on the piadinas with star cluster, M45. These are which among other findings, a spatula while they cook, about “teenage stars,” younger than shows the distance close to Cut the dough into four two minutes. Turn the sandwich the Hyades, but older than the the values found by Hubble equal pieces and roll them over. It should be golden and crisp newborn stars of the Orion and VLBI, possibly settling into rounds about 8 inches in on the outside. Continue pressing Nebula. These bright young the long-running “Pleiades diameter. down, about two minutes more, stars are still relatively close Controversy” and helping firm until the cheese inside is melted. together but have dispersed up the foundation for follow-up 16 KIDSVILLE NEWS Remove from the heat and serve their birth cocoon of stellar studies about the nature of the immediately. gas, like teenagers venturing stars of the Pleiades. www.kidsvillenews.com/HARNETT FEBRUARY 2020

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In February, check out a book of poems and other reads set in different countries and in a backyard zoo! For full reviews and other great book suggestions, go to ReadKiddoRead.com! BEGINNER READS The Bill Martin Jr. Big Book of The Great Cake Mystery Poetry By Alexander McCall Smith mBi�ll M�art,(in�Jr, By Bill Martin Jr. Illustrated by Iain McIntosh For ages 4-8 For ages 7-10 PAGETURNERS A big, brash and beautiful volume Precious is a student at a school where stuffed with almost 200 poems for the everyone is happy - even the school eaPt u'f;/iadJei?, younger set. Poems are hand-selected cat - until special treats start by Bill Martin Jr., beloved writer of disappearing. Someone at school is a CHOMP classic picture books like \"Chicka Chicka thief. When her classmates accuse Boom Boom\" and \"Brown Bear, Brown another student without sufficient proof, Bear, What Do You See?\" Most of the Precious befriends the accused boy and big names in children's poetry are here: wants to prove him innocent, using an Robert Louis Stevenson, Margaret Wise ingenious invention. Brown and the oldest old-timer of all, Mother Goose. The Invention of Hugo Cabret By Brian Selznic Chomp For ages 9 and up By Carl Hiaasen For ages 10 and up Hugo is a not an average 12-year-old boy in Paris - he secretly winds all 27 clocks in the Meet the Cray family of Florida: Wahoo train station each day, lives alone in the Cray's dad, Mickey, is a professional walls of the train station and no longer animal wrangler, and the family's attends school. But when his priceless backyard is a pretty wild place. It's a notebook, filled with sketches of an real zoo! An action-packed tale, plenty automaton - a mechanical man built out of of hilarious situations and well-drawn, clockworks - is taken from him, there might realistic characters add up to make this be a problem. Your children who think they one wild adventure that kids and adults can't read a long book will be inspired to try alike won't want to miss! this one, as fully half of the story is told in pictures. ADVANCED READS Esperanza Rising By Pam Munoz Ryan The Graveyard Book For ages 10 and up By Neil Gaiman For ages 12 and up Born into a prosperous ranching family in Mexico, Esperanza lives a life of privilege Newly orphaned Nobody Owens, \"Bod\" and plenty with her parents and her for short, is adopted by 250-year-old grandmother, Abuelita, until the eve of her ghosts and is given freedom of the 14th birthday in 1930. Based on the life of graveyard. In the graveyard, Bod learns the author's grandmother, this moving important lessons about fading, sliding novel deals with the overwhelming and dreamwalking and encounters hardships faced by Mexican migrant workers shadowy murky characters like the during the Great Depression, including a tattooed Indigo Man, the Sleer and a trio disastrous strike, deportation, Valley Fever of raggedy ghouls. and discrimination, but also the love and pride that helps them survive. 18 KIDSVILLE NEWS Kidsville News, Truman and James Patterson's READKIDDOREAD.COM are pleased to PARENTOWN partner on this page to help you discover books that the kids you love are sure to love. FEBRUARY 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/HARNETT

How parents Dental hygiene is an important teeth without incident by offering praise can get kids component of a healthy lifestyle, but it’s or allowing them to pick a bedtime book excited about when brushing at night. an element kids rarely embrace with open brushing arms. Parents know that getting children, PUT FAVORITE KIDS’ CHARACTERS TO their teeth especially young children, to brush their WORK. The ADA notes that many popular teeth is not always easy. In recognition children’s television shows and books have of that, the American Dental Association stories about brushing teeth. Watch these suggests the following strategies to make stories with your children, then reference brushing teeth something children will the stories and characters if children are look forward to. reluctant to brush their teeth. Parents also can find toothbrushes and toothpaste MAKE IT FUN. Brushing teeth may not that feature kids’ favorite characters to get be considered a fun activity, but who’s to youngsters more excited to brush. say it can’t benefit from a little levity? The ADA recommends turning tooth brushing BECOME A STORYTELLER. Parents also sessions into dance parties and sing-alongs. can make up their own stories, explaining Youngsters might be so busy cutting a to children how they can be superheroes rug or listening to mom and dad belt out a who brush away the bad guys that cause few hits that they don’t even realize they’re cavities. cleaning their teeth at the same time. If singing and dancing aren’t cutting it, BRUSH ALONGSIDE YOUR CHILDREN. then incorporate another fun activity, like Kids love to mimic their parents, so moms reading a child his or her favorite story, into and dads can brush alongside their daily brushing sessions. The ADA advises youngsters in the hopes they’ll follow suit. adults and children to brush their teeth for two minutes twice a day, so activities need Many children may never jump at the not be too advanced. But a fun activity that chance to brush their teeth. But parents allows children to do something other than can employ a few savvy strategies to brush their teeth can be a great way to help make daily brushing sessions more fun for them meet the two minutes, two times youngsters. guideline. REWARD GOOD BEHAVIOR. Parents can reward youngsters who brush their Tips for finding the right athletic footwear for children When buying athletic footwear for movements during competitions. themselves, many men and women Football and lacrosse games are know precisely what to look for in terms sometimes played in the rain, so players of style and fit. But parents recognize should wear cleats that provide ample that buying athletic footwear for their traction on wet and dry fields. children is different. Children may prioritize style over fit, preferring a shoe Soccer The right soccer cleats can worn by their favorite professional athlete reduce the risk for ankle sprains, turf toe instead of the sneaker that provides the and ingrown toenails, which are common most support. foot injuries suffered by soccer players. Soccer cleats should not have more than The American Podiatric Medical a half-inch of space between the big toe Association notes that the right athletic and the end of the shoe. Soccer cleats footwear can prevent pain and injury, feature different stud types, such as soft, and that what constitutes the right hard or firm, and parents should look for athletic footwear depends on the sport a the stud type that matches the type of youngster will be playing. turf their children play on most often. Basketball Young basketball players Running Shock absorption is should wear sneakers that have thick, important when choosing running stiff soles, which provide support while shoes. Maximum shock absorption can running and landing after jumping. help prevent common injuries suffered Sneakers with high ankle construction by runners, such as shin splints. Arch can support ankles during the quick type is important as well, so parents direction changes common in basketball. should consult a podiatrist to help them determine which type of arch, whether Football and lacrosse Football and high, medium or low, their child has and lacrosse players benefit from cleats that then look for an appropriate match. offer significant high-ankle support. The APMA notes that such shoes are The right athletic footwear can help especially helpful for linemen and children avoid injury and stay on the other players who make lots of sideway field, track or pitch. FEBRUARY 2020 www.kidsvillenews.com/harnett KIDSVILLE NEWS 19

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