Mango Smiles Vol 1 Front Cover

"QUICK! Let's make a newsletter for summer vacation." That's what some of the members of the Mustard Seed Library/Activity room proposed one fine day -- and so here it is. Welcome to Mango Smiles, the first issue of the Mustard Seeds Newsletter! The two young boys who suggested making the newsletter thought it would be fun to fill it with articles, reports, quizzes, drawings, local news, interviews, poems, essays, stories, photos, and anything that we can imagine. We have made this issue with Mustard Seeds members in mind, but want to share it with many more people, even those who live in other countries!

If you like Mango Smiles, we are planning to print more newsletters in the future and would like you to get involved. We can experiment with newsletter names: Monsoon Madness? Puja Paradise? How about Fuchka Frenzy? Let your imagination run WILD! Please contribute to upcoming issues by dropping your ideas in the envelope at the Mustard Seeds Library/Activity Room. Have a great summer vacation!!

Any MSEEDS library member who can write 10 kinds of mangoes will get a free pen. Bring answers befoer June 10, 1999. Show your library card. If you don't have one yet, we can make you one when you come.

... the mango is a member of the cashew family and is native to India but is now widely cultivated throughout tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The mango tree grows upto 15 m high with a spreading top and numerous branches. It is widely grown in the tropics for its succulent fruit, which is fleshy drupa somewhat kidney shaped or oval from 5 to 15 cm in length. mangoes are greenins, yellowish or reddish in colour and contain a large flattened pit inside. The mango belongs to the family Anacardia ceae and is classified as Mangifera Indica.

REHABILITATION CENTRES FOR CHILDREN

Sometimes I go to do activities at this hospital where poor children with polio can get treatment. One MSeeds member suggested putting a donation box in the library ... if you have a spare rupee or two please drop it in and I'll take our contributions next time I go.