Kid Scoop News—December 2024

December 2024

Enjoy hands-on craft ideas for making Christmas snowmen as well as some holiday fun puzzles and games. CRAFTS HOLIDAYS

REINDEER For years, Finnish reindeer herders had problems with cars hitting their herds. Discover their ingenious solution to this problem. MAGNIFICENT MONEY MAZE Can you make your way through?

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Our reindeer page has a story about reindeer in Finland and how herders came up with a clever idea to alert drivers when they came too near their herds. Christmas puzzles are everywhere in these pages. Sit down with friends and family and see if you can figure them all out.

December is the month for giving and celebration.

See-Through Mouse .............. Poetry in Space ...................... Christmas Crafts .................... Reindeer ................................ Ostriches ............................... Puzzles .................................. Activity Calendar ................... Love Our Planet ..................... Tree Rings .............................. Sharing the Holidays ............. Money Maze .......................... Fit & Fun ................................ Parent Scoop ......................... Answers ................................ 3

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month’s Kid Scoop News? There is a lot of fun in store for you this month. Make a snowman decoration or learn to draw a reindeer. You can even find out the age of your Christmas tree. Is it older or younger than you? The kids on Holly Lane built these four snowmen. Can you figure out who made each of these snowmen? Kayla’s snowman is between Jordan’s snowman and Greg’s snowman. Sophie’s snowman is next to Jordan’s snowman. Greg’s snowman is not the largest.

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The entire Kid Scoop News team wishes you good health, happiness, and joy throughout the holiday season.

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Standards Link: Problem Solving: Use a variety of strategies, including logic, to solve problems.

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tanford University scientists in California have discovered that a common yellow food dye can make the skin of mice transparent . When they rubbed a special dye on the skin of the mice, researchers could see with the naked eye the organs, muscles, and blood vessels inside the mouse. As soon as they rinsed the

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What did these people do?

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dye from the skin with water, the see-through effect disappeared!

Why is this important?

This discovery could make it possible for doctors to one day see inside of humans without have to take x-rays or cut them open.

If the skin of fruits and vegetables was transparent, you could always choose the freshest, best-tasting ones. Can you identify each of these fruits and vegetables from the inside view? Beneath the Skin

APPLE BANANA CARROT KIWI LEMON ORANGE STRAWBERRY SQUASH TOMATO WATERMELON

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The engraving of Ada Limón’s poem on the spacecraft Europa Clipper .

What is a a poet laureate? Ada Limón: The poet laureate of the United States is someone who is appointed by the librarian of the Library of Congress, which is the largest library in the world. The poet laureate's job is to go around the country and talk about the power and importance of poetry. What does being a poet laureate mean to you? For me, it means really deeply connecting to people and talking about poetry. And hearing about how they feel about poetry. How do you come up with ideas for your poems? All my poems begin in silence. I must be very, very quiet. And then I start listening for the voice underneath the voice. The voice in your head that you hear when no one else is around. Often, your poems sound like a tiny story. Can you explain why? Stories are really important to me. I grew up with a lot of great storytellers. For me, a poem can also be a good story.

Why do some of your poems rhyme while others do not? Sometimes a poem needs a form. It needs a container. And the rhyme can be a container for it. And sometimes a poem doesn’t want a container. It wants to be wild and free and do whatever it wants to do. Without the container or structure of having to rhyme, you can do whatever you want. Do you write about places you’ve been? I do. I love writing about the places I’ve been. Partly because, for me, I love really focusing on nature. And so, wherever I am, I try to nd moments of nature that I can write about. Can poetry be powerful enough to change people in society? I think poetry can be powerful enough to change people in society. Partly it’s because we don’t always allow ourselves to feel. We’re not supposed to have feelings. Everyone just kind of numbs out, right? If someone asks you how you are, you’re supposed to say,“Fine.”A poem allows you to have feelings and expand your vocabulary for feelings.

magine having the chance to write words that would be sent into space. What would you write? NASA is sending a spacecraft to study one of Jupiter’s moons called Europa. Jupiter has more than 95 moons. This one is of interest to scientists because it is covered in ice, which may have an ocean under it. Because water is key to life as we know it, scientists are wondering if there could be life on Europa. NASA asked Ada Limón to write a poem for the mission to Europa. Limón is the poet laureate of the United States. Her poem “In Praise of Mystery” is engraved on the spacecraft called Europa Clipper . Kid Scoop News student reporter Isabel had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Ada Limón.

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Write a short poem about what it would be like to walk on the moon. How would you feel being so far away from home? Would it be fun? Be a Poet

I think if we tap into our emotions and allow ourselves to feel, we can be better people. We can be better to ourselves, better to each other and better stewards to the planet. Where and when do you like to write poems? I have a hard time writing at night. For me, I like to write in the morning and into the afternoon. I can’t do it with other people. I have to be alone, and I have to be quiet. I can’t even play music. Can you recommend some poems or poets for young readers to read? I think young readers would really like Mary Oliver’s You know, my mom is an artist, and she did all the covers to my books. Not the newest book, but all the other books. My stepdad is a writer, and my dad loves to play guitar, and so I grew up with a lot of creative family members. I think they all inspired me to follow my creativity and poetry. How long have you been the poet laureate? I became the poet laureate in July of 2022. I will serve until April 2025. Isabel, you had great questions, and you are a really good interviewer. You’ve got skills. poems. And also poems by Lucille Krippins. Who inspired you to write?

Ada Limón with Kid Scoop News Young Reporter Isabel.

Ada Limón (born March 28, 1976) is an American poet. On July 12, 2022, she was named the 24th poet laureate of the United States by the librarian of Congress. This made her the rst Latina to become the poet laureate of the United States.

“In Praise of Mystery” By Ada Limón Illustrated by Peter Sís “In Praise of Mystery” celebrates humankind’s endless curiosity and asks us what it means to explore beyond our known world.

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Yikes! This snowman needs to hop back to the large iceberg fast! Only the chunks of ice that add up to exactly 21 can keep him from sinking. Use your math skills to save him!

STUFF YOU’LL NEED:

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four buttons

cotton balls or berll

orange felt scrap

large plastic jar with lid

masking tape

white glue

pom-pom for hat

two twigs

Slip two buttons between the side of the jar and the lling for the snowman’s buttons.

Soak the jar in warm water to remove the label and glue gunk. Dry completely.

Stu the jar with cotton balls or berll.

Circle the two identical scarves.

Slip two buttons between the side of the jar and the lling for the snowman’s eyes.

Cut a triangle nose from the orange felt scrap and slide into place. Slip in the twig arms next.

Use masking tape to stick a pom-pom on the jar’s lid to make a ski hat.

“Crafts to make in the Winter” written by Kathy Ross. Text copyright ©1999 by Kathy Ross. Reprinted with the permission of Millbrook Press, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

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Look closely at the shapes that make this snowman. Complete the graph by coloring in one space for each shape you find.

Color half of these snowflakes green.

Color one third of these snowflakes red.

Color three quarters of these snowflakes purple.

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Fill one clean baby food jar with hot cocoa mix. Fill another one with mini marshmallows.

Paint the top lid black. Glue on a curled strip of black construction paper to form his top hat.

Put a large blob of hot glue on the lid of the lower jar to stick the jars together.

Wrap a construction paper scarf around the middle and hot glue it in place.

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Use permanent markers to draw a snowman face on the top jar and buttons on the bottom jar.

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Reindeer are herded in the state of Alaska and in eight countries. Unscramble them and then find them on a world map.

Hitting a reindeer is certainly bad for the animal. It also causes _____________ to cars and causes people to get hurt.

o you love to wear clothes that light up or glow?

These can keep you _______ when walking outside at night. This idea of

Herders tried putting reflective ________ and reflectors on the reindeer. But the animals were able to rip them off easily. Now they are trying another ___________. They paint the reindeer

safety for people is being tried out by reindeer _________ in Finland to help keep reindeer safe at __________. For years, Finnish reindeer herders have had a ____________ problem—cars hitting their roaming reindeer.

antlers with a dye that _____________ light. At night, a car’s headlights will reflect off the _______________, alerting the driver that a reindeer is in the road.

Find the two identical reindeer. Look very closely!

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Fur covers a reindeer’s body to keep it warm in its very cold habitat. They even have fur on the bottom of

their hooves, which keeps them from slipping on icy ground.

Help the reindeer nd the patch of grass.

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Eyes Ostrich eyes are the largest eyes of any land animal. They also have long eyelashes. Each eye is bigger than their brain.

hen you think of a bird, what do you usually picture? A small bird that flies? Most birds are just like that. But there is a bird in Africa that’s different. An ostrich can grow to be 9 feet tall (2.7 m) and can weigh 320 pounds (150 kg). Even though it is gigantic, it has small wings and does not fly.

Feathers Males have fluffy black feathers with white plumes on their wings and tail, while females are grayish brown. Legs

Do ostriches bury their heads in the sand? Hold this page up to a mirror for the answer!

Replace the missing words.

Ostriches may not be able to ____, but they can run! They can reach _________ of over 40 miles per hour (70km per hour). An ostrich holds out its small ________ when running. This helps them keep their ___________. And an ostrich’s legs are also good for

Toes Ostriches have two toes on each foot. And each toe has a long claw.

_________________ themselves from lions, hyenas, and other ______________.

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Ostriches lay the largest eggs in the world. Their eggs weigh about the same as two dozen chicken eggs. Ostriches lay their eggs in shallow pits they scratch into the dirt. Mother and father ostriches take turns lying on top of their eggs. The mother’s brown feathers camouflage the egg in the day. The father’s black feathers camouflage it at night. Baby ostriches are only about 10 inches (25cm) tall. They weigh about 2 pounds—less than 1kg. Ostrich Eggs

Circle every other letter to discover a surprising fact about ostriches.

Standards Link: Science: Students understand that animals have unique features for survival.

AFRICA BRAIN CLAW DIRT EGGS EYES FLY HIDE LIONS NIGHT

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Whoops! This chicken is sitting on an ostrich egg! Help her nd her way back to her own nest.

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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DECEMBER 2024

Decorate your Christmas tree today. Put lights on first and then add ornaments.

Bake a batch of cookies and share them with an elderly friend or neighbor.

In Northern Europe, gifts are left in children’s shoes on this day.

Imagine you were Rosa Parks, tired from a day’s work and being told to give up your seat on the bus. What would you do? Rosa Parks Day Make room for new toys by giving away some of your used ones to a shelter for needy children.

Do you like to get letters? Then spend a few minutes writing a letter to a friend. Letter Writing Day

Ask your friends to recommend a book that you haven’t read. Then go to your local library to get the book.

Look on your local newspaper’s website to find the season’s concerts and holiday activities.

Read a New Book Month

Tree Dressing Day

St. Nicholas Day

Christmas seals help raise awareness and raise money for research on lung diseases. Buy some Christmas seals today.

On this day in 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Make a drawing showing the event.

With an adult, make a cup of hot cocoa. Put a dollop of whipped cream on top and stir with a candy cane. National Cocoa Day

Find a Christmas movie and enjoy watching it with your family tonight.

The first Christmas card was created in 1843. Today would be a good day to write and then send your Christmas cards.

The South Pole was discovered on this day in 1911. Draw a picture of penguins at the pole. Celebrate the first day of winter by looking for all the symbols of winter around you.

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Help make pancakes for breakfast and enjoy some real maple syrup.

There are 10 days left until Christmas. Have you got presents for all your family? Create your own gift tags to go on each present.

Find a radio station playing holiday music. Dance or exercise to the rhythm.

Go for an evening walk downtown and admire the holiday lights and decorations.

Write a Winter Poem and make it into a card to give to a friend.

Read the story or watch the movie of A Christmas Carol. Who is your favorite character? Boxing Day is a national holiday in Britain, and historically, the servants had the day off. Give your parents the day off and make dinner tonight. Boxing Day

First Day of Winter

Maple Syrup Day

Spend some time today playing cards with friends or family members. Card Playing Day

Write thank you notes to everyone who gave you gifts. Tell them what you liked most about the gift.

Hang your stocking by the fireplace. Have you been good this year? Christmas Eve

Look in the weather section of the newspaper to see what state has the most wintery weather today.

Ask an older family member to tell you stories about what Christmas was like when they were young. Go for a family bike ride and look for signs of winter like barren

Merry Christmas – count your blessings today!

Tick the box on each day when you have completed 20 minutes of reading. Children who develop a love of reading will become better students and build a better future.

The bowling ball was invented on this day in 1869. Find a local bowling alley and go bowling

Make a list of five things you want to accomplish in 2025. Seal the list in an envelope to be opened on

Find the packages that are wrapped the same. Not every package will have a match.

with some friends or family.

trees or icicles.

12/31/2025. New Year’s Eve

Some people call our planet “Mother Earth.” Like a mother, our planet provides us with the things that give us life—like food and water. Mother Earth gives us more than food and water—she gives us beautiful flowers, places to walk, and even majestic mountains to

I will try to buy goods with little or no packaging. Less packaging, less trash! I will wipe up spills with a sponge or cloth instead of paper towels. I will use the Sunday comics to wrap presents. I will recycle as much trash as I can! I will not leave the refrigerator door open for long periods of time. I will use re-usable containers for my lunch. I will pick up litter! Love My Planet Pledge

The amount of trash people dump on Mother Earth each year is enormous. This causes problems for people, animals, and the environment. Each year people

dump more than 2 billion tons of waste. That’s the weight of about 5,480 Empire State Buildings!

If all this waste was put on trucks, a line of those trucks would go around the world 24 times! This holiday season you can give a gift to your planet by taking the “Love My Planet Pledge.” Sign the Pledge, cut it out and keep it somewhere you can see it everyday. It will help remind you of how you can care for Mother Earth everyday!

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One way to love the planet is by walking or riding your bike to get places. Race a friend to see who can get to the park fastest!

PACKAGING ENORMOUS PROBLEMS RECYCLE MOTHER PLANET LITTER PLEDGE

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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ach year, a tree grows a new layer of wood under its bark. By counting these layers, called rings, you can discover the age of a tree. This year, after you take the decorations off your Christmas tree, count its rings! One ring equals one year. (The bark is not a ring.) Can you find out the age of your tree?

My name is Dr. Cypress Sapling. I’m a dendrochronologist. What’s that? Well, a dendrochronologist is a scientist who studies the rings of trees.

he rings of a tree can also show

what the climate of the forest was during different

years. Look at the tree trunk pictured above. Some of the rings are wide and some of them are thin. A wide ring tells us that this was a good year for growing. There was the right amount of water and sunlight. Drought causes slower growth and narrow rings. Dark spots tell us that the tree survived a fire that year.

My Christmas tree survived a fire one year. What year was that? In what year was my tree planted? Is my tree older than you? Find the ring that grew in 2021. Was this a good growing year for the tree?

By reading the rings of trees, dendrochronologists can read the story of our planet, stories that reside in living trees and in logs used to build ancient buildings. Tree rings have told of weather patterns that lead to severe fires. They have revealed century-long droughts, insect plagues, and times of volcanic eruptions. Standards Link: Life Science: When the environment changes, plant growth and survival are affected.

Standards Link: Math: Students use strategies, skills and concepts in finding solutions.

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Core sample from living tree

I don’t have to cut down trees to read their rings. Using a special tool called an increment borer, I can take a core sample from a living tree. A core cample is about the size of a soda straw, and the rings look like lines. I found an old log cabin while hiking last week. I took a core sample from the logs to find the age of the cabin.

Core sample from Christmas tree

Core sample from log cabin

Use the core samples to complete the chart below. Compare the core samples to see where the patterns of the rings match. The last ring of the living tree grew in the year 2024. Count backwards from the bark to find out the age of each tree. Cutting out the strips makes comparing easier.

Standards Link: Math: Use a table to sort information and compute results.

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link: Visual discrimination.

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Heifer International

eifer International’s aim is to end poverty and hunger throughout the world. They help needy families by giving out gifts of farm

Through Heifer International, you can give the gift of livestock and fruit trees to people in need around the world.

animals, training, seeds, and trees. American farmer Dan

When Heifer International gives a goat or other animal to a family, that family must “pass on the gift.” Recipient

West started the organization in

families give the animal’s first female offspring to another family in need. That family, in turn, passes on the gift to another family. So one gift multiplies throughout the community, year after year.

1944. The idea behind the organization came from this proverb: “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; you have fed him for a lifetime.”

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The Salvation Army

Can you nd the two identical bells?

he red kettle and the sound of a ringing bell that runs up to Christmas Eve

throughout our communities is the seasonal program of the Salvation Army. The money donated during one four-hour period can provide two nights shelter and four warm meals for the men and women, or toys for children who look to the Salvation Army for help. The Red Kettle campaign first started in San Francisco in 1891 and has been the Salvation Army’s most successful fundraiser, reaching over 6 million people during the Christmas season. www.SalvationArmy.org

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Use the Magnificent Money Maze to help you reach a goal! Reaching a goal is like going through a maze. To the right is a BIG goal idea that we broke into smaller goals. We have also listed some of the things that might stop you from reaching a goal. Use these to complete the Magnificent Maze or write in your own goals and obstacles. STEPS TO REACH GOAL

here are many kinds of goals you will have in your life. Some of them will be about money. Whatever the goal is, you can achieve it by following these two steps: Break the goal into smaller goals. Avoid the obstacles that can stop your progress toward a goal. 1. 2.

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HOLE IN POCKET: LOSE $2

BUY CANDY: LOSE $3 FORGOT TO MOW: LOSE $5

MOW LAWN: GAIN $5

CLEAN ROOM: GAIN $2

WALK DOG: GAIN $2

VENDING MACHINE: LOSE $1

WASH CAR: GAIN $3

RAKE YARD: GAIN $3

DO DISHES: GAIN $2

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While there are lots of obstacles, there is also more than one way to reach your goal! Fill in the steps and the obstacles on the maze to complete a path to your goal.

GOAL!

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Kid Scoop News believes that being active, preventing childhood obesity, and eating healthily are all objectives we want to promote. Our Fit & Fun page will help you do just that. Join in and enjoy getting t and having fun!

Reindeer Fitness

Kick your legs up as high as you can! (Make sure you have plenty of space!) Comet Kicks

Stand with your feet slightly apart. Raise your arms over your head and then slowly bend backwards as far as you can. Blitzen Bend

Cold? Warm up by running in place for two full minutes. Dasher Dash

Play one of your favorite songs and do the twist! Dancer Twist

Standards Link: Physical Education: Use a variety of basic and advanced movement forms.

Fruity Frosty Treat

Put mixture in the freezer. As it begins to set, stir it a little to prevent it from getting lumpy.

When the mixture is half frozen, give it one more good mix.

Serve the frozen mixture in a bowl using an ice cream scoop. Drizzle with honey and top with fresh berries (raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, or cut up strawberries).

One cup pineapple juice One cup orange juice Juice of four freshly-squeezed lemons The juice of six freshly-squeezed limes • • • • • Mix these ingredients together in a bowl: The juice of two freshly-squeezed grapefruits

Standards Links: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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KIDS—SHARE THIS PAGE WITH YOUR PARENTS.

With the stress and excitement of the holidays, you might nd it useful to have a way to reward your children for their good behavior.

On a wall or a door, hang a Santa face and make a long beard out of blown up white balloons. Add a little note or a small reward inside each balloon before you tie up the end. When a child does something you want to acknowledge, let him or her pick and pop a balloon to nd out what is inside.

Help Your Child Read with “Think Alouds” When you share books with your children, they learn to think and act like good readers — without even knowing it! You can help them get even more from reading time when you talk to them as you read. Children learn when they make connections between what they hear and what they know. One method suggested by the website readingrockets.org is to do a“think aloud,”where you talk through your thoughts as you read.

In addition to tiny little treats that you can t into the opening of a balloon, you can also write a special privilege onto a slip of paper.

Select activities that are special to your child and have fun nding rewards that don’t cost money.

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by Vicki Whiting, Kid Scoop News

warm hug of a book! By Jessica Martin and Asherah Weiss You Are Amazing Like a Rocket: Pep Talks for Everyone from Young People Around the World A

Connect the book to your child’s own life experience. Example: A River Dream by Allen Say. “This book reminds me of the time my father took me shing. Do you remember the time we went shing?” Connect the book to other books they have read. Example: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe.“This story reminds me of Cinderella. Both stories are about sisters. Do you know any other stories about nice and mean sisters? Let’s keep reading to nd out other ways the stories are similar.” Connect the book to big ideas/lessons. Example: Stellaluna by Janell Cannon.“This story helps me understand that we are all the same in many ways, but it’s our dierences that make us special.” In these examples, you are“thinking aloud”many of the connections that good readers make naturally as they read. Modeling these types of connections will help young readers know how to do it when they read alone.

them up in their communities, and submit photos of their work to share. The result is this collection of disarmingly

From the creators of PepToc, the virally popular telephone hotline featuring pre-recorded

earnest, often hilarious advice that only children could give. A great book to read with your child when they are feeling down!

advice from kids, comes a heartwarming collection of 50 handmade motivational posters created by youth from around the world. Peptoc creators Jessica Martin and Asherah Weiss invited youth from around the globe to make posters with messages of encouragement, hang

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