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Feliz Navidad! Happy Hanukkah! Celebrate Kwanzaa! Let the party begin! Kids everywhere are celebrating winter holidays, all over the country, and all over the world. Test your international knowledge in our Holiday Traditions Quiz. We’ll list the holiday tradition, and you guess the country it comes from. Some questions have more than 1 correct answer because they are celebrated in lots of countries.
Create a Caption: Holiday Cat
Many of you know I have 2 insane cats, so obviously, I do not have a Christmas tree in my apartment. I can only imagine the mayhem I would come home to if I left those 2 alone with a tree full of dangling, glittery things for them to play with/destroy. Today's Create a Caption photo demonstrates my problem perfectly.
What do you think this playful Christmas kitty is saying up there in its tree?
I think it is saying,"Deck the halls with pretty kitty! Fa la la la la, la la la la!"
Oe "Jingle bells, jingle bells! Kitty climbed the tree!"
Leave YOUR captions in the Comments. Happy Holidays!
Flickr photo by tiffa130Zendaya Coleman Interview
You know Zendaya Coleman as Rocky on the Disney Channel show Shake It Up. She turned 16 on September 1, and her name means "to give thanks" in the southern African Shona language. I bet Zendaya is totally giving thanks for all the great things in her life so far! Read on to find out more about her. . .
SPONSORED POST: Holiday Helpers
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How can you help improve the lives of others during this holiday season? Be a Holiday Helper this year! Use your winter break to perform small acts of kindness throughout your community.
Talk to your teacher and join a parent or guardian to brainstorm ways that you can volunteer your time and talent this year. Making a difference in the lives of neighbors, strangers, and friends can be easy, but what can YOU do to warm hearts in this cold weather? This start-up sheet can help you to get crackin’ on your own Holiday Helper project.
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You know when you find an amazing book, and you never want it to end? How do you find another book to read after that? Our answer: Readalikes to the rescue! We hope our Readalikes will rescue you from the what-to-read-next question, and help you find lots of new amazing books.
Today's Readalikes are for The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Susan Eloise Hinton wrote The Outsiders while she was still in high school, and the story was inspired by 2 rival gangs at her school in 1965, the Greasers and the Socs.
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Hi everybody! Tomorrow is December 12, 2012: 12/12/12! But don't panic! It's not the day the Mayan calendar says the world will end. That's not until next week.
Last year on 11/11/11, I told you this freaky trick to amaze your friends and family. Add your age to the last two digits of your birth year. In 2011, the answer was 11. For example, if you were 10 in 2011 and were born in 2001 . . .
10 + 01 = 11
But the freak goes on! It works this year too, except the answer will be 12! Try it. It will work with everyone born in this century. For older people born in the 1900s, the answer will be 112. Test it on your friends, your parents, your teachers. Well, it's not really polite to ask your teachers how old they are, so use your best judgment there.
PS. I don't really think the world will end in 2012. I think the world will still be around next year for 13/13/13. Er, wait. Maybe not. But no matter what, I hope all your wishes come true in 2013!
Last week we gave you the Celebrity Personality Quiz questions. This week, we reveal your results! Count up your answers and read on to find out what kind of celebrity you are. . .
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Some things you get bored with easily. . . and some things you just never get tired of! Today's Writing Prompt asks you to think about the things that always, always make you happy no matter how many times you see them or do them. Here are some things I never get tired of.
What are the things YOU never get tired of? Let us know in the Comments below!
—Ratha, Stacks Writer
Just in time for the holidays, there are lots of goodies in store for you this month, and not all of them come wrapped in a box! There's a nice big present for Lord of the Rings fans familiar with the book that started it all, The Hobbit. Part 1, An Unexpected Journey, hits theaters December 14. A week later, a 3D version of the animated Monsters, Inc. will be released to get you reacquainted with Sulley and Mike before Monsters University comes out in June 2013.
You know when you find an amazing book, and you never want it to end? How do you find another book to read after that? Our answer: Readalikes to the rescue! We hope our Readalikes will rescue you from the what-to-read-next question, and help you find lots of new amazing books.
Today's Readalikes are for Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. Charlotte's Web is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur—and of Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider who lived with Wilbur in the barn. With the help of Templeton the rat, Charlotte came up with a clever plan to save Wilbur from being turned into bacon.
If you were a rich and famous celebrity, would you be a diva, a superstar, a tabloid sensation, a recluse, or just down to earth like regular people? Take our Personality Quiz to find out.
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Who Said It? Author Trivia Quiz
I hope you enjoyed last week's Author Trivia Quiz. Did you guess which authors said these quotes? Read on for the answers.
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