This week in NewsBites for Kidz July 15-21 2003

A bite a day keeps the blues away!

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This is what kids around the world did this week: 

Wild about Harry- news from global sources, U.K., Singapore, U.S.A., New Zealand, Canada

Contest winners stoked for extreme summer-  Maryland, U.S.A.

Rainbow of faiths meet at Maryland camp for children-  Maryland, U.S.A.

Students serve in park cleanup, help daycare kids build skills-Milwaukee, U.S.A.

Akkad Bakkad Bambe Bo-New Delhi, India

Too much, too young?-Europe and U.S.A.

Water, Soccer and 4 Meals a Day-Moscow, Russia

Book Review Tween idols

For Parents The Lessons of Summer

 

 

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QUIZ TIME

 

Read NewsBites for Kidz June 15-21 and write in your answers to us by Thursday, June 26^th. Winners will be announced on the site!

 

 

1. Which country sold Harry Potter�s �The Order of the Phoenix� first?

 

1. U.S. � where Scholastic, the publisher, is based.
2. U.K. � where J.K. Rowling lives.
3. New Zealand- where June 21^st comes earlier.

 

 

2. BMX stands for

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4. Black Motor Crosses
5. Bicycle Moto Cross
6. Brown Motor X

 

 

 

3. In a news article, a rainbow is

 

1. A colorful band in the sky
2. People of different colors
3. Different faiths coming together

 

 

 

4. For kids in Milwaukee, TEAM is an acronym for

 

1. Together Everyone Achieves More
2. Together Everyone Accomplishes More
3. Together Everyone Annoys More

 

 

 

5. �Akkad Bakkad Bambe Bo� is

 

1. An Indian chant
2. A magic rhyme
3. A nonsense rhyme in Hindi

 

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6. Beyblades are

 

a.    Spinning tops

b.    Japanese weapon

c.     Special rollerblades

 

 

 

7. �doma otdykha� are

 

1. camps for Soviet children
2. concentration camps
3. rest houses in Russia

 

 

8. Louis Sachar is

 

1. The author of �Holes�
2. The hero in the film �Kangaroo Jack�
3. The bandleader of a rock group

 

10.                       According to the book �BRAND CHILD�, most tweens are :

 

1. edges
2. persuaders
3. followers

 

 

Write in your answers to us by Thursday, June 26^th. Winners will be announced on the site!

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