Highlights presents Body Art written by Christina Wilsdon. Many cultures are alike because they use body art. There are different kinds of body art in different places around the world.
Anything that gets your body moving is exercise. Exercise keeps your body fit and strong. Exercise can be doing chores, playing outside, riding a bicycle, taking a dance class, or playing a sport.
Hyenas face many challenges in the wild. Food is difficult to find and they are disliked by most humans. Despite these hardships, hyenas manage to survive by hunting, scavenging, and caring for one another.
The Ngorongoro Crater is located in Tanzania on the continent of Africa. The land and animals in the crater are protected, so hunting and having a large farm are not allowed. The wild animals share the crater with cattle herds owned by people called the Maasai. The Maasai are working with the Tanzanian government to guarantee that there is enough grass for both cattle and wildlife.
The savannah, a grassland dotted with trees, of East Africa is located in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. Wildlife such as lions, zebras, giraffes, and elephants depend on the savannah for their existence.
Two friends, Nick and Lily, work together with their community to plant sea oats in an effort to keep the wind from blowing the important sand dunes away.
Highlights presents Crystal's Crystals written by Christina Wilsdon. A young girl uses rhyme to point out the many crystals in her home. They are in ice, in sugar, and even in computers. Then she reveals that she, too, is a Crystal--it is her name.
Talia and her parents are making dinner with leaves, roots, flower buds, bulbs, seeds, and tubers - vegetables! Together they chop and cook potatoes, carrots, lettuce, and corn and then sit down to eat.
